ACTS
AND
RESOLVES
PASSED BY THE
IN THE YEAR
1947
TOGETHER WITH
TABLES SHOWING CHANGES IN THE STATUTES, ETC.
PUBLISHED BY THE
SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH
BOSTON
WRIGHT & POTTER PRINTING COMPANY
1947
ACTS AND RESOLVES
OF
MASSACHUSETTS
1947
^P* The General Court, which was chosen November 5, 1946,
assembled on Wednesday, the first day of January, 1947, for its
first annual session.
The oaths of office were taken and subscribed by His Excellency
Robert F. Bradford and His Honor Arthur W. Coolidge on
Thursday, the second day of January, in the presence of the two
Houses assembled in convention.
ACTS
An Act making clear the meaning and effect of cer- QJku)
tain amendments of chapter one hundred and fif- ^'
teen of the general laws entitled veterans' bene-
FITS.
Whereas, The purpose of this act is to make certain that ^/^fj^^fj^^
two 1946 acts amending chapter 115 of the General Laws "^^"^"^
will be construed in accordance with the intent of the legis-
lature and the deferred operation of this act would delay
the accomplishment of such purpose, therefore it is hereby
declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the imme-
diate preservation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives
in General Court assembled, and hy the authority of the same,
as follows:
Notwithstanding that section one of chapter five hundred
and eighty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-
six, which became effective on January first, nineteen hun-
dred and forty-seven, struck out chapter one hundred and
fifteen of the General Laws, as amended, and inserted in
place thereof a new chapter, the provisions of law contained
in section one of chapter five hundred and ninety-nine of
the acts of said year, which became effective June fourteenth,
nineteen hundred and forty-six, shall continue in effect as
additional sections ten to fourteen, inclusive, at the end of
chapter one hundred and fifteen of the General Laws, as
appearing in section one of said chapter five hundred and
eighty-four. Approved January 9, 1947.
An Act permitting the late filing of certificates QJiav.
OF nomination and nomination papers for the an-
NUAL town election OF THE TOWN OF FLORIDA IN THE
CURRENT YEAR.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Certificates of nomination and nomination
papers of candidates for town offices in the town of Florida to
be elected at the annual town election of said town in the
current year may be filed with the town clerk during the
periods prescribed by section ten of chapter fifty-three of the
General Laws for the filing of such certificates and nomina-
tion papers, respectively, in any town which has not accepted
section one hundred and three A of chapter fifty-four of the
General Laws, notwithstanding the fact that the town of
Florida has accepted said section one hundred and three A.
Section 2, This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved January 15, 19^7.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 3, 4, 5.
Chap. 3 An Act changing the title of city marshal and assist-
ant CITY MARSHAL TO CHIEF OF POLICE AND DEPUTY CHIEF
OF POLICE IN THE CITY OF HOLYOKE.
Be it enacted, etc., asfolloivs:
Section 1. On and after the effective date of this act,
the officer in charge of the police department in the city of
Holyoke shall be known as the chief of police and the officer
directly below him in rank shall be known as the deputy
chief of police.
Section 2. Whenever, in any general or special law af-
fecting the city of Holyoke, the words "marshal" or "city
marshal" appear, such words shall mean "chief of police",
and whenever in any such general or special law the words
"assistant marshal" appear, such words shall mean "deputy
chief of poUce". Approved January S4, 1947.
Chap. 4 An Act relative to the length of time after the ter-
mination OF military or naval service of PUBLIC
officers and employees during which they shall be
considered as remaining in public service for cer-
TAIN purposes.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloios:
Section 1 of chapter 708 of the acts of 1941, as amended
by section 1 of chapter 548 of the acts of 1943, is hereby fur-
ther amended by striking out, in line 14 the words "one year"
and inserting in place thereof the words : — two years, — so
that the first paragraph will read as follows : — Notwith-
standing any contrary provisions of general or special law
any person who, on or after January first, nineteen hundred
and forty, shall have tendered his resignation from an office
or position in the service of the commonwealth, or any polit-
ical subdivision thereof, or otherwise terminated such service,
for the purpose of serving in the military or naval forces of
the United States and who does or did so serve or was or
shall be rejected for such service, shall, except as hereinafter
provided, be deemed to be or to have been on leave of
absence ; and no such person shall be deemed to have resigned
from his office in the service of the commonwealth, or any
political subdivision thereof, or to have terminated such
service, until the expiration of two years from the termina-
tion of said military or naval service by him.
Approved January 27, 1947.
Chap. 5 An Act changing the time for the holding of biennial
MUNICIPAL elections IN THE CITY OF MELROSE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 266 of the acts of 1937 is hereby amended by
striking out section 1 and inserting in place thereof the fol-
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 6, 7.
lowing section: — Section 1. Beginning with the year nine-
teen hundred and forty-seven, municipal elections in the city
of Melrose for the choice of mayor, members of the board
of aldermen and members of the school conmiittee shall be
held biennially on the Tuesday next following the first Mon-
day of November in every odd-numbered year.
Approved January 29, 19^7.
An Act relative to the fire department in the town QJiq/q^
of wilmington.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Wilmington may continue to
maintain its fire department notwithstanding the failure of
the town, prior to the estabUshment of said department, to
accept the provisions of sections forty-two to forty-four, in-
clusive of chapter forty-eight of the General Laws, or cor-
responding provisions of earlier laws, and all acts and pro-
ceedings of said town and of its officers in relation to the fire
department, so far as they were invalid by reason of said
failure, are hereby vaUdated and confirmed, and the chief
and other officers and members of said department shall
have the retirement and other rights to which they would be
entitled if it had been originally estabUshed in the manner
prescribed by law.
Section 2. This act, if accepted by the town at its next
annual town meeting, shall take full effect on July first,
nineteen hundred and forty-seven.
Approved January SO, 1947.
An Act authorizing the town of swampscott to revoke QJkij)^
ITS acceptance of certain provisions of law appli- ^'
CABLE TO tenement HOUSES IN TOWNS.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloios:
Section 1. There shall be submitted at the next annual
town election in the town of Swampscott the following ques-
tion which shall be printed upon the official ballot used for
the election of town officers in the following form: — "Shall
the town of Swampscott revoke its acceptance of chapter
six hundred and thirty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twelve, being an act relative to tenement houses in
towns?" If a majority of the voters voting thereon vote in
the affirmative, in answer to said question, then the provi-
sions of chapter one hundred and forty-five of the General
Laws shall not apply in said town. Nothing herein contained
shall prevent said town from hereafter accepting the provi-
sions of said chapter one hundred and forty-five.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved January SO, 1947.
6 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. S, 9.
Chap. 8 An Act authorizing the town of marshfield to con-
tribute TOWARD the cost OF MOTOR BUS SERVICE
THEREIN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Marshfield may from time to
time, for the purpose of providing transportation facihties
or avoiding a reduction or discontinuance of transportation
facilities, enter into agreements with any person lawfully
authorized to operate any motor bus on any public way
therein for the carrying of passengers for hire, to contribute
to the cost of the service; provided, that no contribution
under any such agreement shall in any year exceed the sum
of one dollar for each one thousand dollars of the assessed
valuation of said town of the year preceding the date of such
agreement, except that, with the approval of the department
of public utilities, a sum not to exceed two dollars on the
valuation as provided herein may be contributed. The
said department shall, upon application of said town, deter-
mine any question relating to the character or extent of the
service rendered or facilities furnished in pursuance of said
agreement in the event of any difference arising between the
persons authorized as aforesaid and said town in relation
thereto.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved January SO, 1947.
Chap. 9 ^^ -^CT permitting banks to close on any or all SATUR-
DAYS AND permitting ACTS AUTHORIZED, REQUIRED OR
PERMITTED TO BE PERFORMED ON SATURDAYS, TO BE PER-
FORMED ON THE NEXT SUCCEEDING BUSINESS DAY.
prTfmbiT^ Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to
defeat one of its principal purposes, which is to make it
possible for banks in the commonwealth to take immediate
steps to arrange for their closing on any or all Saturdays
throughout the year, as a part of a concerted plan for like
action by banks in neighboring states under legislation
similar to this act which is in process of enactment therein,
therefore this act is hereby declared to be an emergency law,
necessary for the immediate preservation of the public con-
venience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Edo. i67,'^§ 52, Section 52 of chapter 167 of the General Laws, inserted by
etc., amended. ' chapter 284 of the acts of 1946, is hereby amended by strik-
ing out in lines 7 and 8 the words " in the months of June, July,
August and September" and in lines 14 and 15 the words
"in June, July, August or September", — so as to read as
onsaturdlyl ioWows i — Scction 52. Any bank, which term for the pur-
poses of this section shall include not only any bank as de-
fined in section one but also any national banking association,
federal reserve bank, federal home loan bank, federal savings
Acts, 1947.— Chaps. 10, 11, 12. 7
and loan association or federal credit union doing business
in the commonwealth, may remain closed on any or all
Saturdays as it may determine from time to time, and any
Saturday on which a bank remains closed shall be, with
respect to such bank, a hoUday and not a business day, as
such words are used in chapter one hundred and seven. Any
act authorized, required or permitted to be performed at
or by or with respect to any bank, as herein defined, on a
Saturday, may be so performed on the next succeeding
business day, and no liability or loss of rights of any kind
shall result from such delay.
Approved January 30, 1947.
An Act relative to appropriations by the town of (Jhav. 10
DENNIS FOR PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS.
Be it enacted, etc., asfollotvs:
Section 1. The town of Dennis may, by a majority vote,
appropriate each year a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred
dollars for providing amusements or entertainments of a
public character. The money so appropriated by the town
shall be expended under the direction of the board of select-
men.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved January SO, 1947.
An Act providing for computation of seniority dates (J}i(i7} H
IN connection with public officers and employees
WHOSE RIGHTS WERE PREJUDICED BY MILITARY OR NAVAL
SERVICE,
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Chapter 708 of the acts of 1941, as amended, is hereby
further amended by inserting after section 2A, inserted by
chapter 238 of the acts of 1946, the following section : —
Section 2B. If a person, whose name was at the time of his
entrance into military or naval service on an eHgible list,
receives a permanent appointment and is given a seniority
date later than that of another person who received a perma-
nent appointment from such list but stood lower thereon, the
director, upon appUcation for such change, may establish
as his seniority date the seniority date of such other person.
Approved January 30, 1947.
An Act relative to civil service re-employment lists. (Jhnjj 12
Be it enacted, etc., asfolloios:
Chapter 31 of the General Laws is hereby amended by o. l. (Ter.
striking out section 461, as amended by chapter 60 of the ftl! "amende"'
acts of 1946, and inserting in place thereof the following
section : — Section 461. Whenever a person is separated Persons ^^ ^
from the official or labor service for any reason other than servrc^e^piac'eT
discharge or resignation, his name shall be placed by the nrenS!*'"^"
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 13, 14.
director on the re-employment list, provided that if a per-
son is so separated from such service because of resignation
on account of illness his name shall be placed thereon upon
his request. The name of any person so placed on the re-
employment list shall remain thereon until he is appointed
to a position after certification from such list or reinstated
to a civil service position, but in no event for longer than
five years. This section shall not apply to persons originally
employed on requisition for temporary service or to pro-
visional appointees. Thereafter, on requisition to fill any
position which, in the judgment of the director, can be filled
from such re-employment list, the director, before certifying
from the regular list, shall certify from such re-employment
list, in accordance with the rules relative to certification,
the names of persons then standing thereon in the order of
the dates of their original appointment.
Approved January SO, 1947.
Chap. 13 An Act defining the word "department" as used in the
CIVIL service law with respect to appointments and
PROMOTIONS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
EdV'sTlis Section 15 of chapter 31 of the General Laws, as most
etc., amended', recently amended by chapter 103 of the acts of 1946, is
hereby further amended by adding at the end the following
paragraph : —
de^ne"*'"''"*^ The word "department", as used in this section, shall
mean a department, or any division, institutional unit or
other unit of a department in case such a unit is established
by law, ordinance or by-law or under authority thereof.
Approved January 30, 1947.
Chap. 14 An Act relative to the reinstatement of certain
VETERANS IN THE POSITIONS HELD BY THEM IN CITIES AND
TOWNS IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THEIR ENTRANCE INTO THE
ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloios:
Section 15 of chapter 708 of the acts of 1941 is hereby
amended by adding after the word "employer" in line 7
the words : — , including any city or town, — and by adding
after the word "employer" in line 18 the words: — , includ-
ing any city or town, — so as to read as follows : — Section 16.
Upon the application of any resident of the commonwealth
who entered said military or naval service and has received
an honorable discharge or release therefrom, the attorney
general and the adjutant general are hereby severally
authorized and directed to take such legal and proper
measures as may result in the reinstatement of such resi-
dent by his former employer, including any city or town, in the
position which such resident held immediately prior to
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 15, 16. 9
entering such service. On such application, he or they shall
also inform such resident of his rights under the Federal
Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, under the Federal
Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 and under
PubUc Resolution No. 96 — 76th Congress, approved August
twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and forty, and shall
co-operate with the proper official or officials of the United
States department of justice in obtaining for such resident
his rights under either or both of such acts. Upon the
making of any such appUcation the former employer, includ-
ing any city or town, of such resident shall be notified thereof
by the attorney general or the adjutant general, as the case
may be, and be furnished with a copy of this section.
Approved January SO, 1947.
An Act to authorize urban redevelopment corpora- ni^r.^ i k
TIONS TO UNDERTAKE THE DEVELOPMENT OF AREAS ^'
BLIGHTED BY NATURAL CAUSES.
Be it enacted, etc., asfolloios:
Section 1 of chapter 121A of the General Laws, inserted G- l. (Ter.
by section 1 of chapter 654 of the acts of 1945, is hereby ^tciJamendeV'
amended by inserting after the word "declining" in the 9th
and 10th lines of the paragraph defining "Decadent area"
the words : — , or an extensive area within the limits of a
city which by reason of its physical condition has proved in-
capable of development by the ordinary operations of private
enterprise, — so that said paragraph will read as follows: —
"Decadent area", an area in which many of the buildings "Decadent
are out of repair, physically deteriorated or obsolete or to a area" defined.
large extent vacant, or in which much of the real estate has
in recent years been sold or taken for non-payment of taxes
or upon foreclosure of mortgages, or in which many buildings
have been torn down and not replaced and in which under
existing conditions it is improbable that the buildings will
be replaced or repaired, and in which any of the foregoing
conditions are growing worse and values are declining, or an
extensive area within the limits of a city which by reason of
its physical condition has proved incapable of development
by the ordinary operations of private enterprise, so that
there is a large body of land substantially useless in its exist-
ing condition. Approved January 30, 1947.
An Act authorizing the town of Swansea to use certain nhn^ i g
park property therein for certain municipal "'
purposes.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Swansea is hereby authorized
to use a portion of the dwelfing house located on the park
property therein, formerly known as the Covel Estate, for
town government purposes, to use portions of such house as
10 Acts, 1947. —Chap. 17.
a residence for a caretaker of said park property, and to use
the buildings, or parts thereof, on said property for storing
and repairing town highway machinery and equipment. The
property used for the purposes authorized by this act shall
remain park property under the control and supervision of
the planning board of said town acting as park commissioners
thereof.
Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance by the town at its next annual town meeting.
Approved January SO, 1947.
Chap. 17 An Act changing the representative town meeting
FORM OF government IN THE TOWN OF SAUGUS AND
combining therewith a town manager form of
government.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Upon the acceptance of this act by the town
of Saugus, as hereinafter provided, beginning with the year
nineteen hundred and forty-eight, the regular town election
of said town for the purpose of electing town officers, includ-
ing town meeting members, in accordance with the provisions
of this act, and for the submission of questions to the voters
of the town if required to be submitted thereat shall be held
biennially on the third Monday of January in every even-
numbered year, and shall be considered part of the annual
town meeting held in that year. All articles in the warrant
for any regular town meeting relating to matters required
by chapter fifty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-eight, as amended, or by any other provision of law
to be acted upon and determined otherwise than by ballot
shall be considered at a town meeting to be held annually
on the third Monday of March at eight o'clock in the even-
ing; provided, that the regular town meeting for the con-
sideration of such articles in nineteen hundred and forty-
eight shall be held on the first Monday of February at eight
o'clock in the evening.
Section 2. Election of Selectmen. — At the first town
election following the acceptance of this act, and at each
biennial election thereafter, the registered voters of the town
shall elect by proportional representation, as provided in
chapter fifty-four A of the General Laws, five selectmen who
shall hold office for a term of two years from the biennial
town election at which they are elected. The selectmen
elected hereunder shall serve until the qualification of their
successors. A vacancy in the membership of the board of
selectmen shall be filled as provided in said chapter fifty-
four A except that a vacancy resulting from a recall election
shall be filled as provided in this act. Upon the election
and qualification of selectmen in the year nineteen hundred
and forty-eight, the term of office of the members of the board
of selectmen then existing shall terminate.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 17. 11
Section 3. Appointive Powers of Selectmen. — The se-
lectmen shall appoint, and may remove, members of the
board of appeals and the board of library trustees, election
officers, and the registrars of voters, except the town clerk.
Section 4. Election of School Committee. — At the first
biennial town election following the acceptance of this act
and at each biennial election thereafter, the registered voters
of the town shall elect by proportional representation, as
provided in chapter fifty-four A of the General Laws, five
members of the school committee who shall hold office for
two years. Members of the school committee elected here-
under shall serve until the quaUfication of their successors.
When a vacancy occurs in the membership of the school com-
mittee it shall be filled in the manner provided herein for
filling vacancies in the board of selectmen. Upon the elec-
tion and qualification of the members of the school committee
in the year nineteen hundred and forty-eight, the terms of
office of the members of the then existing committee shall
terminate.
Section 5. Powers of School Committee. — Upon the
election and quahfication of the five members of the school
committee elected as herein provided, all the powers, rights,
duties and liabilities, except as hereinafter provided, now or
hereafter conferred or imposed by law upon the school com-
mittee, shall be exercised and performed by the school com-
mittee elected under the provisions of this section. Nothing
in this act shall be construed to affect the powers and duties
of the school committee as provided by law, except as
specifically provided herein.
Section 6. Multiple Officers. — A member of the board
of selectmen, or of the school committee, or of the finance
committee shall, during the term for which he was elected
or appointed, be inehgible either by election or appointment
to hold any other town office. Any person appointed by the
town manager to any town office under the provisions of this
act or of any general or special law shall be eligible during
the term of said office to appointment to any other town
office, except that the town accountant shall not be eligible
to hold the position of town treasurer or the position of town
collector. The town manager, subject to any applicable
provision of the General Laws relating thereto, may assume
the duties of any office which he is authorized to fill by
appointment.
Section 7. Investigations or Surveys. — For the purpose
of making investigations or surveys, the selectmen may
employ such experts, counsel and other assistants and incur
such other expenses, not exceeding in any year the sum of one
thousand dollars, or such larger sum as may be appropriated
for the purpose by the town, as they may deem necessary,
and the same shall be paid by the treasurer upon a warrant
signed by a majority of the board of selectmen.
12 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 17.
TOWN MANAGER.
Section 8. Appointment of Town Manager. — The se-
lectmen elected as provided herein shall appoint, as soon
as practicable, for a term of five years, a town manager who
shall be a person especially fitted by education, training
and experience to perform the duties of the office. The town
manager shall be appointed without regard to his political
beliefs. He need not be a resident of the town or of this
commonwealth when appointed, but shall be a resident of
the town during his term of office. He may be appointed
for successive terms of office. Before entering upon the
duties of his oflSce, the town manager shall be sworn to the
faithful and impartial performance thereof by the chairman
of the selectmen, or by the town clerk, or by a justice of the
peace. He shall execute a bond in favor of the town for the
faithful performance of his duties in such sum and with such
surety or sureties as may be fixed or approved by the select-
men.
Section 9. Appointment of a Temporary Manager. —
Any vacancy in the office of town manager shall be filled as
soon as possible by the selectmen. Pending the appointment
of a town manager or the filling of any vacancy, the select-
men may appoint a suitable person to perform the duties of
the ofiice.
Section 10. Acting Manager. — The town manager may
designate, by letter filed with the town clerk, a qualified
ofiicer of the town to perform his duties during his temporary
absence or disability. In the event of failure of the manager
to make such designation, the selectmen may, by resolu-
tion, designate an officer of the town to perform the duties
of the manager until he shall return or his disability shall
cease.
Section 11. Removal of Manager. — The selectmen, by
a four fifths vote of the full membership of the board, may
remove the town manager. At least thirty days before such
proposed removal shall become effective, the selectmen shall
file a preliminary written resolution with the town clerk
setting forth in detail the specific reasons for his proposed
removal, a copy of which resolution shall be delivered to the
town manager. The manager may reply in writing to the
resolution and may request a public hearing. If the manager
so requests, the board of selectmen shall hold a public hearing
not earlier than twenty days nor later than thirty days after
the filing of such request. After such public hearing, if any,
otherwise at the expiration of thirty days following the filing
of the preliminary resolution, and after full consideration,
the selectmen by a four fifths vote of the full membership
of the board may adopt a final resolution of removal. In the
preliminary resolution, the selectmen may suspend the
manager from duty, but shall in any case cause to be paid
to him forthwith any unpaid balance of his salary and his
salary for the next three calendar months following the filing
of the preliminary resolution.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 17. 13
Section 12. Compensation of Manager. — The town
manager shall receive such compensation for his services as
the selectmen shall determine but it shall not exceed the
amount appropriated therefor by the town.
Section 13. Powers and Duties of the Manager. — In
addition to specific powers and duties provided in this act
the town manager shall have the general powers and duties
enumerated in this section :
(a) The town manager shall supervise and direct the
administration of all departments, commissions, boards and
offices, except the board of selectmen, the school committee,
the board of appeals, the board of library trustees, election
officers and the registrars of voters.
(6) The town manager, in accordance with the provisions
of this act and except as otherwise expressly prohibited by
the General Laws, may reorganize, consolidate or abolish
departments, commissions, boards or offices under his direc-
tion and supervision, in whole or in part, may establish such
new departments, commissions, boards or offices as he deems
necessary, and may transfer the duties, powers and appro-
priation of one department, commission, board or office to
another.
(c) Except as otherwise provided by this act, the town
manager shall appoint upon merit and fitness alone, and,
subject to the provisions of chapter thirty-one of the General
Laws where applicable, may remove, all officers and em-
ployees of the town, except employees of the school depart-
ment; town officers and employees not subject to the pro-
visions of said chapter thirty-one shall not be removed by
him except on five days notice in writing, setting forth the
cause of such removal.
{d) Notwithstanding the provisions of section one hun-
dred and eight of chapter forty-one of the General Laws, but
subject to all applicable provisions of chapter thirty-one of
the General Laws, the town manager shall fix the compensa-
tion of all town officers and employees subject to removal
by him.
(e) The town manager shall attend all regular meetings
of the board of selectmen except meetings at which his re-
moval is being considered.
(/) The town manager shall keep full and complete records
of his office, and shall render as often as may be required
by the selectmen a full report of all operations during the
period reported on.
{g) The town manager shall keep the selectmen fully
advised as to the needs of the town and shall recommend to
the selectmen for adoption such measures requiring action
by them or by the town as he may deem necessary or ex-
pedient.
(/i) The town manager shall have jurisdiction over the
rental and use of all town property and shall be responsible
for the maintenance and repair of all town buildings. He
shall be responsible for the preparation of plans and the
14 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 17.
supervision of work on existing buildings or on the construc-
tion of new buildings.
(t) The town manager shall purchase all supplies and
materials and equipment, except books for schools, and shall
award all contracts for all departments of the town. He shall
make purchases for departments not under his supervision
only upon requisition duly signed by the head of such
department.
(J) The town manager shall administer either directly or
through a person or persons appointed by him in accordance
with this act all provisions of general and special laws appli-
cable to said town, all by-laws and all regulations established
by the selectmen.
(k) The town manager shall have authority to prosecute,
defend and compromise all litigation to which the town is a
party, and to employ special counsel to assist the town coun-
sel whenever in his judgment it may be necessary.
(I) The town manager shall perform such other duties,
consistent with his office, as may be required of him by the
by-laws of the town or by vote of the selectmen.
Section 14. Investigations by the Manager. — The town
manager may without notice cause the affairs of any division
or department under his control or the conduct of any officer
or employee thereof to be examined. The town manager
shall have access to all town books and papers for informa-
tion necessary for the proper performance of his duties.
Section 15. Appointment of Planning Board. — There
shall be established a planning board as herein provided
which shall have all the powers and duties of planning boards
established in accordance with section eighty-one A of
chapter forty-one of the General Laws, except that such
planning board shall not be authorized to act as playground
commissioners. The board established hereunder shall con-
sist of five members who shall be appointed by the town man-
ager. When such board is first established its members shall
be appointed for terms of such length and so arranged that
the term of at least one member will expire each year and his
successor shall be appointed by the town manager for a term
of five years. Any vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired
term by the town manager. Upon the appointment and
qualification of the members of the board, the term of office
of members of the then existing planning board shall termi-
nate.
Section 16. Appointment of Board of Public Welfare. —
The town manager shall appoint a board of public welfare
to consist of three suitably qualified persons. One of said
persons shall be appointed for a term of one year, one for a
term of two years, and one for a term of three years; and
annually thereafter there shall be appointed by the town
manager, a member for a term of three years in the place of
the member whose term is to expire. The members shall
serve until their successors are appointed and qualified. If
for any reason a vacancy occurs in the membership of the
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board of public welfare, the vacancy shall be filled forthwith
by the town manager for the unexpired term. Upon the
appointment and qualification of the members of the board
of public welfare as provided in this section the terms of
office of the members of the then existing board of public
welfare of the town shall terminate. The board of public
weKare appointed hereunder shall organize for the proper
conduct of their duties and shall possess all the powers and
rights and be subject to all the duties and liabilities conferred
or imposed by law upon boards of public welfare of towns,
but in the performance of their duties they shall be subject
to the general supervision and direction of the town manager.
They shall be sworn to the faithful performance of their
duties by the chairman of the selectmen or by a justice of the
peace.
Section 17. Appointment of Board of Health. — The
town manager shall appoint a board of health to consist of
three suitably quaUfied persons. One of said persons shall be
appointed for a term of one year, one for a term of two years,
and one for a term of three years; and annually thereafter
there shall be appointed by the town manager, a member for
a term of three years in the place of the member whose term
is to expire. The members shall serve until their successors
are appointed and qualified. If for any reason a vacancy
occurs in the membership of the board of health, the vacancy
shall be filled forthwith by the town manager for the unex-
pired term. Upon the appointment and qualification of the
members of the board of health as provided in this section
the terms of office of the members of the then existing board
of health of the town shall terminate. The board of health
appointed hereunder shall organize for the proper conduct
of their duties and shall possess all the powers and rights and
be subject to all the duties and liabilities conferred or im-
posed by law upon boards of health of towns, but in the per-
formance of their duties they shall be subject to the general
supervision and direction of the town manager. They shall
be sworn to the faithful performance of their duties by the
chairman of the selectmen or by a justice of the peace.
Section 18. Appointment of Board of Playground Com-
missioners. — The town manager shall appoint a board of
playground commissioners to consist of three suitably quali-
fied persons. One of said persons shall be appointed for a
term of one year, one for a term of two years, and one for a
term of three years; and annually thereafter there shall be
appointed by the town manager, a member for a term of three
years in the place of the member whose term is to expire.
The members shall serve until their successors are appointed
and qualified. If for any reason a vacancy occurs in the
membership of the board of playground commissioners, the
vacancy shall be filled forthwith by the town manager for
the unexpired term. Upon the appointment and qualifica-
tion of the members of the board of playground commis-
sioners as provided in this section the terms of office of the
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members of the then existing board of playground commis-
sioners of the town shall terminate. The board of play-
ground commissioners appointed hereunder shall organize
for the proper conduct of their duties and shall possess all
the powers and rights and be subject to all the duties and
liabilities conferred or imposed by law upon the boards of
playground commissioners of towns, but in the performance
of their duties they shall be subject to the general supervi-
sion and direction of the town manager. They shall be
sworn to the faithful performance of their duties by the chair-
man of the selectmen or by a justice of the peace.
Section 19. Appointment of Board of Cemetery Commis-
sioners. — The town manager shall appoint a board of ceme-
tery commissioners to consist of three suitably qualified
persons. One of said persons shall be appointed for a term
of one year, one for a term of two years, and one for a term
of three years; and annually thereafter there shall be ap-
pointed by the town manager, a member for a term of three
years in the place of the member whose term is to expire.
The members shall serve until their successors are appointed
and qualified. If for any reason a vacancy occurs in the
membership of the board of cemetery commissioners, the
vacancy shall be filled forthwith by the town manager for the
unexpired term. Upon the appointment and qualification
of the members of the board of cemetery commissioners as
provided in this section the terms of office of the members
of the then existing board of cemetery commissioners of the
town shall terminate. The board of cemetery commissioners
appointed hereunder shall organize for the proper conduct
of their duties and shall possess all the powers and rights
and be subject to all the duties and liabilities conferred or
imposed by law upon boards of cemetery commissioners of
towns, but in the performance of their duties they shall be
subject to the general supervision and direction of the town
manager. They shall be sworn to the faithful performance
of their duties by the chairman of the selectmen or by a
justice of the peace.
Section 20. Appointment of Board of Fire Engineers. —
The town manager shall appoint a board of fire engineers to
consist of three suitably qualified persons. One of said per-
sons shall be appointed for a term of one year, one for a term
of two years, and one for a term of three years; and annually
thereafter there shall be appointed by the town manager, a
member for a term of three years in the place of the member
whose term is to expire. The members shall serve until
their successors are appointed and quahfied. If for any
reason a vacancy occurs in the membership of the board of
fire engineers, the vacancy shall be filled forthwith by the
town manager for the unexpired term. Upon the appoint-
ment and qualification of the members of the board of fire
engineers as provided in this section the terms of office of
the members of the then existing board of fire engineers of
the town shall terminate. The board of fire engineers ap-
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pointed hereunder shall organize for the proper conduct of
their duties and shall possess all the powers and rights and
be subject to all the duties and Uabilities conferred or im-
posed by law upon boards of fire engineers of towns, but in
the performance of their duties they shall be subject to the
general supervision and direction of the town manager. They
shall be sworn to the faithful performance of their duties by
the chairman of the selectmen or by a justice of the peace.
Section 21. Appointment of Board of Assessors. — The
town manager shall appoint three suitably qualified persons
as assessors. One of said persons shall be appointed for a
term of one year, one for a term of two years, and one for a
term of three years; and annually thereafter there shall be
appointed by the town manager, an assessor for a term of
three years in the place of the assessor whose term is to
expire. The assessors shall serve until their successors are
appointed and qualified. If for any reason a vacancy occurs
in the membership of the board of assessors, the vacancy shall
be filled forthwith by the town manager for the unexpired
term. Upon the appointment and quahfication of assessors
as provided in this section the terms of office of the members
of the then existing board of assessors of the town shall
terminate. The assessors appointed hereunder shall organize
for the proper conduct of their duties and shall possess all
the powers and rights and be subject to all the duties and
liabilities conferred or imposed by law upon assessors of
towns, but in the performance of their duties they shall be
subject to the general supervision and direction of the town
manager. They shall be sworn to the faithful performance
of their duties by the chairman of the selectmen or by a
justice of the peace.
Section 22. Town Clerk. — The town manager shall
appoint a suitably qualified person to the office of town clerk.
The existing elective office of town clerk shall be continued
until the person appointed to said office of town clerk, shall
have qualified, at which time the elective office of town clerk
shall terminate. The town clerk shall have the powers,
perform the duties and be subject to the liabilities and penal-
ties now or hereafter conferred or imposed by law upon town
clerks. He shall be sworn to the faithful performance of his
duties by the chairman of the selectmen or by a justice of
the peace. The town clerk shall serve ex officio as clerk of
the board of selectmen. The town clerk shall be subject to
the general supervision and direction of the town manager
in the performance of his duties.
Section 23. Town Treasurer. — The town manager shall
appoint a suitably qualified person to the office of town
treasurer. The existing elective office of town treasurer shall
be continued until the person appointed to said office of town
treasurer shall have qualified, at which time the elective
office of town treasurer shall terminate. The town treasurer
shall have the powers, perform the duties, and be subject to
the liabilities and penalties now or hereafter conferred or
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imposed by law upon town treasurers but in the conduct of
his office shall be subject to the supervision and direction of
the town manager. Whenever it shall be necessary to exe-
cute any deed conveying land, or any other instrument re-
quired to carry into effect any vote of the town, the same
shall be executed by the treasurer in behalf of the town,
unless the town shall vote otherwise. The town treasurer
shall be sworn to the faithful performance of his duties by
the town clerk or by a justice of the peace.
Section 24. Town Collector. — The town manager shall
appoint a suitably qualified person to the office of town col-
lector. The existing elective office of town collector shall
be continued until the person appointed to said office of town
collector shall have qualified, at which time the elective
office of town collector shall terminate. The collector shall
have the powers, perform the duties and be subject to the
liabilities and penalties now or hereafter conferred or im-
posed by law upon town collectors except that in the per-
formance of his duties he shall be subject to the general
supervision and direction of the town manager. The town
collector shall be sworn to the faithful performance of his
duties by the town clerk or by a justice of the peace.
Section 25. Town Accountant. — The town manager
shall appoint a suitably qualified person to the office of
town accountant. The town accountant in office when this
act becomes effective shall continue in office, subject to the
provisions of chapter thirty-one of the General Laws if
applicable, but otherwise subject to removal by the town
manager as provided herein. Except as othei-wise provided
in this act, the town accountant shall have the powers, per-
form the duties and be subject to the liabilities and penalties
now or hereafter conferred or imposed by law upon town
accountants but in the performance of his duties he shall be
subject to the general supervision and direction of the town
manager. The town accountant shall be sworn to the faithful
performance of his duties by the town clerk or by a justice
of the peace.
Section 26. Superintendent of Puhlic Works. — The town
manager shall appoint a suitably qualified person to the
office of superintendent of public works. The superintend-
ent of public works in office when this act becomes effective
shall continue in office, subject to the provisions of chapter
thirty-one of the General Laws, if applicable, but otherwise
subject to removal by the town manager as provided herein.
The superintendent of public works shall have the powers,
perform the duties and be subject to the liabilities and penal-
ties now or hereafter conferred or imposed by law upon any
officer or officers having similar duties, but in the perform-
ance of his duties he shall be subject to the general super-
vision and direction of the town manager.
Section 27. Tree Warden. — The town manager shall
appoint a suitably qualified person to the office of tree war-
den. The existing elective office of tree warden shall be con-
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tinued until the person appointed to said office of tree warden
shall have qualified; at which time the elective office of tree
warden shall terminate. The tree warden shall have the
powers, perform the duties and be subject to the habiUties
and penalties now or hereafter conferred or imposed by law
upon tree wardens but in the conduct of his office he shall be
subject to the supervision and direction of the town manager.
The tree warden shall be sworn to the faithful performance
of his duties by the chairman of the selectmen or by the town
clerk.
LEGAL AFFAIRS.
Section 28. Appointment of Town Counsel. — The town
manager shall annually appoint an attorney-at-law to act
as town counsel, who shall draft all bonds, deeds, leases,
obligations, conveyances and other legal instruments and
shall perform such other legal services as may be requested
of him, by vote of the town, by the town manager, or by any
board of town officers. Also, when so requested he shall
furnish a written opinion on any question that may be sub-
mitted to him, and he shall at all times upon request of the
town manager furnish legal advice to any officer of the town
who may require his advice upon any subject concerning
the duties of such officer. He shall prosecute all suits or
other legal proceedings ordered to be brought by the town
or by the board of selectmen, and shall appear before the
courts of the commonwealth in defense of all actions or suits
brought against the town or its officers in their official ca-
pacity, and shall try and argue any and all causes in which
the town shall be a party or before any board of referees or
commission and shall appear at any and all hearings on
behalf of the town whenever his services may be required.
FISCAL AFFAIRS.
Section 29. Approval of Warrants. — The town manager
shall be the chief fiscal officer of the town. Warrants for the
payment of town funds prepared by the town accountant in
accordance with the provisions of section fifty-six of chapter
forty-one of the General Laws shall be submitted to the town
manager. The approval of any such warrant by the town
manager shall be sufficient authority to authorize payment
by the town treasurer, but the selectmen shall approve all
warrants in the event of the absence of the town manager or
a vacancy in the office of town manager.
Section 30. Investigation of Claims. — Whenever any
payroll, bill or other claim against the town is presented to
the town manager he shall, if the same seems to him to be
of doubtful validity, excessive in amount, or otherwise con-
trary to the interests of the town, refer it to the selectmen
who shall immediately investigate the facts and determine
what, if any, payment should be made. Pending such in-
vestigation and determination by the selectmen, payment
shall be withheld.
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Section 31. Receipts paid to Treasury. — Every officer
shall pay into the treasury of the town all amounts received
by him on behalf of the town, and shall make a true return
thereof to the town accountant stating the accounts upon
which such amounts were received.
Section 32. Fees paid to Treasury. — The aggregate
annual compensation of each town employee appointed by
the manager shall be limited to the amount established in
accordance with the provisions of this act and all fees re-
ceived in accordance with the provisions of any general or
special law shall be paid into the treasury of the town.
Section 33. Certain Town Officers not to make Contracts
with the Town. — It shall be unlawful for any selectman, the
town manager, any member of the school committee, any
trustee of the pubhc library, or any other elective or ap-
pointive official, except as otherwise provided by this act
or any other provision of law, directly or indirectly to make
a contract with the town, or to receive any commission, dis-
count, bonus, gift, contribution or reward from, or any share
in the profits of, any person or corporation making or per-
forming such a contract, unless the official concerned, im-
mediately upon learning of the existence of such contract,
or that such a contract is proposed, shall notify the select-
men in writing of the contract and of the nature of his interest
therein and shall abstain from doing any official act on behalf
of the town in reference thereto. In case such interest exists
on the part of an officer whose duty it is to make such a con-
tract on behalf of the town, the contract may be made by
another officer or voter of the town duly authorized thereto
by vote of the selectmen. Violation of any provision of this
section shall render the contract in respect to which such
violation occurs voidable at the option of the town. Any
person violating any provision of this section shall be pun-
ished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by
imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both such
fine and imprisonment.
Section 34. Estimates of Expenditures. — On or before
the first day of December of each year, the town manager
shall submit to the selectmen a careful, detailed estimate in
writing of the probable expenditures of the town govern-
ment for the ensuing fiscal year, stating the amount required
to meet the interest and maturing bonds and notes or other
outstanding indebtedness of the town, and showing specifi-
cally the amount necessary to be provided for each fund and
department, together with a statement of the expenditures
of the town for the same purposes in the two preceding years
and an estimate of the expenditures for the current year.
He shall also submit a statement showing all revenues re-
ceived by the town in the two preceding fiscal years together
with an estimate of the receipts of the current year and an
estimate of the amount of income from all sources of revenue
exclusive of taxes upon property in the ensuing year. He
shall report the probable amount required to be levied and
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raised by taxation to defray all expenses and liabilities of
the town together with an estimate of the tax rate necessary
to raise said amount. For the purpose of enabling the town
manager to make up the annual estimate of expenditures,
all boards, officers, and committees of the town shall, upon
his written request, furnish all information in their posses-
sion and submit to him in writing a detailed estimate of the
appropriations required for the efficient and proper conduct
of their respective departments during the next fiscal year.
Section 35. Annual Budget. — The selectmen shall con-
sider the tentative budget submitted by the town manager
and make such recommendations relative thereto as they
deem expedient and proper in the interests of the town. On
or before the twentieth day of December of each year the
selectmen shall transmit a copy of the budget together with
their recommendations relative thereto to each member of
the finance committee.
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
Section 36. Appointment of Finance Committee. — There
shall be a finance committee consisting of nine registered
voters of the town. No elective or appointive town officer
or town employee except a town meeting member shall be
eligible to serve on said committee. The moderator elected
under the provisions of this act in the year nineteen hundred
and forty-eight shall forthwith appoint three members of
the finance committee for terms of one year, three members
for terms of two years, and three members for terms of three
years. At each annual town meeting thereafter the modera-
tor shall appoint three members of said committee for terms
of three years. The terms of office of said members shall
commence immediately upon their qualification and shall
expire at the final adjournment of the annual town meeting
at which their successors are appointed. Said committee
shall choose its own officers and shall serve without pay.
It shall cause to be kept a true record of its proceedings.
Upon the appointment and qualification of a finance com-
mittee as provided herein the terms of office of all members
of the then existing committee shall terminate.
Section 37. Appointments to fill Vacancies. — The said
committee shall fill any vacancy which may occur in its
membership, by vote, an attested copy of which shall be sent
by its secretary to the town clerk. If any member is absent
from five consecutive meetings of said committee, except in
case of illness, his position shall be deemed to be vacant and
shall be filled as herein provided. The term of office of any
person so chosen to fill a vacancy shall expire at the final
adjournment of the next succeeding annual town meeting,
and the moderator shall appoint his successor to complete
the unexpired term of the member in whose office such va-
cancy originally occurred.
Section 38. Consideration of Town Warrant. — All
articles in any warrant for a town meeting except articles
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providing for election of town officers and town meeting
members and except zoning articles shall be referred to the
finance committee for its consideration. The selectmen after
drawing any such warrant shall transmit immediately a
copy thereof to each member of said committee. A public
hearing shall be held at least ten days before the annual
town meeting upon all such articles in the warrant for such
meeting and a notice of such hearing shall be given by post-
ing a copy thereof in at least three public places in the town
not less than three days before the time of holding such hear-
ing. The finance committee may hold a public hearing on
any or all articles in the warrant for a special town meeting.
Notice of such hearing shall be given by posting a copy
thereof in at least three public places in the town not less
than three days before the time of holding such hearing.
Said committee, after due consideration of the subject matter
of such articles in any warrant, shall report thereon to the
town meeting, in writing, such recommendations as it deems
best for the interests of the town and its citizens. The report
of the finance committee on such articles in the warrant for
any annual meeting shall be filed with the town clerk not
later than the first Monday in March and the town clerk
shall forthwith cause said report to be printed and a copy
thereof to be distributed prior to said meeting to each regis-
tered voter in the town.
Section 39. Recommendations by Committee. — It shall
be the duty of the finance committee annually to consider
the expenditures in previous years and the estimated require-
ments for the ensuing year as set forth in the budget sub-
mitted to them by the selectmen. The finance committee
shall add to the statement of expenditures and estimates
in the annual budget another column, giving the amounts
which in its opinion should be appropriated for the ensuing
year, and shall further add thereto such explanations and
suggestions relating to the proposed appropriations as it
may deem expedient, and report thereon as provided in
section thirty-eight.
Section 40. Free Access to Financial Data. — In the
discharge of its duty, said committee shall have free access
to all books of records and accounts, bills and vouchers on
which money has been or may be paid from the town treas-
ury. Officers, boards and committees of the town shall,
upon request, furnish said committee with facts, figures and
any other information pertaining to their several activities.
Section 41. Annual Report. — It shall be the duty of
the finance committee to make an annual report of its doings,
with recommendations relative to financial matters and the
conduct of town business, which shall be included in the
annual town report.
RECALL.
Section 42. Holder of an Elective Office may he Recalled.
■ — Any holder of an elective office except a town meeting
member may be recalled therefrom by the registered voters
of the town as herein provided.
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Section 43. Recall Petition, Preparation, Filing. — Any
ten registered voters of the town may file with the town clerk
an afiidavit containing the name of the officer sought to be
recalled and a statement of the grounds for recall. The town
clerk shall thereupon deliver to said voters making the
afiidavit copies of petition blanks demanding such recall,
printed forms of which he shall keep available. The blanks
shall be issued by the town clerk with his signature and official
seal attached thereto. They shall be dated, shall be addressed
to the selectmen, and shall contain the names of the ten
persons to whom they are issued, the name of the person
whose recall is sought, the grounds of recall as stated in the
affidavit, and shall demand the election of a successor in the
said office. A copy of the petition shall be entered in a record
book to be kept in the office of the town clerk. The recall
petition shall be returned and filed with the town clerk
within twenty days after the filing of the affidavit, and shall
have been signed by at least twenty per cent of the regis-
tered voters of the town, who shall add to their signatures
the street and number, if any, of their residences.
The town clerk shall submit the petition to the registrars
of voters in the town, and the registrars shall forthwith
certify thereon the number of signatures which are names of
registered voters of the town.
Section 44. Removal and Election. — If the petition shall
be found and certified by the town clerk to be sufficient, he
shall submit the same with his certificate to the selectmen
without delay, and the selectmen shall forthwith give written
notice of the receipt of the certificate to the officer sought to
be recalled, and shall, if the officer does not resign within
five days thereafter, thereupon order an election to be held
on a Tuesday fixed by them not less than twenty-five nor
more than thirty-five days after the date of the town clerk's
certificate that a sufficient petition is filed; provided, how-
ever, that if any other town election is to occur within sixty
days after the date of the certificate, the selectmen shall
postpone the holding of the recall election to the date of such
other election. If a vacancy occurs in said office after a recall
election has been ordered, the election shall nevertheless
proceed as provided in this act.
Section 45. Nomination of Candidates. — The question
of recalling any number of officers may be submitted at the
same election. But as to each officer whose recall is sought
there shall be a separate ballot. The nomination of candi-
dates to succeed an officer whose recall is sought, the publi-
cation of the warrant for the recall election and the conduct
of such election shall all be in accordance with the provisions
of chapter fifty-four A of the General Laws relative to the
election of officers by preferential voting.
Section 46. Ballots. — Ballots used in a recall election
shall submit the following propositions in the order indicated:
For the recall of (name of officer) .
Against the recall of (name of officer).
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Immediately at the right of each proposition there shall
be a square in which the voter, by making a cross mark (X),
may vote for either of the said propositions. Under the
proposition shall appear the word "Candidates", the di-
rections to voters required by section four of chapter fifty-
four A of the General Laws, and beneath this the names of
candidates nominated as hereinbefore provided.
Section 47. Election. — If a majority of the votes cast
on the question of recalling an officer shall be against his
recall, he shall continue in office but subject to recall as
provided in this act. If a majority of such votes be for the
recall of the officer designated on the ballot, he shall, regard-
less of any defects in the recall petition be deemed removed
from office. When an officer is recalled from office, the can-
didate to succeed the officer recalled shall be determined in
accordance with the provisions of chapter fifty-four A of
the General Laws relative to the election of officers by prefer-
ential voting.
Section 48. Election in Event of Resignation. — If an
office in regard to which a sufficient recall petition is filed
becomes vacant before the ballots are printed, the election
shall be held as hereinbefore provided, except that the title
of the ballot shall be "Town Election", that the propositions
in regard to the recall shall be omitted from the ballot, and
that above the names of the candidates there shall appear
on the ballot the words "Candidates to succeed (name of
officer) resigned". (If he resigned his office).
Section 49. Subsequent Recall. — No recall petition shall
be filed against an officer within three months after he takes
office, nor in the case of an officer subjected to a recall elec-
tion and not recalled thereby, until at least three months
after the election at which his recall was submitted to the
voters of the town.
Section 50. Person Recalled not to be Appointed to Any
Town Office within Two Years. — No person who has been
recalled from an office, or who has resigned from office while
recall proceedings were pending against him, shall be ap-
pointed to any town office within two years after such recall
or such resignation.
Section 5L Duties of Certain Town Officials relative to
Election. — It shall be the duty of the selectmen and the
town clerk in office and any other town official upon whom
by reason of his office a duty devolves under the provisions
of this act, when this act is accepted by the registered voters
as herein provided, to comply with all the requirements of
law relating to elections, to the end that all things may be
done necessary for the nomination and election of the officers
first to be elected under this act.
Section 52. Section 1 of chapter 55 of the acts of 1928
is hereby amended by striking out the first sentence and
inserting in place thereof the following sentence: — ^^The
selectmen of the town of Saugus, as hereinafter provided,
shall forthwith divide the territory thereof into ten voting
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precincts, each of which shall be plainly designated, and
shall contain approximately an equal number of registered
voters.
Section 53. Said chapter 55 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 2,. as most recently amended by chap-
ter 367 of the acts of 1941, and inserting in place thereof the
following section : — Section 2. The representative town
meeting membership shall consist in each precinct of five
members, who shall be elected for terms of two years each
by official ballot at the biennial town election. The town
clerk shall after every election of town meeting members
forthwith notify each such member by mail of his election.
Upon the qualification of a majority of the town meeting
members elected at the town election to be held on the third
Monday of January, nineteen hundred and forty-eight, the
terms of office of all town meeting members then in office
shall terminate.
Section 54. Section 3 of said chapter 55 is hereby
amended by striking out the first two sentences and insert-
ing in place thereof the following sentence : — The repre-
sentative town meetings held under this act, except as other-
wise provided herein, shall be limited to the elected town
meeting members.
Section 55. Section 5 of said chapter 55 is hereby
amended by striking out, in line 2, the words "a moderator,",
— so as to read as follows: — Section 5. The articles in
the warrant for every town meeting, so far as they relate to
the election of town officers and town meeting members,
and as herein provided, to referenda, and all matters to be
acted upon and determined by ballot, shall be so acted upon
and determined by the registered voters of the town in their
respective precincts. All other articles in the warrant for
any town meeting, beginning with the town meeting at
which said town meeting members are first elected, shall be
acted upon and determined exclusively by town meeting
members at a meeting to be held at such time and place as
shall be set forth by the selectmen in the warrant for the
meeting," subject to the referendum provided for by section
eight.
Section 56. Said chapter 55 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 6 and inserting in place thereof the
following section : — Section 6. At the first representative
town meeting after each election of town meeting members,
one of said members shall be elected to serve as moderator
of all town meetings, except as otherwise provided by law,
for a term of two years or until a successor is elected and
qualified. Any vacancy in the office of moderator may be
filled for the balance of the term by such members at a
meeting held for that purpose. If the moderator is absent, a
moderator pro tempore shall be elected by the town meeting
members.
Section 57. Section nine of said chapter fifty-five is
hereby repealed.
26 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 18.
Section 58. Upon petition of ten per cent of the regis-
tered voters of the town of Saugus filed with the town clerk
not later than thirty days prior to the annual town meeting
in said town in the current year this act shall be submitted
for acceptance to the qualified voters of said town at said
meeting; if no such petition is so filed but a petition for the
submission of the question of the acceptance of this act by
the voters of said town at a special town meeting called for
the purpose is filed with the town clerk not later than three
months after said annual town meeting, the selectmen of said
town shall call a special town meeting to be held not less than
thirty nor more than forty-five days after the filing of the
petition therefor, at which the question of the acceptance of
this act shall be submitted to the voters of said town. The
vote shall be taken in precincts by ballot in accordance with
the provisions of the General Laws, so far as the same shall
be applicable, in answer to the question, which shall be
placed upon the official ballot to be used at said meeting:
"Shall an act passed by the general court in the year nine-
teen hundred and forty-seven, entitled 'An Act changing
the representative town meeting form of government in the
town of Saugus and combining therewith a town manager
form of government' be accepted by this town?" If a ma-
jority of the voters voting on this question shall vote in the
affirmative, and if the total number of voters voting thereon
shall be a majority of the registered voters of the town of
Saugus, this act shall take effect forthwith so far as it relates
to dividing the territory of the town into ten precincts as
provided by section one of chapter fifty-five of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, as amended by this act,
and, so far as it relates to the election of town meeting mem-
bers, selectmen and members of the school committee, it
shall take effect for the purposes of the town election to be
held on the third Monday of January, nineteen hundred and
forty-eight and for all things pertaining thereto, and shall
take full effect upon the qualification of a majority of the
selectmen first elected as provided in section two of this act.
Approved January SO, 1947.
Chap. 18 An Act relative to the borrowing of money by the
TOWN OF PHILLIPSTON FOR BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 31 of the acts of 1946 is
hereby amended by striking out, in lines 1 and 2, the words
"and pubHc works", — by striking out, in line 6, the word
"ten" and inserting in place thereof the word: — twenty, —
and by striking out, in line 8, the words "and PubHc Works",
— so as to read as follows : — Section 1 . For the purposes of
constructing a school building and of originally equipping
and furnishing the same, the town of Phillipston may borrow
from time to time, within a period of five years from the
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 19, 20. 27
passage of this act, such sums as may be necessary, not ex-
ceeding, in the aggregate, twenty thousand dollars, and may
issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face
the words, Phillipston School Building Loan, Act of 1946.
Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and
such loans shall be paid in not more than twenty years from
their dates. Indebtedness incurred under this act shall be
in excess of the statutory limit, but shall, except as herein
provided, be subject to chapter forty-four of the General
Laws, exclusive of the limitation contained in the first para-
graph of section seven thereof.
Section 2. The selectmen of said town are hereby au-
thorized to warn the inhabitants of said town relative to any
action proposed to be taken at the annual meeting in the cur-
rent year relative to the borrowing of money under said chap-
ter thirty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-six,
as amended by this act, by serving as early as possible before
such meeting a supplementary warrant containing an appro-
priate article relating thereto.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 4, 1947.
An Act reviving Massachusetts security corporation QJkuj jg
FOR the sole purpose OF DISPOSING OF CERTAIN PERSONAL ^'
PROPERTY.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would delay the Emergency
conveyance of certain personal property by the corporation p'"^^'"^'^-
revived thereby and it is essential that such personal property
be disposed of as soon as possible; therefore it is hereby de-
clared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public health and convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Massachusetts Security Corporation, a corporation dis-
solved by section one of chapter two hundred and thirty-nine
of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, is hereby
revived and continued for a period of two years for the sole
purpose of disposing of certain personal property owned by
the corporation. Approved February 4, 1947.
An Act further deferring the exercise by co-operative (JJiap, 20
BANKS OF THE PRIVILEGE OF CONVERTING INTO CERTAIN
FEDERAL AGENCIES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 2 of chapter 235 of the acts of 1943, as most re-
cently amended by chapter 111 of the acts of 1946, is hereby
further amended by striking out, in line 3, the word "four"
and inserting in place thereof the word : — five, — so as to
read as follows : — Section 2. The privilege of conversion
permitted by said section fifty A shall not be exercised by
any co-operative bank during the period of five years im-
mediately following the effective date of this act.
Approved February 4t 1947.
28
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 21, 22, 23.
Chap. 21
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 170, § ].
etc., amended.
"Co-operative
Bank Mort-
gage" defined.
An Act defining co-operative bank mortgages.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1 of chapter 170 of the General Laws, as appear-
ing in chapter 144 of the acts of 1933, is hereby amended by-
adding at the end the following paragraph : —
"Co-operative Bank Mortgage", a loan represented by a
note secured by a mortgage upon real estate and a pledge of
a share of the corporation for each two hundred dollars
loaned. Approved February 4, 1947.
Chap. 22 An Act relative to reports required of appointing
AUTHORITIES CONCERNING CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 31, § 18.
etc., amended.
Names of
persons
employed,
promoted,
etc., to be
reported
to director.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 18 of chapter 31 of the General Laws, as most re-
cently amended by section 9 of chapter 703 of the acts of
1945, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word
"reinstatement" in lines 5 and 6 the following: — , absence
on account of illness or injury for over one month, termina-
tion of temporary employment, leave of absence on account
of military service, retirement, pension, change in name, —
so as to read as follows: — Section 18. Every appointing
authority shall report in writing forthwith to the director
any appointment or employment, promotion, demotion, sus-
pension, lay-off, discharge, transfer, resignation, change in
duties or pay, abolition of position, reinstatement, absence
on account of illness or injury for over one month, termination
of temporary employment, leave of absence on account of
military service, retirement, pension, change in name, leave
of absence for over one month, or death, of any person within
the official or labor service. Such report shall contain the
service record of the employee in such form and detail as the
director may designate, as well as the address of such person.
Approved February 4, 1947.
Chap.
23 An Act relative to the purchase and use by the town
OF wareham of a lot of land and the beach connected
therewith, known as little harbor, in said town
AND A right of WAY THERETO.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Wareham is hereby authorized
to purchase a lot of land and beach, known as Little harbor,
with a right of way thereto, as set out, bounded and described
on a plan on file in the office of the town clerk, as a town bath-
ing beach or for such other municipal purposes as said town
from time to time may determine, and said town may restrict
the use of the same to its inhabitants, their guests and
seasonal residents, and may adopt by-laws, not repugnant to
law, relative to the use, care, regulation and control of the
same for such purposes.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 24, 25. 29
Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance by the town at its next annual town meeting.
Approved February 4, 1947.
An Act authorizing the town of plainville to con- Chap. 24
STRUCT, EQUIP AND MAINTAIN A BUILDING FOR USE AS A
LIBRARY ON LAND WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE PLAINVILLE
TOWN PARK, SO CALLED, IN SAID TOWN.
Be it enacted, etc., asfolloios:
Section 1. The town of Plainville is hereby authorized,
notwithstanding any limitation contained in chapter forty-
five of the General Laws, to build, equip and maintain a
building to be used for library purposes only, covering an
area of not more than four thousand square feet on the
ground, within the limits of Plainville town park, so called,
in said town. Said building shall be so located as to interfere
as little as possible with the use for recreational or athletic
purposes of any part of the park area then so used.
Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance by the town at its next annual town meeting.
Approved February 4, 1947.
An Act authorizing the placing of the office of regular Qfiap, 25
OR permanent patrolman of the police department
OF the town of MEDWAY under civil service LAWS.
Be it enacted, etc., asfolloios:
Section 1. The oflEice of regular or permanent patrolman
of the police department of the town of Medway shall, upon
the effective date of this act, become subject to the civil
service laws and rules and regulations made thereunder. The
tenure of office of any incumbent thereof shall be unlimited,
subject, however, to said laws, but the person holding said
office on said effective date shall continue to serve therein
only until the expiration of his term of office unless prior
thereto he passes a qualifying examination to which he shall
be subjected by the division of civil service.
Section 2. Tliis act shall be submitted for acceptance
to the voters of said town at the annual town meeting in the
current year in the form of the following question, which shall
be placed upon the official ballot to be used for the election
of town officers at said meeting: "Shall an act passed by the
General Court in the year nineteen hundred and forty-seven,
entitled 'An Act authorizing the Placing of the Office of
Regular or Permanent Patrolman of the Police Department
of the Town of Medway under Civil Service Laws', be ac-
cepted?" If a majority of the votes in answer to said ques-
tion is in the affirmative, then this act shall thereupon take
full effect, but not otherwise. Approved February 4, 1947.
30 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 26, 27, 28.
Chap. 26 An Act relative to the listing of veterans in the
soldiers' home in CHELSEA.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Edo,'5i!l'4, Section 4 of chapter 51 of the General Laws, as most re-
etc, 'amended, cently amended by section 13 of chapter 453 of the acts of
1943, is hereby further amended by striking out the last
paragraph, and inserting in place thereof the following para-
graph : —
?ife^rln^in ^^^ vctcrau in the soldiers' home in Chelsea shall have
soldiers' 'home the Same right as any other resident of that city to be as-
in Chelsea
same as
resident
sessed and to vote therein. Approved February 4, 1947.
Chap. 27 An Act to authorize the town of lynnfield to borrow
MONEY FOR THE PURPOSE OP CONSTRUCTING, EQUIPPING
AND FURNISHING A SCHOOL BUILDING.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloios:
Section 1. For the purpose of constructing and originally
equipping and furnishing a new elementary school building
in precinct two in the town of Lynnfield, said town may bor-
row, from time to time within a period of five years from the
passage of this act, such sums as may be necessary, not ex-
ceeding, in the aggregate, two hundred thousand dollars,
and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on
their face the words, Lynnfield School Building Loan, Acts
of 1947. Each authorized loan shall constitute a separate
loan, and such loans shall be paid in not more than twenty
years from their dates. Indebtedness incurred under this act
shall be in excess of the statutory limit, but shall, except as
provided herein, be subject to chapter forty-four of the
General Laws, exclusive of the limitation contained in the
first paragraph of section seven thereof.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 5, 1947.
Chap. 28 An Act to properly relate a reference in one section
OF THE TRUST COMPANY STATUTES TO OTHER SECTIONS
THEREOF.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Ed)' 172 "^^ Section 30 A of chapter 172 of the General Laws is hereby
§3bA. etc., amended by striking out the word "fifty-four" in the last
amended. scntcnce as added by section 17 of chapter 349 of the acts of
1934, and inserting in place thereof the words : — fifty-four A,
Exception. — SO that Said sentence will read as follows : — This section
shall not apply in case of assets transferred under section
fifty-four A or sixty-two. Approved February 6, 1947.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 29, 30. 31
An Act relative to depots for the collection of moneys Chap. 29
AND branch offices, AND TO CHANGES IN LOCATION OF
MAIN OFFICES, OF CO-OPERATIVE BANKS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 170 of the General Laws is hereby amended by g-jL.CTer^^^
striking out section 11, as appearing in chapter 144 of the etc!. 'amended.'
acts of 1933, and inserting in place thereof the following
section : — Section 1 1 . Such corporation shall carry on its ^°-°pp^'*j^*'''^
usual business at its banking office, which shall be in the town esTabiiT^
named in its agreement of association, and its board of direct- ^"p^^g'""
ors shall hold stated monthly meetings at any place in said
town. The corporation may, after such notice and hearing
as the commissioner may require, with his written permission
and under such regulations as he may approve, establish one
or more depots, where moneys due the bank may be collected
by the treasurer or other persons duly empowered by the
directors, upon such days as may be designated by vote of
the board of directors, or one or more branch offices in the
town where its banking office is located or in towns not more
than fifteen miles distant where there is no co-operative bank-
ing office at the time when such permission is given. Such change of
corporation may, upon the vote of two thirds of the members nmtiVoffice.
present at a meeting called for that purpose, and with the ap-
proval of the board of bank incorporation, change the location
of its main office to another town within the commonwealth
by appropriate amendment of its agreement of association, a
copy of which shall be filed with the state secretary.
Approved February 6, 1947.
An Act relative to limitations of time for certain (Jfidp^ 3Q
ACTION in connection WITH ELECTIONS AND PRIMARIES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The second paragraph of section 32 of chap- a l. (Ter^
ter 6 of the General Laws, as most recently amended by etc^.'an'iended.
chapter 43 of the acts of 1943, is hereby further amended by
striking out, in line 5, the words "fourteen days" and insert-
ing in place thereof the words: — five o'clock in the after-
noon on the fourteenth day, — and by striking out, in
line 12, the words "four days" and inserting in place thereof
the words: — five o'clock in the afternoon on the fourth
day, — so as to read as follows : —
The commission shall render a decision on any matter re- Powers and
f erred to it, pertaining to certificates of nomination or baiiot lavv ^ ^
nomination papers for any presidential or biennial state •commission.
primaries or any biennial state election or to withdrawals of
nomination therefor, not later than five o'clock in the after-
noon on the fourteenth day after the last day fixed for filing
objections to such certificates or papers or for filing such
withdrawals, as the case may be, under chapter fifty-three.
32
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 31, 32.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 50, § 4,
amended.
Time of
filing.
The commission shall render a decision on any matter re-
ferred to it, pertaining to certificates of nomination or
nomination papers for any special state primary or special
state election or to withdrawals of nomination therefor, not
later than five o'clock in the afternoon on the fourth day
after the last day fixed for filing objections to such certifi-
cates or papers or for filing such withdrawals, as the case
may be, under chapter fifty-three. In the event that said
commission fails to render its decision within the time herein
required on any matter so referred, the state secretary shall,
notwithstanding such failure, proceed forthwith to cause to
be printed the ballots for such primaries or elections.
Section 2. Section 4 of chapter 50 of the General Laws,
as appearing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended
by adding at the end thereof the following paragraph : —
All certificates of nomination and nomination papers and
other papers pertaining to primaries and elections required
by law to be filed on or before a specified day shall be filed
not later than five o'clock in the afternoon on said day.
Approved February 6, 1947.
Chap. 31 An Act restricting the number of times the name of a
PERSON MAY APPEAR ON THE OFFICIAL BALLOT FOR ANY
presidential JPRIMARY AS A CANDIDATE FOR DELECiATE
OR ALTERNATE DELEGATE TO A NATIONAL CONVENTION.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 70E of chapter 53 of the General Laws, inserted
by section 21 of chapter 473 of the acts of 1938, is hereby
amended by inserting before the last sentence the following
sentence: — The name of any person shall not be printed
on the official ballot for any presidential primary as a candi-
date for the office of delegate to a national convention and
as a candidate for the office of alternate delegate thereto nor
more than once as a candidate for either of such offices.
Approved February 6, 1947.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 53,
§ 70E. etc..
amended.
Delegates to
national
conventions.
Names to
appear only
once on
official ballot.
Chap. 32 An Act relative to appropriations by the town of
NANTUCKET FOR MUNICIPAL ADVERTISING PURPOSES AND
FOR PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 139 of the acts of 1937
is hereby amended by striking out, in fine 2, the word "three"
and inserting in place thereof the word : — six, — so as to
read as follows: — Section 1. The town of Nantucket may,
by a majority vote, appropriate each year a sum not exceed-
ing six thousand dollars for advertising the advantages of the
town and for providing amusements or entertainments of a
pubUc character. The money so appropriated by the town
shall be expended under the direction of the board of select-
men.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 7, 1947.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 33. 33
An Act relative to the fire department of the town QIiq/q^ 33
of watertown. /
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The fire department of the town of Water-
town shall hereafter be under the control of an officer to be
known as the chief of the fire department. Subject to the
civil service laws, and the rules and regulations made there-
under, the chief shall be appointed by the selectmen, and
may be removed by them for cause at any time after a hear-
ing. He shall receive such salary as the selectmen may from
time to time determine not exceeding, in the aggregate, the
amount appropriated therefor. He shall have charge of the
extinguishing of fires in the town and the protection of life
and property in case of fire. He shall purchase, subject to the
approval of the selectmen, and keep in repair all property
and apparatus used for and by the fire department. Except
as herein provided, he shall have and exercise all the powers
and discharge all the duties conferred or imposed by statute
upon fire engineers in towns. Subject to said civil service
laws, rules and regulations, he may appoint a deputy chief,
captains, lieutenants, mechanicians and such other officers
as he may think necessary, may remove any such officers
from office at any time for cause after a hearing, with the
approval of the selectmen, and may promote any of said
officers as well as the other members of the department,
which other members shall continue to be appointed by the
selectmen under authority of chapter five hundred and
twenty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and twelve.
Except as herein provided, he shall have full and absolute
authority in the administration of the department, shall
make all rules and regulations for its operation, shall report
to the selectmen from time to time as they may require, and
shall annually report to the town the condition of the depart-
ment with his recommendations thereon.
Section 2. The chief of the fire department shall act as
forest warden in the town of Watertowm and shall have
authority to appoint deputy wardens.
Section 3. The provisions of this act shall not affect the
tenure of office of any of the permanent and call members of
the fire department of the town of Watertown, including the
chief engineer who shall hereafter be known as the chief of
the fire department.
Section 4. So much of said chapter five hundred and
twenty-six as is inconsistent with the provisions of this act
is hereby repealed.
Section 5. This act shall take full effect upon acceptance
by a majority vote of the town meeting members of the town
of Watertown at its next annual town meeting, but not
otherwise. Approved February 7, 1947.
34
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 34.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 51, § 26,
etc., amended.
Sessions of
registrars.
Chap. 34 An Act relative to the registration of voters prior
TO PRIMARIES, PRELIMINARY ELECTIONS AND ELECTIONS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 51 of the General Laws is hereby
amended by striking out section 26, as most recently amended
by section 20 of chapter 453 of the acts of 1943, and inserting
in place thereof the following section: — Section 26. The
registrars, for the purpose of registering voters in the manner
hereinafter provided, shall hold such day and such evening
sessions as the town by by-law or the city by ordinance
shall prescribe, and such other sessions as they deem neces-
sary; but, except as provided in sections thirty-four and
fifty, there shall be no registration of voters between ten
o'clock in the evening on the thirty-second day preceding,
and the day following, the biennial state primary, the presi-
dential primary and the biennial state election, nor in any
city between ten o'clock in the evening on the twentieth day
preceding and the day following a city election, or a city
primary or preliminary election, nor in any town between
ten o'clock in the evening on the twentieth day preceding
and the day following the annual town meeting notwith-
standing any contrary provision in any special law. The
time and place of registration shall be the same for male and
female apphcants.
Section 2. Said chapter 51 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 27, as most recently amended by
section 21 of said chapter 453, and inserting in place thereof
the following section : — Section 27. They shall hold at
least one session at some suitable place in every city or town
on or before the last day for registration preceding the
biennial state primary, the presidential primary and any
city or town primary, or preliminary election.
Section 3. Said chapter 51 is hereby further amended by
striking out section 28, as appearing in the Tercentenary
Edition, and inserting in place thereof the following section:
— Section 28. They shall hold a continuous session from
twelve o'clock noon until ten o'clock in the evening on the
last day for registration prescribed under section twenty-six,
except that in towns having less than three hundred voters
said session shall be sufficient if it includes the time from two
to four o'clock in the afternoon and from seven to ten o'clock
in the evening.
Section 4. Section 29 of said chapter 51, as so appearing,
is hereby amended by striking out, in line 3, the word
"fourth" and inserting in place thereof the word: —
twentieth, — so as to read as follows: — Section 29. They
shall, in some suitable place, hold a continuous session from
twelve o'clock noon until ten o'clock in the evening, on the
twentieth day preceding a special election. Registration
shall cease at ten o'clock in the evening of the day on which
such session is held.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 51, § 27,
etc., amended.
Sessions
before
primaries.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.).51, §1
amended.
Registration
on last day.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 51, §29,
amended.
Sessions before
a special
election.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 35. 35
Section 5. Said chapter 51 is hereby further amended Ed.V.' sK ^oa,
by striking out section 29 A, as amended by section 2 of etc., "amended. '
chapter 109 of the acts of 1943, and inserting in place thereof
the following section: — Section 29 A. They shall, in some sessions
suitable place in every city or town wherein there is to be a ^pecL\°
special state, city or town primary, hold a session on the primaries.
twentieth day preceding such primary. Registration shall
cease at ten o'clock in the evening of the day on which such
a session is held. The provisions of this section applicable
in the case of a special city or town primary shall apply also
in the case of a special preliminary election held in any city
under chapter forty-three, or in any city or town under any
special law.
Section 6. Section 29B of said chapter 51, as amended Ij^s^^^jogB,
by section 22 of said chapter 453, is hereby further amended etc!, 'amend^ed. '
by striking out, in line 2, the word "forty" and inserting in
place thereof the word : — sixty, — so as to read as follows : —
Section 29R. In cities the registrars shall, within sixty days Sessions of
before the biennial state election, but on or before the last citTes.'^'''^^ '"
day fixed for registration, hold one or more sessions in one
or more suitable places in each ward of the city, unless the
city council votes otherwise.
Section 7. Said chapter 51 is hereby further amended EdVsi^Tso
by striking out section 30, as amended by section 23 of said etc;, 'amended',
chapter 453, and inserting in place thereof the following
section : — Section SO. In towns divided into voting pre- sessions in
cincts the registrars shall, within sixty days before the bi- ^°'^"^'
ennial state election or the annual town meeting, as the case
may be, but in each case on or before the last day fixed for
registration, hold one or more sessions in each voting precinct,
unless the selectmen or town vote otherwise. In towns not
divided into voting precincts they shall, during the same
period, hold sessions in one or more suitable places. They
shall hold a session before the last day for registration, at
some suitable place in any village or locality distant two or
more miles from the place of registration, if ten or more
voters residing in or near such village or locality file with the
town clerk not less than forty-eight days before the biennial
state election or annual town meeting a petition stating that
in such village or locality there are at least ten citizens who
are entitled and desire to be registered.
Approved February 7, 1947.
An Act to clarify the limit on the liability of one Chap. 35
BORROWER UPON MORTGAGES MADE BY A CO-OPERATIVE
BANK.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 16 of chapter 170 of the General Laws, as most g^L. (Ter.^ ^^
recently amended by section 7 of chapter 244 of the acts of etc., 'amended. '
1938, is hereby further amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing sentence : — In case the shares of a borrower pledged ^'^^''1*^^. °*
upon a co-operative bank mortgage are transferred to a per- w'henlhares
36 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 36, 37, 38.
are pledged son deemed by the corporation to be a bona fide purchaser
fidepSaser. of the premises securing the same, the liabiHty of the bor-
rower on that loan shall be disregarded in ascertaining
whether or not his liability to the corporation exceeds the
limit on one borrower's liability as determined by this sec-
tion or under sections twenty-seven and thirty-six A.
Approved February 7, 1947.
Chap. 36 An Act affecting the investments of trust companies
IN REAL estate FOR THE TRANSACTION OF THEIR BUSINESS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Ed.),' 172, ■§ 41, Section 41 of chapter 172 of the General Laws, as appear-
amended. -^^g ^^ ^^iq Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by adding
s^iH/reS fit the end the following sentence: — Any sums that may
luowlnJes ^^ recovered by a trust company through the sale or other
fordeprecia- disposal of real cstatc or any part thereof held under this
i*escence°8han sectiou, togcthcr with such sums as are allowed for ordinary
be deducted, depreciation by the federal collector of internal revenue, and
such additional sums as are taken on account of depreciation
or obsolescence, or for other reason, with the consent of the
commissioner or at his direction, shall be deducted from the
amount considered to be invested in such real estate.
Approved February 7, 1947.
Chap. 37 An Act relative to the placing on nomination papers of
ACCEPTANCES OF NOMINATIONS BY CANDIDATES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Ed.V.' 5o!^new Chapter 50 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
§ 3A, added, inserting after section 3 the following section: — Section 3A.
written^^ on Wherever the written acceptance of a candidate is required
accep ance on ^_^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ placcd upou a nomination paper, it shall be
pa^eTsufficient. Sufficient if such acceptance is placed upon one nomination
paper only of a group of nomination papers required to
secure the nomination. Approved February 7, 1947.
Chap. 38 An Act relative to the compensation of the acting
LIBRARIAN OF THE TOWN OF GREENFIELD.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section
ninety-one of chapter thirty- two of the General Laws, the
town of Greenfield may pay to Edgar B. Smith of said
Greenfield for his services as acting librarian for the said
town between September first and December thirty-first in
the year nineteen hundred and forty-six, the sum of eight
hundred and twenty-three dollars and seventy-three cents,
the same being compensation for such services less the amount
of his pension paid by the teachers' retirement system for the
period of such services.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 10, 1947.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 39, 40. 37
An Act limiting the exceptions from the limit of QJiap. 39
LIABILITY OF ONE BORROWER TO A MORRIS PLAN OR SIMILAR
COMPANY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 8 of chapter 172 A of the General Laws, as appear- g. l. (Ter.
ing in section 4 of chapter 452 of the acts of 1935, is hereby ^s^'ell^^'
amended by striking out all after the word "paper" in amended.
line 10 and inserting in place thereof the words: — , or
leases or conditional sales agreements or mortgages of per-
sonal property, actually owned by the person negotiating or
selling the same shall not be considered money so bor-
rowed, even though such person continues or becomes sec-
ondarily or contingently liable thereon or therefor to such
corporation, — so as to read as follows : — Section 8. The Liability
total liability to any such corporation of any individual, cor- regulated.
poration, trust, association or firm for money borrowed,
including in such liability of any corporation, trust, associa-
tion or firm the liabilities of the several directors, trustees,
members or partners thereof, shall at no time exceed ten
per cent of the aggregate of the paid-in capital and surplus
of such corporation, but the discount or purchase of bona
fide bills of exchange or acceptances drawn against actually
existing values and the discount or purchase of commercial
or business paper, or leases or conditional sales agreements
or mortgages of personal property, actually owned by the
person negotiating or selling the same shall not be considered
money so borrowed, even though such person continues or
becomes secondarily or contingently liable thereon or
therefor to such corporation.
Approved February 10, 1947.
An Act relative to the supply of water by the thorn- QJiav, 40
DIKE FIRE AND WATER DISTRICT IN THE TOWN OF PALMER
IN AN AREA HERETOFORE SUPPLIED BY JEREMIAH J. KELLEY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 320 of the acts of 1946 is hereby amended by in-
serting after section 15 the following section: — Section 15 A.
Nothing in this act shall authorize the district to supply
water for the extinguishment of fires or for domestic or other
purposes to the inhabitants of the area served on the effective
date of this act by Jeremiah J. Kelley, or his heirs or assigns,
without first having acquired by purchase, or by eminent
domain under chapter seventy-nine or chapter eighty A of
the General Laws, as the occasion may arise, all of the prop-
erties of said Jeremiah J. Kelley, or his heirs and assigns,
on said date appurtenant to the business of water supply
and located within the area served by the said Jeremiah J.
Kelley, or his heirs and assigns. In case of dispute as to the
area served by said Jeremiah J. Kelley, or his heirs and
38 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 41, 42.
assigns, on said date, the department of public utilities, upon
application of the district or of said Jeremiah J. Kelley, or
his heirs and assigns, shall determine such area and such
determination shall be final.
Approved February 10, 1947.
Chap. 41 A.N Act relative to investments by domestic insurance
COMPANIES IN REAL ESTATE MORTGAGES INSURED UNDER
THE NATIONAL HOUSING ACT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Edo ■ 175^ Section 65 of chapter 175 of the General Laws, as amended
§ e's'etc.,' by chapter 125 of the acts of 1946, is hereby further amended
amen e . ^^ striking out, in line 6, the words "domestic life" and
inserting in place thereof the word: — such, — so as to read
Certain loans as f oUows I — Scction 65. No domestic company shall, ex-
prohibHld^*"^ cept in effecting the sale of real estate owned by it, and then
only with the approval of the commissioner, invest any of
its funds in loans upon mortgages except upon the conditions
expressed in the seventh paragraph of section sixty-three;
provided, that any such company may make and acquire
loans secured by mortgages on real estate within or without
the commonwealth insured by the Federal Housing Ad-
ministrator under the provisions of the National Housing Act
or of any act in amendment thereof or in addition thereto,
and may obtain such insurance.
Approved February 10, 1947.
Chap. 42 An Act to clarify and establish the authority of the
TOWN OF ESSEX TO BORROW MONEY FOR NOT MORE THAN
THIRTY YEARS UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE GENERAL LAWS
FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Essex may incur debt payable
in not more than thirty years under the authority of clause
(3) of section eight of chapter forty-four of the General Laws,
for supplying itself and its inhabitants with water, notwith-
standing the provisions of chapter two hundred and thirty-
three of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and fifteen and
the establishment in said town of the Conomo Point water
supply system.
Section 2. Chapter 233 of the Special Acts of 1915 is
hereby repealed.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 12, 1947.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 43, 44, 45. 39
An Act to make effective and to ratify and confirm Qfidjy^ 43
THE ACTION OF THE TOWN OF NORFOLK IN ESTABLISHING A
WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM AND IN THE ELECTION OF WATER
COMMISSIONERS AND TO RATIFY AND CONFIRM THE OFFICIAL
ACTS OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The action of the town of Norfolk in es-
tablishing a water supply system and the election of water
commissioners at the annual town meeting in nineteen hun-
dred and forty-six is validated, ratified and confirmed and
made effective to the same extent as though the said town
had acted to establish a water supply system in accordance
with the provisions of section thirty-nine A of chapter forty
of the General Laws and had established a board of water
commissioners in accordance with the provisions of section
sixty-nine A of chapter forty-one of the General Laws.
Section 2. All official acts performed by the said water
commissioners are ratified, confirmed and validated.
Section 3. This act shall take elTect upon its passage.
Approved February 12, 19^7.
An Act authorizing the town of franklin to purchase Qj^ij) 44
water from, and to sell water to, any adjoining ^'
towns.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Franklin, acting by its board
of water and sewer commissioners, is hereby authorized to
purchase water from, and to sell water to, any adjoining
towns, and any such adjoining town, acting by its board of
water commissioners, or board exercising the powers of such
commissioners, is hereby authorized to sell water to, or to
purchase water from, said town of Frankfin.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 12, 194-7.
An Act increasing the maximum amount of deposits Qfiaj) 45
WHICH MAY BE RECEIVED BY SAVINGS BANKS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section L Chapter 168 of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Ter.
amended by striking out section 31, as most recently amended fttl'amfAded^'
by chapter 97 of the acts of 1945, and inserting in place
thereof the following section: — Section SI. Such corpora- Amount of
tion may receive on deposit from any person not more than {Infield*
five thousand dollars; and may allow interest upon such
deposits, and upon the interest accumulated thereon, until
the principal, with the accrued interest, amounts to ten
thousand dollars; and thereafter upon no greater amount
than ten thousand dollars; but this section shall not apply
40
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 46, 47.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 168,
§31A,
amended.
Same subject.
Joint
accounts.
to deposits by a religious or charitable corporation or labor
union, or credit union, or fraternal benefit society, or in the
name of a judge of probate, or by order of any court, or on
account of a sinking fund of a town in the commonwealth or
of any trust fund held by a town for public uses, or of the
funds of any state, county or municipal retirement or pen-
sion system or association, or of the funds of the Savings
Banks Employees Retirement Association.
Section 2. Said chapter 168 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 31 A, as appearing in the Tercentenary
Edition, and inserting in place thereof the following sec-
tion:— Section SI A. Such corporation may receive de-
posits on joint accounts provided for in section fourteen of
chapter one hundred and sixty-seven to the amount of ten
thousand dollars, and may allow interest upon such deposits
and upon the interest accumulated thereon until the prin-
cipal with the accrued interest amounts to twenty thousand
dollars, and thereafter upon no greater amount than twenty
thousand dollars. Persons having such joint accounts may
also make deposits in their individual names, but the total
amount of such deposits, both joint and individual, shall
not exceed ten thousand dollars, and such corporation may
allow interest upon such deposits and upon the interest ac-
cumulated thereon until the principal with the accrued in-
terest on all said accounts amounts to twenty thousand dol-
lars, and thereafter upon no greater amount than twenty
thousand dollars. Approved February 12, 194-7.
Chap. 46
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 170, § 6,
etc., amended.
By-laws.
Fines.
An Act relative to fines in co-operative banks.
Be it enacted, etc , as follows:
Section 6 of chapter 170 of the General Laws, as amended,
is hereby further amended by striking out subsection (k), as
appearing in chapter 144 of the acts of 1933, and inserting in
place thereof the following subsection: —
(k) The manner in which and extent to which the board
of directors shall fix the rate of fines upon delinquent pay-
ments and authorize the waiver of sUch fines.
Approved February 12, 1947.
Chap. 47 ^^ ^^"^ extending the period during which the trustees
under the will of GEORGE ROBERT WHITE SHALL HAVE
THE TEMPORARY CARE, CUSTODY AND CONTROL FOR CERTAIN
PUBLIC PURPOSES OF CERTAIN PARK LAND IN THE CITY OF
BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1 of chapter 585 of the acts of 1941, as most re-
cently amended by chapter 302 of the acts of 1945, is hereby
further amended by striking out, in the last sentence, the
word "six" and inserting in place thereof the word: — eight,
— so that said sentence will read as follows : — Said transfer
shall also be upon the further express condition that if,
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 48, 49, 50. 41
within eight years from the date of such transfer, such im-
provement and construction at or on said park land shall
not have been completed, then the care, custody and control
of said park land shall thereupon revert without further act
to said park department. Approved February 12, 19Jf7.
An Act relative to the par value of capital stock Qfiart 48
ISSUED BY gas AND ELECTRIC COMPANIES. ^'
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 6 of chapter 164 of the General Laws, as appear- g. l. (Ter.
ing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by ^mende'd.' ^^*^'
striking out paragraph {e) and inserting in place thereof the
following paragraph : —
(e) The par value of the shares, which may be one hun- Agreement of
dred dollars, fifty dollars, twenty-five dollars, twenty dollars p^^^iurof
or ten dollars, as the department shall authorize. shares.
Approved February 12, 1947.
An Act relative to the purchase of forest fire fight- Qhn^ 4Q
ING apparatus by THE COUNTY OF BARNSTABLE FOR USE ^'
BY THE TOWNS WITHIN ITS LIMITS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1 of chapter 349 of the acts of 1939 is hereby
amended by striking out in fine 3 the words "five thousand"
and inserting in place thereof the words : — seventy-five
hundred, — so as to read as follows: — Section 1. The
county commissioners of the county of Barnstable may an-
nually expend such sum, not exceeding seventy-five hun-
dred dollars, as may be appropriated by the general court,
for the purchase of apparatus to be used by the several
towns within said county in preventing and extinguishing
forest fires. Said commissioners shall, from time to time,
provide by rules and regulations for the custody'- and main-
tenance of said apparatus, and for the use of said apparatus,
subject to the pertinent provisions of sections twenty-four
and twenty-five of chapter forty-eight of the General Laws
relative to the use and control of apparatus in the extinguish-
ment of fires. Approved February 12, 1947.
An Act increasing the amount that may be raised and Qhav 50
EXPENDED IN PROVIDING ADDITIONAL ACCOMMODATIONS
FOR THE REGISTRY' OF DEEDS AT CAMBRIDGE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 65 of the acts of 1946 is
hereby amended by striking out in line 3 the word "thirty-
eight" and inserting in place thereof the word: — fifty-five,
— so as to read as follows : — Section 1 . The county com-
missioners of Middlesex county are hereby authorized to
raise and expend a sum not exceeding fifty-five thousand
42 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 51, 52.
dollars for the purpose of providing adequate accommoda-
tipns for the registry of deeds at the registry of deeds and
probate building at Cambridge in said county, and for such
purposes said county commissioners may make additions to
the registry of deeds wing of said building and may alter
or remodel said registry of deeds wing and do all things
incidental thereto.
Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its accept-
ance during the current year by the county commissioners of
the county of Middlesex, but not otherwise.
Approved February 12, 1947.
Chap. 51 An Act to enable the Middlesex county commissioners
TO ACQUIRE CERTAIN ADDITIONAL LAND IN THE CITY OF
LOWELL FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF
LOWELL IN SAID COUNTY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The county commissioners of Middlesex
county are hereby authorized to acquire by purchase, or
otherwise, certain land in the city of Lowell as an adjunct
to the district court of Lowell in said city, said land being
now or formerly owned by the Middlesex Company, and
lying opposite the entrance of the present court house, and
being bounded southerly by Hurd street; westerly by land
now or formerly of St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church;
and northerly by Warren street; and, for said purpose, may
raise and expend a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars,
said sum to be included as a part of the county tax for said
county of Middlesex for the current year.
Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance during the current year by the county commissioners
of said county, but not otherwise.
Approved February 12, 19^7.
Chap. 52 An Act further regulating carriers of property by
MOTOR vehicle.
^r'^ambre':^ Wkcrcas, The deferred operation of this act would tend
to defeat its purpose, which is to make immediately subject
to forfeiture certain rights of certain carriers of property by
motor vehicle for failure to render service in accordance with
certificates issued to them, therefore it is hereby declared
to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preser-
vation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
EdV'iMB §3 Section 1. Section 3 of chapter 159B of the General
etc!. 'amended. ' Laws is hereby amended by striking out paragraph (c), as
most recently amended by section 1 of chapter 420 of the
acts of 1946, and inserting in place thereof the following
paragraph: —
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 53. 43
(c) Any regular or irregular route common carrier who, Forfeiture of
during any period of not less than sixty consecutive days fafi'ur^e'to
since the fifth day of June, nineteen hundred and forty-six, render
fails or has failed to render any part of the service author- ^'"■''""'•
ized by his certificate except for the reason that the ways
over which he must operate are impassable because of floods,
condition of the highways or for other reasonable causes
shall be deemed to have abandoned that part of the service
authorized by his certificate, and if, after a hearing, the de-
partment finds that such carrier has so failed to render serv-
ice in accordance with his certificate, and not for any reason
set forth in the foregoing exceptions, his rights thereto to
the extent of his failure to render service shall be forfeited
and the department shall reissue his certificate subject to
the resulting limitations.
Section 2. The provisions of paragraph (c) of section Provisions
three of chapter one hundred and fifty-nine B of the Gen- au^proceed-
eral Laws, as most recently amended by section one of this '"j^s
act, shall apply to all proceedings begun by the department department.
of public utilities under authority of any provision of said
paragraph (c), as appearing in section one of chapter four
hundred and twenty of the acts of nineteen hundred and
forty-six, and still pending before said department on the
effective date of this act.
Section 3. Section 9 of said chapter 159B, as most re- g. l. (Ter.
cently amended by section 1 of chapter 376 of the acts of ftV,'amlnd!d'
1946, is hereby further amended by adding at the end the
following sentence : — The department in its discretion may Department
refuse to issue such a distinguishing plate to the holder of ["'^s/Je"'"'
any certificate or permit pending any complaint or hearing plate.
upon the question of revocation or suspension of such cer-
tificate or permit, or in which such question is involved.
Approved February 13, 1947.
An Act placing under the civil service laws the office (JJid'p 53
OF custodian of town hall in the town of milford.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The office of custodian of town hall in the
town of Milford shall, upon the effective date of this act,
become subject to the civil service laws, and the rules and
regulations made thereunder, and the tenure of office of any
subsequent incumbent of said office shall be unlimited, sub-
ject, however, to said civil service laws. The incumbent of
said office on said effective date shall be subjected to a non-
competitive qualifying examination for said oSice by the
division of civil service of the department of civil service
and registration. If said incumbent passes said examina-
tion, he shall be certified for said office and shall be deemed
to be permanently appointed thereto without serving any
probationary period, and his tenure of office shall be un-
limited, subject, however, to the provisions of said laws. If
said incumbent does not pass such non-competitive quali-
44 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 54.
fying examination, he may continue to serve in said office,
but shall not be subject to the provisions of said laws.
Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance by a majority vote of the town meeting members
of the town of Milford at the annual town meeting held in
the current year, but not otherwise.
Approved February 13, 1947.
Chap. 54 An Act to provide that the school committee of the
CITY OF CHELSEA SHALL CONSIST OF FIVE MEMBERS, THE
MAYOR, EX OFFICIO, AND FOUR OTHER MEMBERS TO BE
ELECTED BY AND FROM THE VOTERS OF SAID CITY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1, The school committee of the city of Chelsea
shall consist of five members, the mayor ex officio, having a
right to vote therein, and four other members to be elected
by and from the voters of said city.
Section 2, At the biennial municipal election to be held
in the city of Chelsea in the year nineteen hundred and
forty-nine, four members of the school committee shall be
elected by and from the registered voters of the city for
terms of four years each, and at the biennial municipal elec-
tion in every fourth year thereafter, successors to the mem-
bers of said committee to be elected thereat shall be elected
for four years each. All persons elected under the provi-
sions of this act shall serve from eight o'clock in the evening
on the first Monday of January following their election and
until the qualification of their respective successors.
Section 3. All members of said school committee elected
at the biennial municipal election held in said city in the
year nineteen hundred and forty-seven shall cease to hold
office upon the quaHfication of the members of the school
committee elected at the biennial municipal election in the
year nineteen hundred and forty-nine.
Section 4. So much of chapter six hundred and eighty
of the acts of nineteen hundred and eleven, and acts in
amendment thereof or in addition thereto, as is inconsistent
with the provisions of this act is hereby repealed.
Section 5. This act shall be submitted for acceptance
to the registered voters of the city of Chelsea at the bien-
nial state election to be held in the year nineteen hundred
and forty-eight in the form of the following question, which
shall be placed upon the official ballot to be used in said
city at said election: — "Shall an act passed by the general
court in the year nineteen hundred and forty-seven, entitled
*An act to provide that the school committee of the city of
Chelsea shall consist of five members, the mayor, ex officio,
and four other members to be elected by and from the voters
of said city', be accepted?" If a majority of the votes cast
on said question is in the affirmative, then this act shall
thereupon take full effect, but not otherwise.
Approved February IS, 1947.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 55, 56. 45
An Act relative to the issue of new registered bonds Q^iav 55
BY A COUNTY, CITY, TOWN OR DISTRICT OR ANY DOMESTIC
CORPORATION.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 107 of the General Laws is hereby amended by o. l. (Xer.
striking out section 5, as appearing in the Tercentenary Edi- fj^endri' ^ ^'
tion, and inserting in place thereof the following section : —
Section 5. A person to whom a bond, note or certificate issue of new
issued under section four is transferred by operation of law biSds'!'^^*^
or by an assignment acknowledged before an officer author-
ized to take acknowledgments of deeds conveying real prop-
erty in this commonwealth or by an assignment the signa-
ture on which has been guaranteed as to its genuineness by
a bank or trust company located and authorized to do busi-
ness in this commonwealth or in New York city, shall be
entitled in exchange therefor to a new bond, note or certifi-
cate of the same effect, payable to him by name.
Approved February 13, 1947.
An Act relating to the making of certain direct- Chap. 56
REDUCTION LOANS BY CO-OPERATIVE BANKS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The first paragraph of section 36A of chapter o. l. (Xer.
170 of the General Laws, as most recently amended by sec- f sbAfltc..
tion 2 of chapter 177 of the acts of 1945, is hereby further amended. '
amended by striking out in line 3 the word "improved", —
so that the first sentence will read as follows : — Any such Direct;
corporation may also make loans, to be known as direct- [ofns.*'*'°
reduction loans, upon real estate situated in the common-
wealth, the title to which is in the name of the borrower
and which is unencumbered by any mortgage or lien other
than municipal liens or such mortgages as may be held by
the corporation making the loan.
Section 2. The second paragraph of said section 36A, EdK"i?o?'
as most recently amended by section 1 of chapter 154 of the § sbX. etc..
acts of 1946, is hereby further amended by striking out the Amended,
first two sentences, and inserting in place thereof the two
following sentences : —
No such loan shall have a term of more than twenty years. Term and
nor shall such loan exceed eighty per cent of the value of roanUmited,
the mortgaged property, if improved real estate, nor more
than fifty per cent of such value, if vacant land, as certified
by the security committee of such corporation. No such
loan upon any one parcel of real estate so mortgaged shall
exceed twelve thousand dollars, if improved real estate, nor
shall exceed eight thousand dollars, if vacant land.
Section 3. Said section 36 A, as so amended, is hereby g. l. (Tw.
further amended by adding at the end the following para- s^aeA^ltc..
46
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 57, 58.
Direct-
reduction
loan can
be made on
real estate
situated in a
state
contiguous to
Massachusetts
Subject to the provisions, restrictions and limitations con-
tained in this section, any such corporation may also make
direct-reduction loans on improved real estate situated in a
state contiguous to the commonwealth and within a radius
of twenty-five miles of the main office of such corporation.
Approved February IS, 1947.
Chap.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 170, §55,
etc., amended.
Contributions
to relief
fund or
57 An Act relative to membership in certain leagues
and the making of certain donations to public
charities by co-operative banks.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 55 of chapter 170 of the General Laws, as most
recently amended by section 2 of chapter 61 of the acts of
1945, is hereby further amended by striking out the last
two sentences, and inserting in place thereof the following:
— Any such corporation may also by like vote contribute
such sum or sums of money as said board may determine
to be reasonable to any fund being raised by a relief com-
mittee or agency approved by the commissioner of pubUc
welfare as evidenced by a writing filed in his office, and
formed for the purpose of raising money to be used for the
betterment of social and economic conditions in the com-
munity where such corporation is established. No such cor-
poration shall expend in the aggregate for the purposes men-
tioned in this section in any one fiscal year, as determined
by the commissioner, more than three quarters of one per
cent of its income for the next preceding fiscal year, as so
determined; provided, that not more than one quarter of
one per cent of such income shall be expended for the con-
tributions referred to in the second sentence of this section.
Approved February 13, 1947.
Chap. 58 An Act authorizing county commissioners to lease
ANY REAL ESTATE OF A COUNTY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 14 of chapter 34 of the General Laws, as appearing
in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by insert-
ing after the word "them" in line 14 the words: — , or to
lease any real estate of the county, — so that the last sen-
tence will read as follows : — They shall have authority to
represent their county, and to have the care of its property
and the management of its business and affairs in cases
where not otherwise expressly provided; to sell and convey
any real estate of the county by deed, sealed with the county
seal, signed and acknowledged by them, or to lease any real
estate of the county; to adopt a county seal, which shall
be in the custody of their clerk and affixed to all processes
requiring it. Approved February IS, 1947.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 34, § 14,
amended.
General
powers of
the
commissioners.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 59, 60. 47
An Act providing for additional accommodations in Qjiary 59
THE superior COURT BUILDING AT CAMBRIDGE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The county commissioners of Middlesex
county are hereby authorized to raise and expend a sum not
exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars for the purpose of
providing adequate accommodations in the superior court
building at Cambridge in said county, and for such purpose
said county commissioners may make additions to said
building and remodel or alter said building and do all things
incidental thereto.
Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its accept-
ance during the current year by the county commissioners
of the county of Middlesex, but not otherwise.
Approved February IS, 1947.
An Act relative to the abandonment or discontinu- (Jhn^ fin
ANCE BY CITIES AND TOWNS OF CERTAIN PROJECTS FOR ^'
WHICH LOANS HAVE BEEN ISSUED AND TO THE USE OF THE
PROCEEDS THEREOF.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would, in Emergency
part, defeat its purpose, which is to immediately require P'"e=*"^t)ie-
that certain action by municipalities with respect to the use
of proceeds of loans conform with recognized principles of
municipal finance, therefore this act is hereby declared to
be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preserva-
tion of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 44 of the General Laws is hereby amended by g. l. (Ter.
striking out section 20, as most recently amended by section ^tl! 'amended.
21 of chapter 358 of the acts of 1946, and inserting in place
thereof the following section: — Section 20. The proceeds Proceeds of
of any sale of bonds or notes, except premiums, shall be used to'be°lse°d"^^
only for the purposes specified in the authorization of the only for
loan except as otherwise authorized by this section. If a ^peTiSeX etc.
balance remains after the completion of the project for which
the loan was authorized, such balance may at any time be
appropriated for similar purposes, or after the expiration
of two years from such completion the balance may be
appropriated for any purposes for which a loan may be
incurred for an equal or longer period of time. If a loan has
been issued for a specified purpose but no liability has been
incurred thereunder, a city by a two thirds vote of all of the
members of the city council, or a town by a two thirds vote
of the voters present and voting thereon at an annual town
meeting, may vote to abandon or discontinue the project
and the proceeds of the loan may thereupon be appropriated
for any other purpose for which a loan may be authorized
for an equal or longer period of time. Any premium received Premiums.
48 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 61, 62.
upon such bonds or notes, less the cost of preparing, issuing
and marketing them, shall be applied to the payment of the
principal of the first bonds or notes to mature, and the con-
tributions from other sources for the payment of said bonds
or notes shall be reduced correspondingly.
Approved February I4, 1947.
ChaV. 61 -^^ ^^'^ AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF BRIDGEWATER TO BOR-
ROW MONEY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND FURNISHING OF
A NEW HIGH SCHOOL.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of constructing a high school
building and originally equipping and furnishing said build-
ing, the town of Bridgewater may borrow, from time to time
within a period of five years from the passage of this act,
such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggre-
gate three hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and may issue
bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the
words, Bridgewater High School Loan, Acts of 1947. Each
authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such
loans shall be paid in not more than twenty years from their
dates. Indebtedness incurred under this act shall be in ex-
cess of the statutory limit, but shall, except as provided
herein, be subject to chapter forty-four of the General Laws,
exclusive of the limitations contained in the first paragraph
of section seven thereof.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February I4, 1947.
Chap. 62 An Act relative to appropriations by the town of
YARMOUTH FOR MUNICIPAL ADVERTISING PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Yarmouth may, by a majority
vote, appropriate each year a sum not exceeding five hun-
dred dollars for advertising the advantages of the town; pro-
vided, that before any such appropriation is made a sum at
least equal to the amount thereof shall previously have been
contributed by public subscription or by donation or legacy,
and paid into the town treasury to be expended for the afore-
said purposes. The money so appropriated shall be ex-
pended under the direction of the selectmen.
Section 2. So much of the action of said town at its
annual meeting in the current year, in pursuance of article
forty-nine of the warrant therefor, as would have been valid
had section one been in force when the warrant for said town
meeting was posted, is hereby ratified and confirmed, and the
entire sum appropriated thereunder may be expended for
the purposes specified in section one, subject to the pro-
visions thereof.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February I4, 1947.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 63, 64, 65. 49
An Act authorizing the county of Berkshire to re- Q}iav. 63
IMBURSE THE CITY OP NORTH ADAMS FOR CERTAIN CON-
STRUCTION.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The county of Berkshire is hereby authorized to reim-
burse the city of North Adams for one half of the cost, but
not exceeding two thousand dollars, of constructing the new
quarters for the engineering department of said city in the
basement of the city hall, and the space now occupied by
said department shall be used as part of the quarters under
lease by the county from said city for occupancy by the
district court of northern Berkshire.
Approved February I4, 1947.
An Act relative to the submission to the voters of QJkxj)^ 54
certain cities and towns of the question of the
acceptance of CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF LAW FURTHER
REGULATING THE HOURS OF DUTY OF PERMANENT MEM-
BERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENTS THEREIN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Notwithstanding any contrary provision of section fifty-
eight B of chapter forty-eight of the General Laws, inserted
by section one of chapter four hundred and thirteen of the
acts of nineteen hundred and forty-five, upon petition of not
less than ten per cent of the registered voters in a city or
town, duly certified by the registrars of voters and filed
with the city or town clerk not less than thirty days before
the regular municipal election, if any, of such city in the
current year, or before the annual town election of such
town in the year nineteen hundred and forty-eight, the city
or town clerk shall cause to be printed upon the official ballot
to be used in such city or town at such election the follow-
ing question: — "Shall section fifty-eight B of chapter forty-
eight of the General Laws, providing for a forty-eight hour
week for permanent members of fire departments, be ac-
cepted?" If a majority of the votes cast on said question
is in the affirmative, said section fifty-eight A of said chap-
ter forty-eight shall take effect in such city or town ninety
days thereafter. Approved February I4, 1947.
An Act relative to the payment of compensation to Chap. 65
AN acting superintendent of schools for the joint
school superintendency union, no. 17.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Notwithstanding the provisions of section ninety-one of
chapter thirty-two of the General Laws, the towns of East
Longmeadow, Hampden and Wilbraham, comprising Joint
School Superintendency Union, No. 17, may pay to Fred-
eric A. Wheeler of East Longmeadow for his services as act-
capitol police.
50 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 66, 67.
ing superintendent of schools for the said union between
September fourth and November fifteenth, nineteen hun-
dred and forty-six, in the proportions in which they con-
tribute to the expenses of said union, the sum of eight hun-
dred sixty-two dollars and seventy-five cents, the same being
the compensation for such services less the amount of his
pension payable by the teachers retirement sj^stem for the
period of such service. Approved February I4, 1947.
Chap. 66 ^^ ^^^ RELATIVE TO THE POWERS OF CAPITOL POLICE
OFFICERS.
Emergency Whereas, One of the principal purposes of this act is to
preani e. provide, as soon as may be, additional authority to capitol
police officers for the better performance of their duties and
the deferred operation of this act would delay the achieve-
ment of such purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be
an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation
of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows. •
G.L. (Ter Scction 12 of chapter 8 of the General Laws, as amended
etc.. amended, by scction 5 of chapter 249 of the acts of 1938, is hereby
further amended by inserting after the word "officers" in
Pjjwersofthe fine 12 the following sentence: — A capitol pohce officer
„„„.. . may, upon view of any misdemeanor committed in his pres-
ence, while on duty, arrest the person committing such mis-
demeanor, and shall have all the powers of police officers in
the enforcement of traffic rules, regulations and ordinances
on streets adjacent to any building owned, or occupied
wholly or in part, by the commonwealth; and a capitol police
officer shall have all the powers of state police officers while
going to or from any such building on any assigned duty.
Approved February 17, 1947.
Chap. 67 An Act establishing a traffic commission in the city
OF MALDEN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. There is hereby established in the city of
Maiden, hereinafter referred to as the city, a commission
to consist of the chairman of the street and water commis-
sion, the city engineer, the chairman of the planning board,
the fire commissioner, or his representative, and the captain
of police, or his representative.
Section 2. The captain of pohce, or his representative,
shall act as the chairman of said commission and shall be
known as the traffic commissioner. The members of the
commission shall receive no compensation for their services
as commissioners, but all expenses incurred for the purposes
of this act shall be paid by the city. All statutes and ordi-
nances applicable generally to the departments of the city
shall apply to the commission.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 67. 51
Section 3. The commission shall have exclusive author-
ity, except as otherwise herein provided, to adopt, amend,
alter and repeal rules and regulations, not inconsistent with
general law as modified by this act, relative to vehicular
street traffic in the city, and to the movement, stopping or
standing of vehicles on, and their exclusion from, all or any
streets, ways, highways, roads and parkways, under the
control of the city, including rules and regulations designat-
ing any way or part thereof under said control as a through
way under and subject to the provisions of section nine of
chapter eighty-nine of the General Laws, and may prescribe
penalties not exceeding fifty dollars for the violation of any
rule or regulation adopted hereunder. No such rule or regu-
lation, except such special rules and regulations as are de-
clared by vote of the commission to be urgently required by
considerations of public safety or convenience or such as are
of a temporary nature and are to be effective for a period of
not more than two weeks, shall take effect until published
for two successive weeks in one or more newspapers pub-
lished in the city. Upon petition of twenty-five registered
voters of the city relative to any rule or regulation adopted
or proposed to be adopted under this section, the commis-
sion shall hold a public hearing thereon within ten days after
the filing with the commission of such petition, and final
action thereon shall be determined only by vote of a majority
of the entire membership of the commission. The commis-
sion shall have power to erect, make and maintain, or cause
to be erected, made and maintained, traffic signs, signals,
markings and other devices for the control of such traffic
in the city and for informing and warning the public as to
rules and regulations adopted hereunder, subject, however,
to section two of chapter eighty-five, and to sections eight
and nine of said chapter eighty-nine, of the General Laws.
Nothing in this act shall be construed to authorize the
commission to adopt any rule or regulation excluding the
trackless trolley vehicles or buses of a street railway or bus
company from any way or part thereof in which it has a
location, or to modify or limit any power or authority of the
metropolitan district commission, of the state department of
public works or of the state department of pubhc utilities, or
any power now vested in the mayor, board of aldermen or
heads of departments with reference to the issuance of li-
censes or permits for the opening, using or occupying of
streets and sidewalks.
Section 4. All existing ordinances and regulations, re-
lating to the control of vehicular traffic shall remain in full
force and effect until superseded by rules and regulations
adopted by the commission under this act, and the adoption
thereof by the commission shall not affect any act done, any
right accrued, any penalty incurred, or any suit, prosecution
or proceeding pending, at the time of said adoption.
Section 5. Chapter 308 of the Special Acts of 1917 is
hereby repealed.
52
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 68, 69, 70.
Chap.
Section 6. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance, during the current year, by vote of the city coun-
cil of said city, subject to the provisions of its charter, but
not otherwise. Approved February 17, 1947.
68 An Act authorizing the towns of hingham and cohas-
set to jointly establish and maintain a playground
and recreation field in said town of hingham, and
to appropriate money therefor.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The towns of Hingham and Cohasset may
jointly establish and maintain a playground and recreation
field in said town of Hingham and each of said towns may
appropriate money therefor. Such playground and recrea-
tion field shall be under the control of the playground com-
mittee of the town of Hingham and the board of selectmen
of the town of Cohasset, acting jointly. Except as otherwise
provided herein, the estabhshment and maintenance of such
playground and recreation field shall be subject to section
fourteen of chapter forty-five of the General Laws.
Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its accept-
ance by each of said towns at an annual town meeting, but
not otherwise. Approved February 17, 1947.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 38, § 1.
etc., amended.
Chap. 69 An Act re-establishing the second medical examiner
DISTRICT OF the COUNTY OF NORFOLK AND PLACING THE
TOWN OF COHASSET IN SAID DISTRICT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The paragraph of section 1 of chapter 38 of
the General Laws which was amended by chapter 260 of
the acts of 1939 is hereby further amended by inserting after
the word "Dover" in line 2 the words: — ; district two,
Cohasset, — and by striking out, in line 4, the word
" , Cohasset", — so as to read as follows: —
Norfolk county, district one, comprising Dedham, Need-
ham, Wellesle}^, Westwood, Norwood and Dover; district
two, Cohasset; district three, Quincy, Milton and Ran-
dolph; district four, Weymouth, Braintree and Holbrook;
district five, Avon, Stoughton, Canton, Walpole and Sharon;
district six, Franklin, Foxborough, Plainville and Wren-
tham; district seven, Medway, Medfield, Millis, Norfolk
and Bellingham; and district eight, Brookline.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 18, 1947.
Chap, 70 An Act relative to the method of choosing members of
airport commissions in cities and towns.
?rTambre7 Whcreos, The deferred operation of this act would tend
to defeat its purpose, which is to clear up immediately an
ambiguity in the law relative to the legal standing of air-
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 71. 53
port commissioners of certain cities and towns elected and
not appointed to office, therefore it is hereby declared to
be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preser-
vation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloios:
Section 51E of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appear- g. l. (Ter.
ing in section 1 of chapter 613 of the acts of 1946, is hereby Il^'amended.'
amended by striking out the second and third sentences and
inserting in place thereof the two following sentences : —
Except as provided otherwise in any special law, enacted of^^g^b^T*
prior to January first, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, re- of Sr^rr^
lating to an airport commission in any city or town, the fnTitiMTiTd
members of the airport commission shall be appointed, in towns.
cities, by the mayor with the approval of the city council, and
in towns by the selectmen. In the initial appointment of the
members of such an airport commission, their terms shall
be so arranged that one third of the members, as nearly as
possible, will expire each year; and thereafter when the
term of any member expires his successor shall be appointed
to serve for the terra of three years and, in each instance,
until the qualification of his successor.
Approved February 18, 1947.
An Act relative to certifications made on or before (JJiaj) 71
MARCH thirty-first IN THE CURRENT YEAR TO FILL ORIG-
INAL APPOINTMENTS UNDER THE CLASSIFIED CIVIL SERVICE.
Whereas, This act relates to certain certifications under Emergency
the civil service laws made on or before March thirty-first P'"''ambie.
in the current year and its deferred operation would defeat
its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emer-
gency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the
public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloios:
Certifications made on or before March thirty-first, nine-
teen hundred and forty-seven to fill original appointments
to positions classified under civil service shall be made from
lists as provided in section four of chapter seven hundred
and eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-one, as
amended, and in accordance with the civil service laws and
rules and regulations governing certification and preference
to veterans and disabled veterans, notwithstanding any pro-
vision of said section four, as amended, or section four A of
said chapter seven hundred and eight, to the contrary.
Approved February 18, 1947.
54 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 72, 73.
Chap. 72 An Act providing for the removal from civil service
OF THE OFFICE OF CHIEF OF POLICE OF THE TOWN OF WAY-
LAND.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The office of the chief of police of the town
of Wayland shall no longer be subject to the civil service
laws and rules and regulations.
Section 2. This act shall be submitted to the voters of
the town of Wayland at the annual town meeting in the
current year in the form of the following question, which
shall be placed upon the official ballot to be used for the
election of town officers at said meeting: — "Shall an act
passed by the General Court in the year nineteen hundred
and forty-seven, entitled 'An Act providing for the removal
from civil service of the office of chief of police of the town
of Wayland', be accepted?" If a majority of the votes in
answer to said question is in the affirmative, then this act
shall thereupon take full effect, but not otherwise.
Approved February 18, 19J^7.
Chap. 73 An Act relative to soil conservation and the estab-
lishment OF soil conservation districts.
prTambre*?^ Whcreos, The deferred operation of this act would prevent
the provisions thereof from applying to certain elections to
be held in soil conservation districts in the current year, there-
fore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows :
Ed.V.'iJsB. Section 1. Section 2 of chapter 128B of the General
^I'Ja'La ' Laws, inserted by chapter 531 of the acts of 1945, is hereby
amended by striking out paragraph (2) and inserting in
amended
place thereof the following paragraph : —
ocmpler" (2) "Land Occupier" or "Occupier of Land" shall include
defined. any person in possession, as owner, lessee, renter, tenant or
otherwise, of three or more acres of any lands lying within a
district organized under this chapter.
EdViJsB' .- Section 2. Said chapter 128B is hereby further amended
etc., 'amended!'' by Striking out section 5, as so inserted, and inserting in
Appointment place thcrcof the following section : — Section 5. Within
district"'"'*'"" sixty days after an area has been declared a conservation
supervisors. dlstrlct, the committec shall appoint a board of three super-
visors who shall be land occupiers residing or owning agricul-
tural land in said district, from lists of eligible names sub-
mitted by the petitioners, trustees for county aid to
agriculture or trustees of county agricultural schools. Super-
visors originally appointed hereunder shall serve for terms
of one, two and three years, respectively. Successors to fill
unexpired terms, or for full terms of three years each, shall
be elected by the land occupiers in the district. The com-
mittee shall give public notice of each such election by pub-
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 74, 75. 55
lication in a newspaper published in said district or having a
general circulation therein at least ten days prior thereto.
The committee shall prescribe regulations for and conduct
such elections. The person receiving the highest number of
votes for any office to be filled at such election shall be de-
clared elected. All supervisors shall serve until the quali-
fication of their respective successors, or until said district
is dissolved under section eleven. Supervisors shall be paid
at a rate determined by the committee for each day of actual
service rendered, with their necessary traveling and other
expenses, from any moneys received under paragraph seven
of section seven. Approved February 21, 19^7.
An Act establishing the last day for filing with the Qjiqt) 74
town clerk certificates of nomination or nomina-
TION papers for the NOMINATION OF TOWN OFFICERS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 10 of chapter 53 of the General Laws, as amended, Ed^'sPi'io
is hereby further amended by striking out the third para- etc!, amended',
graph, as appearing in section 5 of chapter 334 of the acts
of 1943, and inserting in place thereof the following
paragraph : —
Any provision of general or special law to the contrary Time for eiing
notwithstanding, the last day for filing with the town clerk ofnomtnrtion
certificates of nomination or nomination papers for the "1^°°^"""**'°°
nomination of town officers shall be the twenty-eighth day
preceding the date of the election. In any town the time for
presenting nomination papers for certification to the registrars
of voters, and for certifying the same, shall be governed by
section seven of this chapter, notwithstanding any contrary
provision in any special law.
Approved February 21, 1947.
papers.
An Act authorizing the filing of petitions by district Qhn^ 75
attorneys to restrain violations of the law relat- ^'
ING TO the unauthorized PRACTICE OF LAW.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 46B of chapter 221 of the General Laws, inserted JodV^Jr*
by section 2 of chapter 346 of the acts of 1935, is hereby § 4gb, etc..
amended by inserting after the word "general" in line 5 the ^•"^^"'led.
words: — , or of the district attorney within his district, —
so as to read as follows: — Section 46B. The supreme judicial p°y^*? ^^■^
court and the superior court shall have concurrent jurisdic- violations.
tion in equity, upon petition of any bar association within
the commonwealth, or of three or more members of the bar
of the commonwealth, or of the attorney general, or of the
district attorney within his district, to restrain violations of
section forty-six or forty-six A.
Approved February 21, 1947.
56 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 76, 77, 78.
Chap. 76 An Act relative to the examination of police stations
AND other places OF DETENTION.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
EdVin^'^l'o Chapter 111 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
ameAded.' " ' Striking out section 20, as appearing in the Tercentenary
Edition, and inserting in place thereof the following sec-
of''pdice''^'°" Hon: — Section 20. A district health officer, or such mem-
stations, etc. ber of his staff as in the opinion of the district health officer
is qualified, shall make such examination of police station
houses, lockups, houses of detention, jails, houses of correc-
tion, prisons and reformatories as in the opinion of the depart-
ment may be necessary to ascertain their sanitary condition.
Approved February 21, 1947.
Chap. 77 An Act validating the action of the Hampshire county
AUTHORITIES IN PURCHASING CERTAIN FUEL AND PAYING
FOR THE SAME IN THE ABSENCE OF A CONTRACT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The action of the county commissioners of Hampshire
county in purchasing certain fuel between December first,
nineteen hundred and forty-five and October first, nineteen
hundred and forty-six, in the absence of a contract required
by section seventeen of chapter thirty-four of the General
Laws, and the action of the county treasurer of said county
in making payments for said fuel, is hereby validated.
Approved February 21, 1947.
Chap. 78 An Act relative to a further stay of judgment and
EXECUTION IN ACTIONS OF SUMMARY PROCESS.
Emergency Whercos, The deferred operation of this act would tend in
preamble. ^^^^ ^^ defeat its purposc, which is to provide the courts with
further discretionary authority to prevent serious hardships
in eviction cases arising out of the present severe housing
shortage, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency
law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the welfare
of the public.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 43 of the acts of 1946 is
hereby amended by striking out, in line 4, the word "three"
and inserting in place thereof the word: — four, — so as to
read as follows : — Section 1 . So long as this act continues
in force, a stay of judgment and execution may be granted
under sections nine to thirteen, inclusive, of chapter two hun-
dred and thirty-nine of the General Laws, for a period not
exceeding four months instead of one month as now provided
by section nine of said chapter.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 79, 80, 81. 57
Section 2. Said chapter 43 is hereby further amended by
striking out section 2 and inserting in place thereof the fol-
lowing section : — Section 2. This act shall become inop-
erative on March thirty-first, nineteen hundred and forty-
eight. Approved February 21, 1947.
An Act authorizestg the town of hingham to use certain Qjiav. 79
PARK LAND FOR PLAYGROUND PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Hingham is hereby authorized
to use for the purposes of a public playground, under the
provisions of section fourteen of chapter forty-five of the
General Laws, the seven acres, more or less, of park land lo-
cated at the northwesterly corner of Canterbury and Hull
streets therein. Said town may authorize the use of said
land for the purposes aforesaid by the inhabitants of the
town of Cohasset as well as those of the town of Hingham.
Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its accept-
ance by the town of Hingham at its next annual town meet-
ing, but not otherwise. Approved February 21, 1947.
An Act extending the effective period of an act Qfidj), 80
temporarily confirming the power and authority
of domestic insurance companies, their officers,
directors, employees and agents, to pay certain
taxes and fees, and relating to liability therefor.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 57 of the acts of 1945 is hereby amended by
striking out section 2 and inserting in place thereof the fol-
lowing section : — Section 2. This act shall become inop-
erative on July first, nineteen hundred and forty-nine.
Approved February 21, 1947.
An Act authorizing the city of chicopee to use szot Qjiav. 81
PARK field, so called, FOR PLAYGROUND AND ATHLETIC
FIELD PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Chicopee is hereby authorized to
use as a public playground, under section fourteen of chap-
ter forty-five of the General Laws, Szot park field, so called,
an enclosed playground located in Szot park in said city.
The parks and playgrounds commission of said city, subject
to such terms and conditions as they may prescribe, may
allow such field to be used for athletic games and other en-
tertainments of a public nature, to which an admission fee
may be charged.
Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its accept-
ance during the current year by the city council of the city
of Chicopee, subject to the provisions of its charter, but not
otherwise. Approved February 21, 1947.
58
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 82, 83, 84.
Chap. 82 An Act increasing the amount of money allowed for
TRAVELING EXPENSES TO PROBATION OFFICERS OF DISTRICT
COURTS AND OF THE BOSTON JUVENILE COURT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 94 of chapter 276 of the General Laws, as most
recently amended by section 2 of chapter 296 of the acts of
1939, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 29,
the word "three" and inserting in place thereof the word: —
four, — so that the last sentence will read as follows : — Sub-
ject to section eighty-one of chapter two hundred and eight-
een, probation officers of district courts and of the Boston
juvenile court shall be reimbursed by the county for their
actual disbursements for necessary expenses incurred while
in the performance of their duties, including their reasonable
traveling expenses in attending conferences authorized by
section ninety-nine, not exceeding four hundred dollars to
each in any one year, upon vouchers approved by the court
by which they are appointed.
Approved February 21, 1947.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 276, § 94,
etc., amended.
Expenses of
probation
officers.
Chap. 83 An Act making certain corrective changes in the law
RELATING TO THE ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES AND IN THE
INCOME TAX LAW.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Clause Eighth of section 5 of chapter 59 of
the General Laws, as appearing in the Tercentenary Edition,
is hereby amended by striking out, in line 2, the word
"thirty-seven" and inserting in place thereof the word: —
nineteen, — so as to read as follows: —
Eighth, Personal property of any retirement association
exempted by section nineteen of chapter thirty-two.
Section 2. Paragraph (g) of section 8 of chapter 62 of
the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by
striking out, in line 2, the word "thirty-seven" and inserting
in place thereof the word : — nineteen, — so as to read as
follows : —
(g) Income from an annuity, pension or endowment ex-
empted by section nineteen or forty-one of chapter thirty-
two, and all sums exempted by either of said sections by
virtue of their being deducted from wages as contributions
to an annuity, pension or endowment fund.
Approved February 21, 191^7 .
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 59, § 5,
amended.
Personal
property of
certain
retirement
associations.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 62, § 8
amended.
Certain
pensions and
contributions
to pension
fund.
Chap. 84 An Act amending the law requiring that assessors
REPORT OMITTED ASSESSMENTS TO THE COMMISSIONER OF
CORPORATIONS AND TAXATION.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 59 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
striking out section 48, as appearing in the Tercentenary
Edition, and inserting in place thereof the following sec-
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), .59, § 48,
amended.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 85, 86, 87. 59
tion: — Section 48. Annually on or before January fif- Assessments,
teenth, assessors shall report to the commissioner in the form
prescribed for tables of aggregates by sections forty-six and
forty-seven the facts as to any and all assessments made
under section seventy-five. Approved February 21, 1947.
An Act relative to the making of collateral loans by (JJidj) 35
CREDIT UNIONS IN CERTAIN CASES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Subsection (A) of section 24 of chapter 171 of the Gen- g. l. (Ter.
eral Laws, as most recently amended by chapter 47 of the ftl! amended^.'
acts of 1946, is hereby further amended by striking out
paragraph 4, as appearing in chapter 102 of the acts of 1941,
and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph: —
4. To an amount not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars, Loans
if evidenced by the note of the borrower fully secured by a ''^s^'''^^'*-
pledge of satisfactory collateral valued at not more than
eighty per cent of its market value.
Approved February 24, 1947.
An Act relating to the changing of amount of fixed nhnrf Qg
MONTHLY PAYMENTS ON DIRECT-REDUCTION LOANS IN ^'
CO-OPERATIVE BANKS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 36D of chapter 170 of the General Laws, as most ^^j^ {Jo'"-
recently amended by section 2 of chapter 154 of the acts of § zhb, etc.,
1946, is hereby further amended by adding at the end the '^^''"ded.
following paragraph : —
The provisions of this section shall not apply to loans on i-oans on
vacant land authorized by section thirty-six A. In making exemp\ from
the changes in loan referred to in the first two paragraphs of thiTsea^on"^
this section any interest, tax payments and other charges in
arrears may be added to the principal balance; provided,
that the loan as so increased shall not exceed the original
principal amount thereof. Approved February 24, 1947.
An Act relative to capital of and deposits in credit Chav 87
UNIONS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 171 of the General Laws is hereby amended by g. l. (xer.
striking out section 10, as amended by chapter 81 of the Sl!'aml'nded.'
acts of 1945, and inserting in place thereof the following sec-
tion:— Section 10. The capital of a credit union shall be Capital of
unlimited in amount and shall consist of shares and deposits. cr"edit^unfonV"
Shares shall be of a par value of five dollars each and shall be regulated,
subscribed and paid for in such manner as the by-laws of the
credit union shall prescribe. A credit union may also con-
tract, on terms to be agreed upon, with a person eligible for
membership in the credit union or a member of the family of
such a person, for the deposit at intervals within a period of
60 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 88.
twelve months, of sums of money, to be known as club
deposits, in the aggregate not in excess of five hundred dol-
lars, and for the payment of interest on the same at a rate
not more than one per cent less than its last regular dividend
on shares. Every member of a credit union shall hold one
share, and may hold shares, or make deposits, therein, or
both, to an amount not exceeding four thousand dollars in
the aggregate, exclusive of any club deposit. The establish-
ment of deposit accounts or the discontinuance thereof may
be authorized by the board of directors of the credit union.
A credit union may require from a member ninety days'
notice of his intention to withdraw any or all of his shares
and sixty days' notice of his intention to withdraw any or all
of his deposits. Subject to the foregoing limitations in re-
spect to shares and deposits which one person may own and
requirements relative to notice, shares may be subscribed
for and deposits may be accepted in the name of one person
in trust for another, provided the name and residence of the
beneficiary is disclosed, and such shares and deposits shall
be carried in the name of the shareholder or depositor as
trustee. Payments on account of said shares and deposits
may be made to the trustee. In case of the death of the
trustee, if no notice of the existence and the terms of a trust
other than as above has been given in writing to the corpora-
tion, the then balance of said shares and deposits, with the
dividends thereon, may be paid to the beneficiary or his legal
representative, and all payments so made shall be valid
payments. Section fourteen of chapter one hundred and
sixty-seven shall apply to credit unions.
Approved February 24, 1947.
Chap. 88 An Act relative to certain savings share accounts in
CO-OPERATIVE BANKS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Edo.' m"§ 12, Section 1. Section 12 of chapter 170 of the General
etc., amended.' Laws, as amended, is hereby further amended by striking
out the five sentences inserted by section 1 of chapter 177
of the acts of 1945.
EdV iJo^ew Section 2. Said chapter 170 is hereby further amended
§ 12A, add"eT by inserting after section 12, as amended, the following
Issuance of sectiou : — SectioTilSA. With the approval of the board of
and'main^^'^^* dircctors, saviugs shares may be issued and savings share
tenance of accouuts maintained in connection therewith, subject to the
Iccoun^s ^^^ following provisions and limitations : —
regulated. (^j) ^jjy g^.]^ corporation intending to issue savings shares
shall give at least thirty days' notice in writing of such in-
tention to the commissioner.
(6) A passbook in such form as shall be approved by the
commissioner shall be issued to the holder of a savings share
account and the corporation may accept payments, to be
held by the corporation in such accounts, subject, however,
to withdrawals therefrom by the holder from time to time.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 88. 61
Each two hundred dollars of the balance from time to time in
any such account shall represent one savings share.
(c) There shall be credited to each savings share account
of ten dollars or more at every regular distribution date, in-
terest on such rate basis as the directors may determine, not
exceeding the dividend rate payable upon paid-up shares,
computed without regard to fractions of a dollar; provided,
that interest shall not be credited upon amounts withdrawn
between distribution dates, and shall be credited upon
amounts deposited from and after the bank day next fol-
lowing.
(d) The total liability of any such corporation to any one
person holding a savings share account shall not exceed two
thousand dollars except for amounts of interest added from
time to time to such account; and the total liability on a
savings share account to the holders of a joint account pro-
vided for in section fifteen shall not exceed four thousand
dollars except for amounts of interest added from time to
time to such account.
(e) The reserve required by section forty-seven shall be
increased, but without segregation, by the addition thereto
of an amount not less than ten per cent of the aggregate
amount of savings share accounts in such corporation ex-
clusive of all such accounts in any manner pledged as security
for loans.
(/) The holders of such savings share accounts shall be
deemed members of the corporation, with the voting rights
of unmatured shareholders subject to all existing qualifica-
tions and limitations in the exercise of such voting rights of
unmatured shareholders.
(g) In the event of dissolution or winding up of such cor-
poration, by process of law or otherwise, any holder of such
an account shall not thereby be entitled to any preference
over any shareholder, but such account shall be held and
treated in the same general class of liability as unmatured
shares.
(h) For all the purposes of section forty-seven, and of chap-
ter forty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-two,
as amended, and of chapter seventy-three of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and thirty-four, as amended, the liability of
any such corporation upon such savings share accounts shall
be deemed to be and treated as share liability, and, except
as otherwise provided in this section, all benefits and priv-
ileges as well as all burdens, restrictions and qualifications
contained in this chapter applicable to shares and share-
holders shall equally and in like manner be deemed and
treated as applicable to such savings shares, savings share ac-
counts and the holders thereof respectively, and for the pur-
poses of sections seventeen, nineteen and twenty-one, each
two hundred dollars of the balance from time to time in any
such account shall equally and in like manner be treated as
a matured or paid-up share and any odd balance thereof
shall so be treated as an unmatured share.
62
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 89.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 170, § 13,
etc., amended.
Savings share
accounts
excepted.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 170, § 16,
etc., amended.
Limitation on
number of
unmatured,
matured,
paid-up and
savings shares
to be held
in individual
or joint
account in any
one bank.
Section 3. Section 13 of said chapter 170, as appearing
in chapter 144 of the acts of 1933, is hereby amended by
adding at the end the following sentence : — This section
shall not apply to savings share accounts referred to in sec-
tion twelve A.
Section 4. Section 16 of said chapter 170, as most re-
cently amended by chapter 35 of the acts of 1947, is hereby
further amended by striking out the first paragraph and in-
serting in place thereof the following paragraph : — Except
as otherwise provided in this section and except for amounts
of interest added from time to time to savings share accounts
referred to in section twelve A, no person shall hold more
than forty unmatured, ten matured, ten paid-up and ten
savings shares in any one bank at the same time, and the
number of shares which may be held at the same time in any
joint account provided for in section fifteen shall not exceed
eighty unmatured, twenty matured, twenty paid-up and
twenty savings shares. Either party to such a joint account
may also hold shares in his individual name, but the total
amount of such shares held by him, both jointly and indi-
vidually, in such corporation at the same time shall not, ex-
cept for amounts of interest added from time to time to
savings share accounts, exceed eighty unmatured shares,
twenty matured shares, twenty paid-up shares and twenty
savings shares. Shares issued to and held by more than one
fiduciary in the same estate shall not be considered as a
joint account under this chapter. Any person, however, who
has received shares in a co-operative bank by inheritance or
devise under a will, or by execution of a power of attorney
contained in any mortgage by the foreclosure thereof, may
continue to hold such shares notwithstanding that the total
number of his shares thereby becomes greater than the limits
provided in this section. Approved February 24, 1947.
Chap. 89 An Act relative to the making by certain banking
INSTITUTIONS OF LOANS INSURED BY THE FEDERAL
HOUSING ADMINISTRATOR.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 51 of chapter 167 of the General Laws, inserted
by section 1 of chapter 66 of the acts of 1945, is hereby
amended by striking out the last sentence and inserting in
place thereof the following: — Notwithstanding the fore-
going, a trust company may make mortgage loans hereunder
within the geographical limits contained in section thirty-
four of chapter one hundred and seventy-two, a savings
bank may make mortgage loans hereunder within the geo-
graphical limits contained in clause First of section fifty-four
of chapter one hundred and sixty-eight, and a co-operative
bank may make mortgage loans hereunder within the geo-
graphical limits contained in section thirty-six A of chapter
one hundred and seventy. Approved February 24, 1947.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 167, §51,
etc., amended.
Geographical
limits in which
a trust com-
operative
banks may
make a
mortgage.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 90, 91, 92. 63
An Act authorizing the town of dedham to convey QJ^r)^ 90
CERTAIN PARK LAND LOCATED THEREIN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The iovm of Dedham is hereby authorized to
convey to Frank B. Hodges, Jr., and Leah S. Hodges, as
Trustees of Mill No. 2 under Articles of Trust recorded in
the Norfolk Registry of Deeds, Book 1946, Page 314, and an
amendment thereof recorded in said registry, Book 2481,
Page 468, certain park land located in said town, containing
6,800 square feet and bounded as follows: — Westerly by
Bussey street, 114.23 feet; Northerly, 31.46 feet and North-
easterly, 133.26 feet by other land of the town of Dedham;
and Southwesterly, 60.07 feet and Southeasterly, 75.73 feet
by Lot E, as shown on a plan by E. Worthington, Engineer,
dated April 7, 1933, and recorded in said registry.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 25, 1947.
An Act authorizing the town of dedham to sell or QJi^j) 91
LEASE certain PARK LAND. ^'
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Dedham, by its board of select-
men, and upon such terms and conditions as said board may
specify and approve, is hereby authorized to sell, convey or
lease to Old Mill Associates, Inc., for the erection thereon of
a recreational club house, the following described parcel of
park land, situate in said Dedham: Beginning at the south-
westerly end of a curve at the southeasterly corner of Bussey
street and Colburn street, thence running southerly by Bus-
sey street one hundred feet; thence running easterly by a
line at right angles to Bussey street two hundred twenty-
five feet; thence running northerly parallel to Bussey street
about one hundred and twenty-five feet to the high water
mark of the mill pond, so called; thence running westerly
by said high water mark to the point of beginning.
Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its accept-
ance by the town at its next annual town meeting, but not
otherwise. Approved February 25, 1947.
An Act relative to purchase of bonds of the boston QJki^ 92
elevated railway company by the boston metro- ^'
POLITAN district AND THE ISSUE OF NOTES AND BONDS OF
SAID COMPANY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The trustees of the Boston metropolitan dis-
trict, hereinafter called the district, in the name and on
behalf of the district, are hereby authorized and directed to
purchase bonds of the Boston Elevated Railway Company,
hereinafter called the company, issued for the purpose of
64 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 92.
paying such notes of the company hereafter issued under the
authority conferred by this act for the purpose of making
all payments, including dividend payments, heretofore or
hereafter becoming due, as shall be outstanding on the
thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and forty-
eight. The trustees of the company, without further au-
thorization than herein contained, are hereby authorized to
issue such notes from time to time in such amounts as they
may deem necessaiy, but not exceeding, in the aggregate,
three million dollars; provided, that the company shall
separately account for the use that it makes of the proceeds
of the notes issued hereunder and shall not, after the thirtieth
day of June, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, use the pro-
ceeds of any notes other than refunding notes issued as pro-
vided below for any purpose other than the payment of its
obligations to the district. All such notes shall bear interest
at such rates and be payable at such times not later than the
first day of December, nineteen hundred and forty-eight, as
the trustees of the company may determine, but if payable
earlier than said date they may be refunded by the issue as
above provided of other such notes payable not later than
said date. All such notes shall be sold at public or private
sale, as the trustees of the company may determine, at not
less than their face value. The trustees of the company,
without further authorization than herein contained, are
hereby authorized and directed to issue such bonds in such
amount as may be necessary to pay the principal and in-
terest of such notes outstanding as aforesaid. Such bonds
and notes shall not be subject to the limitations contained in
section twenty-nine of chapter one hundred and sixty-one of
the General Laws or in any other general or special law.
Any funds received by the company on or prior to the
thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and forty-
eight, in full or partial payment of the deficiencies in the cost
of the service for the year ended on the thirtieth day of
March, nineteen hundred and forty-one and for the nine
months ended on the thirty-first of December, nine-
teen hundred and forty-one, of which the trustees of the
company have heretofore notified the state treasurer under
section eleven of chapter one hundred and fifty-nine of the
Special Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen, shall be held
for and applied to the payment of the principal and interest
on the notes of the company issued as above provided until
and unless the full principal and interest on said notes shall
be paid, and for the purposes of the above provisions of this
act the amount of such notes outstanding on the thirtieth
day of November, nineteen hundred and forty-eight, shall
be considered reduced by the amount of such funds, if any,
not so applied held by the company on that date. In case
the company shall prior to the thirty-first day of December,
nineteen hundred and forty-seven receive any amounts on
account of said deficiencies, or on account of the deficiency
for the year nineteen hundred and forty-six of which notice
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 92. 65
has been given to the state treasurer under said section
eleven, over and above the amounts required to be held and
applied as aforesaid, the company shall hold and use such
additional amounts only for the payment of obligations owed
by it to the district. Any funds received by the company
after the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and
forty-eight, on account of such deficiencies shall, to the
extent of the principal amount of the bonds of the company
issued to the district under this act, be held for and applied
to the payment of such installments of principal or interest
then or thereafter due or to become due upon any obligations
of the company held by the district as the trustees of the
district shall elect and specify by notice to the company.
The trustees of the district shall procure the funds necessary
for the purchase by the district authorized by this section
by the issue of bonds of the district under and in the manner
provided in section ten of chapter three hundred and eighty-
three of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-nine and
section two of chapter one hundred and forty-seven of the
acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-two and the provisions
of said sections shall apply thereto in the same manner
and to the same extent as if such bonds of the district were
specifically authorized by said chapter three hundred and
eighty-three; provided, that no approval of the department
of pubhc utilities shall be required; and provided, further,
that any bonds of the district issued under authority of this
act shall be for such terms not less than fifteen years except
as hereinafter provided and not exceeding twenty-five years
from the date thereof and shall bear interest payable semi-
annually at such rates as said trustees of the district shall
determine. Said bonds of the district may be issued on
either the sinking fund or serial payment plan, and, if issued
on the serial payment plan, such portions of said bonds as
the trustees of the district may determine may be for terms
of less than fifteen years, and the trustees of the district shall
endeavor so to arrange the maturities of all bonds issued on
the serial payment plan that the bonds maturing each year
other than the final year will be met by the amounts avail-
able from interest upon the bonds purchased. All amounts
received by the district from said interest shall be applied in
payment of interest and principal of the bonds of the dis-
trict issued . hereunder as and when due, and any balance
shall be accumulated in a sinking fund to be used for such
purpose, as and when required. All amounts received by
the district in payment of such bonds of the company shall
be applied in payment of bonds of the district issued here-
under to provide funds for the purchase of such bonds and
the balance shall be accumulated in a general sinking fund
for any bonds of the district then outstanding. Said sinking
funds shall be invested as provided in section eleven of said
chapter three hundred and. eighty-three.
Section 2, The bonds of the company so purchased
shall be for the same term as the term of the last maturing
66 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 93, 94.
bonds of the district issued to provide funds for the purchase
of such bonds of the company, and shall bear interest pay-
able semiannually at a rate two per cent higher than the rate
payable upon said bonds of the district. In the event that said
bonds of the district are sold at a premium above or a dis-
count below par, the bond issue of the company purchased
with the proceeds thereof shall be purchased by the district
at the same premium above or discount below par. Said
bonds of the company, both as to income and principal, are
hereby made exempt from all taxes levied under authority
of the commonwealth while held by the district and shall
contain a recital to such effect. Said bonds of the company
shall not be disposed of by the district without authority of
the general court. The proceeds of the bonds of the com-
pany issued under this act shall be held by it as a trust fund
for the holders of the notes to be paid therefrom, and shall
be used only for that purpose, and shall not be subject to at-
tachment, trustee process or other legal proceeding seeking
to apply the same to any other purpose.
Section 3. The company shall reimburse the district, at
the request of the trustees thereof, for all expenses incidental
to the authorization, preparation, issue, registration and pay-
ment of interest and principal of the aforesaid bonds of the
district.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 27, 1947.
Chap. 93 An Act prxOviDiNG for the issuing of warrants to search
FOR CERTAIN WEAPONS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Ed ^' 276"^' Section 1 of chapter 276 of the General Laws, as amended,
§ h etc., ' is hereby further amended by adding at the end the follow-
amended. ing ckuSC : -
wa^'rrants Sixteenth, A rifle, shotgun, pistol, revolver, implement or
Certain ' dangerous weapon used in the commission of a felony.
""'P°"" Approved February 27, 1947.
Chap. 94 An Act relative to the designation of a representative
TO act in the place of the registrar of motor ve-
hicles on the board of appeal on motor vehicle
liability policies and bonds.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
gjL.aer. Section 8A of chapter 26 of the General Laws, as most
§8A. etc., recently amended by chapter 419 of the acts of 1935, is
amended. hereby further amended by striking out the second sentence
Commissioner and inserting in place thereof the following sentence: — The
of insurance ' - " -
and registrar
of motor
vehicles may
commissioner of insurance may by a writing, in such form as
he may prescribe, filed in his office, designate from time to
designrte'"' time a representative to act in his place and the registrar
tSloMjilm. of motor vehicles may in like manner designate from time to
time a representative to act in his place.
Approved February 27, 1947.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 95, 96. 67
An Act further regulating the announcement and Qfidp^ 95
RECORDING OF THE VOTE AT CERTAIN ELECTIONS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 105 of chapter 54 of the General Laws, as amended, g^ J- ^Jw.
is hereby further amended by striking out the second para- § 105, etc.,
graph, as appearing in the Tercentenary Edition, and insert- '^'"^''^^'^•
ing in place thereof the following paragraph : —
The clerk in open meeting shall publicly announce the Announcement
result of the vote and enter on the total vote sheet, which °^ '"^^"'*' ''**'■
shall be considered the precinct record, the total number of
names of voters checked on the voting lists, the total number
of ballots cast, the names of all persons voted for, the num-
ber of votes for each person and the title of the office for
which he was a candidate, the number of blank ballots for
each office, and the number of affirmative and negative votes
in answer to any question submitted to the voters, and shall
forthwith certify such record, seal up the same, and deliver
it, outside of the ballot container or envelope but in a sepa-
rate sealed envelope, to the city or town clerk, who shall
forthwith enter it in his records; provided, that if voting
machines are used, the general or precinct record sheet, as
the case may be, shall be the record referred to in this para-
graph. Approved February 27, 1947.
An Act relative to the designation of the registrar rjhn^ gg
OF MOTOR vehicles AS THE "APPROPRIATE PUBLIC AUTHOR- ^'
ITY" in the PAYMENT OF ANNUITIES TO DEPENDENTS OF
CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF THE REGISTRY OF MOTOR VEHICLES
KILLED OR DYING FROM INJURIES RECEIVED OR HAZARDS
UNDERGONE IN THE PERFORMANCE OF DUTY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The third paragraph of section 89 of chapter 32 of the o. l. (Ter.
General Laws, as most recently amended by chapter 326 of f go,' eta,
the acts of 1936, is hereby further amended by striking out, amended.'
in lines 9 and 10, the words "in the department of pubfic
works, the commissioner of public works" and inserting in
place thereof the following : — , the registrar of motor
vehicles, — so as to read as follows : —
The words "appropriate pubHc authority", as used in this "Appropriate
section, shall mean, as to a member of the police or fire force authority"
or a forest warden of a city, the mayor and city council ; as to defined.
a member of the police or fire force or a forest warden of a
town, the selectmen; as to a member of the department of
public safety doing police duty, the commissioner of public
safety, with the approval of the governor and council; as
to an investigator or examiner of the registry of motor
vehicles, the registrar of motor vehicles, with hke approval;
as to an inspector of the department of labor and industries,
the commissioner of labor and industries, with like approval;
as to a prison officer of the state prison, the state prison
colony, the Massachusetts reformatory, the state farm, or
68 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 97, 98.
the reformatory for women, the commissioner of correction,
with like approval; and as to a prison officer of a jail or
house of correction, the sheriff and county commissioners of
the county, except in the county of Suffolk, where the public
authority as to prison officers of the jail shall be the sheriff
and the mayor of Boston, and, as to prison officers of the
house of correction, the penal institutions commissioner and
the mayor of Boston, and, as to said technical employees,
the commissioner or chairman of their respective department
or division, with the approval of the governor and council.
Approved February S7, 1947.
Chap. 97 An Act further postponing the taking effect of certain
LAWS PROVIDING FOR BILLS OF EXCEPTIONS IN PROBATE
PROCEEDINGS AND IN SUITS IN EQUITY.
prTambb^^ Wkereas, The principal purpose of this act is to postpone
further the taking effect of certain provisions of law contained
in section one of chapter four hundred and sixty-nine of the
acts of nineteen hundred and forty-five and in section one
of chapter five hundred and thirty of the acts of said year
and the delayed taking effect of this act would prevent the
achievement of such purpose, therefore it is hereby declared
to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preser-
vation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1, Chapter 469 of the acts of 1945 is hereby
amended by striking out section 2, as most recently amended
by section 1 of chapter 610 of the acts of 1946, and inserting
in place thereof the following section : — Section 2. This
act shall take effect on July first, nineteen hundred and
forty-seven.
Section 2. Chapter 530 of the acts of 1945 is hereby
amended by striking out section 2, as most recently amended
by section 2 of said chapter 610, and inserting in place
thereof the following section : — Section 2. This act shall
take effect on July first, nineteen hundred and forty-seven.
Approved February 27, 1947.
Chap. 98 An Act authorizing savings banks to make certain
direct-reduction loans on real estate.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
EdV 168 '^' Clause First of section 54 of chapter 168 of the General
§ 54,' etc.; Laws, as most recently amended by chapter 256 of the acts
amended. ^j 1946, is hereby further amended by inserting after sub-
division (/) the following subdivision : —
Mortgage (^) A loan secured by a first mortgage of real estate
of sTvhlgs ^ located in the commonwealth, or in a state contiguous to
Sts. the commonwealth and within a radius of twenty-five miles
of the main office of the savings bank making the loan, except
real estate referred to in subdivision (6) hereof, not exceed-
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 98. 69
ing eighty per cent of the value of the premises to be mort-
gaged, may be made for a period of not more than twenty
years from the date of the note; provided, that the terms
of the note shall require fixed monthly payments, in the
same amount during the term of the loan, which payments
shall be first applied to interest and the balance thereafter
remaining applied to principal. Interest upon each loan
shall be computed monthly on the unpaid balance thereof.
In the case of a construction loan under this subdivision, the
monthly payments may be computed and fixed so that any
or all of the first six monthly payments may be less than the
remaining monthly payments by such amounts as otherwise
would be applied to principal. Any mortgage taken under
this subdivision shall contain a provision requiring the pay-
ment each month of a proportionate part of the estimated
real estate taxes and betterment assessments. Failure to
comply with any of the foregoing requirements contained in
such a mortgage or note shall constitute a breach of condi-
tion for which the unpaid balance of such loan shall become
due and payable forthwith at the option of such corporation.
No loan under this subdivision shall be made for a sum in
excess of twelve thousand dollars.
Such corporation may accept principal payments in excess
of payments required under any mortgage written under this
subdivision, in which event the board of investment may
reduce the monthly payments as set forth in said mortgage;
provided, that such reduced payments shall not extend the
original term of the mortgage, except as authorized by the
following paragraph.
With the approval of the board of investment of such cor-
poration, at the request of the owner of the equity of re-
demption and upon a certification by said board that the
then balance of the amount due does not exceed eighty per
cent of the value of the mortgaged premises, the amount
of the fixed monthly payments called for by any such note
and mortgage may be changed; provided, that no such
change shall result in the extension of the term of such loan
beyond twenty years from the date of such change; and
provided, further, that such change shall be evidenced by
an instrument setting forth such change, payments and
mortgage extension.
With the approval of the board of investment of such cor-
poration, at the request of the owner of the equity of re-
demption and upon certification by said board that the then
balance of the amount due does not exceed sixty per cent of
the value of the mortgaged premises, so much of the monthly
payments as would otherwise be credited to principal may
be reduced or waived for such period of time as said board
may approve, provided, that such change shall be evidenced
by an instrument setting forth such change, payments, and
mortgage extension; and provided, further, that not later
than three years after the date of such change not less than
two members of said board shall certify in writing, according
70 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 99, 100.
to their best judgment, the value of the premises mortgaged;
and the premises shall be revalued in the same manner at
intervals of not more than three years so long as they are
mortgaged to such corporation. Such certificates shall be
filed and preserved with the records of the corporation. If
at the time any such revaluation is made, the amount out-
standing on a loan so changed is in excess of sixty per cent
of the value of the premises mortgaged, a reduction in the
amount of the loan shall be required, as promptly as may be
practicable, sufficient to bring its amount within sixty per
cent of the value of said premises.
Approved February 27, 1947.
Chap. 99 An Act relative to bills for, the due date of, and
INTEREST ON, OMITTED AND REVISED ASSESSMENTS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
g^L.(Ter. Section 1. Section 57 of chapter 59 of the General Laws,
§ 57,' etc'.. as most recently amended by section 1 of chapter 258 of the
amended. ^^^^ ^f 1941, is hereby further amended by striking out the
fourth and fifth sentences and inserting in place thereof the
Date^for ^^ three following sentences : — Bills for taxes assessed under
taxes. section seventy-five or section seventy-six shall be sent out
not later than five days prior to the date upon which such
taxes are due and payable. Taxes assessed under section
seventy-five or section seventy-six on or before September
first shall be due and payable on October first; and interest
shall be paid at the rate above specified on all such taxes
remaining unpaid after November first, computed from
October first. Taxes assessed under section seventy-five or
section seventy-six after September first shall be due and
payable on December thirty-first; and interest shall be paid
at the rate above specified on all such taxes remaining un-
paid after January thirty-first of the succeeding year, com-
puted from said December thirty-first.
Section 2. This act shall apply only to taxes assessed in
the year nineteen hundred and forty-seven and thereafter.
Approved February 27, 1947.
Chap.lOO A.N Act authorizing the transfer of certain land in
THE DORCHESTER DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF BOSTON FROM
THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT TO THE PARK DEPARTMENT OF
SAID CITY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follow s:
Section 1. The school committee of the city of Boston
is hereby authorized to transfer to the board of park commis-
sioners of said city control and charge of any part or parts
or the whole of the land on Willis street between Sumner and
Bakersfield streets, in the Dorchester district of said city,
held by said city for school purposes. Said transfer shall
take effect upon acceptance thereof by vote of said board
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 101, 102. 71
of park commissioners. Thereafter so much of said land as
is transferred hereunder shall be devoted to park and play-
ground purposes only and shall be under the control and
charge of said board of park commissioners.
Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its accept-
ance by the city of Boston by vote of the city council, sub-
ject to the provisions of its charter, but not otherwise.
Approved February 27, 1947.
An Act authorizing cities and towns to borrow within ri},fjj. ini
THE DEBT LIMIT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN TYPES ^'
OF PAVEMENT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 7 of chapter 44 of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Ter.
amended by striking out clause (5), as appearing in section 5 f 7;^;**.'
of chapter 224 of the acts of 1936, and inserting in place amended.
thereof the following clause : —
(5) For the original construction of public ways or the Purposes for
extension or widening thereof, including land damages and "aiHi'es^ma'"'
the cost of pavement and sidewalks laid at the time of said borrow wUhin
construction, or for the construction of stone, block, brick, ^'^^ debt hmit.
cement concrete, bituminous concrete, bituminous macadam
or other permanent pavement of similar lasting character
under specifications approved by the department of public
works, ten years. Approved February 27, 1947.
An Act relative to the holding of elections of mem- r;hnr> 102
HERS of the county PERSONNEL BOARD AND TO THE AP- "'
pointment of acting members thereof.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend in Emergency
part to defeat its purpose, which is to make immediately p''^'^'"^'^-
possible the appointment of acting members of the county
personnel board, therefore it is hereby declared to be an
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section 48 of chapter 35 of the General Laws, g. l. (Ter.
as appearing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended ^^ended. ^ ^^'
by striking out the fourth sentence and inserting in place
thereof the following sentence : — On or before August first Election of
of the year in which the term of a member of the board will to bolrdT.
expire, his successor shall be elected in the same manner at
a time and place, to be designated by the director of accounts,
to serve for a term of three years from the first day of the
September following.
Section 2. Said section forty-eight, as so appearing, is g. l. (Ter.
hereby further amended by adding at the end the following ^rthe^/' ^ *^'
paragraph : amended.
72 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 103, 104.
^sabmty'^'^ In case of the absence or disability of a member of the
of member. board, the Other members may designate an acting member
from among the county commissioners of the counties repre-
sented by such member, to serve during his absence or dis-
abihty, and such acting member shall receive compensation
at the same rate as a member of the board.
Approved February 28, 191^7.
Chav.103 An Act authorizing the town of Lancaster to borrow
MONEY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of constructing and originally
equipping and furnishing a school buildmg, the town of
Lancaster may borrow from time to time, within a period of
three years from the passage of this act, such sums as may
be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, two hundred
thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor,
which shall bear on their face the words, Lancaster School
Loan, Act of 1947. Each authorized issue shall constitute a
separate loan, and such loans shall be paid in not more than
twenty years from their dates, but no loan shall be authorized
under this act unless a sum equal to twenty-five cents on
each one thousand dollars of the assessed valuation of the
town in the preceding year is voted for the same purpose
to be raised by taxation in the year when authorized, or ap-
propriated from available funds. Indebtedness incurred
under this act shall be outside the statutory limit and shall,
except as herein provided, be subject to chapter forty-four
of the General Laws exclusive of the limitation contained in
the first paragraph of section seven thereof.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 28, 19^7,
Chap. 104: An Act to facilitate payment by insurance companies
of amounts of five hundred dollars or less due to
estates of deceased persons.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
G-jL. (Ter. Chapter 175 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
new '§ 187E, inserting after section 187D the following section : — Sec-
added. ^^-^^ 187E. A company which upon the death of an indi-
i^sul^n"e''^ vidual residing in the commonwealth owes his estate an
aggregate sum not exceeding five hundred dollars under any
companies to
estates of de-
ceased persons policy or policies of life, endowment, or accident or health
of money. ^"™^ iusuraucc, or any annuity or pure endowment contract or
contracts, may, at any time not less than sixty days there-
after, upon satisfactory proof, pay such sum to his surviving
spouse, or, if none, to one or more of his heirs under section
three of chapter one hundred and ninety; provided, that at
the time of such payment no written claim for such sum has
been received at the company's home office from any executor,
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 105, 106, 107. 73
administrator or special administrator of the estate of such
individual. Any payment made under any such policy or
contract under authority of this section, including a pay-
ment to a minor of at least eighteen years of age, shall con-
stitute a full discharge of the company from all liability
thereunder. Approved February 28, 194-7.
An Act relative to the attachment of real estate Chap. 105
AND LEASEHOLDS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows. •
Section 62 of chapter 223 of the General Laws, as appear- g l. (Ter.
ing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by adding amended.' ^ ^^'
at the end the following sentence: — Every original writ on Attachment
which such an attachment of land, or a right or interest tMe'^st'thJrdn
therein, is made shall contain or have endorsed upon it the
name and last known residence of each defendant.
Approved February 28, 1947.
An Act eliminating the requirement that certain Qfidrf 106
written statements in a judicial proceeding be veri- ^'
fied by oath.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section lA of chapter 268 of the General Laws, as appear- g. l. (Ter.
ing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by amended.' ^ ^^'
striking out, in lines 1 and 2, the words "Except in a judicial
proceeding or in a proceeding in a course of justice, no" and
inserting in place thereof the word: — No, — so as to read as
follows: — Section lA. No written statement required by verifying cer-
law shall be required to be verified by oath or affirmation statementrby
before a magistrate if it contains or is verified by a written written
declaration that it is made under the penalties of perjury, instead o°"
Whoever signs and issues such a written statement contain- ^^ ''^^^■
ing or verified by such a written declaration shall be guilty
of perjury and subject to the penalties thereof if such state-
ment is wilfully false in a material matter.
Approved February 28, 1947.
An Act authorizing the transfer of the supervision of Qfiav 107
THE police department OF THE CITY OF LYNN FROM THE
MAYOR TO THE CHIEF OF POLICE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section 20 of chapter 340 of the Special Acts
of 1917 is hereby amended by striking out paragraph 18 and
inserting in place thereof the following paragraph : —
18. The city council shall maintain a poHce department
which shall be under the supervision of the chief of police.
The mayor shall appoint the chief and all subordinate rank-
ing officers, patrolmen and reserve and special officers,
whereof the number and designation shall be determined by
ordinance.
74 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 108, 109.
Section 2. This act shall be submitted for acceptance
to the registered voters of said city at its biennial municipal
election in the current year in the form of the following ques-
tion, which shall be placed upon the official ballot to be used
at said election: — "Shall an act passed by the general court
in the year nineteen hundred and forty-seven, entitled 'An
Act transferring the supervision of the police department of
the city of Lynn from the mayor to the chief of police', be
accepted?" If a majority of the votes cast on said question
is in the affirmative, this act shall thereupon take full effect,
but not otherwise. Approved February 28, 1947.
Chap. 108 An Act relative to the renewal of certain temporary
REVENUE LOANS BY CITIES, TOWNS AND DISTRICTS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Any city, town or district, with the approval of the board
specified in clause nine of section eight of chapter forty-four
of the General Laws, may extend, for a period or periods not
exceeding, in the aggregate, six months beyond the maximum
term provided by law for an original revenue loan, any loan
issued in anticipation of the revenue of the year nineteen
hundred and forty-six, nineteen hundred and forty-seven or
nineteen hundred and forty-eight, and the approval as afore-
said of any such extension shall authorize the issue of renewal
notes for the period or periods so approved, notwithstanding
the provisions of said chapter forty-four. During the time
that any such revenue loan, extended as aforesaid, remains
outstanding, none of the receipts from the collection of taxes
assessed by such city, town or district for the year against
the revenue of which such loan was issued or for prior years
shall be appropriated for any purpose without the approval
of said board. Approved February 28, 1947.
Chap. 109 An Act prohibiting the employment of children under
SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, MANU-
FACTURING AND MECHANICAL ESTABLISHMENTS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
gjL.(Ter. SECTION 1. Chapter 149 of the General Laws is hereby
§ 60,' etc.; amended by striking out section 60, as most recently amended
amended. |^y gcctiou 5 of chapter 461 of the acts of 1939, and inserting
Employment in place thereof the following section: — Section 60. No
under sfxtlen. persou shall employ a child under sixteen years of age, or
permit him to work in, about or in connection with any fac-
tory, workshop, manufacturing or mechanical establishment
at any time.
Except as provided in sections- sixty-nine and eighty-six,
no person shall employ a child under sixteen years of age,
or permit him to work in, about or m connection with any
mercantile establishment, barber shop, bootblack stand or
establishment, pool or billiard room, stable, elsewhere than
on a farm, garage, brick or lumber yard, telephone exchange,
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 109. 75
telegraph or messenger office, place of amusement, or in the
construction or repair of buildings, or in any contract or
wage earning industry carried on in tenement or other
houses, or in any radio broadcasting station except as talent.
Except as provided in sections sixty-nine and eighty-six, no
such child shall be employed at work performed for wage or
other compensation, to whomsoever payable, during the hours
when the public schools are in session, nor, except as pro-
vided in section sixty-nine, shall he be employed at work
before half past six o'clock in the morning or after six o'clock
in the evening.
This section and section eighty-six shall not be deemed to
prohibit children under sixteen from taking part on the stage
for a limited period in a play or musical comedy in a theatre
wherein not more than two performances are given in any
one day and not more than eight performances are given in
any one week if the commissioner, after being satisfied that
the supervision of such children is adequate, that their living
conditions are healthful, and that their education is not
neglected, gives his written consent to such taking part.
Section 2. Section 86 of said chapter 149, as most re- g. l. (Xer.
cently amended by section 9 of said chapter 461, is hereby fge'eS
further amended by striking out the first paragraph and in- amended.'
serting in place thereof the following paragraph : — No per- Employment
son shall employ a child under sixteen years of age, other ^oJ^^nHer-
than a child over fourteen granted an employment permit mit, etc.
by the superintendent of schools when such superintendent ^''° ' '*^ '
determines that the welfare of such child will be better
served through the granting of such permit, or permit him
to work in, about or in connection with any mercantile es-
tablishment or in any employment mentioned in section sixty,
or as defined in section one, other than street trades as de-
fined in sections sixty-nine to seventy-three, inclusive; pro-
vided, that pupils over fourteen in co-operative courses in
public schools may be employed by any co-operating mer-
cantile establishment or other co-operating employment as
defined by section one upon securing from the superintendent
of schools a permit covering any such co-operating employ-
ment; and provided, further, that no permit shall be issued
to any child under sixteen to work in, about or in connection
with any manufacturing or mechanical establishment, fac-
tory or workshop. Children between fourteen and sixteen
who possess the educational qualifications set forth in sec-
tion one of chapter seventy-six and are employed in private
domestic service or service on farms shall be required to
secure a permit issued by the superintendent of schools
covering such employment. The person employing a child
between fourteen and sixteen shall procure and keep on file,
accessible to the supervisors of attendance of the town,
to agents of the department of education, and to the depart-
ment of labor and industries or its authorized agents or in-
spectors, the permit for employment issued to such child and
shall keep a complete list of the names and ages of all chil-
dren so employed. Approved February 28, 1947.
76 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 110.
Chap. 110 An Act relative to the making or acquiring by bank-
ing INSTITUTIONS AND INSURANCE COMPANIES OF LOANS
AND ADVANCES OF CREDIT TO VETERANS OF WORLD WAR II
GUARANTEED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF VETERANS*
AFFAIRS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 46 of the acts of 1945, as amended
by chapter 126 of the acts of 1946, is hereby further amended
by striking out section 1 and inserting in place thereof the
following section: — Section 1. Subject to such regulations
as the commissioner of banks deems to be necessary or ad-
visable in respect to trust companies, savings banks, co-
operative banks or credit unions, and to such regulations as
the commissioner of insurance deems to be necessary or
advisable in respect to insurance companies, any trust com-
pany, savings bank, co-operative bank, credit union or in-
surance company organized under the laws of this common-
wealth is authorized, for a period ending ten years after the
termination of the present states of war between the United
States and certain foreign countries, to make and acquire such
loans and advances of credit to qualified veterans of World
War II as are guaranteed or insured in whole or in part by
the administrator of veterans' affairs or his successor or suc-
cessors in such office, under the act of congress known as the
Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, or any amendment
thereof, and to obtain such guaranties or insurance, to collect
and apply payments due upon and otherwise to service any
such mortgage loan originated by it and so guaranteed or
insured, and with respect to such mortgage loan to make
agreements with any mortgagees thereof to collect and apply
payments due upon and otherwise to service any such mort-
gage loan.
Section 2. Section 2 of said chapter 46, as so amended,
is hereby further amended by inserting after the word
"made " in line 8 the words: — or acquired, — so as to read as
follows: — Section 2. During the period that the provisions
of this act are in force and effect, and, with respect to the
obligation of any contract entered into during said period
under the provisions of this act, for the Hfe of said obligation,
no provision of law limiting the power of a trust company,
savings bank, co-operative bank, credit union or insurance
company organized under the laws of this commonwealth to
make loans shall apply to loans made or acquired pursuant to
section one of this act, subject to regulations referred to in
section one and guaranteed or insured in whole or in part by
the administrator of veterans' affairs.
Approved March 3, 1947.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. Ill, 112. 77
An Act relative to the salaries of the mayor and the r'^^^ 1 1 1
CITY COUNCIL IN THE CITY OF GARDNER. "'
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section
eleven of chapter one hundred and nineteen of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-one, as amended by section
one of chapter one hundred and eighty-four of the acts of
nineteen hundred and thirty-nine, the mayor of the city of
Gardner shall receive for his services such salary as the city
council by ordinance shall determine, not exceeding four
thousand dollars a year, and he shall receive no other com-
pensation from the city. His salary shall not be increased or
diminished during the term for which he is elected.
Section 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of said sec-
tion eleven of said chapter one hundred and nineteen, as so
amended, the city council of said city may, by a two thirds
vote of all its members, taken by call of the yeas and nays,
estabhsh a salary for its members not exceeding five hundred
dollars each a year. Such salary may be reduced, but no
increase therein shall be made to take effect during the year
in which the increase is voted.
Section 3. There shall be placed upon the official ballot
to be used at the biennial municipal election in said city in
the current year the following questions : —
Question (1). " Shall the mayor of this city receive for his
services such salary as the city council by ordinance shall
determine, not exceeding four thousand dollars?"
Question (2). "Shall the city council of this city be au-
thorized to establish, by a two thirds vote of all its members,
a salary for its members not exceeding five hundred dollars
each?"
If a majority of the votes in answer to Question (1) is in
the affirmative, then section one of this act shall take full
effect, but not otherwise.
If a majority of the votes in answer to Question (2) is in
the affirmative, then section two of this act shall take full
effect, but not otherwise. Approved March 3, 1947.
An Act extending further the duration of a law pro- nhn'n 112
VIDING FOR the TRIAL OR DISPOSITION OF CERTAIN CRIMI- "'
NAL cases by DISTRICT COURT JUDGES SITTING IN THE
SUPERIOR COURT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 469 of the acts of 1923 is hereby amended by
striking out section 5, as most recently amended by chapter
152 of the acts of 1945, and inserting in place thereof the
following section : — Section 5. This act shall not be opera-
tive after June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and forty-eight.
Approved March 3, 1947.
78 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 113, 114.
Chap. lis An Act relative to the salaries of the mayor and
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITV OF QUINCV.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Tho mayor of the city of Quincy shall receive
for his services such salary as the city council thereof by
ordinance shall determine, not excetuhng six thousand dol-
lars per annum, notwithstanding the provisions of section
fifty-one of chapter forty-three of the General Laws. His
salary shall not be increased or diminished during the term
for which he is elected.
Section 2. The city council of said city may, by a two
thirds vote of all its members taken by call of the yeas and
nays, establish a salary for its members not exceeding one
thousand dollars each per annum, notwithstanding the pro-
visions of said section fifty-one.
Section 3. There shall be placed upon the official ballot
to be used at the bi(Minial municipal election in said city in
the current year the following questions: —
Quest ion (l). — "Shall the mayor of this city receive for
his services such salary as the city council by ordinance may
deti>rnune, not exceeding six thousand dollars per annum?"
Question {£). — "Shall the city council of this city be au-
thorized to establish, by a two thirds vote of all its members,
a salary for its members not exceeding one thousand dollars
each per annum?"
If a majority of the votes in answer to Question (1) is in
the aflirmative, then section one of this act shall take full
efl'ect, but not otherwise.
If a majority of the votes in answer to Question (2) is in
the affirmative, then section two of this act shall take full
effect, but not otherwise. Approved March S, 1947.
C/iap. 114 An Act authorizing the payment of salaries to the
members OF the city council op the city OF WORCESTER.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city coimcil of the city of Worcester may,
by a two thirds vote of all its members, taken by call of the
yeas and nays, establish a salary for its members, not ex-
ceeding five hundred dollars each per annum.
Section 2. So much of chapter four hundred and forty-
four of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and
acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto, as is in-
consistent with this act, is hereby repealed.
Section 3. This act shall be submitted for acceptance to
the registered voters of the city of Worcester at its biennial
municipal election in the current year in the form of the fol-
lowing question, which shall be placed upon the official ballot
to be used at said election: — "Shall an act passed by the
general court in the current year authorizing the city council
of this city to establish, by a two tliirds vote of all its mem-
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 115, 116. 79
bers, a salary for its members not exceeding five hundred
dollars each per annum, be accepted?" If a majority of the
votes in answer to said question is in the affirmative, this
act shall take full effect at the beginning of the municipal
year of nineteen hundred and forty-eight; otherwise it shall
be of no effect. Approved March 3, 1947.
An Act authorizing the payment of salaries to mem- (Jfiav. 115
BERS OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF MELROSE. ^ '
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section 17 of chapter 162 of the acts of 1899
is hereby amended by striking out the last sentence and in-
serting in place thereof the following sentence: — Each mem-
ber thereof shall receive in full compensation for his services
as a member of the board of aldermen, or of any committee
thereof, such salary, not exceeding three hundred dollars a
year, as may be established by a two thirds vote of all its
members, taken by call of the yeas and nays.
Section 2. This act shall be submitted for acceptance to
the registered voters of the city of Melrose at its biennial
municipal election in the current year in the form of the fol-
lowing question which shall be placed upon the official ballot
to be used at said election: — "Shall an act passed by the
general court in the current year authorizing the board of
aldermen of this city to establish, by a two thirds vote of all
its members, a salary for its members not exceeding three
hundred dollars each per year, be accepted?" If a majority
of the votes in answer to said question is in the affirmative,
this act shall take full effect on the first Monday of January,
nineteen hundred and forty-eight; otherwise it shall be of no
effect. Approved March S, 1947.
An Act to provide for dissolving liens for betterment Q^kiy) 116
assessments when such assessments have been paid ^ '
or abated.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloius:
Section 12 of chapter 80 of the General Laws, as most re- o. l. (Ter.
cently amended by section 4 of chapter 478 of the acts of f'j2.'lt!!'.,
194.3, is hereby further amended by adding at the end the amended,
following sentence : — A lien under this section may be dis- ^aggg^^™ ^1*
solved by filing for record in the registry of deeds of the affkrl"^"
county or district where the land subject to the lien lies a
certificate, in a form approved by the commissioner of cor-
porations and taxation, from the collector of taxes that the
assessment, constituting the lien, together with any interest
and costs thereon, has been paid or legally abated.
Approved March 3, 1947.
80 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 117, 118.
Chap. 117 An Act relative to the preparation and opening of
WAYS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Section 1. Chapter 393. of the acts of 1906 is hereby
amended by striking out section 10 and inserting in place
thereof the following section: — Section 10. No person or
corporation shall, on or after April jBrst, nineteen hundred
and forty-seven, prepare for pubhc travel in the city of Boston
any way unless its location, direction, width, grades and pro-
posed construction are satisfactory to said board of street
commissioners and a permit for the construction thereof has
been issued by said board. No person or corporation shall,
on or after said April first, open for public travel in the city
of Boston any way unless the completed construction thereof
has been approved in writing by said board as in full com-
pliance with the construction permit or as satisfactory to
said board. All highways in the territory shown on any plan
heretofore made by the board of survey or by said street
commissioners under the authority of chapter three hundred
and twenty-three of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-
one shall be in accordance with the location, direction, width
and grades shown thereon ; and no pubhc sewer, drain, water
pipe, or lamp shall be placed in, or public work of any kind
done on, any way in any such territory other than in or on
the ways shown on the plan or plans of such territory: pro-
vided, that this provision shall not prevent the laying of a
trunk sewer or a water or gas main as engineering demands
shall require.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon April first in
the current year. Approved March 3, 191(7.
Chap. lis An Act making void certain provisions of leases and
rental agreements pertaining to real property.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Edt' lit' Section 1. Chapter 186 of the General Laws is hereby
new '§16,' amended by adding after section 15, added by section 1 of
added. chapter 445 of the acts of 1945, the following section: —
Termination Scction 16. Any provisiou of a lease or other rental agree-
because'of ' meut relating to real property whereby a lessee or tenant
chud^en ^^'"^ enters into a covenant, agreement or contract, by the use of
prohibited. any words whatsoever, the effect of which is to terminate,
or to provide that the lessor or landlord may terminate, such
lease or agreement if the tenant has or shall have a child or
children, who shall occupy the premises covered by such
lease or agreement, shall be deemed to be against public
policy and void.
Section 2. This act shall take effect on June first in the
current year, and shall apply only to leases and rental agree-
ments entered into after said date.
Approved March 5, 1947.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 119, 120, 121, 122. 81
An Act fixing the retirement allowance of william h. Chav. 11^
KNOWLES, FORMERLY A SERGEANT IN THE POLICE DEPART-
MENT OF THE TOWN OF NEEDHAM.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The retirement allowance of William H. Knowles, formerly
a sergeant in the police department of the town of Needham,
shall be at the rate of one thousand and fifty-four dollars per
annum under option (c) of paragraph (2) of section twelve
of chapter thirty-two of the General Laws, and seven hun-
dred and two dollars and eighty-four cents per annum shall
be continued during the lifetime of and paid to his wife,
should she survive him. Approved March 4, 1947.
An Act authorizing the incurring of liabilities in the Cha7),\2Q
CITY OF BOSTON IN ANTICIPATION OF APPROPRIATIONS IN
ORDER TO COMPENSATE FIRST ASSISTANT ASSESSORS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 3A of chapter 486 of the acts of 1909, inserted by
section 1 of chapter 604 of the acts of 1941, is hereby amended
by adding at the end the following sentence: — Notwith-
standing the foregoing limitations upon the authority of city
officers to incur liabilities during said interval, such officers
may incur liabilities to such extent as may be necessary for
the purpose of compensating first assistant assessors for their
regular duties. Approved March 4, 1947.
An Act reviving vineyard development company. Chav-Vll
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would delay Emergency
the corporation revived thereby in resuming the exercise preamble.
of its former corporate powers, therefore it is hereby de-
clared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Vineyard Development Company, a corporation dis-
solved by section one of chapter fifty-four of the acts of
nineteen hundred and thirty-six, is hereby revived, with the
same powers, duties and obligations as if said chapter had
not been passed. Approved March 6, 1947.
An Act authorizing the town of buckland to contrib- Chap. 122
UTE TOWARD THE PAYMENT OF THE RENT OF QUARTERS
FOR THE POST OF THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF
THE UNITED STATES IN THE TOWN OF SHELBURNE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 319 of the acts of 1924 is hereby
amended by striking out section 1 and inserting in place
thereof the following section : — Section 1 . The town of
Buckland may annually appropriate money for the purpose
82 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 123, 124, 125.
of contributing toward the payment of the rent of the
quarters of the posts of The American Legion and of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States in the town
of Shelburne to the same extent as if said quarters were
situated within the Hmits of the said town of Buckland.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 6, 1947.
Chap.l2S ^^ Act validating action of the dukes county au-
thorities IN PURCHASING AND INSTALLING CERTAIN HEAT-
ING EQUIPMENT AND PAYING FOR THE SAME.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The action of the county commissioners of
Dukes county in purchasing certain heating equipment and
installing the same in the administration building at the
airport operated by said county, and the action of the
county treasurer of said county in making payments there-
for, in so far as such action may be illegal because of non-
compliance with section seventeen of chapter thirty-four
of the General Laws, is hereby validated.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 6, 19Jf.7.
Chap. 124: An Act authorizing wildey savings bank to invest in
IMPROVEMENT OF ITS BUILDING IN THE CITY OF BOSTON
USED FOR THE TRANSACTION OF ITS BUSINESS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Wildey Savings Bank, incorporated by
chapter seventy-three of the acts of eighteen hundred and
ninety-two, and having its usual place of business in the
city of Boston, may, subject to the approval of the com-
missioner of banks, invest in the alteration or renovation
of the building now owned by it in said Boston and used for
its business purposes or in the erection of a new building
on the same site a sum not exceeding three hundred and
fifty thousand dollars in addition to any sums said bank
has heretofore been authorized to invest in connection with
said building and the land on which it is situated.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 6, 1947,
Chap. 125 An Act permitting the late filing of certificates of
NOMINATION AND NOMINATION PAPERS FOR THE ANNUAL
TOWN ELECTION OF THE TOWN OF SOUTHBOROUGH IN THE
CURRENT YEAR.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Certificates of nomination and nomination
papers of candidates for town offices in the town of South-
borough to be elected at the annual town election of said
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 126. 83
town in the current year may be filed with the town clerk
during the periods prescribed by section ten of chapter fifty-
three of the General Laws for the filing of such certificates
and nomination papers, respectively, in any town which has
not accepted section one hundred and three A of chapter
fifty-four of the General Laws, notwithstanding the fact that
the town of Southborough has accepted said section one
hundred and three A.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 6, 1947.
An Act authorizing the town of auburn to construct QJiQr^ 126
AND OPERATE A SYSTEM OF SEW^ERS. ^'
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Auburn may lay out, construct,
maintain and operate a system or systems of main drains
and common sewers for a part or the whole of its territory,
with such connections and other works as may be required
for a system of sewerage and sewage disposal, and may con-
struct sewage filter beds or other treatment works, or con-
nect with the sewerage system of the city of Worcester,
under the provisions of section five of this act, and may
construct such sewers or drains in said town as may be nec-
essary, and, for the purpose of providing better surface or
other drainage, may make, lay and maintain such drains
as it deems best; and for the purposes aforesaid, the town
may, within its limits, make and maintain sub-drains.
Section 2. The town may make and maintain in any
way therein where main drains or common sewers are con-
structed such connecting drains, under-drains and sewers
within the limits of such way as may be necessary to con-
nect any estate which abuts upon the way.
Section 3. The town may, at the meeting when this act
is accepted, vote that the selectmen shall act as a board of
sewer commissioners. If the town does not so vote at said
meeting, the town shall elect by ballot, at any town meeting
not later than the second annual meeting after the com-
mencement of construction hereunder of a system of sewer-
age and sewage disposal, a board of three sewer commis-
sioners who shall be citizens of the town, to hold office, if
elected at an annual meeting, one until the expiration of one
year, one until the expiration of two years, and one until
the expiration of three years, from such annual town meet-
ing, and until their successors are qualified, or, if elected at
a special meeting, one until the expiration of one year, one
until the expiration of two years, and one until the expira-
tion of three years, from the next succeeding annual town
meeting, and until their successors are qualified; and there-
after at each annual town meeting when the term of a mem-
ber expires, the town shall elect one member of the board
to serve for three years and until his successor is qualified.
84 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 126.
Any selectman shall be eligible to election to said board. In
either case, whether the town votes that its selectmen shall
act as a board of sewer commissioners or elects a board of
sewer commissioners, the town may at any time thereafter,
by any or all the methods permitted by general law, pro-
vide for the election of a board of three sewer commission-
ers, or that the selectmen may act as a board of sewer com-
missioners, as the case may be.
Section 4. Said board of sewer commissioners, acting
for and on behalf of said town, may take by eminent do-
main under chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws, or
acquire by purchase or otherwise, any lands, water rights,
rights of way or easements, public or private, in said town,
necessary for accomplishing any purpose mentioned in this
act, and may construct such main drains and sewers under
or over any bridge, railroad, railway, boulevard or other
public way, or within the location of any railroad, and may
enter upon and dig up any private land, pubhc way or rail-
road location, for the purpose of laying such drains and
sewers and of maintaining and repairing the same, and may
do any other thing proper or necessary for the purposes of
this act; provided, that they shall not take in fee any land
of a railroad corporation, and that they shall not enter upon
or construct any drain or sewer within the location of any
railroad corporation except at such time and in such man-
ner as they may agree upon with such corporation, or, in
case of failure to agree, as may be approved by the depart-
ment of public utilities.
Section 5. The town of Auburn may connect its sewers
or force mains with the sewerage system of the city of
Worcester if an agreement therefor shall have been made
between the said town and the said city, acting through
their respective boards or officers having charge of sewers;
but no such agreement shall be entered into until public
hearings, of which due notice to the public shall have been
given, have been held by such board or officers in the said
town or city, nor until authorized by vote of the city council
of the said city, with the approval of the mayor, and by a
town meeting of the said town. Any such agreement shall
state the terms and conditions upon which said connection
is to be made and shall be recorded in the office of the clerk
of the said city and of the said town. Any such agreement
may provide for the payment by the town to the city of a
stated sum at the time when the connection is made or a
yearly payment beginning in the year in which the connec-
tion is made, or both. Such payments may be based upon
the relative quantities of sewage contributed for treatment
by the city and the town. The agreement shall also state
the terms, conditions and regulations in accordance with
which the sewage of the said town may be discharged into
the sewerage system of the said city. No connection shall
be made under this act with the sewerage system of the said
city until plans showing such proposed connection have been
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 126. 85
submitted to and approved by the state department of pub-
lic health. Such plans shall also be filed in the office of the
clerk of the said city and of the said town.
Section 6. Until the board of sewer commissioners has
first been elected as provided in this act or the selectmen
have first been authorized by vote to act as such board, as
the case may be, but not in any event later than the second
annual meeting after the commencement of the work of con-
struction authorized hereby, the town may carry on such
work by a duly authorized committee of the town. The
committee shall serve without pay and shall have all the
powers and authority given to the board of sewer commis-
sioners in this act or by general law. Whenever the phrase
"said board of sewer commissioners" or "said board" here-
inafter occurs, it shall mean and include the board of sewer
commissioners, the selectmen acting as such or the commit-
tee of the town provided for in this section, as the case
may be.
Section 7. Any person injured in his property by any
action of said board of sewer commissioners under this act
may recover damages from said town under said chapter
seventy-nine.
Section 8. The town shall, by vote, determine what
proportion of the cost of said system or systems of sewerage
and sewage disposal the town shall pay; provided, that it
shall pay not less than one fourth nor more than one half of
the whole cost. In providing for the payment of the re-
maining portion of the cost of said system or systems, the
town may avail itself of any or all of the methods permitted
by general laws, and the provisions of said general laws rela-
tive to the assessment, apportionment, division, reassess-
ment, abatement and collection of sewer assessments, to
hens therefor and to interest thereon shall apply to assess-
ments made under this act, except that interest shall be at
the rate of six per cent per annum. At the same meeting
at which it determines the proportion of the cost which is
to be borne by the town, it may by vote determine by which
of such methods the remaining portion of said cost shall be
provided for. The collector of taxes of said town shall cer-
tify the payment or payments of such assessments or appor-
tionments thereof to the sewer commissioners, or to the
selectmen acting as such, who shall preserve a record
thereof.
Section 9. For the purpose of paying the necessary ex-
penses and liabilities incurred under this act, the town may
borrow such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in
the aggregate, two hundred thousand dollars; and may issue
bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the
words, Auburn Sewerage Loan, Act of 1947. Each author-
ized issue shall constitute a separate loan. Indebtedness
incurred under this act shall be in excess of the statutory
limit, but shall, except as provided herein, be subject to
chapter forty-four of the General Laws.
86 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 126.
Section 10. The receipts from sewer assessments and
from payments made in lieu thereof shall be applied to the
payment of charges and expenses incident to the mainte-
nance and operation of said system of sewerage and sewage
disposal or to the extension thereof, to the payment of in-
terest upon bonds or notes issued for sewer purposes or to
the payment or redemption of such bonds or notes.
Section 11. Said board of sewer commissioners may an-
nually appoint a clerk and may appoint a superintendent
of sewers who shall not be a member of the board, and shall
define their duties. It may remove the clerk or superin-
tendent at its pleasure. Said board may, in its discretion,
prescribe for the users of said sewer systems such annual
rentals or charges based upon the benefits derived therefrom
as it may deem proper, subject however to such rules and
regulations as may be fixed by vote of the town.
Section 12. All contracts made by the board of sewer
commissioners shall be made in the name of the town and
shall be signed by the board, but no contract shall be made
or obligation incurred by said board for any purpose in ex-
cess of the amount of money appropriated by the town
therefor.
Section 13. Said board may, from time to time, pre-
scribe rules and regulations for the connection of estates
and buildings with main drains and sewers, and for inspec-
tion of the materials, the construction, alteration and use
of all connections and drains entering into such main drains
or sewers, and may prescribe penalties, not exceeding twenty
dollars, for each violation of any such rule or regulation.
Such rules and regulations shall be published at least once
a week for three successive weeks in some newspaper pub-
lished in the town of Auburn, if there be any, and if not
then in some newspaper published in the county of Worces-
ter, and shall not take effect until such publications have
been made.
Section 14. No act shall be done under authority of the
preceding sections, except in the making of surveys and
other preliminary investigations, until the plans for said
system of sewerage and sewage disposal have been approved
by the state department of public health. Upon applica-
tion to said department for its approval, it shall give a hear-
ing, after due notice to the public. At such hearing, plans
showing in detail all the work to be done in constructing
said system of sewerage and sewage disposal shall be sub-
mitted for approval by said department.
Section 15. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance by vote of the majority of the voters of said town
voting thereon at a town meeting called for the purpose
within five years after its passage, but not otherwise. No
expenditure shall be made and no liability incurred here-
under until such acceptance. Approved March 6, 1947.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 127, 128, 129. 87
An Act providing for the election or appointment of Chap. 127
AN appropriation, ADVISORY OR FINANCE COMMITTEE BY
THE TOWN OF NORTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Norton, notwithstanding the
provisions of section sixteen of chapter thirty-nine of the
General Laws, may provide by by-law for the election of an
appropriation, advisory or finance committee, as well as
for the appointment of such a committee under said section
sixteen, and such a committee so elected shall have the same
powers and duties as a committee appointed under said sec-
tion sixteen. Any vote or any by-law of said town author-
izing the election of such a committee passed or adopted
prior to the effective date of this act, and all acts done by a
committee so elected, are hereby confirmed and made valid
to the same extent as if this act had been in effect at the
time of the passage of such vote or the adoption of such
by-law.
Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its accept-
ance by a majority of the registered voters of the town of
Norton voting thereon at the annual town meeting in the
year nineteen hundred and forty-eight, or at a special town
meeting held thereafter, but not otherwise.
Approved March 6, 1947.
An Act relative to the number of trustees in the QJiav.Vl'^
corporation called the trustees of ANATOLIA COL-
lege.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1 of chapter 106 of the acts of 1894, as amended
by section 1 of chapter 230 of the acts of 1922, is hereby
further amended by striking out the last sentence and in-
serting in place thereof the following sentence : — The trus-
tees shall number not less than nine nor more than thirty-
six and shall be divided into three approximately equal
classes; one class to serve for three years, one class to serve
for two years, and one class to serve for one year, and at
the expiration of the several terms their successors shall be
chosen in classes for terms of three years each.
Approved March 6, 1947.
An Act relative to the investment of the funds of Chav.l^^
THE BROCKTON UNION CEMETERY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 260 of the acts of 1904 is hereby amended by
striking out section 3 and inserting in place thereof the fol-
lowing section: — Section 3. Any sums of money received
as aforesaid or otherwise by said corporation may be in-
vested in any securities or investments in which, under the
88 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 130, 131, 132.
laws of the commonwealth, trustees appointed by courts of
the commonwealth are now, or may hereafter be, authorized
or permitted to invest. Approved March 6, 1947.
Chap.lSO An Act authorizing the children's hospital to hold
ADDITIONAL REAL AND PERSONAL ESTATE AND REPEALING
CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF LAW LIMITING THE NUMBER OF
PATIENTS AT SAID HOSPITAL.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The Children's Hospital, incorporated by
chapter forty-four of the acts of eighteen hundred and sixty-
nine, is hereby authorized to hold, for the purposes for
which it is incorporated, real and personal estate to an
amount not exceeding twenty-five million dollars in value,
including the amount which it is already authorized by law
to hold.
Section 2. Section 2 of chapter 146 of the acts of 1881
is hereby repealed. Approved March 6, 1947.
Chav.lSl An Act relative to the punishment of persons con-
victed OF certain sexual crimes.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
G^L. (Ter. SECTION 1. Scctiou 129 of chapter 127 of the General
§ 129, etc'., Laws, as most recently amended by section 1 of chapter 543
amended. ^f ^-^^ ^^^^ ^^ jg^g^ jg hereby further amended by adding at
fenced fo^' ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ followiug scntencc : — When any person serving
sex crime a seutcncc imposcd for a violation of section twenty-three
di'^chriedretc. of chapter two hundred and sixty-five or for an attempt to
commit the crime referred to in said section twenty-three
is released in accordance with the provisions hereof, he shall
not be given any certificate of discharge hereunder, but shall
be released on parole and shall be subject to the provisions
of law governing parole until the expiration of the term of
imprisonment to which he had been sentenced.
Section 2. This act shall not apply in the case of any
prisoner serving a sentence upon conviction of a violation
of said section twenty-three, or upon conviction of an at-
tempt to commit the crime referred to in said section twenty-
three, committed prior to the effective date of this act.
Approved March 6, 1947.
Chap. 1S2 An Act relative to the recording of certificates evi-
dencing the dissolution of certain water liens.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
g^L.jTer. Scctiou 42B of chapter 40 of the General Laws, as most
§4'2B, etc., recently amended by section 2 of chapter 380 of the acts
amended. ^^ ^g^^^ -^ j^gj-gj^y further amended by inserting after the
Acceptanc^e^ fourth scntcuce the following sentence: — Any person ten-
payment may dcring payment of an unpaid account, rate or charge for
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 133, 134, 135. 89
which a Hen statement has been filed may, as a condition be regulated
of the acceptance of such tender, be required by such col- ^ ''° ^*^*°'^'
lector, officer or other person to pay to him the expense of
recording such certificate; and, when such expense has been
so paid, such collector, officer or other person shall be deemed
to be authorized to record such certificate and shall forth-
with cause the same to be filed for record in the proper
registry of deeds. Approved March 6, 1947.
An Act relative to the recording of instruments evi- QJiq/q ^33
dencing the redemption of land from certain tax
TITLES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The second paragraph of section 62 of chapter 60 of the g. l. (Ter.
General Laws, as most recently amended by chapter 231 of §^62.' et'c'.,
the acts of 1941, is hereby further amended by inserting amended.
before the last sentence the following sentence : — Any per- Condition
son redeeming land from a tax title held by a city or town hn^'po^ed on
may, as a condition of redemption, be required by the city person redeem-
l' , , -i-ii e 1- ing land from
or town treasurer to pay to him the expense oi recordmg tax title.
the instrument of redemption; and, when such expense has
been so paid, such treasurer shall be deemed to be author-
ized to record such instrument and shall forthwith cause the
same to be filed for record in the proper registry of deeds.
Approved March 6, 1947.
Chap.lS4:
An Act authorizing the town of swampscott to pay
TO the beach club and to ABIGAIL F. CURRAN A SUM OF
MONEY TO REIMBURSE THEM FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF
A SEA WALL IN SAID TOWN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Swampscott is hereby author-
ized to appropriate the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars
and to pay twelve hundred and fifty dollars to The Beach
Club and twelve hundred and fifty dollars to Abigail F.
Curran to reimburse them for money expended by them in
connection with the construction of a sea wall in said town.
Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its accept-
ance by said town at its next annual town meeting, but
not otherwise. Approved March 6, 1947.
An Act relative to certain fees of sheriffs, deputy fhnrt 1S5
SHERIFFS AND CONSTABLES. ^'
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 262 of the General Laws is hereby amended by g. l. (Ter.
striking out section 8, as appearing in the Tercentenary fmeAS ^ ^'
Edition, and inserting in place thereof the following section:
— Section 8. The fees of sheriffs, deputy sheriffs and consta- sheriffs, etc.
bles for the service of civil process shall be as follows : —
90
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 135.
Fees for
service of
writs, etc.
Custody
of personal
property.
Attachment
of real estate,
etc.
Service of
writ of
replevin.
For service of an original summons or scire facias, either
by reading it or by leaving a copy thereof, two dollars for
each defendant upon whom service is made, except as herein
otherwise provided.
For service of a libel for divorce, including copy, five
dollars.
For service of a capias, of an attachment with summons
or of a trustee process, two dollars for each service upon each
defendant or trustee.
For service of subpoena in a bill in equity under chapter
two hundred and fifty-four, fifty cents for each defendant
upon whom service is made; for each copy of such subpoena,
thirty cents; for filing an attested copy of such subpoena
at the registry of deeds, fifty cents.
For each copy of a supreme judicial, superior, probate
or land court writ, precept or process, except as herein
otherwise provided, one dollar.
For each copy of a district court writ, precept or process,
fifty cents.
If the officer by the direction of the plaintiff or his attorney
makes a special service of a writ or precept, either by attach-
ing personal property or arresting the body, he shall be
entitled to one dollar for each defendant upon whom the
writ is so served, and four dollars additional for custody
of the body arrested, and at the same rate for each day
during which he has such custody. If the officer employs an
assistant in the arrest of the body, he shall be entitled to
three dollars a day for such assistant.
For the custody of personal property attached, replevied
or taken on execution, not more than six dollars for each
day of not more than eight hours for the keeper while he is
in charge, and not more than one dollar a day for the officer
for a period not longer than ten days; but the officer may
be allowed a greater compensation for himself or for his
keeper, or compensation for a longer period, by the written
consent of the plaintiff and the defendant whose property
has been attached, replevied or taken on execution, or by
order of the court upon a hearing. He shall also be entitled
to expenses for packing, labor, teaming, storage and taking
and preparing a schedule of property attached, replevied
or taken on execution, if he certifies that such expenses were
necessary and are reasonable.
For an attachment on mesne process of land or of any
leasehold estate, one dollar for each defendant against
whom an attachment is made, five cents a mile each way
for travel from the place of service to the registry, and his
fee for the copy deposited in the registry of deeds or land
court, together with the recording fees actually paid.
For a special attachment of real estate, one dollar addi-
tional for each person against whom an attachment is made.
For the service of a writ of replevin : for seizure of property,
two dollars for each defendant; securing and swearing
appraisers, two dollars, and the actual amount paid to
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 135. 91
appraisers, as hereinafter provided; examining and ap-
proving sureties, one dollar; delivery of property replevied,
one dollar; for each service, one dollar; for each copy, at
the rate hereinbefore provided for copies of writs, precepts
or other processes.
For a levy on real estate : for preparing and serving notice J;®jy 3°^^^
of sale, including copy and travel, three dollars for each
debtor.
For preparing and posting notices of sale, six dollars.
The necessary expenses of advertising.
For the sale of land or of any leasehold estate, five dollars.
For preparing, executing and acknowledging deed, five
dollars.
For travel, five cents a mile each way from the place
where he receives the execution to the office of the register
of deeds, and his fee for the copy.
For a sale of personal property on mesne process or on saieofper-
, . , , P i/ . i i ./ i sonal property
execution the f OllOWmg : on mesne
For service of a copy of notice to appoint appraisers, one pj'ocess.
dollar for each person upon whom service is made.
The necessary expenses of taking and preparing a schedule
of property proposed to be sold.
For attendance upon and swearing appraisers, two dollars.
The amount actually paid to appraisers as hereinafter
provided.
For preparing and posting notice of a proposed sale, two
dollars.
The necessary expenses of keeper, labor and advertising.
For custody of property, one dollar a day.
For services as auctioneer, or for services of an auctioneer
in selling property, a fair and reasonable amount.
If the sale is made on execution, poundage may be charged
as hereinafter provided.
The fair compensation for the services of an appraiser
shall not be more than three dollars for each day's service,
but the officer may be allowed a greater compensation for
the appraisers by an order of the court.
For each adjourrmient of sale of real or personal property,
two dollars.
For taking bail and furnishing and writing the bail bond,
one dollar, which shall be paid by the defendant, and taxed
in his bill of costs, if he prevails.
For serving an execution in a personal action by copy serving
and demand on debtor or on trustee, two dollars and travel, ^o^^^ige^'
if the execution is not collected in whole or in part; for
serving an execution in a personal action, and collecting
damages or costs on an execution, warrant of distress or
other hke process, for an amount not exceeding one hundred
dollars, four cents for every dollar; all above one hundred
dollars, and not exceeding five hundred dollars, two cents
for every dollar; and all above five hundred dollars, one
cent for every dollar; but such percentage shall be allowed
only upon the amount actually collected. A levy of the
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Acts, 1947. — Chap. 135.
Serving writ
of seisin.
Serving execu-
tion upon
judgment.
Serving writ
of capias.
Serving writ of
habeas corpus.
Serving a
venire.
Dispersing
warrants.
Travel.
Serving crim-
inal process.
execution upon his body shall be considered, so far as the
fees of the officer are material, a full satisfaction of the execu-
tion if the debtor has recognized with surety or sureties as
required by law.
For serving a writ of seisin or possession in a real action,
five dollars for each parcel.
For serving an execution upon a judgment for partition,
or for assignment of dower or curtesy, one dollar a day.
For serving a writ of capias in a civil proceeding, five
dollars.
For serving a writ of habeas corpus, five dollars, together
with the fee for service and copy.
For serving a venire or notice to jurors for attendance
upon any court, civil or criminal, one dollar for each person
upon whom the service is made.
For summoning witnesses, one dollar for each person
upon whom service is made, and fifty cents for each copy
served, together with the fee paid to the witness.
For dispersing treasurer's warrants and proclamations
of all kinds, eight cents each, without allowance for travel.
For travel in the service of original writs, executions,
warrants, summonses, subpoenas, notices and like processes,
five cents a mile each way, to be computed from the place
of service to the court or place of return; and if the same
precept or process is served upon more than one person, the
travel shall be computed from the most remote place of
service, with such further travel as was necessary in serving
it; if the distance from the place of service to the place of
return exceeds twenty and does not exceed fifty miles, five
cents a mile one way only shall be allowed for all travel
exceeding twenty miles, and, if it exceeds fifty miles, only
one cent a mile one way shall be allowed for all travel ex-
ceeding that distance.
For travel in the service of venires and notices to jurors,
five cents a mile for the distance actually traveled.
For serving criminal process, as follows:
For serving a warrant of capias in a criminal proceeding,
fifty cents, and of a summons upon the defendant, ten cents,
for each person upon whom the same is served.
For a copy of a mittimus, warrant or other precept re-
quired by law in criminal cases, twenty-five cents.
For travel in summoning witnesses in criminal cases, ten
cents a mile each way for a distance of not more than twenty
miles, and for any excess over twenty miles, five cents a mile
each way, and no more. The distance shall be computed
from the most remote place of service to the place of return,
but upon a subpoena the court shall reduce the fee for travel
to a reasonable amount for the service performed if the
travel charged has not been actually performed by the officer
who made the service. Approved March 6, 1947.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 136, 137. 93
An Act authorizing the town of natick to retire Chap.lSQ
FRANCIS A. LYNCH, AN EMPLOYEE OF ITS TREE AND MOTH
DEPARTMENTS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The retirement board of the town of Natick,
with the approval of the board of selectmen, may retire on
account of accidental disability, under the contributory
retirement system of said town, Francis A. Lynch, an em-
ployee of its tree and moth departments, who was injured
on March ninth, nineteen hundred and thirty-three, while
in the performance of his duties, notwithstanding that such
injuries were incurred prior to the time when said retirement
system became operative.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 8, 1947.
An Act relative to the pay rolls, bills and accounts (Jji^rp ^37
FOR salary or compensation of persons in the service ^'
OR employment OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 210 of the acts of 1908 is hereby
amended by striking out section 1, as most recently amended
by chapter 332 of the acts of 1909, and inserting in place
thereof the following section : — Section 1 . It shall be
unlawful for the treasurer or other fiscal officer of the city of
Boston to pay any salary or compensation to any person
in the service or employment of the city unless the pay roll,
bill or account for such salary or compensation shall bear
the certificate of the city auditor, or of his authorized agent,
that there is on file in the office of the city auditor a pre-
liminary pay roll, bill or account for such salary or com-
pensation which is of like tenor and bears the certificate of
the director of civil service, or his authorized agent, that the
persons named in such pay roll, bill or account have been
appointed, employed, transferred or promoted in accordance
with the civil service law and rules so far as the same are
apphcable, or, in case of doubt, that the director authorizes
the payment of such salary or compensation for the time
being; provided, that the director may certify, and the
treasurer or other fiscal oflficer of the city of Boston may
thereafter pay, for a term not exceeding thirty days, the
regular compensation, or any part thereof, to any laborer
in the service or employment of the city of Boston who, by
reason of accident or injury occurring while he was in the
performance of his duties and in the exercise of due care, has
become incapacitated to perform the ordinary duties of his
employment. But no such payment shall be made except
upon the certificate of the city physician, the sworn state-
ment of the head of the department, both stating that the
94 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 138.
employee is incapacitated as above, and the approval of the
mayor.
Section 2. Said chapter 210 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 2, as most recently amended by
chapter 334 of the acts of 1945, and inserting in place thereof
the following section: — Section 2. Every such preliminary
pay roll, bill or account, before the certificate of the director of
civil service or his authorized agent is affixed thereto, shall
be sworn to by the head of the department, or by the person
who is immediately responsible for the appointment, em-
ployment, promotion or transfer, of the persons named
therein, and shall contain, in addition to such other informa-
tion as the director of civil service or his authorized agent
may require, the following information : — First, name of
each employee; second, title of office or position in which
actually employed; third, salary, wages or other compensa-
tion; fourth, dates of employment. Every such preHminary
pay roll, bill or account shall be in such form as the director
of civil service or his authorized agent may require.
Section 3. Said chapter 210 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 3 and inserting in place thereof the
following section : — Section 3. Any person who is entitled
to receive the certificate of the director of civil service to the
treasurer as having been appointed, employed, transferred
or promoted in accordance with the civil service law and
rules, and who is refused such certificate, and any person
who has so been certified and whose name has illegally been
removed from a pay roll by reason of suspension or discharge
by any officer or board in charge of a department, may file
a petition in the form of mandamus in the superior or supreme
judicial court to compel the officer or board in charge of
such department to reinstate such person, or to compel
the director of civil service to issue such certificate.
Approved March 8, 1947.
Chap.lSS An Act relative to questions appearing upon ballots
AT STATE AND MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Ed^'sl^new Section 1. Chapter 54 of the General Laws is hereby
§4'2A. a'ddld. amended by inserting after section 42 the following section:
Questions — Scction Jf2A . The state secretary and the city or town
baiiotrafs°tate clerks shall cause each question appearing upon ballots
ekctSns ''^'''''^ prepared by them to be designated as follows : — Questions
reguiat°ed. Submitted to the people under Article XL VIII of the Amend-
ments to the constitution of the commonwealth shall appear
first in order upon the ballot, numbered consecutively and
the first such question so appearing shall be designated by
the numeral 1; additional questions shall follow numbered
so that all questions appearing upon such ballot shall be
numbered consecutively. The questions required to be
placed upon the official ballot at a biennial state election by
Acts, 1947. —Chap. 138.
95
section eleven of chapter one hundred and thirty-eight shall
be numbered as a single question having three parts, and
the questions required to be placed upon the official ballot
at such an election by section fourteen of chapter one hundred
and twenty-eight A shall be numbered as a single question
having two parts.
Section 2. Chapter 128A of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Ter.
amended by striking out section 14, as most recently amended f 'Ji' eS^'
by chapter 282 of the acts of 1938, and inserting in place amended'.'
thereof the following section: — Section 14- Licenses shall ^"g^untiea^on
not be granted under this chapter for the holding or con- horse and dog
ducting of any horse racing meeting or any dog racing meet- ■''''''"«•
ing within any county unless a majority of the registered
voters of such county voting on the questions of granting
such licenses when said questions were last submitted to
them, as hereinafter provided, have voted in the aflfirmative.
The state secretary shall cause to be placed on the official
ballot to be used in the cities and towns at the biennial
state election in the year nineteen hundred and fifty, and
in every fourth year thereafter, the following subdivided
question :
A. Shall the pari-mutuel system of betting
on licensed horse races be permitted in this
county?
TBS.
MO.
YES.
MO.
B, Shall the pari-mutuel system of betting
on licensed dog races be permitted in this
county?
If a majority of the votes cast in a county in answer to
subdivision A are in the affirmative, such county shall be
taken to have authorized the licensing of horse races therein
at which the pari-mutuel system of betting shall be permitted.
If a majority of the votes cast in a county in answer to
subdivision B are in the affirmative, such county shall be
taken to have authorized the licensing of dog races therein
at which the pari-mutuel system of betting shall be per-
mitted.
Section 3. Chapter 138 of the General Laws is hereby
amended by striking out section 11, as amended by section 1
of chapter 207 of the acts of 1936, and inserting in place ^-n^nded.
thereof the following section: — Section 11. The state sec- Formofques-
retary shall cause to be placed on the official ballot used in piaced°on^
the cities and towns at each biennial state election the fol- taiiot.
lowing subdivided question:
A. Shall licenses be granted in this city (or town) for the
sale therein of all alcoholic beverages (whisky,
rum, gin, malt beverages, wines and all other
alcoholic beverages)?
B. Shall licenses be granted in this city (or town) for
the sale therein of wines and malt beverages
(wines and beer, ale and all other malt bever-
ages)?
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 138,
§ 11, etc.,
TBS.
NO.
YES.
NO.
™.
NO.
96 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 139.
C. Shall licenses be granted in this city (or town) for
the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages in
packages, so called, not to be drunk on the
premises?
If a majority of the votes cast in a city or town in answer
to subdivision A is in the affirmative, such city or town shall,
irrespective of the result of the votes in answer to sub-
divisions B and C, be taken to have authorized, for the two
calendar years next succeeding, the retail sale in such city
or town of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on and off
the premises where sold, in accordance with the provisions
of this chapter.
If a majority of the votes cast in a city or town in answer
to subdivisions A and C is not in the affirmative, but a
majority thereof in answer to subdivision B is in the affirm-
ative, such city or town shall be taken to have authorized,
for said calendar years, the retail sale therein of wines and
malt beverages only to be drunk on and off the premises
where sold, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
If a majority of the votes cast in a city or town in answer
to subdivision A and to subdivision B is not in the affirm-
ative, but a majority thereof in answer to subdivision C is
in the affirmative, such city or town shall be taken to have
authorized, for said calendar years, the retail sale therein
of all alcoholic beverages but only in packages, so called,
not to be drunk on the premises where sold, in accordance
with the provisions of this chapter.
If a majority of the votes cast in a city or town in answer
to subdivision A is not in the affirmative but a majority
thereof in answer to subdivisions B and C is in the affirm-
ative, such city or town shall be taken to have authorized,
for said calendar years, the retail sale therein of wines and
malt beverages to be drunk on and off the premises where
sold, and also the sale of all other alcoholic beverages but
only in packages, so called, not to be drunk on the premises
where sold, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
Approved March 8, 1947.
C/iap. 139 An Act authorizing the city of brockton to pension
M. JOSEPHINE ARMITAGE.
Be it enacted, etc., asfolloivs:
For the purpose of promoting the public good and in
consideration of her long and meritorious service, the city of
Brockton may pension M, Josephine Armitage, who served
the city faithfully from nineteen hundred and twenty-seven
until nineteen hundred and forty-six as a policewoman in
its police department. The amount of such pension per
annum shall equal one half the annual salary received by
her at the time of her termination of service and shall be
paid in equal monthly instalments.
Approved March 8, 1947.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 140, 141, 142. 97
An Act authorizing the quincy savings bank to make (JJiav.l^O
FURTHER INVESTMENTS IN THE PURCHASE AND IMPROVE- ^'
MENT OF REAL ESTATE IN THE CITY OF QUINCY TO BE USED
FOR THE TRANSACTION OF THE BUSINESS OF SAID BANK.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The Quincy Savings Bank, incorporated by-
chapter one hundred and fifty-six of the acts of eighteen
hundred and forty-five, subject to the approval of the com-
missioner of banks, may invest in the purchase of real estate
in the city of Quincy and in the erection and preparation of
a suitable building or buildings on land so purchased or in
the alteration or renovation of any building located thereon,
or in the erection and preparation of a suitable building or
buildings on land in said city now owned by said bank or
in the alteration or renovation of any building located
thereon, to be used in whole or in part for the transaction
of its business, a sum not exceeding two hundred and sixty
thousand dollars, in addition to any sums which said bank
has heretofore been authorized to invest in land or buildings
for such use and any sums received from any sale or taking
of any part of such land or building; provided, that nothing
contained herein shall be construed as authorizing an invest-
ment by said bank in real estate for such use exceeding, in
the aggregate, the sum of four hundred and sixty thousand
dollars.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 11, 1947.
An Act requiring the acceptance of his nomination Chaj)'14:l
BY ANY CANDIDATE FOR AN ELECTIVE OFFICE NOMINATED
BY CAUCUS OR CONVENTION,
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 5 of chapter 53 of the General Laws, as appearing g. l. (Ter.
in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by adding amended.^ ^'
at the end the following paragraph : —
No such certificate of nomination shall be received or be written accept-
valid unless the written acceptance of the candidate or can- """^ reqmred.
didates thereby nominated shall be filed therewith.
Approved March 11, 1947.
An Act to authorize savings banks to purchase and ChaV'14^2
HOLD AND TO IMPROVE REAL ESTATE FOR HOUSING PRO J-
ECTS THEREON, AND TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN SUCH
PROJECTS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 54 of chapter 168 of the General Laws, as amended, gj^- [J^^-
is hereby further amended by inserting after clause Twelfth § 54,' etc..'
the following clause : — "'"'"'^"'^•
Twelfth A. Subject to such regulations as the commis- investments in
sioner deems necessary or advisable, any such corporation, ho^iLing^lfro^
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 143.
ects not to
exceed three
per cent of
its deposits.
either alone or in conjunction with one or more such corpo-
rations, may exercise the powers granted to domestic Ufe in-
surance companies by section sixty-six A of chapter one hun-
dred and seventy-five; provided, that no investment shall
be made by such a corporation under this clause if thereby
the total amount invested by it thereunder would exceed
three per cent of its deposits. Approved March 11, 1947.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 178, new
§§ 32 and 33,
added.
Treasurers of
savings banks
are incorpora-
tors of corpo-
ration called
Savings Bank
Life Insurance
Council.
Chap. 14:3 An Act creating the savings bank life insurance
COUNCIL AND DEFINING ITS POWERS AND DUTIES AND THE
POWERS OF SAVINGS AND INSURANCE BANKS WITH REFER-
ENCE THERETO.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 178 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
adding at the end the two following sections : — Section 32.
The treasurers for the time being of all savings banks which
have established insurance departments under the laws of
the commonwealth on the effective date of this section shall
be the incorporators of, and are hereby constituted, a cor-
poration under the name of Savings Bank Life Insurance
Council, hereinafter and in section thirty-three referred to
as the council. The treasurer of any savings bank which
after said effective date establishes an insurance department
shall thereupon become an incorporator. The board of in-
vestment of any savings and insurance bank may, at any
time, designate an officer other than the treasurer to act as
an incorporator. The successors from time to time of the
treasurer, or such other officers as may have been duly desig-
nated in the manner above provided, shall for the purposes
of this section, be incorporators in place of their predecessors.
The council shall be managed by its officers and a board
of nine directors. By-laws for the conduct of the business
of the council shall be adopted by the incorporators. Such
by-laws shall designate the officers, define the powers and
duties of the officers and directors, specify the time and place
of all meetings of the council, and may provide for such
committees as seems advisable. The officers and directors
shall be elected by the incorporators, initially at any time
after said effective date, and annually thereafter at a time
fixed in the by-laws. The directors may fill vacancies among
the officers and in the board until the next election.
The council shall have all the powers specifically provided
in this section and all the general corporate powers incident
thereto. The council, subject to the provisions of this chap-
ter, may furnish savings and insurance banks, their agencies
and policyholders, with such services as the directors may
deem necessary for the efficient prosecution of the business,
provided said council shall not employ solicitors of insurance
or persons to make house to house collections of premiums.
When authorized by the trustees of a savings and insurance
bank, the council may act as agent for the receipt of funds
and for making payments due under policies of insurance
By-laws.
Powers, etc
Acts, 1947. —Chap. 144. 99
and contracts of annuities issued by such bank. Expenses
of the council shall be paid by the savings and insurance
banks and shall be apportioned among them by the directors
in a manner approved by the state actuary.
Section 33. The council shall annually, within sixty days statement to
after the last business day of October, submit to the incor- councu wfth
porators and file with the commissioner of insurance and commissioner
1 . . r 1 1 • 1 1. °' insurance
the commissioner of banks a statement, in such form as and commis-
said commissioners shall prescribe, showing its receipts and '"°"^'' °^ ''*"''^'
disbursements for the twelve months period ending on Octo-
ber thirty-first and such other information concerning its
transactions as said commissioners may require. Said com-
missioners shall at any time have full access to the books
and records of the council for the purpose of examining its
affairs and transactions. Approved March 11, 191^7.
An Act to permit the Massachusetts state guard nhdjy 144
VETERANS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE APPROPRIATION FOR ^'
THE DECORATION OF GRAVES.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend ^^l]^:^^^^
to defeat its purpose, which is in part to authorize Massa- ^^^^^
chusetts state guard veterans to participate in the appro-
priation for the decoration of graves on Memorial Day in the
current year, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emer-
gency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the
public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Clause (12) of section 5 of chapter 40 of the General Laws, q. l. (Ter.
as most recently amended by section 2 of chapter 409 of the f^l.^^ttl';
acts of 1946, is hereby further amended by striking out, in amended.
Unes 14, 15 and 16, the words "soldiers, sailors and marines
who served in the army, navy or marine corps of the United
States in time of war or insurrection" and inserting in place
thereof the words: — persons who served as aforesaid, — so
as to read as follows : —
(12) For erecting headstones or other monuments at the Power to make
graves of persons who served in the war of the revolution, the appropriations,
war of eighteen hundred and twelve, the Seminole war, the
Mexican war, the war of the rebellion or the Indian wars or
who served in the military or naval service of the United
States in the Spanish American war or in World war I or in
World war II, or who served in the military service of the
commonwealth in time of war; for acquiring land by pur-
chase or by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine, pur-
chasing, erecting, equipping or dedicating buildings, or con-
structing or dedicating other suitable memorials, for the
purpose of properly commemorating the services and sacri-
fices of persons who served as aforesaid; for the decoration
of the graves, monuments or other memorials of persons who
served as aforesaid and the proper observance of Memorial
Day and other patriotic holidays under the auspices of the
100 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 145, 146.
following : — local posts of the Grand Army of the Republic,
United Spanish War Veterans, The American Legion, Veter-
ans of Foreign Wars of the United States and Jewish War
Veterans of the United States, and of the American Veterans
of World War II, AMVETS — Department of Massachu-
setts, local chapters of the Disabled American Veterans of
the World War, local units of the Massachusetts State
Guard Veterans, Kearsarge Association of Naval Veterans,
Inc., local garrisons of the Army and Navy Union of the
United States of America, local chapters of the Massachu-
setts Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, local
detachments of the Marine Corps League, local clubs of the
Yankee Division Veterans Association, local camps or other
duly organized units of the Sons of Union Veterans of the
Civil War or local tents of The Daughters of Union Veterans
of the Civil War, and The Society of the War of 1812 in the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Incorporated); or for
keeping in repair graves, monuments or other memorials
erected to the memory of such persons or of the firemen and
policemen of the town who died from injuries received in
the performance of their duties in the fire or police service
or for decorating the graves of such firemen and policemen
or for other memorial observances in their honor. Money
appropriated in honor of such firemen may be paid over to,
and expended for such purposes by, any veteran firemen's
association or similar organization.
Approved March IS, 1947.
Chap. 14:5 An Act relative to the office of chairman of the
SCHOOL committee OF THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 25 of the acts of 1883 is hereby
repealed.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 12, 1947.
Chap.146 An Act relative to annual vacations and sick leave
allowances FOR POLICE OFFICERS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The police commissioner for the city of
Boston shall grant to members of the police department of
said city annual vacations, without loss of pay, as follows: —
For less than one year's service, a vacation allowance of
one day for each month of service ;
For service of one year or more, but not more than ten
years, a vacation allowance of two weeks;
For service of ten years or more, but not more than
twenty years, a vacation allowance of three weeks;
For service of twenty years or more, a vacation allowance
of four weeks.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 146. 101
Section 2. The assignment of vacation periods shall be
arranged by said commissioner for such time or times as best
serve the pubhc interest. Vacation allowances may not be
accumulated from one vacation year to another without
authorization of said commissioner. Absences on account
of sickness in excess of those authorized by this act may, at
the discretion of said commissioner, be charged to vacation
allowance.
Section 3. A member of said police department whose
services have been terminated through resignation, retire-
ment or dismissal, except dismissal for cause, prior to re-
ceiving a vacation in any year to which he would otherwise
be entitled may be granted salary in heu of any vacation not
received. Any such member reinstated or on leave of
absence without pay may be credited with his vacation
status at the termination of his previous service and al-
lowed such proportion of his vacation under section one as
his actual service bears to full time for the same vacation
year, except that employees in military service shall be al-
lowed full vacation credit.
Section 4. Members of said pohce department shall,
after completing six months of continuous service, be al-
lowed sick leave with pay for periods not to exceed fifteen
working days annually for each year of service thereafter.
Sick leave not used in any year may be accumulated, but in
no event to exceed ninety days, except that further sick
leave may be granted in special cases by signed authoriza-
tion of said commissioner. Sick leave with pay shall be
granted to said members only when they are incapacitated
for the performance of their duties by sickness, injury, ex-
posure to contagious diseases or by serious illness or death of
members of their immediate family. Notification of such
absences shall, where conditions warrant, be given as early
as possible on the first day of absence. If such notification
is not given, such absence may, at the discretion of said com-
missioner, be applied to vacation leave or leave without pay.
For periods of absence of five working days or more or a
total number of days absence which exceeds ten working
days in any one calendar year, said commissioner may re-
quire evidence in the form of a physician's certificate of the
necessity for such absence. If such certificate is not filed
within seven days after a request therefor, such absence may
be apphed, at the discretion of said commissioner, to vaca-
tion leave or leave of absence without pay.
Section 5. Members of said police department whose
service is terminated through death, resignation, retirement
or dismissal shall not be entitled to compensation in lieu of
any leave not taken. Any of such members who are rein-
stated may be credited with accrued sick leave due them at
the termination of their previous service.
Section 6. Said police department shall keep a register
showing records of vacations, both accrued and granted, and
records of attendance, for each member in such form as
102 Acts, 1947. —Chaps. 147, 148.
directed by the budget department. The information on
such register shall be transmitted to said budget department
upon request.
Section 7. Upon the effective date of this act, all mem-
bers of said police department shall be allowed a prior service
sick leave credit equivalent to seven and one half working
days per year for each prior year of service, but in no event
to exceed ninety days.
Section 8. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance by vote of the city council of said city, subject to
the provisions of its charter, but not otherwise.
Approved March 12, 1947.
Chap.147 An Act authorizing the appointment to the permanent
FORCE OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OF THE TOWN OF NATICK
OF CERTAIN CALL MEN IN SAID DEPARTMENT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Natick may, on the recom-
mendation of the chief of the fire department, promote to
membership in the permanent force thereof any person in
the call fire department of said town who shall have served as
call man for five or more successive years and has not passed
his forty-fifth birthday; provided, that he is certified by the
town physician to be competent physically for duty. No
person promoted hereunder shall be required to serve any
probationary period.
Section 2. This act shall be submitted to the voters of
said town at the annual town meeting in the year nineteen
hundred and forty-eight in the form of the following ques-
tion, which shall be placed upon the official ballot to be used
for the election of town officers at said meeting: "Shall an
act passed by the General Court in the year nineteen hun-
dred and forty-seven, entitled 'An Act authorizing the ap-
pointment to the permanent force of the fire department of
the town of Natick of certain call men in said department',
be accepted?" If a majority of the votes in answer to said
question is in the affirmative, then this act shall thereupon
take full effect, but not otherwise.
Approved March 12, 1947.
Chap.l'iS An Act increasing the powers of boards of health
WITH RESPECT TO THE SUPPLYING OF WATER FOR DOMESTIC
PURPOSES IN PLACES OF HABITATION AND IN PLACES WHERE
THE PUBLIC IS FURNISHED FOOD OR DRINK.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Ed^'iuTnew Chapter 111 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
§ ii22A, added, inserting after section 122 the following section: — Sec-
Board of tion 122 A. Upon determination by the board of health that
regiiat™*^ the available supply of water for drinking, culinary and
water supply, other domestic purposes in any place of habitation, or in
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 149. 103
any place where food or drink is prepared, handled or served
to the public, is so unsafe or inadequate as to constitute a
nuisance within the meaning of this chapter, said board may
issue a written order to the owner of such place, as appearing
in the current records of the assessors, requiring him to dis-
continue the use of the water supply, or, at his option, to
provide such place with a water supply safe and adequate
for such purposes. Any person who wilfully fails or refuses Penalty,
to comply with such an order shall be punished by a fine of
not less than fifty dollars, and the board may thereupon
cause the removal of the occupants of the place to which the
order relates, which shall not again be occupied as a place
of habitation or place in which food or drink is prepared,
handled or served to the public, without its written per-
mission. The superior court, on a petition in equity brought
by said board, shall have jurisdiction by injunction or other-
wise to enforce any order issued under this section.
Approved March 12, 191^7.
An Act further providing for the continuation of the Qy^jry ^40
PRESENT LAWFUL USE OF CERTAIN BUILDINGS PENDING THE ^'
ISSUANCE OF CERTAIN CERTIFICATES OF INSPECTION.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to Emergency
defeat its purpose, which is to continue for a further period p''^*'"^^^-
of one year from March first of the current year the pro-
visions of the law hereby amended, therefore it is hereby
declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 3 of the acts of 1944 is hereby amend-
ed by striking out section 1, as amended, and inserting in
place thereof the following section : — Section 1 . Any acknowl-
edgment of an application to an inspector, as such term is de-
fined in section one of chapter one hundred and forty-three
of the General Laws, for a certificate of inspection under
section twenty-eight of chapter one hundred and forty-three
of the General Laws, as amended, which shall have been
renewed as provided in section twenty-nine of said chapter
one hundred and forty-three, as amended, may be further
renewed at any time "before March first, nineteen hundred
and forty-eight in like manner and with like effect for such
further periods of not more than ninety days each as cir-
cumstances may require, pending the granting or refusal of
the certificate. Such an acknowledgment may be revoked
by an inspector, without a hearing and without the assign-
ment of any cause therefor, at any time when in his opinion
the public safety requires.
Section 2. This act shall take effect as of March first in
the current year. Approved March H, 191^7 .
104 Acts, 1947. —Chaps. 150, 151, 152.
Chav.150 ^ Act authorizing the town of upton to borrow
MONEY FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING, EQUIPPING
AND FURNISHING A SCHOOL BUILDING.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of constructing and originally
equipping and furnishing a school building, the town of
Upton may borrow from time to time within a period of
three years from the passage of this act such sums as may
be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, one hundred
and twenty thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes
therefor, which shall bear on their face the words, Upton
School Loan, Act of 1947. Each authorized issue shall con-
stitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid in not
more than twenty years from their dates. Indebtedness in-
curred under this act shall be in excess of the statutory limit
and shall, except as provided herein, be subject to chapter
forty-four of the General Laws, exclusive of the limitation
contained in the first paragraph of section seven thereof.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 14, 1947.
Chap. 151 An Act authorizing the barnstable fire district to
MAKE AN ADDITIONAL WATER LOAN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows. •
Section 1. For the purpose of extending its water mains
and improving its water distribution facilities, the Barnstable
fire district may borrow, from time to time within five years
from the passage of this act, such sums as may be necessary,
not exceeding, in the aggregate, twenty-five thousand dol-
lars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall
bear on their face the words, Barnstable Fire District Loan,
Act of 1947. Each authorized issue shall constitute a sepa-
rate loan, and such loans shall be paid in not more than ten
years from their dates. Indebtedness incurred under
authority of this act shall be included in the debt limit fixed
by the last paragraph of section eight of chapter forty-four
of the General Laws and debt incurred hereunder shall,
except as otherwise provided in this act, be subject to said
chapter.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March I4, 1947.
Chap. 152 An Act authorizing the town of leverett to borrow
MONEY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purposes of constructing a consoli-
dated school building and originally equipping and furnish-
ing the same, the town of Leverett may borrow from time
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 153. 105
to time, within a period of five years from the passage of this
act, such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the
aggregate, sixteen thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or
notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the words,
Leverett Consolidated School Loan Act of 1947. Each
authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such
loans shall be paid in not more than twenty years from their
dates. Indebtedness incurred under this act shall be in
excess of the statutory limit, but shall, except as herein pro-
vided, be subject to chapter forty-four of the General Laws,
exclusive of the limitation contained in the first paragraph
of section seven thereof.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 14, 1947.
An Act relative to sewerage systems in the town of Qfidj^ 153
FALMOUTH. ^'
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 288 of the acts of 1928
is hereby amended by inserting after the word "part" in
line 3 the words : — or parts, — by inserting after the word
"harbor" in line 8 the words: — or Vineyard Sound, or
both, — and by inserting after the word "system" in Hnes
5 and 9, in each instance, the words: — or systems, — so as
to read as follows : — Section 1 . The town of Falmouth may
lay out, construct, maintain and operate a system or systems
of main drains and common sewers for a part or parts or the
whole of its territory, with such connections and other works
as may be required for a system or systems of sewage dis-
posal; may construct such drains or sewers over and/or
under land or tide water in said town as may be necessary
to conduct the sewage to Great harbor or Vineyard Sound,
or both; may establish filter beds for the treatment of the
sewage collected by said system or systems; and, for the
purpose of providing better surface or other drainage, guard-
ing against pollution of waters and otherwise protecting the
public health, may lay, make and maintain such drains as
it deems best. For the purposes aforesaid the town may,
within its limits, deepen, widen and clear of obstruction any
brook, stream or water course, and may straighten or alter
the channel or divert the water thereof, and may make and
maintain sub-drains, and, with the approval of the state de-
partment of public health, discharge such water into any
brook, stream or water course within the town.
Section 2. Section 2 of said chapter 288 is hereby
amended by striking out the first sentence and inserting in
place thereof the following sentence : — The town, at any
meeting at which it is voted to establish such sewerage sys-
tem or systems, may vote that the selectmen shall act as a
board of sewer commissioners, and when acting as such shall
have all the powers and authority given to the board of
sewer commissioners by this act or by general law.
106 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 154, 155.
Section 3. Section 6 of said chapter 288, as amended by-
section 1 of chapter 68 of the acts of 1931, is hereby further
amended by striking out the first sentence and inserting in
place thereof the following sentence : — For the purpose of
paying the necessary expenses and liabilities incurred or to
be incurred by said town under this act, it may borrow from
time to time, within five years from January first, nineteen
hundred and forty-seven, such sums as may be necessary,
not exceeding, in the aggregate, five hundred thousand dol-
lars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear
on their face the words, Falmouth Sewer Loan, Act of 1928.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 14, 1947.
ChaV.154: "^N ^^^ TEMPORARILY REVIVING GRAHAM COMPANY FOR THE
SOLE PURPOSE OF CONVEYING CERTAIN PROPERTY.
Emergency Wheretts, The deferred operation of this act would delay
preamble. ^^^ corporatiou revivcd thereby in resuming the exercise of
its former corporate powers to the extent provided thereby,
therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law,
necessary for the immediate preservation of the public con-
venience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Graham Company, a corporation dissolved by section one
of chapter fifty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and
thirty-six, is hereby revived and continued for a period of
two years for the sole purpose of conveying and transferring
certain property of the corporation.
Approved March 14, 1947.
Chav.ldd An Act authorizing the city of Worcester to borrow
MONEY FOR CONVERTING PRIVATE WAYS INTO PUBLIC WAYS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of converting private ways
into public ways and the laying out and constructing thereof,
the city of Worcester may borrow, from time to time within
a period of five years from the passage of this act, such sums
as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, two
million five hundred thousand dollars, and may issue bonds
or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the words,
Worcester Street Improvement Loan, Act of 1947. Each
authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such
loans shall be payable in not more than ten years from their
dates, but no loan shall be authorized under this act unless
a sum equal to an amount not less than ten per cent of the
loan so authorized is voted for the same purpose to be pro-
vided from taxes or other sources of revenue of the year
when authorized. Indebtedness incurred under this act shall
be in excess of the amount authorized by chapter two hun-
dred and eleven of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 156, 157, 158. 107
sixteen, as amended by chapter one hundred and thirty-
eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty, but shall,
except as provided herein, be subject to chapter forty-four of
the General Laws exclusive of the first paragraph of section
seven of said chapter.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 14, 1947.
An Act validating the action of the county commis- Chap.156
SIGNERS OF BARNSTABLE COUNTY AND THE TREASURER OF
BARNSTABLE COUNTY IN PURCHASING CERTAIN FUEL AND
PAYING FOR THE SAME IN THE ABSENCE OF A CONTRACT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The action of the county commissioners of
Barnstable county, in purchasing certain fuel between De-
cember twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and forty-five,
and August second, nineteen hundred and forty-six, in the
absence of a contract required by section seventeen of chap-
ter thirty-four of the General Laws, and the action of the
county treasurer of said county in making payments for
said fuel, is hereby validated.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 14, 1947.
An Act advancing the date of the biennial municipal (Jfidj) 157
election in the CITY OF HAVERHILL.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section L Section 1 of chapter 139 of the acts of 1943
is hereby amended by striking out, in line 5, the word
"December" and inserting in place thereof the word: —
November, — so as to read as follows : — Section 1 . Begin-
ning with the year nineteen hundred and forty-seven, mu-
nicipal elections in the city of Haverhill for the choice of
mayor, aldermen and members of the school committee shall
be held biennially on the Tuesday next following the first
Monday of November in each odd numbered year.
Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance during the current year by vote of the municipal
council of the city of Haverhill, but not otherwise.
Approved March I4, 1947.
An Act establishing the compensation of the mayor (Jfidj) \^g
and the other members of the city council of the ^'
city of lawrence.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section 52 of Part H of chapter 621 of the
acts of 1911 is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 1
and 2, the words "thirty-five hundred" and inserting in
place thereof the words : — six thousand, — and by striking
108 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 159, 160.
out, in line 4, the word "twenty-five" and inserting in place
thereof the word: — forty-five, — so as to read as follows: —
Section 52. The salary of the mayor shall be six thousand
dollars per annum, and the salary of each of the remaining
four members of the city council shall be forty-five hundred
dollars per annum. These salaries shall be payable in equal
monthly installments.
Section 2. This act shall be submitted for acceptance
to the registered voters of the city of Lawrence at the regular
municipal election in the current year in the form of the fol-
lowing question, which shall be placed upon the official bal-
lot to be used at said election: — "Shall an act of the general
court passed in the current year providing that the salary of
the mayor of this city shall be six thousand dollars per
annum, and that the salary of each of the other members of
the city council thereof shall be forty-five hundred dollars
per annum, be accepted?" If a majority of the votes in
answer to said question is in the affirmative, then this act
shall take full effect upon the first Monday of January, nine-
teen hundred and forty-eight, but not otherwise.
Approved March 14, 1947.
Chap. 159 An Act authorizing the museum of fine arts to hold
ADDITIONAL REAL AND PERSONAL ESTATE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. In addition to the land from time to time
owned and occupied by the Museum of Fine Arts and the
buildings located or which may be erected thereon and the
works of art from time to time contained therein, said
Museum of Fine Arts may receive by gift, devise, bequest or
otherwise, and may hold, in trust or otherwise, real and per-
sonal estate to an amount not exceeding thirty million dol-
lars, which estate or its income shall be devoted to the pur-
poses for which said Museum of Fine Arts was incorporated.
Section 2. So far as inconsistent with the provisions of
this act, section 1 of chapter 52 of the acts of 1931 is hereby
repealed. Approved March 14, 1947.
Chap. IQO An Act relative to the election of persons to member-
ship IN THE AMERICAN BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR
FOREIGN MISSIONS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 21 of the acts of 1812 is hereby
amended by striking out section 5, as amended, and inserting
in place thereof the following section : — Section 5. The
board may provide by by-law for the admission, from time
to time, to membership in the corporation of any persons in
such manner and upon such conditions as such by-law shall
prescribe, including election by a council, synod or conven-
tion composed of delegates representing any churches or
groups of churches located within the United States.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 161. 109
Section 2. The authority granted by this act shall be
in addition to that granted by chapter one hundred and
ninety-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and three, the
provisions of which shall continue in full force and effect.
Approved March 14, 1947.
An Act relative to the hours of labor of women and nhnjy i ai
CHILDREN IN OR IN CONNECTION WITH MERCANTILE ES- ^'
TABLTSHMENTS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The first sentence of section 56 of chapter 149 of the Gen- g. l. (Ter.
eral Laws, as most recently amended by chapter 610 of the fse.'etl;^'
acts of 1941, is hereby further amended by striking out, in amended.'
lines 26 and 27, as appearing in chapter 574 of the acts of
1941, the words "the six week-days" and inserting in place
thereof the words : — six week-days within a period of four
weeks, — so as to read as follows : — No child and no woman Hours of labor
shall loe employed or permitted to work in, or in connec- "nd chifdi-en.
tion with, any factory or workshop, or any manufacturing,
mercantile or mechanical establishment, hospital, telegraph
office or telephone exchange, or any express or transportation
company, or any private club, or any office, letter shop or
financial institution, or any laundry, hotel, manicuring or
hair dressing establishment, or any motion picture or other
theatre or any other place of amusement, or any garage, or
be employed as an elevator operator, or as a switchboard
operator in a private exchange, more than nine hours in any
one day, and, except as to transportation or telephone com-
panies, and except as to hotels, private clubs and places of
amusement where the employment is determined by the de-
partment to be by seasons, and except as to hotels where
meals are served only during three separate periods totalling
not more than seven hours in any one day and the employ-
ment is connected with the serving of said meals, if the work
so performed by such a child or woman in one day is not
continuous, but is divided into two or more periods, the work
of such child or woman shall be so arranged that all such
periods of work shall fall within a period of not exceeding ten
consecutive hours, except that in the case of mercantile es-
tablishments such periods of work may fall within a period
of not exceeding eleven and one half consecutive hours during
a total of not more than seven days in any calendar year of
which six shall be six week-days within a period of four weeks
immediately preceding Christmas, and the seventh the
Saturday immediately preceding Easter; and in no case
shall the hours of labor exceed forty-eight in a week, except
that in manufacturing establishments or hotels where the
employment is determined by the department to be by sea-
sons, the number of such hours in any week may exceed
forty-eight, but not fifty-two, provided that the total num-
ber of such hours in any year shall not exceed an average of
110 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 162.
forty-eight hours a week for the whole year, excluding Sun-
days and holidays ; and if any child or woman shall be em-
ployed or permitted to work in more than one such place,
the total number of hours of such employment shall not ex-
ceed forty-eight hours in any one week.
Approved March 14, 1947.
Chap.lQ2 -A-N Act authorizing the city of beverly to increase
THE COMPENSATION OF THE MEMBERS OF ITS BOARD OF
ALDERMEN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section 13 of chapter 542 of the acts of 1910,
as amended by section 1 of chapter 198 of the acts of 194.3,
is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 13, the
word "three" and inserting in place thereof the word: —
five, — so as to read as follows: — Section 13. The board
of aldermen shall, so far as is consistent with this act, have
and exercise all the legislative power of towns and of the
inhabitants thereof, and shall have and exercise all the
powers now vested by law in the city of Beverly and in the
inhabitants thereof as a municipal corporation, and shall
have all the powers and be subject to all the liabilities of city-
councils and of either branch thereof, and it may by ordi-
nance prescribe the manner in which such powers shall be
exercised. Its members shall receive in full compensation
for their services as members of the board of aldermen, or of
any committee thereof, such salary as may be established by
ordinance, but not exceeding five hundred dollars per annum
for each member. Sessions of the board whether as a board
of aldermen or as a committee of the whole shall be open to
the public, and a journal of its proceedings shall be kept,
which journal shall be subject to public inspection. The
vote of the board upon any question shall be taken by roll
call when the same is requested by at least three members.
Nothing herein shall prevent the board, by special vote,
from holding private sittings for the consideration of nomina-
tions by the mayor.
Section 2. This act shall be submitted for acceptance to
the registered voters of the city of Beverly at the next
biennial city election in the form of the following question
which shall be placed upon the official ballot to be used at
said election: — "Shall an act passed by the general court
in the year nineteen hundred and forty-seven, authorizing
the board of aldermen of this city to establish the salary of
its members in an amount not exceeding five hundred dollars
each per annum, be accepted?" If a majority of the votes
cast on said question is in the affirmative, this act shall
take full effect on January first in the year nineteen hundred
and forty-nine, otherwise it shall have no effect.
Approved March I4, 1947.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 163, 164. Ill
An Act authorizing the city of westfield to pay a Chav.lQS
CERTAIN BILL INCURRED IN NINETEEN HUNDRED AND ^'
FORTY-FIVE FOR PLUMBING INSPECTION.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Westfield is hereby authorized
to appropriate money for the payment of, and after such
appropriation the treasurer of said city is authorized to paj""
to WilHam Bodendorf, an unpaid bill incurred in nineteen
hundred and forty-five for plumbing inspection amounting
to one hundred and nine dollars and fiity cents, on file in
the office of the director of accounts in the department of
corporations and taxation, which is legally unenforceable
against said city by reason of its being incurred in excess of
an available appropriation or by reason of failure to present
such bill during the year in which it was incurred.
Section 2. Said bill shall not be approved by the city
auditor or paid by the city treasurer under authority of this
act unless and until a certificate has been filed with the said
city auditor stating under the penalties of perjurj^ that the
services for which the bill has been submitted were ordered
by an official or employee of said city and that such services
were actually rendered to said city.
Section 3. Any person who knowingly files a certificate
required by section two which is false and thereby receives
payment for services which were not rendered to said city
shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one
year or by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars, or
both.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 15, 1947.
An Act authorizing the city of newton to appropri- (Jhnj) 154
ate money for the payment of, and to pay, an UN- ^'
paid bill of the H. F. DAVIS TRACTOR COMPANY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Newton is hereby authorized to
appropriate money for the payment of, and to pay, an un-
paid bill of the H. F. Davis Tractor Company amounting
to one thousand and thirty-five dollars and seventy-six
cents, incurred in the year nineteen hundred and forty-five,
on file with the director of accounts in the department of
corporations and taxation, which is legally unenforceable
against said city by reason of its failure to comply with the
provisions of its charter, or by reason of the fact that no
appropriation was available at the time of incurring such
bill.
Section 2. Such bill shall not be paid under authority
of this act unless and until a certificate has been signed and
filed with the auditor of said city, stating under the penal-
ties of perjury that the goods, materials or services for
112 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 165, 166.
which the bill has been submitted were ordered by an official
or employee of said city and that such goods and materials
were delivered and actually received by said city or that
such services were rendered to said city, or both.
Section 3. Any person who knowingly files a certificate
required by section two which is false and who thereby re-
ceives payment for goods, materials or services which were
not received by or rendered to said city shall be punished
by imprisonment for not more than one year or by a fine
of not more than three hundred dollars, or both.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 15, 1947
Chap.l&b An Act authorizing the town of ashburnham to borrow
MONEY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purposes of constructing an addition to
the Dolly Whitney Adams school and originally furnishing
and equipping said addition, the town of Ashburnham may
borrow from time to time, within a period of five years from
the effective date of this act, such sums of money as may be
necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, seventy-five
thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor,
which shall bear on their face the words, Ashburnham School
Loan, Act of 1947. Each authorized issue shall constitute a
separate loan, and such loans shall be paid in not more than
twenty years from their dates. Indebtedness incurred under
this act shall be in excess of the statutory limit, but shall,
except as provided herein, be subject to chapter forty-four
of the General Laws, exclusive of the limitation contained
in the first paragraph of section seven thereof.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 15, 1947-
Chap.lQQ An Act relative to the tenure of office of the city
TREASURER OF THE CITY OF EVERETT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city treasurer of the city of Everett in
office at the time of the passage of this act shall continue to
hold office, and any person thereafter appointed to fill any
vacancy existing in such office shall hold office, during good
behavior and until the mayor shall remove him therefrom
in accordance with the provisions of chapter thirty-one of
the General Laws and the rules and regulations made there-
under relative to removals from the classified public service.
Section 2. This act shall be submitted to the registered
voters of the city of Everett for acceptance at the biennial
municipal election to be held in said city in the current year,
in the form of the following question, which shall be placed
upon the official ballot to be used at said election: — "Shall
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 167, 168, 169. 113
an act passed by the general court in the current year, en-
titled 'An Act relative to the tenure of office of the city
treasurer of the city of Everett ', be accepted? " If a majority
of the votes in answer to said question is in the affirmative,
then this act shall thereupon take full effect, but not other-
wise. Approved March 15, 1947.
Chap.lQ7
An Act clarifying the law as to the time for pay
ment by banks of checks and other instruments.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 107 of the General Laws is hereby amended by g. l. (Ter.
adding after section 111, as appearing in the Tercentenary new^'§\°nA.
Edition, the following section: — Section 111 A. A bank added,
upon which a check is drawn or at or through which an J^hon^r takes
instrument is made payable is allowed until the close of its place,
next business day following the day of presentment to the
bank for payment, or such other period as may be agreed
upon by the holder and the bank, to decide whether or not
it will pay the check, or to effect payment of the instrument.
If under this section no such other period is agreed upon
by the holder and the bank and the check or instrument is
dishonored and the bank gives no earlier notice of dis-
honor, the dishonor, for the purpose of determining under
this chapter the time when notice of dishonor must be given
or protest made, shall be deemed to take place on the bank's
next business day following the day of presentment.
Approved March 17, 1947.
An Act regulating the sale at retail of certain liv- nhnr) 168
ING BABY CHICKS, DUCKLINGS AND OTHER FOWL, "'
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 272 of the General Laws is hereby amended by g. l. (Ter.
inserting after section 80C, inserted by chapter 272 of the new^'i^g'of),
acts of 1945, the following section: — Section SOD. Who- added,
ever shall sell or offer for sale at retail living baby chicks, Retail sale of
ducklings or other fowl which have been dyed, colored or ducklings or
otherwise treated so as to impart to them an artificial color, regulated.''
and whoever shall sell or offer for sale at retail living baby
chicks, ducklings or other fowl under two months of age
in any quantity less than six, shall be punished by a fine of
not more than one hundred dollars.
Approved March 17, 1947.
An Act relative to the liability of banks to their (JJku) \QQ
depositors for non-payment of checks.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 167 of the General Laws, as amended, is hereby g. l. (Ter.
further amended by adding at the end the following section: f 53^' idded.*"
114 Acts, 1947. —Chaps. 170, 171.
binks'to dl- — Section 53. In any action or suit brought by or in
positor for behalf of a depositor against an individual, partnership, asso-
orch^ck™^*^ ciation or corporation doing a banking business in the com-
monwealth in which damages are sought for the non-pay-
ment of a check drawn by the depositor which should have
been paid, the plaintiff shall allege and prove, and the
amount of his recovery for such non-payment shall be lim-
ited by, the actual or special damages proximately caused
by the non-payment unless the plaintiff alleges and proves
that the non-payment was malicious.
Ay-proved March 17, 1947.
Chap.170 An Act providing for the appointment of the direc-
tor OF veterans' services in the city of HAVERHILL
BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL THEREOF.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The director of veterans' services in the city
of Haverhill shall be appointed by the municipal council
thereof, notwithstanding the provisions of section ten of
chapter one hundred and fifteen of the General Laws, in-
serted by section one of chapter five hundred and ninety-
nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-six, and in
all other respects such appointment shall be subject to the
provisions of said section.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 18, 1947.
Chap.171 An Act authorizing the city of quincy to borrow
MONEY FOR THE PURPOSE OF MEETING AN APPROPRIATION
FOR A JUDGMENT OBTAINED BY THE HIA-PEARL CORPORA-
TION AGAINST SAID CITY FOR LAND TAKING.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Quincy, for the purpose of meet-
ing an appropriation voted to satisfy a judgment for land
taking obtained by the Hia-Pearl Corporation in the Nor-
folk county superior court, may borrow a sum not exceeding
three hundred thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or
notes therefor which shall bear on their face the words. City
of Quincy Judgment Loan, Act of 1947. Such loan shall be
payable in not more than twenty years from the date of
issue. Indebtedness incurred under this act shall be in ex-
cess of the statutory limit and shall, except as herein pro-
vided, be subject to chapter forty-four of the General Laws
exclusive of the limitation contained in the first paragraph
of section seven thereof.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 18 f 1947.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 172, 173. 115
An Act further regulating the penalty for hunting Chap. 172
CERTAIN BIRDS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 53 of chapter 131 of the General Laws, as appear- g. l. (Ter.
ing in section 2 of chapter 599 of the acts of 1941, is hereby f 53,'it^c^,'
amended by inserting after the word "taken" in Hne 11 the an^ended.
words : — , or, in case the complaint relates only to hunting,
by a fine of not less than twenty nor more than fifty dollars
for the offence, — so as to read as follows: — Section 53. f^^^^\^^^'
Whoever, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, regulated.'
hunts or has in his possession a wild or undomesticated bird,
except an English sparrow, bronzed or purple grackle (crow
blackbird), crow, jay, starling, sharp-shinned hawk. Coop-
er's hawk; goshawk or great horned owl, or wilfully de-
stroys, disturbs or takes a nest or eggs of any wild or un-
domesticated bird, except such as are not protected bj'' this
section, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty
nor more than fifty dollars for each bird taken, killed or
had in possession or for each nest or egg disturbed, de-
stroyed, possessed or taken, or, in case the complaint relates
only to hunting, by a fine of not less than twenty nor more
than fifty dollars for the offence; but an owner or tenant of
land, or, if authorized by such owner or tenant, any member
of his family or person permanently employed thereon, may
kill or attempt to kill any wild bird which he has reasonable
cause to believe has damaged or is about to damage any
property, including domesticated animals, poultry and game*
on game-rearing farms or preserves, and a person who has a
certificate from the director that he is engaged in the scien-
tific study of ornithology or is collecting in the interests of a
scientific institution may at any time take or kill, or take
the nests or eggs of, a wild or undomesticated bird, except
woodcock, ruffed grouse and quail. This section shall not
authorize a person to enter upon private grounds without
the consent of the owner thereof for the purpose of taking
nests or eggs or killing birds. No city, town, county or pri-
vate organization shall offer or pay bounties for the killing
or taking of any bird. Approved March 18, 1947.
An Act providing for party nominations for elective Chap. 17 3
MUNICIPAL OFFICERS IN THE CITY OF BROCKTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. So much of section sixteen of chapter forty-
three of the General Laws as provides that no primary or
caucus for municipal officers shall be held in cities governed
under a standard form of city charter and so much of said
chapter as provides for the nomination at preliminary elec-
tions of candidates for elective municipal office in such
cities shall not apply in the city of Brockton.
116 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 174, 175.
Section 2. Nominations of candidates for municipal
elective office in said city shall be made by nomination
papers as provided in section six of chapter fifty-three of
the General Laws and by political parties in primaries held
in accordance with the provisions of sections twenty-three
to forty A and fifty-seven to sixty-four, all inclusive, of said
chapter fifty-three. Section fifty-six of said chapter fifty-
three relative to the acceptance or rejection of said provi-
sions shall not apply in said city.
Section 3. This act shall be submitted to the registered
voters of said city at the biennial municipal election in the
year nineteen hundred and forty-seven in the form of the
following question which shall be placed on the official ballot
at said election: — "Shall an act passed by the general court
in the year nineteen hundred and forty-seven, entitled 'An
Act providing for party nominations for elective municipal
officers in the city of Brockton' be accepted?" If a majority
of the votes cast on said question are in the affirmative, this
act shall take full effect for the purposes of each biennial
municipal election in said city thereafter, but not otherwise.
Approved March 18, 1947.
Chap.174: An Act temporarily reviving the leominster athletic
ASSOCIATION FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF DISTRIBUTING ITS
ASSETS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The Leominster Athletic Association, a corporation dis-
solved by section one of chapter two hundred and thirty-
eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-six, is hereby
revived for a period of two years for the sole purpose of dis-
tributing its assets. Approved March 18, 1947.
Chap.175 -An ^^^ EXTENDING THE TERRITORY OF THE BARNSTABLE
FIRE DISTRICT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 109 of the acts of 1926, as amended,
is hereby further amended by striking out section 1 and in-
serting in place thereof the following section : — Section 1 .
The inhabitants of the town of Barnstable liable to taxation
in said town and residing within the territory comprised
within the following boundary lines, to wit: — Beginning at
a point at Barnstable harbor on the dividing line between
the towns of Yarmouth and Barnstable; thence running
southerly on said boundary line to a point two thousand
feet distant southerly from the southerly line of the old
county road, now in part a Massachusetts state highway,
in the village of Barnstable; thence running westerly on a
line parallel with and two thousand feet distant southerly
from the southerly line of said county road or highway to
Braggs lane; thence running southerly by Braggs lane, Gull
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 176. 117
Hill road and Fresh Hole road to the northerly boundary
line of the Hyannis fire district; thence running westerly
by the northerly line of said Hyannis fire district to State
Highway Route 132; thence running northwesterly by said
highway to Old Rabbit Swamp road; thence running north-
erly by Old Rabbit Swamp road to its intersection with Old
Jail lane; thence running northerly by Old Jail lane to a
point two thousand feet distant southerly from the south-
erly line of old county road, now in part a state highway;
thence running westerly and southwesterly on a line parallel
with and two thousand feet distant southerly from said road
or highway to the line of the stone wall forming the easterly
boundary line of the cemetery situated at the westerly end
of the village of Barnstable near the house now or formerly
of John Maki; thence running northerly on an extension of
said boundary line to Barnstable harbor; and thence run-
ning easterly by said Barnstable harbor to the point of be-
ginning, — shall constitute a body corporate, known as the
Barnstable fire district, which shall be a fire and water dis-
trict, and said corporation, except as herein otherwise pro-
vided, shall have all the powers and be subject to all the
duties and liabilities set forth in all general laws now or
hereafter in force relating to such districts.
Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance by a majority vote of the voters of the Barnstable
fire district, as described and constituted immediately prior
to the passage of this act, present and voting thereon at a
district meeting called for the purpose within three years
after its passage; but the number of meetings so called in
any one year shall not exceed three.
Approved March 18, 1947.
An Act authorizing the placing of the office of chief (J^drf \'7Q
OF police of the city of MARLBOROUGH UNDER THE CIVIL ^'
SERVICE LAWS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The office of chief of police of the city of
Marlborough shall, upon the effective date of this act,
become subject to the civil service laws and rules and regu-
lations relating to police officers in cities, and the tenure of
office of any incumbent thereof shall be unlimited, subject,
however, to said laws, but the person holding said office on
said effective date shall continue to serve therein only until
the expiration of his term of office unless prior thereto he
passes a non-competitive qualifying examination to which
he shall be subjected by the division of civil service.
Section 2. This act shall be submitted to the voters of
said city at the city election in the current year in the form
of the following question, which shall be placed upon the
official ballot to be used at said election: "Shall an act
passed by the General Court in the year nineteen hundred
118
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 177, 178.
and forty-seven, entitled 'An Act authorizing the placing of
the office of chief of police of the city of Marlborough under
the civil service laws', be accepted?" If a majority of the
votes in answer to said question is in the affirmative, but not
otherwise, this act shall take full effect on December fif-
teenth, nineteen hundred and forty-seven.
Approved March 18, 1947.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 170,
new § 36F,
added.
Residential
construction
development
mortgage
loans.
Chap.177 An Act relating to the making of certain residential
CONSTRUCTION DEVELOPMENT MORTGAGE LOANS BY
CO-OPERATIVE BANKS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 170 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
inserting after section 36E, inserted by chapter 174 of the
acts of 1945, the following section: — Section 36F. When-
ever any such corporation proposes to make construction
mortgage loans upon real estate located in an area in the
process of residential development, in connection with which
development other banks are to make similar loans, and the
security committee considers it sound and expedient for such
corporation to engage with such other banks in a plan which
may call for common or delegated supervision, or for ad-
vances to be made in a manner different from the making
of advances in the case of an ordinary construction loan, or
for commitments or undertakings to share certain benefits
and burdens or to acquire individual mortgages by assign-
ment or other transfer in stated events, before entering into
such a plan the security committee shall first give written
notice, signed by each member thereof, of such proposal and
plan to the commissioner, together with such other infor-
mation as the commissioner may request, and if the com-
missioner, within fifteen days after receiving such notice,
advises the security committee in writing of his dissatis-
faction or objection to any part or the whole of said plan,
such corporation shall not become a party to nor engage in
such plan. Approved March 18, 1947.
Chap. 17S An Act to regulate further real estate loans by
CREDIT UNIONS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 24 of chapter 171 of the General Laws is herebj^
amended by striking out subdivision (B), as most recently
amended by chapter 82 of the acts of 1945, and inserting in
place thereof the following subdivision : —
(B) LOANS SECURED BY MORTGAGES OF REAL ESTATE.
A credit union having assets of not more than seventy-five
thousand dollars may invest not more than fifty per cent of
the aggregate of its shares, deposits and guaranty fund, and
a credit union having assets of more than seventy-five
thousand dollars may invest not more than seventy per cent
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 171.
§ 24, etc.,
amended.
Real estate
mortgage
loans.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 179. 119
of said aggregate, in real estate mortgages. No such mort-
gage loan upon any one parcel of real estate shall exceed
eight thousand dollars, and the total liability of any one
member as borrower upon loans so secured shall not exceed
five per cent of the assets of the credit union, or fifteen thou-
sand dollars, whichever is the lesser. Such investments
shall be made only as follows : —
1 . First mortgage loans upon improved real estate may be
made in amounts not in excess of sixty per cent of the value
of the property mortgaged, as determined by the credit
committee. Every such loan shall be evidenced by a note
payable upon demand or not more than three years from the
date thereof.
2. First mortgage loans upon unimproved and unproduc-
tive real estate may be made in amounts not in excess of
fifty per cent of the value of the property mortgaged, as
determined by the credit committee. Every such loan shall
be evidenced by a note payable upon demand or not more
than three years after the date thereof.
3. First mortgage loans upon improved real estate may be
made in amounts not in excess of eighty per cent of the value
of the property mortgaged, as determined by the credit com-
mittee; provided, that every such mortgage requires amor-
tization of the indebtedness thereby secured by weekly,
monthly or quarterly payments, such payments being at the
rate of at least six per cent per annum and continuing at
least until the balance due thereon amounts to sixty per cent
or less of the value of the property mortgaged.
4. Second mortgage loans upon improved real estate may
be made in amounts which, together with the amount of the
first mortgage upon the same property, will aggregate not
more than eighty per cent of the value of the property
mortgaged, as determined by the credit committee, or eight
thousand dollars, whichever is the lesser; provided, that
every such second mortgage and the first mortgage upon the
same property require amortization of the indebtedness
thereby secured by weekly, monthly or quarterly payments,
at a rate equalling at least six per cent per annum of the
principal of each indebtedness, and continuing at least until
the total balances due thereon amount to sixty per cent
or less of the value of the property mortgaged.
Approved March 18, 1947.
An Act relative to the fees of court stenographers Chap.l7Q
FOR FURNISHING TRANSCRIPTS OF THEIR NOTES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 88 of chapter 221 of the General Laws, as appear- g. l. (Ter.
ing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by fmendli.' ^ ^^'
striking out, in line 4, the word "fifteen" and inserting in
place thereof the word: — twenty-five, — and by striking
out, in said line 4, the word "eight" and inserting in place
thereof the word: — ten, — so as to read as follows: —
120 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 180, 181.
^notM^*^ »Secft07i 88. Upon request of the presiding justice or any-
party, the stenographer shall furnish a transcript of his notes
or any part thereof, taken at a trial or hearing, for which he
shall be paid by the party requesting it at the rate of twenty-
five cents a hundred words for one copy, and ten cents a
hundred words for each additional copy if more than one
copy is ordered at the same time; but if it is requested by
the presiding justice or, in a criminal case, by the district
attorney, payment therefor at the same rate shall be made
by the county upon a voucher approved by him, and, in a
criminal case, the expense of transcripts furnished to said
justice and to the district attorney shall be taxed like other
expenses. Approved March 18, 19^7 .
Chap.lSO ^ Act authorizing the trustees for county aid to
AGRICULTURE TO PAY THE EXPENSES OF CERTAIN UNPAID
VOLUNTEERS AT OFFICIAL MEETINGS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Ed^' iJl"^' Section 42 of chapter 128 of the General Laws, as amended
§ 42,' etc.,' by chapter 166 of the acts of 1932, is hereby further amended
amended. |^y adding at the end the following paragraph : —
Volunteers. The trustccs may expend each year an amount, not ex-
ceeding one per cent of the appropriation for county aid to
agriculture, to pay the expenses, including the cost of meals,
of unpaid volunteers at official meetings called for the pur-
pose of furthering the organized educational projects or
programs of the county extension service.
Approved March 18, 191^1.
Chap.lSl An Act relative to witness fees to be paid to police
officers of the city of boston in certain criminal
cases.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
%d^'Al2!' Section 53 of chapter 262 of the General Laws, as amended
!in^^d*d' ^y chapter 251 of the acts of 1936, is hereby further amended
by striking out the fourth sentence and inserting in place
t^aln^ffi'^cers' thereof the following sentence: — Any police officer named
in section fifty who attends as a witness in a criminal case
pending in a district court or before a trial justice and who
by reason of a continuance or postponement thereof at the
request of the defendant, is required to again attend, shall,
if not on duty and if it is so ordered by the court or trial
justice, be paid for such further attendance the same fee as
other witnesses. Approved March 18, 1947.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 182.
121
An Act apportioning representatives to the several Chap. \S2
COUNTIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH AND ESTABLISHING
BOARDS OF SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS TO DIVIDE SUCH
COUNTIES AS ARE ENTITLED TO MORE THAN ONE REPRE-
SENTATIVE INTO REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS AND TO
ASSIGN REPRESENTATIVES THERETO.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 57 of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Ter.
amended by striking out section 4, as amended by section 1 f 4,^;t^cl'
of chapter 467 of the acts of 1939, and inserting in place amended,
thereof the following section: — Section 4- The two hundred t^^P^^ppor-
and forty members of the house of representatives are appor- tioned to the
tioned to the several counties, as existing at the time as of counUes.
which the special enumeration of legal voters in the munici-
palities thereof was taken in the year nineteen hundred and
forty-five, agreeably to the constitution, until the next
decennial apportionment, as follows: —
Number
of Repre-
sentatives.
Barnstable ....
Berkshire ....
Bristol
Dukes
Essex
Franklin ....
Hampden ....
Hampshire ....
Middlesex ....
Nantucket ....
Norfolk (excluding Cohasset)
Plymouth (including Cohasset)
Suffolk
Worcester ....
Section 2. In each county of the commonwealth, except ^"^-ff "^^j^^
the counties of Dukes and Nantucket, there is hereby es- mi^U)nl°^'
tablished a bi-partisan board of special commissioners to
divide such county, as existing at the time as of which the
special enumeration of legal voters in the municipalities
thereof was taken in the year nineteen hundred and forty-
five, into representative districts and to assign representatives
thereto, which board shall consist of five persons, residents
of the county, to be appointed by the governor as soon as
may be after the effective date of this act; provided, that for
all purposes of said division and assignment the town of
Cohasset, in the county of Norfolk, shall be considered a
122 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 182.
part of the county of Plymouth. As soon as may be after the
quahfication of its members, each such board shall organize
by the choice of one member as chairman and by the appoint-
ment of a secretary, and shall notify the state secretary of
the address to which to send the certification required to be
made by him under Article XXI of the Amendments of the
Constitution, as appearing in Article LXXI of said Amend-
ments. In the county of Suffolk, such board shall assemble
in Boston, and in each such county other than Suffolk the
board shall assemble at a shire town of its county, within the
time required by said Article XXI, as so appearing, shall
proceed to divide such county into representative districts,
and shall assign representatives thereto, in accordance with
said Article, and shall make return thereof as therein re-
quired, and, in addition, to the registrars of voters or other
body having similar powers and duties in each city and town
in such county, as soon as may be, but not later than October
first in the current year. Each such county, except Suffolk,
and in Suffolk county the city of Boston, shall provide the
board for such county with a suitable office and room for
hearings. Each such board may expend for the services of
a secretary and for clerical assistance, stationery, travel and
other incidental expenses, such sum or sums, not exceeding,
in the aggregate, five hundred dollars, as may be approved
by the governor and council. Bills for said expenses shall
be approved by a majority of the members of the board
and transmitted to the comptroller for certification. Ex-
penses so incurred shall be paid in the first instance by the
commonwealth, subject to appropriation, and. within thirty
days following the close of the fiscal year of the common-
wealth during which any such bill for expenses shall be so
approved and transmitted, the comptroller shall certify to
the state treasurer the amount thereof so paid in each county
where any such expense has been incurred. Said treasurer
shall forthwith certify to the county commissioners of each
such county, except Suffolk, a sum equal to the amount so
paid therein and said commissioners, upon receipt of the
certificate of said treasurer, shall levy the same as a part of
the county tax for the next succeeding year in addition to
any amounts otherwise authorized by the general court. The
county commissioners, except in Suffolk county, shall forth-
with issue an order on the county treasurer for the payment
of the said sum and the county treasurer shall forthwith
make payment thereof to said state treasurer from any avail-
able funds. The state treasurer shall also, forthwith upon
receipt of the certificate as aforesaid from the comptroller,
certify to the city of Boston a sum equal to the amount so
paid in Suffolk county and said city shall, upon receipt of
said certificate of the state treasurer, make payment of said
sum to the state treasurer from any available funds in the
treasury of the city of Boston.
o"co^f'°" Section 3. The supreme judicial court shall have juris-
diction of any petition for a writ of mandamus relative to the
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 183, 184. 123
division of a county into representative districts and the as-
signment of representatives thereto under section two of this
act. Every such petition shall be filed in court within thirty
days after the filing of the report of such division and assign-
ment, unless the court, for cause shown, extends the time.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage; Effective date.
and the existence of each board established by section two
hereof shall terminate when the purposes for which such
board was so established have been fully accomplished.
Approved March 18, 1947.
An Act authorizing the city of woburn to borrow QJiq^j) ]^g3
MONEY FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACQUIRING LAND FOR, AND ^'
OF CONSTRUCTING, EQUIPPING AND FURNISHING, SCHOOL
BUILDINGS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of acquiring land for, and of
constructing and originally equipping and furnishing, school
buildings, the city of Woburn may borrow from time to time
within a period of three years from the passage of this act
such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggre-
gate, four hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and may issue
bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the
words, Woburn School Loan, Act of 1947. Each authorized
issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be
paid in not more than twenty years from their dates. In-
debtedness incurred under this act shall be in excess of the
statutory limit and shall, except as provided therein, be sub-
ject to chapter forty-four of the General Laws, inclusive of
the limitation contained in the first paragraph of section
seven thereof.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 21, 1947.
An Act authorizing the conveyance to mabel b. ward (Jfidj) lg4
OF brookline by the trustees of public reservations
OF CERTAIN LAND IN THE TOWN OF ANDOVER.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The Trustees of Public Reservations, incor-
porated by section one of chapter three hundred and fifty-two
of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-one, is hereby
authorized to convey to Mabel B. Ward of Brookline a par-
cel of land abutting on Prospect avenue in the town of An-
dover, consisting of three and one half acres, owned by said
corporation.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 21, 1947.
124 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 185, 186, 187.
Chap.lSd An Act establishing and limiting the liability of the
GREAT BARRINGTON FIRE DISTRICT WITH RESPECT TO
BODILY INJURY OR D.^IAGE SUSTAINED UPON A PUBLIC
WAY BY REASON OF A DEFECT, OR WANT OF REPAIR, OR
FROM SNOW OR ICE.
Be it enacted, etc., as foUoios:
Section 1. The prox-isions of sections fifteen and seven-
teen to twenty, inclusive, of chapter eighty-four of the Gen-
eral Laws shall apply in the case of the Great Barrington
fire district in the same manner and to the same extent as in
the case of a county, city or town, except that the limit of
liability of said district for damages under said section fifteen
shall be one fifth of one per cent of the valuation of the prop-
erty of said district as last determined by the assessors of the
town of Great Barrington preceding the commencement of
the action but not more than four thousand dollars in any
event, and except that any notice under said sections eight-
een to twenty, inclusive, shall be given to the treasurer of
said district.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 21, 1947.
Chap.lSQ An Act authorizing the town of Lexington to borrow
MONEY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purposes of acquiring land for and
constructing one or more school buildings, or constructing
additions to existing school buildings, and of originally
equipping and furnishing the same, the town of Lexington
may borrow from time to time, within a period of five j^ears
from the passage of this act, such sums as may be necessary,
not exceeding, in the aggregate, two million dollars, and
may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their
face the words, Lexington School Building Loan, Act of
1947. Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate
loan, and such loans shall be paid in not more than twenty
years from their dates. Indebtedness incurred under this
act shall be in excess of the statutory limit, but shall, except
as herein provided, be subject to chapter fortj^-four of the
General Laws, exclusive of the limitation contained in the
first paragraph of section seven thereof.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 21, 1947.
Chap. 1S7 An Act authorizing the city of lynn to borrow money
FOR A city hall.
Be it enacoed, etc., as follows:
Section I. For the purposes of constructing a city hall
building and of originally equipping and furnishing the
same, the city of Lynn may borrow from time to time,
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 188. 125
within five j^ears after the passage of this act, such sums as
may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, one mil-
lion five hundred thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or
notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the words,
Lynn City Hall Building Loan, Act of 1947. Each author-
ized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans
shall be paid in not more than twenty years from their
dates, but no issue shall be authorized unless, in the current
year, there shall have been appropriated from available
revenue funds or voted to be raised by taxation for said pur-
pose a sum equal to twenty-five cents on each one thousand
dollars of the assessed valuation of said city for the preced-
ing year. Indebtedness incurred under this act shall be in
excess of the statutory limit and shall, except as provided
herein, be subject to chapter forty-four of the General Laws,
exclusive of so much of the proviso in the first paragraph of
section seven thereof as is incorporated in substance herein.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 21, 1947.
An Act to extend the provisions of law exempting QJiq/q Jgc
GROUP ANNUITY CONTRACTS, AND THE PROCEEDS AND "'
BENEFITS OF GROUP ANNUITY CONTRACTS, FROM CLAIMS OF
CREDITORS OF ANNUITANTS AND BENEFICIARIES THERE-
UNDER.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section L Chapter 313 of the acts of 1945 is hereby
amended by striking out section 5 and inserting in place
thereof the following section: — Section 5. The provisions
of this act shall apply only to group annuity contracts as
defined in section one of this act, issued or delivered in the
commonwealth after the effective date of this act; provided,
that section one hundred and thirty-two C of chapter one
hundred and seventy-five of the General Laws, inserted by
section one of this act, shall apply to group annuity con-
tracts issued or delivered in this commonwealth prior to the
effective date of this act as well as to those issued thereafter
and that any life insurance company may, upon the request
of the holder of any group annuity contract issued prior to
said date, whether or not it is a gi'oup annuity contract as
defined in said section one, amend such contract to incor-
porate therein in substance any provision or provisions men-
tioned in said section one.
Section 2. Nothing in this act shall be construed to
affect or impair the right of any creditor arising out of or
based upon any obligation created prior to the effective date
of this act. Approved March 21, 1947.
126
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 189, 190.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 149,
new § 178B,
added.
Deductions
from wages or
salaries of
district or
municipal
employees
authorized
for certain
payments to
credit unions.
Chap. 189 An Act transferring from one chapter in the general
LAWS TO ANOTHER, PROVISIONS OF LAW AUTHORIZING
DEDUCTIONS FROM THE WAGES OR SALARIES OF EMPLOYEES
OF DISTRICTS AND MUNICIPALITIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF
MAKING CERTAIN PAYMENTS TO CREDIT UNIONS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 149 of the General Laws is hereby
amended by inserting after section 178A, inserted by chapter
175 of the acts of 1932, the following section : — Section 17 8B.
Deductions on pay-roll schedules from the salary of any
district or municipal employee in any amount which such
employee may specify in writing to the treasurer of the dis-
trict or municipality by which he is employed, for the pur-
chase of credit union shares of, or making deposits in, or
for the repayment of any loan from, any credit union op-
erated by the employees of any such district or municipality
may be made, in the discretion of such treasurer and subject
to such rules and regulations as he may establish. Any such
authorization may be withdrawn by the employee by giving
such notice in writing of such withdrawal as the rules and
regulations require to the district or municipal treasurer
and by filing a copy thereof with the treasurer of such credit
union. The treasurer of the district or municipality by
which such employee is employed shall deduct from the
salary of such employee such amounts as may be certified on
the pay-roll, and transmit the sum so deducted to the
treasurer of such credit union for the purpose specified by
the employee; provided, that the district or municipal
treasurer is satisfied by such evidence as he may require that
the treasurer of the credit union has given bond as required
by law for the faithful performance of his duties. Moneys
so deducted shall not be attached or taken upon execution or
other process while in the custody of the treasurer of any
district or municipality.
Section 2. Section 6A of chapter 171 of the General
Laws, inserted by chapter 184 of the acts of 1946, is hereby
repealed. Approved March 21, 19If7.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 171, §6A,
repealed.
C/iap. 190 An Act changing the time for the holding of biennial
MUNICIPAL elections IN THE CITY OF PEABODY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 97 of the acts of 1941 is hereby
amended by striking out section 1 and inserting in place
thereof the following section: — Section 1. Beginning with
the year nineteen hundred and forty-seven, municipal elec-
tions in the city of Peabody for the choice of mayor, mem-
bers of the city council, members of the school committee
and trustees of the Peabody Institute shall be held biennially
on the Tuesday next following the first Monday of November
in every odd-numbered year.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 191, 192. 127
Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance prior to September first in the current year by the
city council of the city of Peabody, subject to the pro-
visions of its charter, but not otherwise.
Approved March 21, 1947.
An Act authorizing the city of new Bedford to ap- Chap.191
PROPRIATE money TO RESTORE TO THE ANNUITY FUND OF
THE CITY OF NEW BEDFORD RETIREMENT SYSTEM MONEY
PAID TO THE SECRETARY OF THE RETIREMENT BOARD OF
SAID CITY AND NOT ACCOUNTED FOR.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of discharging a moral ob-
ligation, the city of New Bedford may appropriate sums of
money for the purpose of placing in the annuity savings
fund of the New Bedford retirement system amounts equal
in the aggregate to payments of members of said retirement
system qualifying for late entry membership under the pro-
visions of paragraph (3) of section three of chapter thirty-
two of the General Laws, as amended, which amounts were
paid to the secretary of the retirement board of said city and
not accounted for, as shown in the report of an audit of the
accounts of said retirement system by the division of in-
surance of the department of banking and insurance.
Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance during the current year by the city council of said
city, subject to the provisions of its charter, but not otherwise.
Approved March 21, 1947.
An Act authorizing the city of woburn to pay a cer- Chap.192
TAIN SUM OF MONEY AS COMPENSATION TO THE SEALER OF
weights and MEASURES OF SAID CITY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section
ninety-one of chapter thirty-two of the General Laws, the
city of Woburn may pay to Thomas J. McColgan of said
Woburn for his services as sealer of weights and measures
for said town between June first, nineteen hundred and forty-
six, and January twenty-nine, nineteen hundred and forty-
seven, the sum of five hundred dollars and ninety-four cents,
the same being compensation for such services less the
amount of the pension received by him from the city of
Woburn contributory retirement system for the period of
such services.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 24, 1947.
128
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 193, 194.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 131,
§ 16. etc..
amended.
Revocation (
license for
violation of
provisions!
of chapter.
C/wip.l93 An Act relative to the revocation of certain licenses
ISSUED BY THE DIVISION OF FISHERIES AND GAME.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 131 of the General Laws is hereby amended by-
striking out section 16, as appearing in section 2 of chapter
599 of the acts of 1941, and inserting in place thereof the fol-
lowing section: — Section 16. Unless otherwise specifically
provided by law, every license, permit or certificate issued
under any provision of this chapter, except a license issued
under clause three, four or six of section one hundred and
seven, held by any person found guilty of, or convicted of,
or penalized in any manner for, a violation of any provision
of this chapter, or of corresponding provisions of earlier
laws, or of any rule or regulation made under authority
thereof, shall be void, and shall immediately be surrendered
to any officer authorized to enforce this chapter. No person
shall be given a license, permit or certificate under au-
thority of any provision of this chapter during the period
of one year from the date of his being found guilty or penal-
ized as aforesaid, and any such license, permit or certificate
so issued shall be void and shall be surrendered on demand
of any oflficer authorized to enforce said chapter. No fee
received for a license, permit or certificate made void under
this section shall be refunded to the holder thereof.
Approved March 2If, 1947.
C/lflp.l94 An Act establishing fees for physicians authorized to
MAKE MENTAL EXAMINATIONS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Ed.K 123^5 73 Chapter 123 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
amended.' ' striking out scction 73, as appearing in the Tercentenary
Edition, and inserting in place thereof the following section :
5°^!!^**'°'' — Section 73. Except as is otherwise provided, the com-
physicianls, etc. pensation of the judges, physicians and officers taking part
in the commitment or admission of persons to institutions in
accordance with sections three to one hundred and twelve,
inclusive, shall be as follows: The judge, if required to go
from his office or place of business to see and examine the
person committed or admitted, shall be allowed all neces-
sary expenses of travel. If a special justice hears and deter-
mines the application he shall receive compensation at the
rate provided in section six of chapter two hundred and
eighteen; provided, that he shall not receive more than four
dollars and the necessary expense of travel for each commit-
ment. The fee for each physician making an authorized
mental examination and for making a written report thereon
to the court, or for making a medical certificate, shall be
seven dollars, and twenty cents for each mile traveled one
way. Any physician required to appear before a judge or
justice in any commitment proceedings, in which such phy-
sician has made an examination, shall receive a fee of four
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 195, 196. 129
dollars, and tTventy cents for each mile traveled one way for
such appearance before the court. The fees for officers serv-
ing process shall be the same as are allowed by law in like
cases. Approved March S4, 19i7.
An Act authorizing the city of peabody to pay a sum QJiqjj 195
OF money to JAMES P. CAHILL TO COMPENSATE HIM FOR LOSS
OF WAGES SUSTAINED WHILE ABSENT FROM HIS EMPLOYMENT
BECAUSE OF INJURIES RECEIVED WHILE EMPLOYED BY PAID
CITY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of discharging a moral ob-
ligation, the city of Peabody is hereby authorized to appro-
priate and to pay James P. Cahill, an employee of the electric
light department of said city, a sum not to exceed four hun-
dred and sixty-two dollars, being the amount of compensa-
tion lost by said Cahill while absent from his emplo^-ment
from April third to August twenty-eighth, nineteen hun-
dred and forty-three, said absence being due to an injury
received b}^ him in the course of his emploj-ment.
Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its accept-
ance, during the current year, by the city council of said
city, but not otherwise. Approved March SJf., 19^7.
An Act relatr-e to dividends or return of premium on C'^q^-q j^qa
BONDS and continuous POLICIES ISSUED BY CERTAIN ^'
mutual insltrance COMP.ANIES.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloics:
Section 80 of chapter 17.5 of the General Laws, as most g- l. (Tw.
recently amended by chapter 315 of the acts of 1936, is etc!. 'amended.'
hereby further amended by striking out the first sentence, as
appearing in the Tercentenary' Edition, and inserting in
place thereof the following sentence : — From time to time Dividends or
the directors of a mutual fire company may by vote fix ^^^o°n ^""^
and determine the percentages of di\'idend or expiration re- bonds and
turn of premium to be paid on e\-piring or cancelled policies, pobc^s.°^
or to be paid upon anniversary dates of policies ha^^ng no
expiration dates, which may, in their discretion, and with
the written approval of the commissioner, and upon such
conditions, if any, as he may prescribe, be different for
policies insuring for the same term against the different kinds
of risks mentioned in the several provisions of the clause or
clauses of section forty-seven under which such a company
may transact business; and the percentage aforesaid for fire
policies insuring farm risks, fireproof risks, including risks
equipped with automatic sprinkler and fire alarm s^'stems, or
manufacturing or storage risks, or manufacturing or storage
risks confined to lumber and woodworking only, may in like
manner be different from that for policies insuring other risks
against fire for the same term.
Approved March 24, 1947.
130 Acts, 1947. —Chaps. 197, 198, 199.
Chap.197 An Act relative to policies issued without contingent
LIABILITY BY CERTAIN MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloios:
Edo.'iTsT' Section 1. Section 85A of chapter 175 of the General
§ 85A, etc., Laws, as amended by section 1 of chapter 247 of the acts of
amended. 1943^ is hereby further amended by adding at the end the
pdFcief^^^^*'^^ following sentence: — A company issuing a non-assessable
policy under authority of this section may state therein, or
on the filing back thereof, or in both such places, that such
pohcy is non-assessable.
Ed.V; i75,'^' Section 2. Section 93F of said chapter 175, as amended
§ 93F, etc., by section 2 of said chapter 247, is hereby further amended
amended. j^^ adding at the end the following sentence : — A company
pdr^tl^^^^^^^^ issuing a non-assessable policy under authority of this sec-
tion may state therein, or on the filing back thereof, or in
both such places, that such policy is non-assessable.
Ed.^,' iTsT' Section 3. Section 152A of said chapter 175, as amended
Imended^*''' ^^ section 3 of Said chapter 247, is hereby further amended
Non-assessable ^^ adding at the end the following sentence : — A company
policies. issuing a non-assessable policy under authority of this sec-
tion may state therein, or on the filing back thereof, or in
both such places, that such policy is non-assessable.
Approved March 24, 1947.
Chap.l9S An Act relative to the water supply or the cherry
VALLEY AND ROCHDALE WATER DISTRICT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 381 of the acts of 1910 is hereby amended by
striking out section 2 and inserting in place thereof the fol-
lowing section : — Section 2. Said water district, for the pur-
poses aforesaid, may take, or acquire by purchase or other-
wise the waters of Henshaw pond, so called, situated in
Leicester, and also lands, easements, water and water rights
connected with such lands, and any springs and streams
percolating or running through the same and situated in
the town of Leicester lying adjacent to said Henshaw pond.
Approved March 24, 1947.
Chap.199 An Act dissolving the green harbor reclamation
DISTRICT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Green Harbor Reclamation District, heretofore organized
under general law, is hereby dissolved.
Approved March 26, 1947.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 200, 201, 202. 131
An Act relative to the taking effect of a certain Chap. 200
LAW regulating THE HOURS OF DUTY OF PERMANENT
MEMBERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN CERTAIN CITIES AND
TOWNS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 64 of the acts of the current year is hereby
amended by striking out the last sentence and inserting in
place thereof the following sentence: — If a majority of the
votes cast on said question is in the affirmative, said section
fifty-eight B of said chapter forty-eight shall take effect in
said city or town ninety days thereafter.
Approved March 26, 191^7.
An Act relative to agreements entered into by county C/iap.201
commissioners for highway work in anticipation of
appropriations.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 35 of the General Laws is hereby amended by g. l. (Ter.
inserting after section 34 the following section : — Section f 34A?added.
S4A. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections thirtj^-two Agreements
and thirty-four, county commissioners may in any year ^°lJ^^^^^^
enter into agreements with cities and towns for the alloca-
tion of funds for highway maintenance and construction in
accordance with the provisions of chapters eighty-two and
eighty-four for such year; provided, that the aggregate
amounts so allocated by any county shall not exceed the
amount appropriated for highways for such county in the
appropriation act for the previous calendar j^ar.
Approved March 27, 1947.
An Act authorizing the transfer of the assets and
liabilities of the vasa benefit association to dis-
trict lodge no. 2, vasa order of america.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The Vasa Benefit Association, incorporated
May twenty-third, nineteen hundred and seventeen, and
presently subject to the provisions of section forty-six of
chapter one hundred and seventy-six of the General Laws,
is hereby authorized, if so voted by a two thirds vote of its
members present and voting at a duly called meeting, notice
of the purpose of which shall be mailed to each member at
least thirty days before said meeting, to transfer all its
assets and liabilities, other than trust funds, to District
Lodge No. 2, Vasa Order of America, and upon such transfer
all liability of the said Vasa Benefit Association to its mem-
bers shall cease and it shall thereupon be dissolved.
Section 2. The District Lodge No. 2, Vasa Order of
America, is hereby authorized, if so voted by a two thirds
vote of its duly elected delegates present and voting at the
Chap.202
132 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 203, 204.
annual meeting, after notice thereof has been given to all
the subordinate lodges under its jurisdiction at least thirty
days before said meeting, to accept a transfer of all the
assets and liabilities, other than trust funds, of the Vasa
Benefit Association, incorporated May twenty-third, nine-
teen hundred and seventeen, and each member of said Vasa
Benefit Association upon such transfer shall have against
said District Lodge Xo. 2, Vasa Order of America, the same
rights as such member would have had against said Vasa
Benefit Association. Approved March 27, 1947.
Chap. 203 Ax Act relathe to seniority and compensation rights
OF PERSONS APPOINTED TO OFFICES AND POSITIONS UNDER
CIVIL SERVICE LAWS WHILE SERVING IN THE MILITARY
OR NAVAL FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES DURING WORLD
WAR n.
Be it eiiacted, etc., as f oil airs :
Chapter 708 of the acts of 1941 is hereby amended by
striking out section 24, as amended by chapter 62 of the
acts of 1946, and inserting in place thereof the following
section : — Section 21. Any person who returns or is restored
to an office or position in the service of the commonwealth,
or an}' political subdivision thereof, within two years after
having ser^-ed in the militar\' or naval forces of the United
States shall be entitled to all seniority rights to which he
would have been entitled if his public ser^ace had not been
interrupted by such miUtary or naval ser\'ice, and an}^ person
who, while ser^-ing in such mihtarv^ or naval forces, is ap-
pointed under the ci\-il service law "to an office or position in
the ser"vice of the commonwealth, or an}' political sub-
division thereof, and, within three months after having
received his discharge from such forces, commences to
serv-e in such office or position shall be entitled to all sen-
iority rights to which he would have been entitled if he had
commenced to serve at the time of such appointment; and
any such person whose salary is fixed under a classified
compensation plan shall be eligible to a salary rate which
includes the accrued step-rate increments to which he would
have been ehgible except for his service in the military or
naval forces. Approved March 27, 1947.
Chap. ^04: An Act authorizing an increase in the nltmber of
TRUSTEES OF MILTON ACADEMY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 5 of an act passed March .3d, 1798, and entitled
"An act for establishing an Academy in the Town of Milton,
by the name of ]\Iilton Academy", as most recently amended
by chapter 26 of the acts of 19-31, is hereby further amended
by striking out, in line 3, the word "eighteen" and inserting
in place thereof the word: — twenty-five, — so as to read
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 205, 206. 133
as follows: — Section 6. Be it further enacted, That the
number of the said trustees shall not, at one time, be more
than twenty-five nor less than nine; five of whom shall
constitute a quorum to do business.
Approced March 27, 194?.
Chap. 205
An Act relative to the construction of bath houses
on certain park land in the town of falmouth.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Falmouth may erect one or
more new bath houses, each exceeding sLx himdred square
feet in area on the ground, upon certain property owned by
the towTi and used for park purposes, consisting of that
parcel of beach property extending from other property
owned by the town, known as the "Casino and stone-dock"
property, to the extension of Mill road, and ma}' equip
and maintain such bath house or bath houses.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 31. 1.947.
An Act further extenden'G the opportunitt to cities (JJiQr) 206
AND T0"WN5 TO BORROW UNDER THE ACT CREATIKG THE ^'
emergency FLN-ANCE BOARD.
Whereas, The provisions of law sought to be extended ^^^^f^^
by this act would, but for this act, shortly cease to be effec-
tive, but the circumstances and conditions which made
advisable their enactment still continue and it is accordinglj^
desirable that said pro\'isions continue in effect without
interruption; therefore this act is hereby declared to be an
emergenc}' law, necessary for the immediate preservation
of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 49 of the acts of 1933 is hereby
amended by striking out section 2, as most recently amended
by section 1 of chapter 324 of the acts of 1945, and inserting
in place thereof the following section: — Section 2. The
treasurer of any city or town, if authorized by a two thirds
vote, as defined by section one of chapter forty-four of the
General Laws, and with the approval of the mayor or the
selectmen, may, on behalf of such city or town, petition the
board to approve of its borrowing money from the common-
wealth for ordinary maintenance expenses and revenue
loans, and the board may, if in its judgment the financial
affairs of such city or town warrant, grant its approval to
the borrowing as aforesaid of specified sums not at any time
exceeding, in the aggregate, the total amount represented
by tax titles taken or purchased bj' such city or town and
held by it; provided, that such borrowing is made at any
time or times prior to Jul}' first, nineteen hundred and forty-
134 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 206.
nine. In case of such approval, the treasurer of such city
or town shall, without further vote, issue notes, with interest
at such rate as may be fixed by the treasurer with the ap-
proval of the board, in the amount approved by the board,
for purposes of sale to the commonwealth only, and said
notes, upon their tender to the state treasurer, shall forth-
with be purchased by the commonwealth at the face value
thereof. Such notes shall be paj^able in not more than one
year, and may be renewed from time to time, if authorized
by the board, but no renewal note shall be for a period of
more than one year, and the maturity of any loan or renewal
shall not be later than July first, nineteen hundred and
fifty. Such notes shall be general obligations of the city or
town issuing the same, notwithstanding the foregoing
provisions. Indebtedness incurred by a city or town under
authority of this act shall be outside its limit of indebtedness
as fixed by chapter forty-four of the General Laws. The
excess, if any, of the amount of interest payments received
by the commonwealth on account of notes issued by cities
and towns hereunder over the cost to the commonwealth
for interest on money borrowed under section five, expenses
of the board, including compensation paid to its appointive
members, and expenses of administration of the funds pro-
vided by sections three and five shall be distributed to such
cities and towns in November, nineteen hundred and fifty-
one, or earlier at the discretion of the board, in the proportion
which the aggregate amounts payable by them on account of
interest on such notes bear to the total amounts so payable
by all cities and towns hereunder.
Section 2. Said chapter 49 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 5, as most recently amended by
section 2 of said chapter 324, and inserting in place thereof
the following section: — Sections. The state treasurer,
with the approval of the governor and council, may borrow
from time to time, on the credit of the commonwealth, such
sums as may be necessary to provide funds for loans to
municipalities as aforesaid, and may issue and renew notes
of the commonwealth therefor, bearing interest payable at
such times and at such rate as shall be fixed by the state
treasurer, with the approval of the governor and council;
provided, that the total indebtedness of the commonwealth
under this section, outstanding at any one time, shall not
exceed twenty-five million dollars. Such notes shall be
issued for such maximum term of years as the governor
may recommend to the general court in accordance with
section 3 of Article LXII of the amendments to the constitu-
tion of the commonwealth, but such notes, whether original
or renewal, shall be payable not later than November
thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifty-two. All notes issued
under this section shall be signed by the state treasurer,
approved by the governor and countersigned by the
comptroller. Approved March 31, 194-7.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 207, 208. 135
An Act authorizing cities and towns to borrow money Chav. 207
FOR remodeling AND RECONSTRUCTING MUNICIPALLY
OWNED PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Whereas, Extensive remodeling and reconstruction of Emergency
municipally owned public buildings are urgently needed ^""^^^
and the deferred operation of this act would unduly delay
such remodeling and reconstruction, therefore this act is
hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The first paragraph of section 7 of chapter 44 E^VillV
of the General Laws, as most recently amended by sec- etc., amended.
tion 13 of chapter 358 of the acts of 1946, is herebj^ further
amended by striking out, in line 5, the words "the eleventh
clause" and inserting in place thereof the words: — clauses
three A and eleven, — so as to read as follows: — Cities Purposes for
and towns may incur debt, within the limit of indebtedness rnd^tlwM^
prescribed in section ten, for the following purposes, and ^•^^in"""'^
payable within the periods hereinafter specified, but, except debtUmit.
for the purposes set forth in clauses three A and eleven, no
loan shall be authorized in any year under any one of the
following clauses unless a sum equal to twenty-five cents, or
in the case of Boston ten cents, on each one thousand dollars
of the assessed valuation of the city or town for the preceding
year, exclusive of the value of motor vehicles and the value
of ships and vessels on which a vessel excise tax is based
has been appropriated from available revenue funds or
voted to be raised by taxation for the purposes set forth in
such clause in the year when the loan is authorized :
Section 2. Said section 7 is hereby further amended Ed V 44^7
by inserting after clause (3) the following clause: — further '
(3A) For remodeling or reconstructing public buildings ^"'^'"^^'^■
owned by the city or town, ten years. No loan .shall be fuhllct.
authorized in any year under this clause unless a sum e(lui^^a-
lent to one dollar on each one thousand dollars of the assessed
valuation of the city or town for the preceding year has been
appropriated from available revenue funds or voted to be
raised by taxation for the purpose set forth in the year when
the loan is authorized. Approved March 31, 1947.
An Act temporarily reviving newton mortgage Chap.20S
corporation.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would in Emergency
part defeat its purpose, which is to authorize the corporation p''®^'"^'®-
revived thereby to resume immediately the exercise of its
former corporate powers, therefore it is hereby declared
to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preser-
vation of the public convenience.
136 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 209.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Newton Mortgage Corporation, a corporation dissolved
bj'- section one of chapter eight of the acts of nineteen hundred
and thirty-five, is hereby revived, for a period of three
years, with the same powers, duties and obHgations as if
said chapter had not been passed.
Approved March 81, 1947.
Chap. 209 An Act authorizing the town of ware to take over
THE PROPERTIES AND ASSUME THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE
ware FIRE DISTRICT NUMBER ONE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Ware is hereby authorized to
take over all the properties, rights, powers and privileges
of the Ware Fire District Number One, and to assume all
the duties and obligations of said district, and shall there-
upon become in all respects the lawful successor to said
district.
Section 2. This act shall not affect any act done, ratified
or confirmed by said district or qx\j of its officers prior to the
date upon which this act becomes fully effective, nor any
right accrued or established, nor any action, suit or pro-
ceeding commenced or had in a civil case, nor shall it impair
the validity of any of the notes, bonds or other obligations
of said district outstanding on said date. Any indebtedness
incurred by the district and outstanding at the time it is
taken over by the town shall be assumed by the town.
Section 3. The fire department of said district as con-
stituted on the date upon which this act becomes fully
effective shall thereupon become the fire department of the
town and shall be continued as such in the manner pro-
vided by, and in all respects as though the town had ac-
cepted, sections forty-two to forty-four, inclusive, of chapter
forty-eight of the General Laws; and the provisions of
chapter forty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and
thirty-eight, as affected by chapter one hundred and nine-
teen of the acts of nineteen hundred and fortj^-five, and of
chapter forty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-
eight, applicable to the fire department of the district shall
continue to apply to the positions of chief engineer and
regular firemen of the fire department of the town.
Section 4. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance, within two years after its passage, by a majority
of the voters of the Ware Fire District Number One present
and voting thereon at a meeting called for the purpose, and
by a majority of the voters of the town of Ware present and
voting at any town meeting, but not otherwise.
Approved March 31, 1947.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 210, 211. 137
An Act authortzinc the city of newton to pay a sum Qfidj) 210
OF MONEY TO LESTER REED OF NEWTON FOR MEDICAL AND ^'
HOSPITAL EXPENSES INCURRED BY HIM AS A RESULT OF
INJURIES WHICH HE SUSTAINED WHILE ACTING AS A
VOLUNTEER FIREMAN FOR SAID CITY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of discharging a moral
obligation, the city of Newton is hereb}'- authorized to ap-
propriate the sum of fourteen hundred and sixty-six dollars
and fifty-two cents to reimburse Lester Reed of said Newton
for medical and hospital expenses incurred by him, as a
result of injuries which he sustained while acting as a volun-
teer fireman in the fire department of said city.
Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance by vote of the aldermen of said city, subject to the
provisions of its charter, but not otherwise.
Approved March SI, 1947.
An Act relative to the filling of vacancies in the nhnj) oil
OFFICE of mayor AND IN THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL IN ^'
THE CITY OF TAUNTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. If a person elected to the ofRce of mayor in
the city of Taunton resigns, after having been inducted
into office, or if said office becomes vacant by reason of
death, imprisonment or any other cause, the municipal
council of said city shall, within fifteen days thereafter,
elect by a majority vote a mayor from their own number,
who shall serve for the remainder of the term of the person
elected as mayor at the last preceding biennial election, and
shall be paid during his term of office on the same annual
salary basis as his predecessor.
Section 2. If a member of the municipal council of
said city resigns, or if there is a vacancy in said council
by reason of death, imprisonment or any other cause, the
council shall, within fifteen days thereafter, fill such vacancy
by electing the person who at the last biennial election
received the next highest vote to the last of the nine persons
elected thereat to the council, and on his refusal to serve,
the person who received the next highest vote to him at
said election, and, on his refusal to serve, other persons who
were candidates for membership in the council at said election
and were defeated shall be elected to fill such vacancy in the
order of the respective number of votes received by such
candidates at said election. The person so elected shall
serve for the balance of the unexpired term of the person
whom he succeeds and his salary shall be on the same annual
basis as all other members of the council.
138 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 212.
Section 3. So much of chapter four hundred and forty-
eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and nine, and acts in
amendment thereof and in addition thereto, as is incon-
sistent with this act, is hereby repealed.
Section 4. This act shall be submitted to the registered
voters of the cit}^ of Taunton at its biennial municipal
election in the current year, in the form of the following
question, which shall be placed upon the official ballot to
be used at said election: — "Shall an act passed by the
general court in the year nineteen hundred and forty-seven,
entitled 'An Act relative to the filling of vacancies in the
office of mayor and in the municipal council in the city of
Taunton', be accepted?" If a majority of the votes in
answer to said question is in the affirmative, then this act
shall thereupon take full effect, but not otherwise.
Approved March SI, 1947.
Chap.212 An Act authorizing the division of precinct one in
THE TOWN OF BELMONT INTO TWO PRECINCTS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Upon the acceptance of this act by the town
of Belmont, as hereinafter provided, the selectmen shall
forthwith divide the territory now laid out as precinct one,
pursuant to chapter three hundred and two of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-six, into two precincts to be
designated, respectively, as precinct one and precinct eight.
Each of said precincts shall contain approximately an equal
number of voters and shall be so established as to consist
of compact and contiguous territory, to be bounded as far
as possible by the center line of known streets and ways or
by other well-defined limits. The town meeting members
presently serving from the present precinct one shall con-
tinue to serve for the balance of their respective terms as
members from that one of the two new precincts hereby au-
thorized in which they respectively reside. At the first
annual town election following said division the registered
voters in each of the two new precincts shall elect twelve
members to serve for three years, a sufficient number of
new members to serve for two years, so that the new mem-
bers so elected, together with those continuing to serve in
the precinct for the unexpired balance of their terms, being
two years as aforesaid, shall equal twelve members, and a
sufficient number of new members to serve for one year so
that the new members so elected, together with those con-
tinuing to serve in the precinct for the unexpired balance of
their terms, being one year as aforesaid, shall equal twelve
members. Thereafter the town meeting members from said
two new precincts shall be elected in accordance with sec-
tion one of said chapter three hundred and two. This
section shall in no way affect the terms of office of the town
meeting members now serving from the present precincts
two to seven, both inclusive.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 213. 139
Section 2. Section 2 of said chapter 302 is hereby
amended by striking out, in Hne 7, the word "fifty-two"
and inserting in place thereof the word : — eighty-eight, —
so that the first sentence will read as follows : — Other
than the officers designated in section three as town meeting
members at large, the representative town meeting member-
ship shall in each precinct consist of the largest number
divisible by three which will admit of a representation of all
precincts by an equal number of members and which will
not cause the total elected town meeting membership to
exceed two hundred and eighty-eight.
Section 3. The provisions of said chapter three hundred
and two shall be applicable to said precincts one and eight
when established, except as herein provided.
Section 4, This act shall be submitted to the registered
voters of the town of Belmont at any annual town meeting.
The vote shall be taken by ballot in precincts in accordance
with the provisions of the General Laws, so far as the same
shall be applicable, in answer to the following question,
which shall be placed upon the official ballot to be used at
said meeting for the election of town officers: "Shall an
act passed by the general court in the year nineteen hundred
and forty-seven, entitled 'An Act authorizing the division
of precinct one in the town of Belmont into two precincts',
be accepted by this town?" If a majority of the votes in
answer to said question is in the affirmative, then this act
shall thereupon take full effect, but not otherwise.
Approved March 31, 1947.
An Act authorizing the governor to execute retroac- QJiq^j) 213
tive leases between the commonwealth and certain ^'
agencies of the federal government, and to take
action TOWARDS THE COLLECTION OF RENT FOR CERTAIN
PROPERTY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The governor is hereby authorized to execute retroactive
leases between the commonwealth and the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation and between the commonwealth and
the War Assets Administration for the period between
September sixteenth, nineteen hundred and forty-five, and
January first, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, covering
the following described premises situated in the town of
Natick: — A plot of land consisting of 32.22 acres, more or
less, as outlined on a certain plan of "Commonwealth Depot
Motor Repair Park, scale — one inch equals eighty feet,
March 1942", which plan by reference thereto is made a
part hereof, together with the buildings on such land, known
as Building No. 1, containing one hundred and two thousand
and ten square feet of floor area; Building No. 2, containing
twenty-six thousand square feet of floor area; an unloading
building, containing eighteen hundred square feet of floor
area; six magazine buildings, containing in all nine hundred
140 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 214, 215.
and thirty-two square feet of floor area; the lubritorium
buildmg, containing nine hundred and eighty-five square
feet of floor area; together with the subsurface fifteen
thousand-gallon tank with two surface gasoline pumps;
the paint shop, containing twenty-two hundred square
feet of floor area; and the garage building, containing sixty
thousand square feet of floor area; and the governor is
hereby further authorized to sign all other papers and do
all other things necessary to collect the amounts of rent due
to the commonwealth from the federal government, or any
agency thereof, for the use and occupation of said premises
between the aforementioned dates.
Approved March SI, 1947.
Chap. 214: An Act to authorize the city of Worcester to invest
CERTAIN TRUST FUNDS IN MORTGAGES ON REAL ESTATE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Notwithstanding the provisions of section fifty-four of
chapter forty-four of the General Laws, as most recently
amended by section twenty-four of chapter three hundred
and fifty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-
six, the city of Worcester may invest trust funds, including
cemetery perpetual care funds, unless otherwise provided
or directed by the donor thereof, in mortgages on real estate
under the same terms and conditions as are set forth in
clause First of section fifty-four of chapter one hundred
and sixty-eight of the General Laws.
Approved March SI, 1947.
Cha'p.2\b An Act relative to the exemption from the workmen's
COMPENSATION LAW OF CERTAIN PERSONS EMPLOYED TO
PARTICIPATE IN ORGANIZED PROFESSIONAL ATHLETICS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
EdV' 152 '§ 1 '^^^ fi^^^ paragraph of paragraph (4) of section 1 of chap-
etci.amendedl tcr 152 of the General Laws, as most recently amended by
chapter 369 of the acts of 1945, is hereby further amended
by inserting after the word "commerce" in the fourth line
the following: — , persons employed to participate in
organized professional athletics, while so employed, if their
contracts of hire provide for the payment of wages during
the period of any disability resulting from such employment,
"Employee" — SO as to read as follows: — "Employee", every person
defined. -^^ ^^le servicc of another under any contract of hire, express
or implied, oral or written, excepting masters of and seamen
on vessels engaged in interstate or foreign commerce, persons
employed to participate in organized professional athletics,
while so employed, if their contracts of hire provide for the
payment of wages during the period of any disability re-
sulting from such employment, persons employed by an
employer engaged in interstate or foreign commerce but
only so far as the laws of the United States provide for
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 216, 217. 141
compensation or for liability for their injury or death, and
a person whose employment is not in the usual course of
the trade, business, profession or occupation of his em-
ployer, but not excepting a person conclusively presumed
to be an employee under section twenty-six of this chapter.
Approved March SI, 1947.
An Act further defining the term "school bus" as Qjidr) 216
USED IN the motor VEHICLE LAWS, AND FURTHER REGU- ^'
LATING THEIR OPERATION.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend ^r?^biT^
in part to defeat its purpose, which is to make certain provi- "^ ^ ^
sions of law apply forthwith to certain vehicles used as
school buses, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emer-
gency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the
public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 90 of the General Laws, o. l. (Xer.
as amended, is hereby further amended by striking out, in ftl^am^nde^.
line 10 of the paragraph defining "school bus", inserted by
chapter 91 of the acts of 1946, the word "seven" and in-
serting in place thereof the word : — nine, — so that said
paragraph will read as follows : —
"School bus", any motor vehicle owned or operated by "School bus"
any city or town and used on a full-time or part-time basis •i^^"*'^-
for the transportation of school children and any motor
vehicle not so owned or operated which is used under written
or oral contract with a city or town for the transportation of
school children, while so used, but not including a motor
vehicle used as hereinbefore provided for not more than
three days in case of emergency or a motor vehicle used
under such a contract having permanent seating accommo-
dations for and carrying not more than nine persons or a
motor vehicle operated by a holder of a certificate issued
under section seven of chapter one hundred and fifty-nine A
and a permit issued under section eight of said chapter.
Section 2. Said chapter 90 is hereby further amended Ed.V'Kew
by inserting after section 7C the following section : — Sec- § 7D, added.
lion 7D. The requirements of clause (1) of section seven B Requiremenuj
shall apply to any motor vehicle, having permanent seating ffon°ofS'!i
accommodations for and carrying eight or nine persons, t^<,ert^n^^^^
while used for the transportation of school children under a motor
written or oral contract with a city or town. vehicles.
Approved March 31, 1947.
An Act relative to the computation of reserves of Chap.217
insurance companies other than life companies.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 175 of the General Laws is hereby amended by o. l. (Ter.
striking out section 10, as appearing in the Tercentenary f ^o.' imended.
Edition, and inserting in place thereof the following section :
142 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 218, 219.
of°r'?fe"tM'o° — Section 10. The commissioner shall determine the liabil-
complnlel ° itj of a Company other than a Hfe company, upon its contracts
ufe.^'*^^" of insurance, excepting ocean marine insurance, and the
amount the company shall hold as a reserve for reinsurance
by charging as a liability fifty per cent of the premiums writ-
ten in its policies, or the actual unearned portions of such
premiums. He shall charge as a liability fifty per cent of
the amount of the premiums written in its policies of ocean
marine insurance upon yearly risks, and upon risks covering
more than one passage not terminated, and the full amount
of premiums written in policies upon all other ocean marine
risks not terminated, except that in the case of a foreign fire
and marine company with less than three hundred thousand
dollars capital, admitted to transact fire insurance only, he
shall charge as a liability the full amount of premiums written
in its marine and inland navigation and transportation in-
surance policies. Approved April 1, 1947.
Chav.218 ^^ Act authorizing cities and towns which provide
an extended course of instruction on junior college
level for veterans and others to use the designation
"junior college" in CONNECTION THEREWITH.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any
city or town, while conducting an extended course of in-
struction on junior college level for veterans and others,
under authority of chapter five hundred and thirty-two of
the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-six, may use the
designation "junior college"; provided, that such designa-
tion shall relate to a school only with respect to the conduct
thereat of such an extended course of instruction.
Approved April 1, 19^7.
Chap. 219 An Act MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE MAINTENANCE
OF DEPARTMENTS, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, INSTITUTIONS
AND CERTAIN ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH, FOR
INTEREST, SINKING FUND AND SERIAL BOND REQUIREMENTS,
AND FOR CERTAIN PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. To provide for the maintenance of the
several departments, boards, commissions and institutions,
of sundrj' other services, and for certain permanent im-
provements, and to meet certain requirements of law, the
sums set forth in section two, for the several purposes and
subject to the conditions specified in said section two, are
hereby appropriated from the general fund or revenue of the
commonwealth, unless some other source of revenue is
expressed, subject to the provisions of law regulating the
disbursement of public funds and the approval thereof, for
the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 219.
143
forty-eight, in this act referred to as the year nineteen
hundred and forty-eight, or for such other period as may be
specified.
Section 2.
Service of the Legislative Department.
Item
0101-01
0101-02
0101-03
0101-04
0101-05
0101-06
0101-07
0101-08
0101-09
0101-10
0101-11
0101-12
0101-13
0101-14
0101-15
0101-17
0101-18
0101-19
For the compensation of senators
For expenses of senators, including travel, for
the year nineteen hundred and forty-eight
For the compensation of representatives
For expenses of representatives, including
travel, for the year nineteen hundred and
forty-eight ......
For the salaries of the clerk of the senate and
the clerk of the house of representatives .
For the salaries of the assistant clerk of the
senate and the assistant clerk of the house
of representatives .....
For such additional clerical assistance to, and
with the approval of, the clerk of the sen-
ate, as may be necessary for the proper
despatch of public business, including not
more than one permanent position .
For such additional clerical assistance to, and
with the approval of, the clerk of the house
of representatives, as may be necessary for
the proper despatch of public business, in-
cluding not more than three permanent
positions ......
For the salary of the sergeant-at-arms
For clerical and other assistance employed
by the sergeant-at-arms, including not
more than four permanent positions.
For the compensation for travel of door-
keepers, assistant doorkeepers, general
court officers, pages and other employees
of the sergeant-at-arms, authorized by law
to receive the same ....
For the salaries of the doorkeepers of the sen-
ate and house of representatives, with the
approval of the sergeant-at-arms, includ-
ing not more than two permanent posi-
tions .......
For the salaries of assistant doorkeepers of the
senate and house of representatives and of
general court officers, with the approval of
the sergeant-at-arms, including not more
than twenty-five permanent positions
For compensation of the pages of the senate
and house of representatives, with the ap-
proval of the sergeant-at-arms, including
not more than fifteen permanent positions
For the salaries of clerks employed in the
legislative document room, including not
more than two permanent positions
For the salaries of the chaplains of the senate
and house of representatives, including not
more than two permanent positions
For personal services of the counsel to the sen-
ate and assistants, including not more than
four permanent positions
For personal services of the counsel to the
house of representatives and assistants, in-
cluding not more than six permanent posi-
tions .......
$102,500 00
22,000 00
602,500 00
140,000 00
18,200 00
12,200 00
4,600 00
9,600 00
5,000 00
9,650 00
26,000 00
7,000 00
65.500 00
12.850 00
7,950 00
2,460 00
28,300 00
41,930 00
144
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 219.
Item
0101-20 For clerical and other assistance to the senate
committee on rules, including not more
than one permanent position . . $5,600 00
0101-21 For clerical and other assistance to the house
committee on rules, including not more
than four permanent positions . . 12,520 00
0101-25 For clerical and other assistance to the house
committee on ways and means, including
not more than three permanent positions 13,460 00
0102-01 For traveling and such other expenses of the
committees of the general court as may be
authorized by order of either branch of the
general court 10,000 00
0102-02 For printing, binding and paper ordered by
the senate and house of representatives, or
by concurrent order of the two branches,
for the year nineteen hundred and forty-
eight and the previous year, with the ap-
proval of the clerks of the respective
branches 110,000 00
0102-04 For expenses in connection with the publica-
tion of the bulletin of committee hearings
and of the daily list, with the approval of
the joint committee on rules, including not
more than one permanent position .
0102-05 For stationery for the senate, purchased by
and with approval of the clerk
0102-06 For office and other expenses of the com-
mittee on rules on the part of the senate .
0102-07 For office expenses of the counsel to the sen-
ate
0102-08 For stationery for the house of representa-
tives, purchased by and with the approval
of the clerk ......
0102-09 For office and other expenses of the commit-
tee on rules on the part of the house
0102-10 For office expenses, including travel, of the
counsel to the house of representatives
0102-11 For contingent expenses of the senate and
house of representatives, and necessary
expenses in and about the state house,
with the approval of the sergeant-at-arms
0102-12 For telephone service ....
0102-14 For the payment of witness fees to persons
summoned to appear before committees of
the general court, and for expenses inci-
dental to summoning them, with the ap-
proval of the sergeant-at-arms . . 200 00
0102-28 For expenses of the house committee on ways
and means, to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose . 1,000 00
Total $1,318,520 00
27,000 00
500 00
200 00
300 00
800 00
2,000 00
300 00
9,500 00
7,000 00
0301-01
0301-02
0301-03
0301-04
0301-05
Service of the Judicial Department.
Supreme Judicial Court, as follows:
For the salaries of the chief justice and of the
six associate justices .... $120,000 00
For traveling allowances and expenses . 1,500 00
For the salary of the clerk for the common-
wealth 7,100 00
For clerical assistance to the clerk . . 2,900 00
For law clerks, stenographers and other cleri-
cal assistance for the justices . . , 34,650 00
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 219.
145
0301-06 For office supplies, services and equipment . $5,000 00
0301-07 For the salaries of the officers and messengers 4,785 00
0301-08 For the commonwealth's part of the salary
of the clerk for the county of Suffolk . 1,500 00
Total $177,435 00
Reporter of Decisions:
0301-11 For the salary of the reporter of decisions . $7,000 00
0301-12 For clerk hire and office supphes, services and
equipment, including not more than four
permanent positions .... 15,660 00
Total $22,660 00
0302-01
0302-02
0302-03
0302-04
Superior Court, as follows:
For the salaries of the chief justice and of the
thirty-one associate justices
For traveling allowances and expenses
For the salary of the assistant clerk, Suffolk
County ......
For clerical work, inspection of records and
doings of persons authorized to admit to
bail, for an executive clerk to the chief jus-
tice, and for certain other expenses inci-
dental to the work of the court
Total
$465,000 00
20,000 00
1,000 00
15,950 00
$601,950 00
Justices of District Courts:
0302-1 1 For compensation of justices of district courts
while sitting in the superior court .
0302-12 For expenses of justices of district courts
while sitting in the superior court
0302-13 For reimbursing certain counties for compen-
sation of certain special justices for serv-
ices in holding sessions of district courts in
place of the justice, while sitting in the
superior court .....
Total
$5,000 00
700 00
2,500 00
$8,200 00
Judicial Council:
0303-01 For expenses of the judicial council, as au-
thorized by section thirty-four C of chap-
ter two hundred and twenty-one of the
General Laws, to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose $1,800 00
0303-02 For compensation of the secretary of the
judicial council, as authorized by said sec-
tion thirty-four C of said chapter two him-
dred and twenty-one .... 3,500 00
Total $5,300 00
Administrative Committee of District
(yourts :
0304-01 For compensation and expenses of the ad-
ministrative committee of district courts . $6,500 00
Probate and Insolvency Courts, as follows:
0305-02 For the compensation of judges of probate
when acting for other judges of probate , $8,600 00
146
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 219.
Item
0305-03
For expenses of judges of probate when act-
ing for other judges of probate
0305-06 For reimbursing officials for premiums paid
for procuring sureties on their bonds, as
provided by existing laws
For the salaries of judges of probate, regis-
ters of probate, assistant registers and
clerical assistance to registers of the sev-
eral counties:
Barnstable:
Judge of probate .....
Register ......
Assistant register .....
Clerical assistance to register, including
not more than three permanent positions
0306-21
0306-41
0306-61
0306-81
0306-22
0306^2
0306-62
0306-82
0306-23
0306-43
0306-63
0306-83
0306-24
0306-44
0306-84
0306-25
0306^5
0306-65
0306-85
0306-26
0306-46
0306-66
0306-86
0306-27
0306-47
0306-67
0306-87
0306-28
0306-48
0306-68
0306-88
Berkshire:
Judge of probate .....
Register ......
Assistant register .....
Clerical assistance to register, including not
more than four permanent positions
Bristol :
Judge of probate .....
Register ......
Two assistant registers ....
Clerical assistance to register, including not
more than eleven permanent positions .
Dukes County:
Judge of probate ....
Register .....
Clerical assistance to register, including not
more than one permanent position
Essex:
Two judges of probate ....
Register ......
Three assistant registers
Clerical assistance to register, including not
more than sixteen permanent positions .
Franklin:
Judge of probate .....
Register ......
Assistant register .....
Clerical assistance to register, including not
more than two permanent positions
Hampden:
Two judges of probate ....
Register ......
Three assistant registers
Clerical assistance to register, including not
more than eleven permanent positions .
Hampshire:
Judge of probate .....
Register ......
Assistant register .....
Clerical assistance to register, including not
more than two permanent positions
$1,700 00
500 00
$8,000 00
4,200 00
3,240 00
5,370 00
8,000 00
4,600 00
3,420 00
7,890 00
10,000 00
5,700 00
7,620 00
20,720 00
3,500 00
3,000 00
1.740 00
20,000 00
6,300 00
12,180 00
32,110 00
8,000 00
4,200 00
3,240 00
3.640 00
20,000 00
6,300 00
11,220 00
22,080 00
8,000 00
4,200 00
3,240 00
4,230 00
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 219.
147
It«m
Middlesex:
0306-29 Two judges of probate .... $24,000 00
0306-49 Register 7,100 00
0306-69 Four assistant registers .... 19,380 00
0306-89 Clerical assistance to register, including not
more than forty permanent positions . 77,670 00
0306-30 Judge of probate 3,500 00
0306-50 Register 3,000 00
0306-90 Clerical assistance to register ... 460 00
Norfolk:
030e-31 Judge of probate 12,000 00
0306-51 Register 6,300 00
0306-71 Three assistant registers . 11,620 00
0306-91 Clerical assistance to register, including not
more than fifteen permanent positions . 28,990 00
Plymouth:
Judge of probate 8,000 00
Register 4,600 00
Assistant register ..... 3,280 00
Clerical assistance to register, including not
more than six permanent positions 10,140 00
Suffolk:
Three judges of probate .... 39,000 00
Register 7,100 00
Four assistant registers . . . 18,816 00
Clerical assistance to register, including not
more than forty-seven permanent posi-
tions 93,670 00
Two judges of probate .... 20,000 00
Register 6,300 00
Three assistant registers . . . 11,880 00
Clerical assistance to register, including not
more than fourteen permanent positions 27,657 00
Total $721,102 00
Administrative Committee of Probate
Courts:
For expenses of the administrative commit-
tee of probate courts .... $200 00
Service of the Land Court.
For the salaries of the judge, associate judges
and the recorder, including not more than
four permanent positions $43,500 00
For engineering, clerical and other personal
services, including not more than twenty-
seven permanent positions 98,500 00
For personal services in the examination of
titles, for publishing and serving citations
and other services, traveling expenses, sup-
plies and office equipment, and for the
preparation of sectional plans showing reg-
istered land 23,500 00
Total $165,600 00
148
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 219.
Item
0309-01
Pensions for Certain Retired Justices.
For pensions of retired justices of the supreme
judicial court and of the superior court,
and judges of the probate courts and the
land court ......
$70,000 00
0310-01
0310-02
0310-03
0310-04
0310-05
0310-06
0310-07
0310-08
0310-09
0311-01
0311-02
Service of the District Attorneys.
District Attorneys, as follows:
For the salaries of the district attorney and
assistants for the Suffolk district, including
not more than fourteen permanent posi-
tions .......
For the salaries of the district attorney and
assistants for the northern district, includ-
ing not more than seven permanent posi-
tions .......
For the salaries of the district attorney and
assistants for the eastern district, includ-
ing not more than five permanent posi-
tions .......
For the salaries of the district attorney, dep-
uty district attorney and assistants for the
southeastern district, including not more
than five permanent positions
For the salaries of the district attorney and
assistants for the southern district, includ-
ing not more than four permanent posi-
tions .......
For the salaries of the district attorney and
assistants for the middle district, including
not more than four permanent positions
For the salaries of the district attorney and
assistants for the western district, includ-
ing not more than three permanent posi-
tions .......
For the salary of the district attorney for the
northwestern district ....
For traveling expenses necessarily incurred
by the district attorneys, except in the Suf-
folk district, including expenses incurred
in previous years ,'....
Total
Service of the Board of Probation.
For personal services of the commissioner,
clerks and stenographers, including not
more than forty-three permanent positions
For services other than personal, including
printing the annual report, traveling ex-
penses, rent, office supplies and equipment
Total
$66,000 00
32,000 00
17,400 00
19,200 00
15,100 00
15,000 00
10,400 00
4,000 00
5,000 00
$184,100 00
$97,460 00
8,000 00
$106,460 00
Service of the Board of Bar Examiners.
0312-01 For personal services of the members of the
board, including not more than five per-
manent positions ..... $14,500 00
0312-02 For other services, including not more than
one permanent position, and including
printing the annual report, traveling ex-
penses, office supplies and equipment . 7,900 00
Total $22,400 00
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 219.
149
Item
0318-01
Suffolk County Court House.
For reimbursing the city of Boston for thirty
per cent of the cost of maintenance of the
Suffolk County court house, as provided by
and subject to the conditions of section six
of chapter four hundred and seventy-four
of the acts of the year nineteen hundred
and thirty-five, to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose; provided, that this appropriation
shall not be construed as fixing the specific
amount for which the commonwealth shall
be liable on account of said maintenance
$116,000 00
0401-01
0401-02
0401-03
0401-04
0401-05
0401-21
0401-22
0401-23
0401-24
0401-25
0401-27
0401-31
0402-01
0402-02
Service of the Executive Department.
For the salary of the governor .
For the salary of the lieutenant governor
For the salaries of the eight councillors
For the salaries of officers and employees of
the department . . . . .
For certain personal services for the lieuten-
ant governor and council
For travel and expenses of the lieutenant
governor and council from and to their
homes .......
For postage, printing, office and other con-
tingent expenses, including travel, of the
governor ......
For postage, printing, stationery, traveling
and contingent expenses of the governor
and council . . .
For the cost of entertainment of distinguished
visitors to the commonwealth, for the pay-
ment of extraordinary expenses not other-
wise provided for; and for transfers to ap-
propriation accounts where the amounts
otherwise available are insufficient, with
the approval of the governor and council;
provided, that not more than fifteen thou-
sand dollars shall be for the cost of enter-
tainment hereinabove mentioned. Re-
quests for such transfers shall be referred by
the governor to the commission on adminis-
tration and finance, which, after investiga-
tion, shall submit to the governor its
written recommendation as to the amount
of funds required, together with pertinent
facts relative thereto
For certain maintenance expenses of the
governor's automobile
(This item omitted.)
For the purchase of portraits of former gov
emors, as authorized by section nineteen of
chapter eight of the General Laws .
Total
Service of the Adjutant General.
For the salary of the adjutant general
For personal services of office assistants, in-
cluding services for the preparation of rec-
ords of Massachusetts soldiers and sailors,
and including not more than eighteen per-
manent positions ....
$20,000 00
6,000 00
16,000 00
66,000 00
7,380 00
3,000 00
12,000 00
3.500 00
75,000 00
1,800 00
3,000 00
$213,680 00
$6,600 GO
54,770 00
150
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 219.
Item
0402-03
0402-04
0402-21
0402-25
0403-01
0403-03
0403-05
0403-07
0403-13
0403-14
0403-15
0403-17
0403-18
0403-19
0403-23
0405-01
For services other than personal, and for
necessary office supplies and expenses
For expenses not otherwise provided for in
connection with military matters and ac-
counts .......
Total
Specials:
For personal services and other expenses in
connection with the operation of the war
records project, so called
For expenses of the United Spanish War Vet-
erans, as authorized by chapter three hun-
dred and eleven of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and forty-six .....
Total
Service of the Organized Militia.
For allowances to companies and other ad-
ministrative units, to be expended under
the direction of the adjutant general
For certain allowances for officers of the
organized militia, as authorized by para-
graph (c) of section one hundred and
twenty of chapter thirty-three of the
General Laws .....
For pay and expenses of certain camps of
instruction ......
For transportation of officers and non-com-
missioned officers to and from military
meetings and regimental and battalion
drills .......
For compensation for special and miscellane-
ous duty and for expenses of operation of
the twenty-sixth division; provided, that
any provision of law to the contrary not-
withstanding, sums not exceeding in the
aggregate sixteen thousand dollars may be
expended for compensation for four full
time positions .....
For compensation for accidents and injuries
sustained in the performance of military
duty
To cover certain small claims for damages to
private property arising from military
maneuvers ......
For services and expenses of the military res-
ervation located in Barnstable County, in-
cluding compensation of one commissioner
For premiums on bonds for officers
For instruction in military authority, organ-
ization and administration, and in the ele-
ments of military art .
(This item included in item 0406-09.)
Total
Service of the State Quartermaster.
For personal services of the state quarter-
master, superintendent of arsenal and cer-
tain other employees of the state quarter-
master, including not more than eight
permanent positions ....
$7,000 00
6,000 00
$74,370 00
$32,740 00
1,500 00
$34,240 00
$100,000 00
50,000 00
60,000 00
5,000 00
30,000 00
4,000 00
300 00
3,210 00
2.200 00
10,000 00
$264,710 00
$21,820 00
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 219.
151
Item
0405-02 For the salaries of armorers and assistant
armorers of armories of the first class,
superintendent of armories, and other em-
ployees, including not more than eighty-
two permanent positions . . $193,000 00
0406-02 For office and general supplies and equipment 10,000 00
0406-03 For the care and maintenance of the state
camp ground and buildings at Framingham 1,650 00
0406-04 For the operating expenses of armories of the
first class, including heat and light, but not
including repairs 100,000 00
0406-05 For reimbursement for rent and maintenance
of armories not of the first class, up to and
including June thirtieth, nineteen hundred
and forty-eight 17,500 00
0406-06 For expenses of maintaining and operating
the Camp Curtis Guild rifle range, includ-
ing not more than five permanent positions 17,500 00
0406-07 (This item included in items 0406-09 and
0406-10.)
0406-08 For miscellaneous repair and renewal projects
at armories of the first class . . . 93,800 00
0406-09 For personal services necessary for the opera-
tion of the commonwealth depot and motor
repair park, including not more than fifteen
permanent positions .... 57,865 00
0406-10 For maintenance, other than personal serv-
ices, of the commonwealth depot and
motor repair park ..... 18,000 00
Total $531,135 00
Service of the State Surgeon.
0407-01 For personal services of the state surgeon, and
regular assistants, including not more than
thxee permanent positions . . $6,450 00
0407-02 For services other than personal, and for
necessary medical and office supplies and
equipment ...... 1,500 00
0407-03 For the examination of recruits . . 10,000 00
Total $17,950 00
Service of the State Judge Advocate.
0408-01 For compensation of the state judge advocate
$1,500 00
Service of the Armory Commission.
0409-01 For compensation of one member . $220 00
0409-02 For office, incidental and traveling expenses 100 00
Total $320 00
Service of the Commission on Administration and Finance.
0414-01 For personal services of the commissioners,
including not more than four permanent
positions $30,500 00
0414-02 For personal services of the office of the
chairman, including not more than eight
permanent positions, to be in addition to
the amount authorized for the purpose in
item 2970-09 21,600 00
152
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 219.
Item
0414-03 For personal services of the bureau of the
comptroller, including not more than
ninety permanent positions, to be in addi-
tion to the amount authorized for the pur-
pose in item 2970-09 ....
0414-04 For personal services of the bureau of the
budget commissioner, including not more
than nine permanent positions, to be in
addition to the amount authorized for the
purpose in item 2970-09
0414-05 For personal services of the bureau of the pur-
chasing agent, including not more than
fifty-five permanent positions, to be in ad-
dition to the amount authorized for the
purpose in item 2970-09
0414-06 For personal services of the division of per-
sonnel and standardization, including not
more than thirty-two permanent positions,
to be in addition to the amount authorized
for the purpose in item 2970-09
0414-09 For other expenses incidental to the duties of
the commission .....
Total
$178,520 00
27,080 00
117,420 00
78,980 00
60,000 00
$514,100 00
Telephone service:
0414-10 For telephone service in the state house and
expenses in connection therewith
$52,600 00
Purchase of paper:
0414-11 For the purchase of paper used in the execu-
tion of the contracts for state printing,
other than legislative, with the approval of
the commission on administration and
finance .......
$40,000 00
Central mailing room:
0414-12 For personal services of the central mailing
room, including not more than eight per-
manent positions .....
$20,075 00
Personnel Appeal Boards:
0414-31 For personal services and expenses of person-
nel appeal boards, as authorized by chap-
ter four hundred and eighty-five of the acts
of nineteen hundred and forty-five .
$2,000 00
Service of the State Superintendent of Buildings.
0416-01 For personal services of the superintendent
and office assistants, including not more
than five permanent positions . . . $16,860 00
0416-02 For personal services of engineers, assistant
engineers, firemen and helpers in the en-
gineer's department, including not more
than forty-one permanent positions . . 97,600 00
0416-03 For personal services of capitol police, includ-
ing not more than twenty-seven perma-
nent positions 66,280 00
0416-04 For personal services of janitors, including
not more than twenty-three permanent
positions 44,680 00
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 219.
153
It6m
0416-05
For other personal services incidental to the
care and maintenance of the state house
and of the Ford building, so called, includ-
ing not more than seventy-nine perma-
nent positions .....
Total
S136,000 00
$361,420 00
Other annual ejcpenses:
0416-11 For contingent, office and other expenses of
the superintendent . . . . $310 00
0416-12 For services, supplies and equipment neces-
sary for the maintenance and care of the
state house and grounds and of the Ford
building, so called; including cleaning
services and supplies and other ordinary
maintenance; the cost of furnishing heat,
hght and power; and repair and renewal
projects including painting and the rear-
rangement of office space . . 162,000 00
0416-13 This item included in item 0416-12.
0416-14 This item included in item 0416-12.
Total
$162,310 00
Service of the State Planning Board,
0419-01 For personal services of secretary, chief en-
gineer, and other assistants, including not
more than thirteen permanent positions $49,420 00
0419-02 For services other than personal, including
rent of offices, travel, and office supplies
and equipment ..... 12,500 00
Total $61,920 00
Service of the Commissioners on Uniform State Laws.
0420-01 For expenses of the commissioners . . $750 00
Service of the State Library.
0423-01 For personal services of the librarian . $6,700 00
0423-02 For personal services of the regular library
assistants, temporary clerical assistance,
and for services for cataloguing, including
not more than twenty-seven permanent
positions ...... 61,151 00
0423-03 For services other than personal, including
printing the annual report, office supplies
and equipment, and incidental traveling
expenses 8,500 00
0423-04 For books and other pubUcations needed for
the library, including necessary binding
and rebinding incidental thereto; pro-
vided, that contracts or orders for such
work shall not be subject to the restrictions
prescribed by section one of chapter five of
the General Laws 9,000 00
Total $85,351 00
Service of the Art Commission.
0424-01 For expenses of the commission .
$225 00
154
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 219.
Service of the Ballot Law Commission.
Item
0425-01 For compensation of the commissioners, in-
cluding not more than three permanent
positions $2,260 00
0425-02 For expenses, including travel, supplies and
equipment ...... 260 00
Total $2,500 00
Service of the Massachusetts Fair Employment Practice Commission.
0426-01 For personal services and expenses of the
Massachusetts fair employment practice
commission, as authorized by chapter three
hundred and sixty-eight of the acts of nine-
teen himdred and forty-six, including not
more than six permanent positions . . $44,310 00
Service of the Emergency Housing Commission.
0427-01 For personal services and expenses of the
emergency housing commission, as author-
ized by chapter five himdred and ninety-
two of the acts of nineteen hundred and
forty-six ......
$23,960 00
Service of the Outdoor Advertising Authority.
0428-01 For personal services and expenses of the out-
door advertising authority, as authorized
by chapter six hundred and twelve of the
acts of nineteen hundred and forty-six, in-
cluding not more than ten permanent posi-
tions .......
$32,084 00
Service of the Massachusetts Aeronautics Commission.
0442-01 For personal services of employees, includ-
ing not more than sixteen permanent posi-
tions, and for administrative expenses, in-
cluding consultants' services, office rent
and other incidental expenses . . . $78,770 00
0442-21 For personal services and other expenses of
maintenance and operation of the Han-
scom field, including not more than nine-
teen permanent positions, as authorized
by chapter four hundred and forty-two of
the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-six
Total
90,000 00
$168,770 00
For the Maintenance of the Mount Greylock War Memorial.
0443-01 For expenses of maintenance of the Mount
Greylock War Memorial, as authorized by
section forty-seven of chapter six of the
General Laws $1,225 00
For the Maintenance of the Old Stale House.
0444-01 For the contribution of the commonwealth
toward the maintenance of the old pro-
vincial state house ....
$1,600 00
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 219.
155
Service of the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Item
0501-01 For the salary of the secretary .
0501-02 For the salaries of officers and employees
holding positions established by law,
and other personal services, including not
more than sixty-seven permanent posi-
tions .......
0501-03 For services other than personal, traveling
expenses, office supplies and equipment,
for the arrangement and preservation of
state records and papers, including travel-
ing expenses of the supervisor of public
records ......
0501-04 For postage and expressage on public docu-
ments, and for mailing copies of bills and
resolves to certain state, city and town
officials .....
0501-05 For printing registration books, blanks and
indexes ......
0501-06 For the preparation of certain indexes of
births, marriages and deaths
0501-08 For the purchase of ink for public records of
the commonwealth
$8,000 00
180,500 00
22,000 00
2,000 00
2,000 00
9,000 00
1.000 00
Total $224,500 00
Specials:
0502-01 For the purchase of certain supplies and
equipment, and for other things necessary
in connection with the reproduction of the
manuscript collection designated "Massa-
chusetts Archives" .... $6,000 00
0502-02 For the purchase and distribution of copies
of certain journals of the house of repre-
sentatives of Massachusetts Bay from
seventeen hundred and fifteen to seven-
teen hundred and eighty, inclusive, as au-
thorized by chapter four hundred and
thirteen of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty 750 00
Total $6,750 00
For printing laws, etc. :
0503-01 For printing and distributing the pamphlet
edition and for printing and binding the
blue book edition of the acts and resolves
of the year nineteen hundred and forty-
eight, and any unexpended balance of the
appropriation made for this purpose in any
fiscal year shall be available for expendi-
ture in the succeeding fiscal year . $35,900 00
0503-03 For the cost of printing and binding public
documents for the year nineteen hundred
and forty-eight and for previous years, to
be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for this purpose . . . 3,600 00
Total $39,400 00
For matters relating to elections:
0504-01 For personal and other services in preparing
for primary elections, including not more
than one permanent position, and for the
156
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 219.
expenses of preparing, printing and dis-
tributing ballots for primary and other
elections, to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose . $150,000 00
0504-02 For the printing of blanks for town officers,
election laws and blanks and instructions
on all matters relating to elections . 3,000 00
0504-03 For furnishing cities and towns with ballot
boxes, and for repairs to the same; for the
purchase of apparatus to be used at polling
places in the canvass and counting of votes;
and for pro^dding certain registration facili-
ties 2,300 00
Total $155,300 00
Medical Examiners' Fees:
0505-01 For medical examiners' fees, as provided by
law $1,500 00
Commission on Interstate Co-operation:
0506-01 For personal and other services of the com-
mission, including travel and other ex-
penses, as authori7,ed by sections twenty-
one to twenty-four, inclusive, of chapter
nine of the General Laws, including not
more than two permanent positions
$16,900 00
Service of the Treasurer and Receiver-General.
0601-01 For the salary of the treasurer and receiver-
general ......
0601-02 For salaries of officers and employees holding
positions established by law, and additional
clerical and other assistance, including not
more than thirty-nine permanent positions,
to be in addition to the amount authorized
for the purpose in item 2970-09
0601-03 For services other than personal, traveling
expenses, office supplies and equipment .
Total
$7,000 00
93,200 00
26,000 00
$126,200 00
Commissioners on Firemen's Relief:
0602-01 For relief disbursed, with the approval of the
commissioners on firemen's relief, subject
to the provisions of law ....
0602-02 For expenses of administration by the com-
missioners on firemen's relief .
Total
0603-01
Payments to Soldiers:
For making payments to soldiers in recogni-
tion of service during the world war and the
Spanish war, as provided by law
State Board of Retirement:
0604-01 For personal services in the administrative
office of the state board of retirement, in-
cluding not more than thirteen permanent
positions ......
0604-02 For services other than personal, printing the
annual report, and for office suppHes and
equipment . . . .
$15,000 00
300 00
$15,300 00
$1,000 00
$27,720 00
9,750 00
Acts, 1947. - Chap. 219.
157
Item
0604-03
0604-05
For the payment of the commonwealth's
share in financing the state employees' re-
tirement system, as provided by chapter
six hundred and fifty-eight of the acts of
nineteen hundred and forty-five, to be in
addition to the amount appropriated in
item 2970-01 $1,044,000 00
To assist in meeting the liability of the com-
monwealth to pay contributions to the
state employees' retirement system on ac-
count of members thereof in the military
or naval service, as authorized by chapter
seven hundred and eight of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and forty-one, as amended,
to be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose . . 150,000 00
Total $1,231,470 00
Service of the Emergency Finance Board.
0605-01 For administrative expenses of the emergency
finance board, including not more than
seven permanent positions
$14,780 00
Service of the State Emergency Public Works Commission.
0606-01 For personal services and other expenses of
the state emergency public works commis-
sion, including not more than six perma-
nent positions .....
$36,890 00
Service of the Auditor of the Commonwealth.
0701-01 For the salary of the auditor . $7,000 00
0701-02 For personal services of deputies and other
assistants, including not more than thirty-
four permanent positions, to be in addition
to the amount authorized for this purpose
in item 2970-09 91,210 00
0701-03 For services other than personal, traveling
expenses, office supplies and equipment . 10,000 00
Total $108,210 00
Specials:
0701-21 For personal services and expenses of a com-
plete audit of the finances of the Boston
Elevated Railway Company and of the ac-
counts of the trustees thereof, including the
cost of preparation of a report of said audit,
as authorized by chapter five hundred and
eightv-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred
and forty-six $10,000 00
0701-22 For expenses of the national convention of
the National Association of State Auditors,
Comptrollers, and Treasurers if held in the
city of Boston in the year nineteen hundred
and forty-eight, to be expended with the
approval and under the direction of the
governor and council .... 5,000 00
Total $15,000 00
158
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 219.
Item
0801-01
0801-02
Service of the Attorney General's Department.
For the salary of the attorney general
For the compensation of assistants in his
office, and for such other legal and personal
services as may be required, including not
more than forty-two permanent positions
0801-03 For services other than personal, traveling
expenses, office supplies and equipment .
0802-01 For the settlement of certain claims, as pro-
vided by law, on account of damages by
cars owned by the commonwealth and op-
erated by state employees
0802-02 For the settlement of certain small claims, as
authorized by section three A of chapter
twelve of the General Laws
0803-06
0803-07
Total
Specials:
For the cost of providing certain legal assist-
ance for the benefit of veterans, their
wives and dependents ....
For expenses of the convention of the Na-
tional Association of Attorneys General,
to be held in Boston in the year nineteen
hundred and forty-eight, to be expended
with the approval and under the direction
of the governor and council
Total
$10,000 00
174,630 00
12,000 00
8,000 00
4,000 00
$208,630 00
$20,000 00
6,000 00
$25,000 00
Service of the Department of Agriculture.
0901-01 For the salary of the commissioner
0901-02 For personal services of clerks and stenog-
raphers, including not more than twenty-
two permanent positions.
0901-03 For traveling expenses of the commissioner .
0901-04 For services other than personal, printing
the annual report, office supplies and
equipment, and printing and furnishing
trespass posters .....
0901-11 For compensation and expenses of members
of the advisory board ....
0901-21 For services and expenses of apiary inspec-
tion, including not more than one perma-
nent position .....
0901-22 For personal services and other expenses of a
program of soU conservation, as author-
ized by chapter five hundred and thirty-
one of the acts of nineteen hundred and
forty-five; provided, that no compensa-
tion or expenses of the supervisors referred
to in said chapter shall be chargeable to
this item ......
Total
Division of Dairying and Animal Hus-
bandry:
0905-01 For personal services, including not more
than seven permanent positions
0905-02 For other expenses, including the enforce-
ment of the dairy laws of the common-
wealth
$7,000 00
47,130 00
700 00
17,000 00
1,150 00
6,144 00
4,000 00
$83,124 00
$21,360 00
7,000 00
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 219.
159
Item
0905-03
For administering the law relative to the in-
spection of barns and dairies by the de-
partment of agriculture, including not
more than fourteen permanent positions . $55,000 00
Total $83,360 00
0906-01
0906-02
Milk Control Board:
For personal services of members of the
board and their employees, including not
more than seventy-five permanent posi-
tions ......
For other administrative expenses of the
board, including office expenses, rent,
travel and special services
Total
Division of Livestock Disease Control:
0907-01 For the salary of the director
0907-02 For personal services of clerks and stenog
raphers, including not more than eight-
een permanent positions
0907-03 For services other than personal, including
printing the annual report, traveling ex-
penses of the director, office supplies and
equipment, and rent ...
0907-04 For personal services of veterinarians and
agents engaged in the work of extermina-
tion of contagious diseases among domes-
tic animals, including not more than ten
full-time permanent positions and not
more than one hundred and sixteen per-
manent intermittent positions
0907-05 For traveling expenses of veterinarians and
agents .......
0907-06 For reimbursement of owners of horses killed
during the year nineteen hundred and
forty-eight and previous years, travel,
when allowed, of inspectors of animals,
incidental expenses of killing and burial,
quarantine and emergency services, and
for laboratory and veterinary supplies and
equipment ......
0907-07 For reimbursement of owners of tubercular
cattle killed, as authorized by section
twelve A of chapter one hundred and
twenty-nine of the General Laws, and in
accordance with certain provisions of law
and agreements made under authority of
section thirty-three of said chapter one
hundred and twenty-nine during the year
nineteen hundred and forty-eight and the
previous year, to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose ......
Total
Reimbursement of towns for inspectors of
animals:
0907-08 For the reimbursement of certain towns for
compensation paid to inspectors of animals
$199,000 00
58,000 00
$257,000 00
$4,800 00
36,510 00
8.400 00
66,050 00
9,000 00
3,400 00
45,000 00
$173,160 00
$4,000 00
160
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 219.
Item
0908-01
0908-C2
0909-01
0909-02
0909-11
0909-12
0909-13
0909-14
0909-21
0910-01
Division of Markets:
For personal services, including not more
than thirteen permanent positions .
For other expenses .....
Total
Division of Plant Pest Control and Fairs:
For personal services, including not more than
three permanent positions
For travel and other expenses
For work in protecting the pine trees of the
commonwealth from white pine blister rust,
and for payments of claims on account of
currant and gooseberry bushes destroyed in
the work of suppressing white pine blister
rust .......
For quarantine and other expenses in connec-
tion with the work of suppression of the
European corn borer, so called, including
such expenses incurred in previous years.
For quarantine and other expenses in connec-
tion with the work of suppression of the
Japanese beetle, so called
For personal services and expenses in connec-
tion with the work of suppression of the
Dutch elm disease, so called .
For state prizes and agricultural exhibits in-
cluding allotment of funds for the 4-H club
activities ......
Total
State Reclamation Board :
For expenses of the board, including not more
than four permanent positions
$43,065 00
11,000 00
$54,065 00
$12,220 00
10,000 00
7,360 00
1,950 00
2,150 00
11,020 00
28,000 00
$72,700 00
$12,000 00
Service of the Department of Conservation.
1001-01 For the salary of the commissioner
1001-02 For traveling expenses of the commissioner
1001-03 For services other than personal, including
printing, supplies and equipment, and rent
1001-04 For clerical and other assistance to the com-
missioner, including not more than fifteen
permanent positions ....
Total
1002-01
1002-02
1002-11
Division of Forestry:
For personal services of the director and office
assistants, including not more than five
permanent positions ....
For services other than personal, including
printing the annual report, and for travel-
ing expenses, necessary office supplies and
equipment, and rent ....
For aiding towns in the purchase of equip-
ment for extinguishing forest fires, and for
making protective belts or zones as a de-
fence against forest fires, for the year nine-
teen hundred and forty-eight and for pre-
vious years ......
$7,000 00
500 00
6,500 00
50.000 00
$64,000 00
$14,030 00
2,700 00
1,000 00
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 219.
161
It«in
1002-12
1002-14
1002-15
1002-18
1002-21
1002-31
1002-58
For personal services of the state fire warden
and his assistants, and for other services,
including travehng expenses of the state
fire warden and his assistants, necessary-
supplies and equipment and materials used
in new construction in the forest fire pre-
vention service, including not more than
sixteen permanent positions
For the expenses of forest fire patrol, as au-
thorized by section twenty-eight A of chap-
ter forty-eight of the General Laws .
For reimbursement to certain towns, as au-
thorized by section twenty-four of said
chapter forty-eight .....
For personal services and expenses, including
not more than two permanent positions, in
connection with establishing forest cutting
Eractices, as authorized by chapter five
undred and thirty-nine of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and forty-three .
For the development of state forests, including
not more than seventeen permanent posi-
tions, and including salaries and expenses
of foresters and the cost of maintenance of
such nurseries as may be necessary for the
growing of seedlings for the planting of
state forests, as authorized by sections one,
six, nine and thirty to thirty-six, inclusive,
of chapter one hundred and thirty-two of
the General Laws, to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for this
purpose ......
For personal services, including not more
than seven permanent positions, and for
other expenses incidental to the suppres-
sion of insect pests and shade tree diseases,
including gypsy and brown tail moths and
Japanese beetles, and for reimbursement
to cities and towns of a proportion of their
expenses for such work, as provided by
law .......
(This item omitted.)
Total
Division of Fisheries and Game, Enforce-
ment of Laws:
1004-11 For personal services of conservation officers,
including not more than thirty-nine per-
manent positions, partly chargeable to
item 3304-11
1004-12 For traveling expenses of conservation offi-
cers, and for other expenses necessary for
the enforcement of the laws, to be in addi-
tion to the amount appropriated in item
3304-12
Total
1004-70
1004-71
Division of Marine Fisheries:
For the salary of the director
For personal services, including not more
than seven permanent positions, and in-
cluding personal services required in con-
nection with the activities provided for
under item 1004-84 and item 1004-85
$102,950 00
11,500 00
1,000 00
7,000 00
150,000 00
74,130 00
$364,310 00
$54,295 00
17,500 00
$71,795 00
$6,600 00
22,070 00
162
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 219.
Item
1004-72
For services other than personal, traveling
expenses, necessary office supplies and
equipment, and rent, and including other
expenses required in connection with the
activities provided for under items 1004-84
and 1004-85
$6,000 00
Enforcement of shellfish and other marine
fishery laws:
1004-81 For personal services for the administration
and enforcement of laws relative to shell-
fish and other marine fisheries, and for
regulating the sale and cold storage of
fresh food fish, including not more than
sixteen permanent positions
1004-82 For other expenses of the administration and
enforcement of laws relative to shellfish
and other marine fisheries and for regulat-
ing the sale and cold storage of fresh food
fish
1004-83 For expenses of purchasing lobsters, subject
to the conditions imposed by section forty-
three of chapter one hundred and thirty of
the General Laws; provided, that the
price paid for such lobsters shall not ex-
ceed the prevailing wholesale price for
such lobsters in the district where pur-
chased .......
1 004-84 For the payment to certain coastal cities and
towns of a part of the cost of projects for
the propagation of shellfish authorized by
section twenty of chapter one hundred and
thirty of the General Laws; provided, that
the expenditure by said cities and towns
of funds herein provided shall not be sub-
ject to appropriation as required by sec-
tion fifty-three of chapter forty-four of the
General Laws ....
1004-85 For the payment to certain coastal cities and
towns of a part of the cost of projects for
the suppression of enemies of shellfish au-
thorized by section twenty of chapter one
hundred and thirty of the General Laws;
provided, that the expenditure by said
cities and towns of funds herein provided
shall not be subject to appropriation as
required by section fifty-three of chapter
forty-four of the General Laws
Total
1004-87
1004-90
Specials:
For the cost of construction and improve-
ment of certain fishways
For services and expenses of the Atlantic
States Marine Fisheries Commission, as
authorized by chapter four hundred and
eighty-nine of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and forty-one ....
Total
53,840 00
20,300 00
1.000 00
11,500 00
5,000 00
$125,310 00
$6,000 00
4,600 00
1004-91
Bounty on seals:
For bounties on seals
$10,600 00
$400 00
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 219.
163
1101-01
1101-02
1101-03
1102-01
1102-02
Service of the Department of Banking and Insurance.
Division of Banks:
For the salary of the commissioner . . $8,500 00
For services of deputy, directors, examiners
and assistants, clerks, stenographers and
experts, including not more than one hun-
dred and forty-two permanent positions .
For services other than personal, printing the
annual report, traveling expenses, oflBce
supplies and equipment ....
Total
Supervisor of Loan Agencies:
For personal services of supervisor and as-
sistants, including not more than seven
permanent positions ....
For services other than personal, printing the
annual report, office supplies and equip-
ment .......
Total
Division of Insurance:
1103-01 For the salary of the commissioner
1103-02 For other personal services of the division, in-
cluding expenses of the board of appeal and
certain other costs of supervising motor
vehicle liability insurance, and including
not more than one hundred and ninety-
eight permanent positions, partly charge-
able to item 2970-02 ....
1103-03 For other expenses, including printing the
annual report, travel expenses, rent of
offices and the purchase of necessary office
supplies and equipment; provided, that
contracts or orders for the purchase of
statement blanks for the making of annual
reports to the commissioner of insurance
shall not be subject to the restrictions pre-
scribed by section one of chapter five of
the General Laws .....
Total
1104-01
Board of Appeal on Fire Insurance Rates:
For expenses of the board . . . .
Division of Savings Bank Life Insurance:
1105-01 For personal services of officers and em-
ployees, including not more than thirty-
two permanent positions.
1105-02 For services other than personal, printing the
annual report, traveling expenses, rent and
equipment ......
463,000 00
70,750 00
$542,250 00
$18,960 00
1,500 00
$20,460 00
$8,500 00
420,000 00
Total
95,000 00
$523,500 00
$400 00
$74,000 00
18,500 00
$92,500 00
Service of the Deparlment of Corporations and Taxation.
1201-01 For the salary of the commissioner
1201-02 For personal services of the corporations and
tax divisions, the division of field investiga-
tion and temporary taxes, the administra-
tion of an excise on meals and the income
tax division, including certain positions
filled by the commissioner with the ap-
$9,500 00
164
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 219.
1201-03
1201-12
1201-22
1202-02
proval of the f^overnor and council, and
additional clerical and other assistants,
totalling not more than five hundred and
eighty-four permanent positions, partly
chargeable to item 2970-03, the sum of one
million three hundred fourteen thousand
two hundred and ten dollars is hereby ap-
propriated from the General Fund; and it
is hereby provided that on or before the
tenth day of August, nineteen hundred and
forty-seven, and of each month thereafter,
the commissioner of corporations and taxa-
tion shall certify to the division of personnel
and standardization, in such form and man-
ner as said division shall prescribe, the
proportions of the amount herein appro-
priated which are properly chargeable to
the corporations and tax divisions, the
division of field investigation and tem-
porary taxes, the cost of administration of
an excise on meals and the income tax divi-
sion, respectively. It is hereby further pro-
vided that the comptroller shall transfer
to the General Fund the sum of fifty thou-
sand dollars from fees collected under sec-
tion twenty-seven of chapter one hundred
and thirty-eight of the General Laws, the
sum of eighty thousand dollars from
amounts collected under chapter sixty-four
B of the General Laws and the sum of eight
hundred thousand dollars from the receipts
from the income tax, which sums are
hereby included in this appropriation
For other services and expenses of the corpo-
rations and tax divisions, including neces-
sary office supplies and equipment, travel,
and for printing the annual report
For expenses other than personal services of
the division of field investigation and tem-
porary taxes ......
For expenses other than personal services for
the administration of an excise on meals the
sum of seventeen thousand dollars is hereby
appropriated from the General Fund; pro-
vided, that a sum equivalent to the ex-
penditures under this item shall be trans-
ferred to the General Fund from amounts
collected under chapter sixty-four B of the
General Laws .....
For services other than personal of the income
tax division, including traveling expenses,
office supplies and equipment and rent, the
sum of two hundred and twenty-five thou-
sand dollars is hereby appropriated from
the General Fund; provided, that a sum
equivalent to the expenditures from this
item shall be transferred to the General
Fund from receipts from the income tax
$1,314,210 00
65,000 00
21,600 00
17,000 00
Total
225,000 00
. $1,652,210 GO
Reimbursement for loss of taxes:
1202-22 For reimbursing cities and towns for loss of
' taxes on land used for state institutions and
certain other state activities, as certified by
the commissioner of corporations and taxa-
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 219.
165
Item
tion for the calendar year nineteen hundred
and forty-seven, and for the reimbursement
of certain towns as authorized by section
seventeen B of chapter fifty-eight of the
General Laws .....
Division of Accounts:
For personal services, including not more than
one hundred and sixteen permanent posi-
tions, partly chargeable to item 1203-11 .
For other expenses . . . .
For services and expenses of auditing and
installing systems of municipal accounts,
the cost of which is to be assessed upon the
municipalities for which the work is done
1203-12 For the expenses of certain books, forms and
other material, which may be sold to cities
and towns requiring the same for main-
taining their system of accounts
For the administrative expenses of the county
personnel board, including not more than
six permanent positions ....
Total
1203-01
1203-02
1203-11
1203-21
Appellate Tax Board:
1204-01 For personal services of the members of the
board and employees, including not more
than twenty-seven permanent positions
1204-02 For services other than personal, traveling
expenses, office supplies and equipment,
and rent ......
Total
$288,000 00
$138,000 00
15,000 00
306,000 00
25,000 00
11,480 00
$495,480 00
$105,710 00
24,000 00
$129,710 00
Service of the Deparlment of Education.
1301-01 For the salary of the commissioner
1301-02 For personal services of officers, agents,
clerks, stenographers and other assistants,
including not more than fifty-six perma-
nent positions .....
1301-03 For traveling expenses of members of the ad-
visory board and of agents and employees
when required to travel in discharge of
their duties ......
1301-04 For services other than personal, necessary
office supplies, and for printing the annual
report and bulletins as provided by law
1301-06 For printing school registers and other school
blanks for cities and towns
1301-07 For expenses of holding teachers' institutes .
1301-08 For aid to certain pupils in state teachers'
colleges, under the direction of the depart-
ment of education .....
1301-09 For assistance to children of certain war vet-
erans, for the year nineteen hundred and
forty-eight and for previous years, as au-
thorized by chapter two hundred and
sixty-three of the acts of nineteen hundred
and thirty, as amended ....
1301-10 For the maintenance and operation of the
state building on Newbury street, Boston,
including not more than four permanent
positions ......
Total
$11,000 00
183.200 00
6.260 00
13,000 00
3,500 00
1,500 00
5,000 00
15.000 00
26,000 00
$263,460 00
166 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 219.
Specials:
1301-18 For personal services and other expenses re-
quired for the operation of an agency for
surplus property $24,060 00
1301-19 For reimbursement to cities and towns of a
portion of the cost of a program for ex-
tended school services for certain children
of certain employed mothers, as author-
ized by sections twenty-six A to twenty-
six F, inclusive, of chapter seventy-one of
the General Laws, as amended 40,000 00
1301-26 For the cost of preparation, printing and dis-
tribution of courses of study for elemen-
tary grades in certain subjects, including
science, to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose . 4,000 00
1301-27 For personal services and expenses of a sum-
mer school to be conducted at Hyannis or
elsewhere, with the approval of the com-
missioner of education .... 6,200 00
Total $74,260 00
1301-30 (This item included in item 1301-33.)
Division of Vocational Education :
1301-31 For the training of teachers for vocational
schools, to comply with the requirement of
federal authorities under the provisions of
the Smith-Hughes act, so called, including
not more than twenty permanent positions $36,706 00
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation :
1301-32 For the expenses of promotion of vocational
rehabilitation in co-operation with the
federal government .... $90,000 00
1301-33 For aid to certain persons receiving instruc-
tion in the courses for vocational rehabili-
tation, as authorized by section twenty-
two B of chapter seventy-four of the Gen-
eral Laws 10,000 00
Total $136,706 00
Education of deaf and blind pupils :
1301-41 For the education of deaf and blind pupils of
the commonwealth, as provided by sec-
tion twenty-six of chapter sixty-nine of the
General Laws $520,000 00
Reimbursement and aid :
1301-51 For assisting small towns in providing them-
selves with school superintendents, as pro-
vided by law $95,000 00
1301-52 For the reimbursement of certain towns for
the payment of tuition of pupils attending
high schools outside the towns in which
thev reside, as provided by law . 198,000 00
1301-53 For the reimbursement of certain towns for
the transportation of pupils attending high
schools outside the towns in which they
reside, as provided by law . . 200,000 00
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 219.
167
Item
1301-54
1301-55
1301-61
1301-62
1301-64
1301-65
1302-01
1302-02
1303-01
1303-02
1303-03
1304-01
1304-06
1304-08
1304-10
For the reimbursement of certain cities and
towns for a part of the expenses of main-
taining agricultural and industrial voca-
tional schools, as provided by law
For reimbursement of certain cities and
towns for adult English-speaking classes .
Total
University Extension Courses:
For personal services, including not more
than forty-five permanent positions .
For other expenses .....
Total
English-speaking classes for Adults:
For personal services of administration, in-
cluding not more than two permanent
positions ......
For other expenses of administration .
Total
Division of Immigration and Americaniza-
tion:
For personal services, including not more
than nineteen permanent positions .
For other expenses .....
Total
Division of Public Libraries:
For personal services of regular agents and
other assistants, including not more than
sixteen permanent positions
For other expenses, including printing the
annual report, traveling expenses and nec-
essary office supplies ....
For the purchase of books and other publica-
tions, and for the cost of binding and re-
binding; provided, that contracts or orders
for such work shall not be subject to the re-
strictions prescribed by section one of
chapter five of the General Laws
Total
Division of the Blind:
For general administration, furnishing in-
formation, industrial and educational aid,
and for carrying out certain provisions of
the laws establishing said division, includ-
ing not more than twenty-three permanent
positions ......
For instruction of the adult blind in their
homes, including not more than fourteen
permanent positions ....
For aiding the adult blind, subject to the con-
ditions provided by law, including the cost
of certain medical assistance and supplies
For expenses of administering and operating
the services of piano tuning and mattress
renovating under section twenty-five of
chapter sixty-nine of the General Laws .
$2,208,683 31
70,000 00
$2,771,683 31
$188,760 00
50,000 00
$238,760 00
$6,960 00
1,700 00
$8,660 00
$47,260 00
9,500 00
$56,760 00
$39,120 00
7,500 00
6,000 00
$52,620 00
$69,000 00
27,150 00
430,000 00
32,600 00
168
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 219.
It«m
1304-11 For personal services and other expenses in
connection with the operation of local
shops, including not more than eight per-
manent positions, but excluding the pur-
chase of merchandise and payments to
blind employees $30,300 00
1304-12 For the purchase of merchandise and pay-
ments to blind employees in connection
with the operation of local shops 72,000 00
1304-13 For personal services and other expenses in
connection with the operation of the Wool-
son House industries, including not more
than two permanent positions, but exclud-
ing the purchase of merchandise and pay-
ments to blind persons .... 11,000 00
1304-14 For the purchase of merchandise and pay-
ments to blind employees in connection
with the Woolson House industries . 46,000 00
1304-15 For the operation of the salesroom and other
expenses in connection with the sale of
materials made by blind persons, includ-
ing not more than two permanent posi-
tions 27,000 00
1304-16 For personal services and other expenses in
connection with the operation of certain
industries for men, including not more than
six permanent positions, but excluding the
Eurchase of merchandise and payments to
lind persons 31,200 00
1304-17 For the purchase of merchandise and pay-
ments to blind employees in connection
with certain industries for men 200,000 00
Total $976,150 00
Reimbursement :
1304-27 For expenses of providing sight-saving
classes, with the approval of said division
$20,125 00
Special :
1304-28 For expenses of promotion of vocational re-
habilitation in co-operation with the federal
government ......
Teachers' Retirement Board:
1305-01 For personal services of employees, including
not more than twenty-four permanent
positions ......
1305-02 For services other than personal, including
printing the annual report, traveling ex-
penses, office supplies and equipment, and
rent .......
1305-06 The unexpended balance existing on June
thirtieth, nineteen hundred and forty-
seven, of the appropriation made by item
1305-06 in section two of chapter three
himdred and nine of the acts of nineteen
hundred and forty-six is hereby reappro-
priated.
1305-08 For the payment of the commonwealth's
share in financing the teachers' retirement
system, as provided by chapter six hundred
and fifty-eight of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and forty-five ....
Total , ,
$15,000 00
$48,840 00
12.500 00
3,350,000 00
$3,411,340 GO
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 219.
169
Item
1305-04
1306-01
1306-02
1306-10
1307-00
1307-21
1308-00
1308-21
1309-00
1309-21
1311-00
1312-00
1312-21
1313-00
1314r^
1314-21
1315-00
1321-00
Reimbursement :
For reimbursement of certain cities and
towns for pensions to retired teachers
Massachusetts Maritime Academy:
For personal services of the secretary and
office assistants, including not more than
three permanent positions
For expenses other than regular clerical serv-
ices, including printing the annual report,
rent, office supplies and equipment .
For the maintenance of the academy and
ship, including not more than fifty-two
permanent positions, with the approval of
the commissioner of education
Total
For the maintenance of and for certain im-
provements at the following state teach-
ers' colleges, and the boarding halls at-
tached thereto, with the approval of the
commissioner of education:
State teachers' college at Bridgewater, in-
cluding not more than sixty-two perma-
nent positions .....
State teachers' college at Bridgewater, board-
ing hall, including not more than twenty-
nine permanent positions
State teachers' college at Fitchburg, includ-
ing not more than sixty-three permanent
positions ......
State teachers' college at Fitchburg, boarding
hall, including not more than ten perma-
nent positions .....
State teachers' college at Framingham, in-
cluding not more than sixty-four perma-
nent positions .....
State teachers' college at Framingham,
boarding hall, including not more than
twenty-five permanent positions
State teachers' college at Lowell, including
not more than thirty-seven permanent
positions ......
State teachers' college at North Adams, in-
cluding not more than twenty-seven per-
manent positions .....
State teachers' college at North Adams,
boarding hall, including not more than
four permanent positions
State teachers' college at Salem, including
not more than fifty-one permanent posi-
tions .......
State teachers' college at Westfield, includ-
ing not more than thirty permanent posi-
tions .......
State teachers' college at Westfield, boarding
hall, including not more than two perma-
nent positions .....
State teachers' college at Worcester, includ-
ing not more than forty-one permanent
positions ......
Massachusetts School of Art, including not
more than twenty-nine permanent posi-
tions .......
Total
$531,425 21
$8,400 00
3,500 00
230,250 00
$242,150 00
$237,675 00
87,300 00
248,007 00
54,900 00
204,945 00
75,790 00
109,966 00
88,150 00
10,700 00
164,374 00
83,750 00
3,580 00
113,251 00
148,846 00
$1,631,234 00
170
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 219.
Textile Schools:
1331-00 For the maintenance of the Bradford Durfee
technical institute of Fall River, with the
approval of the commissioner of education
and the trustees, including not more than
twenty-one permanent positions, and in-
cluding the sum of ten thousand dollars
which is to be assessed upon the city of
Fall River as a part of the charges to be
paid by said city to the commonwealth in
the calendar year nineteen hundred and
forty-seven ......
1332-00 For the maintenance of the Lowell textile
institute, with the approval of the com-
missioner of education and the trustees,
including not more than sixty-three per-
manent positions, and including the sum
of ten thousand dollars which is to be as-
sessed upon the city of Lowell as a part of
the charges to be paid by said city to the
commonwealth in the calendar year nine-
teen hundred and forty-seven .
1333-00 For the maintenance of the New Bedford
technical institute, with the approval of
the commissioner of education and the
trustees, including not more than twenty-
four permanent positions, and including
the sum of ten thousand dollars which is
to be assessed upon the city of New Bed-
ford as a part of the charges to be paid by
said city to the commonwealth in the cal-
endar year nineteen hundred and forty-
seven .......
Total
$113,150 00
315,150 00
115,600 00
$543,900 00
Massachusetts State College:
1341-00 For maintenance and current expenses of
the Massachusetts state college, with the
approval of the trustees, including not
more than five hundred and twenty-four
permanent positions; and from the
amount herein appropriated sums not ex-
ceeding in the aggregate five hundred dol-
lars are hereby authorized to be expended
for experimental purposes in connection
with the cultivation of beach plums, as
authorized by chapter five hundred and
thirty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred
and forty-one .....
1341-01 For personal services and expenses of the
summer session .....
1341-77 For personal services for the maintenance of
the boarding hall, including not more than
thirty-four permanent positions
1341-78 For other expenses of the maintenance of the
boarding hall .....
1341-82 For aid to certain students, with the ap-
proval of the trustees ....
1341-83 For the cost of field and laboratory work m
connection with the Dutch elm disease and
other shade tree diseases and insects
1341-92 For the annual cost of lease of dormitories,
as authorized by chapter three hundred
and eighty-eight of the acts of nineteen
hundred and toirty-nine
$2,127,031 00
14,900 00
108,000 00,
200,000 00
6,000 00
9,000 00
61,260 00
Acts. 1947. — Chap. 219.
171
1341-93 For payment of annual charges for sewage
service by the town of Amherst
Total
$2,000 00
$2,627,181 00
Service of the Department of Civil Service and Registration.
Division of Civil Service:
1402-01 For the salary of the director and for the
compensation of members of the commis-
sion • , V J-' • • ■
1402-02 For other personal services of the division,
including not more than one hundred and
sixty-two permanent positions
1402-03 For other services and for printing the annual
report, and for office supplies and equip-
ment necessary for the administration of
the civil service law ....
1402-21
1403-01
1403-02
1403-03
1404-01
1404-03
Total
Special: , . j u
For expenses of hearings as authorized by
section one of chapter six hundred and
sixty-seven of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and forty-five, to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose ......
Division of Registration:
For the salary of the director
For clerical and certain other personal serv-
ices of the division, including not more
than thirty-nine permanent positions
For services of the division other than per-
sonal, printing the annual reports, office
supplies and equipment, except as other-
wise provided .....
Total
Board of Registration in Medicine:
For personal services of the members of the
board, including not more than seven per-
manent positions .....
For traveling expenses ....
$18,000 00
352,000 00
65.000 00
Total
$435,000 00
$2,500 00
$3,400 00
99,025 00
17,600 00
$119,926 00
$6,300 00
1,000 00
$7,300 00
1405-01
1405-02
Board of Dental Examiners:
For personal services of the members of the
board, including not more than five perma-
nent positions .....
For traveling expenses ....
Total
$3,800 00
750 00
$4,550 00
Special :
1405-21 For expenses of the national convention of
the American Association of Dental Ex-
aminers to be held in Boston in the year
nineteen hundred and forty-eight, to be
expended with the approval and 'mder the
direction of the governor and council
$1,500 00
172
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 219.
Board of Registration in Chiropody:
1406-01 For personal services of members of the
board, including not more than five per-
manent positions .....
1406-02 For traveling expenses ....
Total
$900 00
300 00
$1,200 00
Board of Registration in Pharmacy:
1407-01 For personal services of the members of the
board, including not more than five per-
manent positions .....
1407-02 For personal services of agents and investi-
gators, including not more than four per-
manent positions .....
1407-03 For traveling expenses ....
Total
$4,300 00
12,240 00
3.200 00
$19,740 00
Board of Registration of Nurses:
1408-01 For personal services of the members of the
board, and of the appointive members of
the approving authority, including not
more than ten permanent positions . . $3,570 00
1408-02 For traveling expenses .... 1,000 00
Total $4,570 00
Board of Registration in Embalming and
Funeral Directing:
1409-01 For personal services of members of the
board, including not more than three per-
manent positions .....
1409-02 For traveling expenses ....
1409-03 For the dissemination of useful knowledge
among and for the benefit of licensed em-
balmers ......
Total
$3,500 00
2,900 00
100 00
$6,500 00
Board of Registration in Optometry:
1410-01 For personal services of members of the
board, including not more than five per-
manent positions .....
1410-02 For other services, printing the annual re-
port, traveling expenses, office supphes and
equipment ......
Total
$1,900 00
500 00
$2,400 00
Board of Registration in Veterinary Medi-
cine:
1411-01 For personal services of members of the
board, including not more than five per-
manent positions .....
141 1-02 For other services, printing the annual report,
traveling expenses, office suppUes and
equipment ......
Total
$600 00
750 00
$1,350 00
1412-01
Board of Registration of Professional Engi-
neers and of Land Surveyors:
For travel and other necessary expenses
$4,000 00
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 219.
173
Board of Registration of Architects:
1413-01 For personal services of members of the
board, including not more than five per-
manent positions .....
1413-02 For travel and other necessary expenses
Total
1414-01
1414-02
Board of Registration of Certified Public
Accoimtants:
For personal services of members of the
board, including not more than five per-
manent positions .....
For expenses of examinations, including the
f)reparation and marking of papers, and
or other expenses .....
Total
State Examiners of Electricians:
1416-01 For personal services of members of the
board, including not more than two per-
manent positions .....
1416-02 For travehng expenses ....
Total
State Examiners of Plumbers:
1417-01 For personal services of members of the
board, including not more than three per-
manent positions .....
1417-02 For traveling expenses ....
Total
Board of Registration of Barbers:
1420-01 For personal services of members of the board
and assistants, including not more than
eight permanent positions
1420-02 For travel and other necessary expenses
Total
Board of Registration of Hairdressers:
1421-01 For personal services of members of the board
and assistants, including not more than
eighteen permanent positions .
1421-02 For travel and other necessary expenses, in-
cluding rent ......
Total
$2,500 00
1,500 00
$4,000 00
$675 00
2,800 00
$3,475 00
$1,000 00
4,900 00
$5,900 00
$1,100 00
2,250 00
$3,350 00
$21,070 00
7,250 00
$28,320 00
$42,190 00
12,500 00
$54,690 00
1501-01
1501-02
1501-03
1501-04
Service of the Department of Industrial Accidents.
For personal services of members of the
board, including not more than nine per-
manent positions .....
For personal services of secretaries, inspec-
tors, clerks and office assistants, including
not more than one hundred and nineteen
permanent positions ....
For traveling expenses ....
For other services, printing the annual report,
necessary office supplies and equipment
$63,500 00
278,000 00
9,000 00
21,000 00
174
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 219.
Item
1501-05
1601-21
For expenses of impartial examinations, and
for expenses of industrial disease referees,
as authorized by section nine B of chapter
one hundred and fifty-two of the General
Laws, for the year nineteen hundred and
forty-eight and the previous year
Total
Division of Self Insurance:
For personal services and other expenses of
the division, as authorized by chapter
sixty of the acts of nineteen hundred and
forty-five, including not more than six
permanent positions ....
$50,000 00
$421,500 00
$18,475 00
Service of the Department of Labor and Industries.
1601-01 For the salaries of the commissioner, assist-
ant and associate commissioners, includ-
ing not more than five permanent posi-
tions $33,000 00
1601-02 For clerical and other assistance to the com-
missioner, including not more than five
permanent positions .... 12,200 00
1601-03 For personal services for the inspectional
service, including not more than seventy-
two permanent positions 204,080 00
1601-12 For traveling expenses of the commissioner,
assistant and associate commissioners . 500 00
1601-13 For services other than personal, excluding
travel, for the administrative service, and
for services other than personal, including
travel, for the inspectional service . 30,000 00
1601-31 For personal services for the division of occu-
pational hygiene, including not more than
ten permanent positions .... 28,600 00
1601-32 For services other than personal, traveling
expenses, office and laboratory supplies and
equipment, and rent, for the division of
occupational hygiene .... 6,500 00
1601-41 For personal services for the statistical serv-
ice, including not more than thirty-five
permanent positions, and for services other
than personal, printing report and publica-
tions, traveling expenses and office supplies
and equipment for the statistical service. 94,700 00
1601-51 For personal services for the division on nec-
essaries of life, including not more than
five permanent positions . 13,260 00
1601-52 For services other than personal, traveling
expenses, office supplies and equipment for
the division on necessaries of life . 1,700 00
1601-53 For personal services in administering sec-
tions two hundred and ninety-five A to
two hundred and ninety-five O, inclusive,
of chapter ninety-four of the General
Laws, relating to the advertising and sale
of motor fuel at retail, including not more
than twelve permanent positions . . 31,390 00
1601-54 For other expenses in administering said
sections two hundred and ninety-five A to
two hundred and ninety-five O, inclusive . 6,300 00
1601-61 For clerical and other assistance for the board
of conciliation and arbitration, including
not more than ten permanent positions . 42,740 00
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 219.
175
Item
1601-62 For other services, printing, traveling ex-
penses and office supplies and equipment
for the board of conciliation and arbitration
1601-71 For personal services of investigators, clerks
and stenographers for the minimum wage
service, including not more than twenty-
eight permanent positions
1601-72 For services other than personal, printing,
traveling expenses and office supphes and
equipment for minimum wage service
1601-73 For compensation and expenses of wage
boards ......
1601-81 For personal services for the division of
standards, including not more than seven-
teen permanent positions
1601-82 For other services, printing, traveling ex-
penses and office supplies and equipment
for the division of standards .
Total
1603-01
1603-02
Massachusetts Development and Indus-
trial Commission:
For personal services of employees, including
not more than five permanent positions .
For administrative expenses, including office
rent and other incidental expenses, and for
the promotion and development of the in-
dustrial, agricultural and recreational re-
sources of the commonwealth .
Total
1604-01
1604-02
Labor Relations Commission :
For personal services of the commissioners
and employees, including not more than
twenty permanent positions
For administrative expenses, including office
rent .......
Total
Division of Apprentice Training:
1605-01 For personal services of the members of the
apprenticeship council and clerical and
other assistants, as authorized by sections
eleven E to eleven L, inclusive, of chapter
twenty-three of the General Laws, includ-
ing not more than eight permanent posi-
tions .......
1605-02 For other expenses, including travel, as au-
thorized by sections eleven E to eleven L,
inclusive, of chapter twenty-three of the
General Laws .....
Total
$5,900 00
69,210 00
5,600 00
8,800 00
44,500 00
14,750 00
$653,730 00
$46,900 00
150,000 00
$196,900 00
$68,615 00
12,000 00
$80,615 00
$30,050 00
7,500 00
$37,550 00
1701-01
1701-02
1701-03
Service of the Deparlment of Mental Health.
For the salary of the commissioner . $12,000 00
For personal services of officers and employ-
ees, including not more than ninety-two
permanent po.sitions .... 252,900 00
For transportation and medical examination
of state charges under its charge for the
year nineteen hundred and forty-eight and
for previous years 4,000 00
176
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 219.
Item
1701-04 For other services, including printing the an-
nual report, traveling expenses, office sup-
plies and equipment, and rent
1701-11 For the support of state charges in the Hos-
pital Cottages for Children
1701-12 For the cost of boarding out of patients under
the provisions of section sixteen of chapter
one hundred and twenty-three of the Gen-
eral Laws ......
Total
Division of Mental Hygiene:
1702-00 For expenses, including not more than sixty-
six permanent positions, of investigating
the nature, causes and results of mental
diseases and defects and the publication of
the results thereof, and of what further
preventive or other measures might be
taken and what further expenditures for
investigation might be made which would
give promise of decreasing the number of
persons afflicted with mental diseases or
defects .......
Special:
1702-21 For the cost of boarding certain feeble-
minded persons in private homes
For the maintenance of and for certain im-
provements at the following institutions
under the control of the Department of
Mental Health:
1710-00 Boston psychopathic hospital, including not
more than one hundred and sixty-nine
permanent positions ....
1711-00 Boston state hospital, including not more
than six hundred and seventy-three perma-
nent positions .....
1712-00 Danvers state hospital, including not more
than five hundred and fifty-one permanent
positions ......
1713-00 Foxborough state hospital, including not
more than three hundred and thirty perma-
nent positions .....
1714-00 Gardner state hospital, including not more
than three hundred and seventeen perma-
nent positions .....
1715-00 Grafton state hospital, including not more
than four hundred and fifty-seven perma-
nent positions .....
1716-00 Medfield state hospital, including not more
than four hundred and fifty-four perma-
nent positions .....
1717-00 Metropolitan state hospital, including not
more than four hundred and seven perma-
nent positions .....
1718-00 Northampton state hospital, including not
more than four hundred and fifty perma-
nent positions .....
1719-00 Taunton state hospital, including not more
than four hundred and fifty-seven perma-
nent positions .....
1720-00 Westborough state hospital, including not
more than four hundred and eighteen per-
manent positions .....
$45,000 00
37,000 00
90.000 00
$440,900 00
$203,298 00
$5,000 00
$428,520 00
1,543,330 00
1,384,445 00
812,005 00
860,777 00
1,089,372 00
1,115,810 00
1,096,865 00
1,140,110 00
1,084,270 00
1,041,371 00
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 219.
177
Item
1721-00
1722-00
1723-00
1724-00
1725-00
1726-00
Worcester state hospital, including not more
than six hundred and fifteen permanent
positions $1,595,305 00
Monson state hospital, including not more
than four hundred and fifteen permanent
positions 970,261 00
Belchertown state school, including not more
than three hundred and three permanent
positions 813,450 00
Walter E. Femald state school, including not
more than four hundred and sixty-four
permanent positions .... 1,153,910 00
Wrentham state school, including not more
than four hundred permanent positions . 1,017,760 00
State school at Camp Myles Standish, so
called, including not more than one hun-
dred and eighty-one permanent positions . 523,140 00
Total $17,670,701 00
1801-01
1801-02
1801-03
1801-04
1801-05
1801-07
Service of the Department of Correction.
For the salary of the commissioner
For personal services of deputies, agents and
stenographers, including not more than
twenty-four permanent positions
For services other than personal, necessary
office supplies and equipment .
For traveling expenses of officers and em-
ployees of the department, when required
to travel in the discharge of their duties .
For the removal of prisoners, to and from
state institutions .....
For the expense of the service of the central
index .......
$8,000 00
Total
1801-08
Division of Classification of Prisoners:
For expenses of the division hereby author-
ized, including not more than eleven per-
manent positions: provided, that the per-
sons employed hereunder shall not be
subject to civil service laws or the rules
and regulations made thereunder
Parole Board:
1801-21 For personal services of the parole board and
aovisory board of pardons, agents, clerical
and other employees, including not more
than forty-three permanent positions
1801-22 For services other than personal, including
necessary office supplies and equipment .
1801-23 For traveling expenses of officers and em-
ployees of the parole board when required
to travel in the discharge of their duties
1801-24 For assistance to discharged prisoners
Total
For the maintenance of and for certain
improvements at the following institu-
tions under the control of the Depart-
ment of Correction :
1802-00 State farm, including not more than four
hundred and one permanent positions
68,060 00
7,000 00
1,700 00
7,000 00
1,000 00
$92,760 00
$34,870 00
$126,240 00
3,600 00
11,700 00
1,000 00
$141,540 00
$1,313,780 00
178
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 219.
Item
1803-00 State prison, including not more than one
hundred and thirty-four permanent posi-
tions .......
1805-00 Massachusetts reformatory, including not
more than one hundred and seventy-six
permanent positions ....
1806-00 Reformatory for women, including not more
than one hundred and sixteen permanent
positions ......
1807-00 State prison colony, including not more than
one hundred and eighty-eight permanent
positions ......
Total
$662,600 00
744,360 00
403,162 00
718,971 00
$3,742,763 00
Service of the Department of Public Welfare.
Administration :
1901-01 For the salary of the commissioner
1901-02 For personal services of officers and em-
ployees, including not more than thirty-
eight permanent positions
1901-03 For services other than personal, printing the
annual report, traveling expenses, includ-
ing expenses of auxiliary visitors, office
supplies and expenses ....
1901-22
1902-01
1902-02
1904-01
1904r-02
1906-01
Total
Special:
For personal services and expenses in con-
nection with the federal program for dis-
tribution of surplus commodities and the
school lunch program, so called; provided,
that notwithstanding any other provision
of law persons employed hereunder shall
not be subject to the civil service laws or
the rules and regulations made thereunder,
nor to the laws regarding pensions and re-
tirement, but their employment and salary
rates shall be subject to approval of the
division of personnel and standardization
State Board of Housing:
For personal services, including not more than
nine permanent positions
For expenses, as authorized by section eight-
een of chapter eighteen of the General
Laws .......
Total
Division of Aid and Relief:
For personal services of officers and em-
ployees, including not more than one hun-
dred and five permanent positions .
For services other than personal, including
traveling expenses and office supplies and
equipment
Total
Division of Child Guardianship:
For personal services of officers and em-
ployees, including not more than one hun-
dred and ninety-nine permanent positions
$8,000 00
103,000 00
6,800 00
$117,800 00
$65,000 00
$21,520 00
5,500 00
$27,020 00
$235,000 00
28,000 00
$263,000 00
$490,000 00
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 219.
179
Item
1906-02
For services other than personal, office sup-
plies and equipment, and rent .
1906-03 For the care and maintenance of children,
including not more than two permanent
positions
Total
1907-01
1907-05
1907-07
1907-08
1907-09
1907-10
Tuition of children :
For tuition in the public schools, including
transportation to and from school, of chil-
dren boarded by the department, for the
twelve months ending June thirtieth, nine-
teen hundred and forty-seven .
The following items are for reimbursement
of cities and towns, and are to be in ad-
dition to any unexpended balances of
appropriations heretofore made for the
purpose:
For the payment of suitable aid to certain
dependent children ....
For the burial by cities and towns of indigent
persons who have no legal settlement
For expenses in connection with smallpox
and other diseases dangerous to the public
health .......
For the support of sick radigent persons who
have no legal settlement ....
For temporary aid given to indigent persons
with no legal settlement, and to ship-
wrecked seamen by cities and towns, and
for the transportation of indigent persons
under the charge of the department .
Total
1908-01
1908-02
Division of Juvenile Training, Trustees of
Massachusetts Training Schools:
For services of the secretary and certain
other persons employed in the executive
office, including not more than seven per-
manent positions .....
For services other than personal, including
printing the annual report, traveling and
other expenses of the members of the board
and employees, office supplies and equip-
ment .......
Boys' Parole:
1908-1 1 For personal services of agents in the division
for boys paroled and boarded in families,
including not more than twenty-five per-
manent positions .....
1908-12 For services other than personal, including
traveling expenses of the agents and boys,
and necessary ofiice supplies and equip-
ment .......
1908-13 For board, clothing, medical and other ex-
penses incidental to the care of boys
Girls' Parole:
1908-31 For personal services of agents in the division
for girls paroled from the industrial school
for girls, including not more than eighteen
permanent positions ....
$16,000 00
2,450,000 00
$2,955,000 00
$350,000 00
$3,200,000 00
15,000 00
170,000 00
240,000 00
1,210,000 00
$4,835,000 00
$22,590 00
3,500 00
68,653 00
18,000 00
30,000 00
46.450 00
180
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 219.
Item
1908-32
For traveling expenses of said agents for girls
paroled, for board, medical and other care
of girls, and for services other than personal,
office suppUes and equipment .
Total
Instruction in public schools:
1908-40 For reimbursemeQt of cities and towns for
tuition of children attending the pubUc
schools ......
For the maintenance of and for certain im-
provements at the institutions under the
control of the trustees of the Massa-
chusetts training schools, with the ap-
proval of said trustees, as follows:
1915-00 Industrial school for boys, including not more
than one hundred and twelve permanent
positions ......
Industrial school for girls, including not more
than ninety-six permanent positions
Lyman school for boys, including not more
than one hundred and forty-two perma-
nent positions .....
Total
1916-00
1917-00
$18,000 00
$206,193 00
$7,000 00
Massachusetts Hospital School:
1918-00 For the maintenance of the Massachusetts
hospital school, including not more than
one hundred and fifty-five permanent posi-
tions, to be expended with the approval of
the trustees thereof ....
Tewksbury State Hospital and Infirmary:
1919-00 For the maintenance of the Tewksbury state
hospital and infirmary, including not more
than six hundred and sixty-five permanent
positions, to be expended with the approval
of the trustees thereof ....
Service of the Department of Public Health.
Administration :
2001-01 For the salary of the commissioner
2001-02 For personal services of the health council and
office assistants, including not more than
twenty-five permanent positions
2001-03 For services other than personal, including
printing the annual report, traveling ex-
penses, office supplies and equipment
Division of Local Health Administration:
2002-01 For personal services of the director and as-
sistants, and district health officers and
assistants, including not more than thirty-
three permanent positions
2002-02 For services other than personal, traveling
expenses, office supplies and equipment,
and rent ......
Division of Cancer and Other Chronic Dis-
2003-01
$313,800 00
294,360 00
419,500 00
$1,027,660 00
$400,200 00
$1,612,020 00
$8,500 00
49,000 00
22,500 00
114,090 00
For personal services of the division, includ-
ing not more than sixteen permanent posi-
tions .......
17,500 00
45,425 00
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 219.
181
It«m
2003-02 For other expenses of the division, including
cancer clinics $50,000 00
Division of Maternal and Child Health:
2004-01 For personal services of the division, includ-
ing not more than twenty permanent posi-
tions 48,760 00
2004-02 For services other than personal, traveling
expenses, office supplies and equipment,
and rent 22,600 00
Division of Communicable Diseases:
2006-01 For personal services of the director, epi-
demiologists, bacteriologists, and assistants
in the diagnostic laboratory and the Was-
sermann laboratory, including not more
than thirty-eight permanent positions . 91,110 00
2005-02 For services other than personal, traveling
expenses, laboratory, office and other nec-
essary supplies, including the purchase of
animals and equipment, and including the
expenses of the Wassermann laboratory . 20,000 00
Venereal Diseases:
2006-01 For personal services for the control of vene-
real diseases, including not more than
eight permanent positions . . 23,070 00
2006-02 For services other than personal, traveling
expenses, office supplies and equipment,
including the cost of medicines, hospitali-
zation, and clinics, to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose; provided, that the maximum rate
to be paid for hospitalization shall not ex-
ceed four dollars and fifty cents per diem . 255,000 00
Division of Biologic Laboratories:
2007-07 For personal services in the investigation and
production of antitoxin and vaccine lymph
and other specific material for protective
inoculation, diagnosis and treatment, in-
cluding not more than forty-eight perma-
nent positions 113,213 00
2007-08 For other services, supplies, materials and
equipment necessary for the production of
antitoxin and other materials as enumer-
ated above, and for rent 40,000 00
2008-11 For personal services for a program for the
production and utilization of blood plasma
and other products derived from blood, in-
cluding not more than fifty-eight perma-
nent positions; provided, that no charge
shall be made for said products . 127,560 00
2008-12 For other expenses for a program for the pro-
duction and utilization of blood plasma
and other products derived from blood;
provided, that no charge shall be made for
said products 70,000 00
Dental Health:
2009-01 For personal services of the division includ-
ing not more than six permanent positions 16,260 00
2009-02 For other expenses of the division . 7,500 00
2010-01
2010-02
Hospitals:
(This item postponed.)
(This item postponed.)
182
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 219.
Inspection of Food and Drugs:
2012-01 For personal services of the director, analysts,
inspectors and other assistants, including
not more than thirty-one permanent posi-
tions .......
2012-02 For other services, including traveling ex-
penses, supplies, materials and equipment .
$86,230 00
15,000 00
Division of Sanitary Engineering:
2015-01 For personal services of the director, engi-
neers, chemists, clerks and other assistants,
including personal services for administer-
ing the law relative to shellfish, and in-
cluding not more than fifty-one permanent
positions 169,426 00
2015-02 For other services, including traveling ex-
penses, supplies, materials and equipment,
and for expenses for administering the law
relative to shellfish .... 30,000 00
Total $1,442,634 00
Division of Sanatoria and Tuberculosis :
2020-01 For personal services of the division, includ-
ing certain diagnostic clinics for tubercu-
losis, and including not more than thirty
permanent positions ....
2020-02 For other expenses of the division, including
certain diagnostic clinics for tuberculosis .
2020-03 For expenses of hospitalization of certain
patients suffering from chronic rheuma-
tism, as authorized by section one hundred
and sixteen A of chapter one hundred and
eleven of the General Laws
2020-1 1 To cover the payment of certain subsidies for
the maintenance of hospitals for tubercular
patients ......
Total
$89,780 00
16,000 00
35,000 00
360,000 00
$500,780 00
For the maintenance of and for certain im-
provements at the sanatoria, as follows:
2022-00 Lakeville state sanatorium, including not
more than two hundred and twenty-seven
permanent positions .... $515,950 00
2023-00 North Reading state sanatorium, including
not more than one hundred and eighty-
seven permanent positions . 397,960 00
2024-00 Rutland state sanatorium, including not more
than two hundred and forty-one permanent
positions 561,930 00
2025-00 Westfield state sanatorium, including not
more than two hundred and ninety-one
permanent positions .... 660,880 00
Total $2,136,720 00
Pondville Hospital:
2031-00 For maintenance of the Pondville hospital,
including care of radium, and including not
more than two hundred and thirty-five
permanent positions ....
$475,210 GO
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 219.
183
Service of the Department of Public Safety.
Item
Administration :
2101-01 For the salary of the commissioner
2101-02 For personal services of clerks and stenog-
raphers, including not more than eighty-
two permanent positions
2101-03 For contingent expenses, including printing
the annual report, rent of district oflBces,
supplies and equipment, and all other
things necessary for the investigation of
fires and motion picture licenses, as re-
quired by law, and for expenses of admin-
istering the law regulating the sale and re-
sale of tickets to theatres and other places
of public amusement by the department of
pubUc safety .....
Total
2102-01
2102-02
2102-03
2102-04
2103-01
2103-02
2103-03
2103-04
Division of State Police:
For the salaries of officers and detectives, in-
cluding not more than three hundred and
twenty-two permanent positions partly
chargeable to item 2970-04
For personal services of civilian employees,
including not more than one hundred and
twenty-eight permanent positions
For other necessary expenses of the division,
to be in addition to the amounts appropri-
ated in item 2970-05 ...
For expert assistance to the commissioner,
and for maintenance of laboratories, in
eluding not more than seven permanent
positions .....
Total
Fire Prevention Service:
For the salary of the state fire marshal
For personal services of fire and other inspec-
tors, including not more than twenty per-
manent positions ....
For other services, office rent and necessary
office supplies and equipment .
For traveling expenses of fire and other in-
spectors .....
Total
Division of inspection :
2104-01 For the salary of the chief of inspections
2104-02 For services, supplies and equipment nec-
essary for investigations and inspections
by the division ....
2104-11 For the salaries of officers for the building in
spection service, including not more than
tnirty-one permanent positions
2104-12 For traveling expenses of officers for the
building inspection service
2104-21 For the salaries of officers for the boiler in-
spection service, including not more than
twenty-six permanent positions
2104-22 For traveling expenses of officers for the
boiler inspection service .
Total
$7,000 00
176,000 00
55,000 00
$238,000 00
$202,500 00
220,000 00
170,000 00
27,270 00
$619,770 00
$4,600 00
70,330 00
4,000 00
15,500 00
$94,430 00
$4,600 00
2,200 00
106,335 00
16,000 00
88,650 00
13,600 00
$231,286 00
184
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 219.
Item
2104-31
2104-32
Board of Boiler Rules:
For personal services of members of the
board, including not more than four per-
manent positions .....
For services other than personal and the nec-
essary traveling expenses of the board
Total
State Boxing Commission:
2105-11 For compensation of appointive commis-
sioners .......
2105-12 For clerical assistance for the state boxing
commission, including not more than three
permanent positions ....
2105-13 For other expenses of the commission .
2106-01
2107-01
2108-01
Total
Board of Standards:
For personal services and expenses of the
board, including not more than seven per-
manent positions .....
Board of Elevator Regulations:
For personal services and expenses of the
board, as authorized by chapter six him-
dred and forty-three of the acts of nineteen
hundred and forty-five, including not more
than seven permanent positions
Board of Fire Prevention Regulations:
For personal services and expenses of the
board, as authorized by chapter seven him-
dred and ten of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and forty-five, including not more
than six permanent positions .
$1,000 00
500 00
$1,500 00
$6,000 00
6,160 00
14,500 00
$26,660 00
$4,500 00
$4,500 00
$4,500 00
2202-01
2202-02
2202-03
2202-04
2202-06
2202-07
2202-08
Service of the Department of Public Works.
Functions of the department relating to
waterways and public lands:
For personal services of the director, chief
engineer and assistants, including not more
than twenty permanent positions . . $49,620 00
For services other than personal, including
printing pamphlet of laws and the annual
report, and for necessary ofBce and engi-
neering supplies and equipment . 1,600 00
J'or the care and maintenance of the province
lands and of the lands acquired and struc-
tures erected by the Provincetown tercen-
tenary commission, including not more
than five permanent positions . . 10,000 00
For the compensation of dumping inspectors 1,000 00
For the maintenance and repair of certain
property in the town of Plymouth, includ-
ing not more than two permanent positions 7,000 00
For the operation and maintenance of the
New Bedford state pier, including not
more than seven permanent positions 16,500 00
For the operation and maintenance of the
Cape Cod Canal pier, including not more
than two permanent positions . . 6,000 00
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 219.
185
2202-09 For the maintenance of structures, and for
repairing damages along the coast line
or river banks of the commonwealth, and
for the removal of wrecks and other ob-
structions from tidewaters and great ponds
2202-11 For the improvement, development, main-
tenance and protection of rivers and har-
bors, tidewaters and foreshores within the
commonwealth, as authorized by section
eleven of chapter ninety-one of the General
Laws, and of great ponds, including the en-
tire cost of surveys and of the preparation
of preUminary plans for projects proposed
to be undertaken hereunder, and any un-
expended balance of the appropriation for
these purposes remaining on June thir-
tieth, nineteen hundred and forty-seven
may be expended in the succeeding fiscal
year; provided, that all other expenditures
for work undertaken hereunder, including
the cost of engineering during construc-
tion, shall be upon condition that at least
fifty per cent of the cost is covered by con-
tributions from municipalities or other or-
ganizations and individuals, except that in
the case of dredging channels for harbor
improvements at least twenty-five per
cent of the cost shall be so covered; and,
provided further, that payments from the
money provided in this item for work au-
thorized by project (6) of chapter six him-
dred and eighty-six of the acts of nineteen
hundred and forty-five shall be limited to
work made necessary by the hurricane
occurring in the calendar year nineteen
hundred and forty-four ....
2202-12 For re-establishing and permanently mark-
ing certain triangulation points and sta-
tions, as required by order of the land
court in accordance with section thirty-
three of chapter ninety-one of the General
Laws .......
2202-13 For expenses of surveying certain town
boundaries, by the department of public
works .......
The imexpended balance of the amount
previously appropriated for improve-
ments in Menemsha Creek in the towns
of Chilmark and Gay Head, as authorized
by and subject to the conditions of chapH
ter seventy of the resolves of nineteen
hundred and thirty-nine, is hereby re-
appropriated.
Total
Functions of the department relating to
airports :
2230-01 For personal services and other expenses of
operating the Logan airport
$50,000 00
100,000 00
800 00
300 00
$242,820 00
$288,631 00
Sendee of the Department of Public Utilities.
2301-01 For personal services of the commissioners,
including not more than five permanent
p>08itions ......
$41,000 00
186
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 219.
Item
2301-02
2301-03
2301-04
2301-05
2301-06
2301-07
2301-08
For personal services of secretaries, employ-
ees of the accounting division, engineering
division, and rate and tariff division, in-
cluding not more than sixteen permanent
positions ......
For personal services of the inspection divi-
sion, including not more than twenty-two
permanent positions ....
For personal services of clerks, messengers
and office assistants, including not more
than eleven permanent positions
For personal services of the telephone and
telegraph division, including not more than
seven permanent positions
For traveling expenses of the commissioners
and employees .....
For other expenses, including printing the
annual report and necessary office supplies
and equipment .....
For stenographic reports of evidence at in-
quests held in cases of death by accident
on or about railroads, or caused by the
operation of motor vehicles for the carriage
of passengers for hire ....
Total
Special Investigations :
2301-09 For personal services and expenses of hearings
and special investigations, including legal
assistants and stenographic services as
needed; provided, that no salaries or ex-
penses of permanent employees shall be
charged to this item
2302-01
2302-02
2304-01
2304-02
2308-01
2308-02
Investigation of Gas and Electric Light
Meters:
For personal services of the division of inspec-
tion of gas and gas meters, including not
more than twelve permanent positions
For expenses of the division of inspection of
gas and gas meters, including traveling and
other necessary expenses of inspection
Total
Commercial Motor Vehicle Division :
For personal services of the director and as-
sistants, including not more than twenty-
five permanent positions
For other services, necessary office suppHes
and equipment, and for rent .
Total
Sale of Securities:
For personal services in administering the
law relative to the sale of securities, in-
cluding not more than nine permanent
positions ......
For expenses other than personal in adminis-
tering the law relative to the sale of secu-
rities .......
$63,630 00
70,160 00
25,340 00
22,840 00
6,500 00
10,000 00
300 00
$239,770 00
$20,000 00
$35,975 00
4,500 00
$40,475 00
$86,460 00
20,000 00
$106,460 00
$27,410 00
1.400 00
Total
$28,810 00
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 219.
187
Item
2410-00
Interest on the Public Debt.
For the payment of interest on the direct
debt of the commonwealth, to be in addi-
tion to the amount appropriated in item
2951-00
$279,735 75
Requirements for Extinguishing the State Debt.
2420-00 For sinking fund requirements and for cer-
tain serial bonds maturing during the year
nineteen hundred and forty-eight, to be in
addition to the amount appropriated in
item 2952-00 $1,715,000 00
Bunker Hill Monument.
2801-00 For the maintenance of Bunker Hill monu-
ment and the property adjacent, to be ex-
pended by the metropolitan district com-
mission . . . . . • .
$16,010 00
Unclassified Accounts and Claims.
2805-01 For the payment of certain annuities and
pensions of soldiers and others under the
provisions of certain acts and resolves $12,210 00
2805-02 For payment of any claims, as authorized by
section eighty-nine of chapter thirty-two
of the General Laws, for allowances to the
families of certain employees killed or
fatally injured in the discharge of their
duties 12,000 00
2811-02 For the compensation of veterans who may
be retired by the governor under the pro-
visions of sections fifty-six to fifty-nine, in-
clusive, of chapter thirty-two of the Gen-
eral Laws 350,000 00
281 1-03 For the compensation of certain prison officers
and instructors formerly in the service of
the commonwealth, now retired . 60,000 00
2811-04 For the compensation of state police oflicers
formerly in the service of the common-
wealth, now retired .... 50,000 00
2820-02 For small items of expenditure for which no
appropriations have been made, and for
cases in which appropriations have been
exhausted or have reverted to the treasury
in previous years ..... 1,000 00
2820-04 For the compensation of certain public em-
ployees for injuries sustained in the course
of their employment, for the year nineteen
hundred and forty-eight and for previous
years, as provided by section sixty-nine of
chapter one hundred and fifty-two of the
General Laws, to be in addition to the
amounts appropriated by item 2970-07 . 45,000 00
2820-06 For reimbursement of persons for funds pre-
viously deposited in the treasury of the
commonwealth and escheated to the com-
monwealth 1,000 00
Total $631,210 00
188
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 219.
Item
2820-32
Purchase of Motor Vehicles.
For the purchase by the state purchasing
agent of motor vehicles to replace those
now owned by the commonwealth for
which replacement funds are not other-
wise available. Motor vehicles purchased
under this item are to be allocated, with
the approval of the commission on admin-
istration and finance, to the various de-
partments and agencies of the common-
wealth, and transfers of the sums required
for said purchases are to be authorized by
said commission from the amount herein
appropriated to appropriations made for
the services of said departments and agen-
$250,000 00
Reserve for Cost of Food and Fuel.
2820-34 For a reserve for expenses arising from pos-
sible increases in the cost of food and fuel
the sum of five hundred thousand dollars
is hereby appropriated and made available
for transfer with the approval of the com-
mission on administration and finance, to
appropriation items where the amounts
otherwise available for the purchase of
food and fuel are insufficient for the pur-
pose .......
$500,000 00
The Following Appropriations are made from the Highway Fund:
Service of the Department of Public Works.
Administration :
For the salaries of the commissioner and
the associate commissioners, including not
more than three permanent positions
2921-02 For personal services of clerks and assistants
to the commissioner, including not more
than twelve permanent positions
For traveling expenses of the commissioners
For telephone service in the public works
building, including not more than six per-
manent positions .....
For administrative office expenses, including
the purchase of oflSce supplies and equip-
ment .......
2921-01
2921-03
2921-04
2921-05
$20,500 00
28,920 00
2,000 00
28,600 00
2,000 00
Total $82,020 00
Public Works Building:
2922-01 (This item included in item 2900-80.)
2922-02 (This item included in item 2900-81.)
2922-03 (This item included in item 2900-82.)
2922-21 (This item included in item 2900-90.)
Functions of the department relating to
highways:
2900-02 For personal services and expenses of admin-
istrative and engineering work performed
in connection with all highway activities;
for personal services and expenses of the
department secretary and department busi-
ness agent; and for the payment of dam-
ages caused by defects in state highways,
with the approval of the attorney general $4,500,000 00
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 219.
189
Item
2900-04 For the maintenance and repair of state
highways and bridges, including control
of snow and ice on state highways and
town roads, and for the maintenance of
traffic signs and signals; for personal serv-
ices and expenses of work for which the
highway fund is reimbursed, other than
work in connection with projects included
in federal aid programs; for the cost, not
exceeding fifty-five thousand dollars, of in-
creasing the inventory held in storerooms
of the department; and for the payment of
personal services and expenses in connec-
tion with the purchase, construction and
repair of shelters for departmental equip-
ment and material, the cost of which is less
than five thousand dollars for each project $5,850,000 00
2900-10 For projects for the construction and recon-
struction of highways and bridges, includ-
ing the elimination of grade crossings,
which have been approved by the proper
federal authorities to be included in federal
aid programs, and for land damages in con-
nection with such projects; provided, that
any portion of the sum herein appro-
priated may also be used for said federal
aid projects in conjunction with city or
town funds, to be in addition to amounts
heretofore authorized for these purposes . 10,000,000 00
2900-12 For projects for improving state highways
and through routes, including bridges, and
including construction and reconstruction,
it being the intent of the general court that
state highways shall be made continuous
whether or not the sections to be made state
highways require construction work; and,
upon agreement with city or town officials,
for construction of needed improvements
on other through routes not designated as
state highways and without acceptance by
the commonwealth of responsibility for
maintenance; provided, that no portion of
the sum herein appropriated shall be used,
whether or not in conjunction with city or
town funds, for projects which can be in-
cluded in federal aid programs 2,000,000 00
2900-17 For projects for the construction and main-
tenance of town and county ways, as pro-
vided in sub-division two (a) of section
thirty-four of chapter ninety of the Gen-
eral Laws; provided, that amounts appro-
priated for this purpose in any fiscal year
shall be available for expenditure in the
succeeding fiscal year; and, provided fur-
ther, that not less than three hundred thou-
sand dollars of the sum herein appropri-
ated shall be available for maintenance
projects on said town and county ways 3,000,000 00
2900-18 For aiding towns in the repair and improve-
ment of public ways as provided in section
twenty-six of chapter eighty-one of the
General Laws under the terms provided in
item 2900-18 of section five of chapter six
hundred and eighty-nine of the acts of
nineteen hundred and forty-five
Total
2,076,000 00
$27,426,000 00
190
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 219.
Special:
2900-50 \ The existence of the public works stores and
55/ equipment account, established by items
2900-50 and 2900-55 of section two of
chapter sixty-eight of the acts of nineteen
hundred and forty-three, is hereby con-
tinued for the year nineteen hundred and
forty-eight under the terms and conditions
prescribed by said items of said chapter
sixty-eight; provided, that the total
amount to be expended for capital outlay
for the purchase of equipment from this
account in the year nineteen hundred and
forty-eight shall not exceed seven hundred
and ninety thousand dollars; and the sum
of four hundred and fifty thousand dollars
is hereby appropriated, to be in addition
to any amounts otherwise available for
this purpose ......
Public Works Building:
For personal services for the maintenance
and operation of the public works building,
including not more than sixty-three per-
manent positions .....
For the salaries of guards for the public
works building, including not more than
seventeen permanent positions
For other expenses for the maintenance and
operation of the public works building, in-
cluding the cost of elevator repairs and
maintenance ......
2900-80
2900-81
2900-82
Total
Special:
2900-90 For the cost of installation of certain lights in
the pubhc works building, to be in addition
to any other amount appropriated for the
purpose ......
2923-72 (This item omitted.)
Registration of Motor Vehicles:
2924-01 For personal services, including not more
than seven hundred and eight permanent
positions ......
2924-02 For services other than personal, including
traveling expenses, purchase of necessary
supphes and materials, including cartage
and storage of the same, and for work in-
cidental to the registration and licensing
of owners and operators of motor
vehicles ......
2924-03 For printing and other expenses necessary
in connection with publicity for certain
safety work ......
Total
$450,000 00
$110,720 00
42.040 00
65,840 00
$218,600 00
$10,000 00
$1,621,840 00
680,000 00
7,500 00
$2,309,340 00
2931-01
Metropolitan District Commission.
The following items are to be paid with
the approval of the metropolitan district
commission:
For personal services and other expenses of
general administration, including not more
than fifty-one permanent positions, partly
chargeable to item 8501-00 .
$41,550 00
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 219.
191
For maintenance of boulevards and park-
ways, including installation of traffic lights $1,724,480 00
For the construction, reconstruction and im-
provement of boulevards and parkways,
including bridges, and including the re-
surfacing and repairing thereof, to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose .... 1,376,000 00
Specials:
For the cost of certain repairs for shore pro-
tection at Lynn shore, Quincy shore, Win-
throp Highlands and Winthrop Parkway,
so called, to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose . 28,000 00
For the states share of the costs of a co-
operative study by the Beach Erosion
Board of the federal government of beach
problems within the metropoUtan district,
including Winthrop, Quincy shore, Lynn
shore, Revere beach and Nantasket, to be
in addition to any amount heretofore ap-
propriated for the purpose
Total
10,000 00
$3,179,030 00
Interest on the Public Debt.
For the payment of interest on the direct
debt of the commonwealth, to be in addi-
tion to the amount appropriated in item
2410-00
$3,375 00
Requirements for Extinguishing the State Debt.
For sinking fund requirements and certain
serial bonds maturing during the year
nineteen hundred and forty-eight, to be in
addition to the amount appropriated in
item 2420-00
$8,500 00
Service of the Treasurer and Receiver-General.
State Board of Retirement:
For the payment of the commonwealth's
share in financing the state employees' re-
tirement system, as provided by chapter
six hundred and fifty-eight of the acts of
nineteen hundred and forty-five, to be in
addition to the amount appropriated in
item 0604-03
$56,000 00
Service of the Department of Banking and Insurance.
Division of Insurance:
For other personal services of the division,
including expenses of the board of appeal
and certain other costs of supervising mo-
tor vehicle liability insurance, to be in
addition to the amount appropriated in
item 1103-02 $90,000 00
Service of the Department of Corporations and Taxation.
2970-03 To cover the estimated cost of collection of
the gasoline tax, so called, and to be in
addition to the amount appropriated in
item 1201-02 $65,000 00
192
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 219.
Service of the Department of Public Safety.
Item
Division of State Police:
2970-04 For the salaries of officers and detectives, to
be in addition to the amount appropriated
in item 2102-01 $607,500 00
2970-05 For other necessary expenses of the division,
to be in addition to the amount appropri-
ated in item 2102-03 .... 255,000 00
Total $862,500 00
Unclassified Accounts and Claims.
2970-07 For the compensation of certain pubUc em-
ployees for injuries sustained in the course
of their employment, for the year nineteen
hundred and forty-eight and for previous
years, as provided by section sixty-nine of
chapter one hundred and fifty-two of the
General Laws, to be in addition to the
amount appropriated by item 2820-04 .
2970-09 For the estimated share of the cost of certain
administrative functions of the treasurer
and receiver-general, the auditor of the
commonwealth, and the commission on ad-
ministration and finance, properly charge-
able to the highway fund, the sum of one
hundred and twenty-seven thousand dol-
lars is hereby appropriated to be allocated
in the following amounts for the purposes
set forth in the following items and to be
in addition to the amounts appropriated in
said items from the general fund:
Item 0414-02
Item 0414-03
Item 0414-04
Item 0414-05
Item 0414-06
Item 0601-02
Item 0701-02
$3,000 00
51,000 00
3,000 00
19,000 00
13,000 00
20,000 00
18,000 00
$55,000 00
$127,000 00
The Following Appropriations are made from the Port op
Boston Fund:
Port of Boston Authority:
3140-01 For personal services, including not more
than fifty-two permanent positions, and
other expenses of administration, includ-
ing the cost of advertising and of mainte-
nance of certain offices outside of the com-
monwealth, and the cost of engineering
and other necessary consulting services . $325,000 00
3150-01 For personal services, including not more
than eighty-one permanent positions, and
for other expenses as required for the opera-
tion and maintenance of property under
the control of the authority, including the
cost of certain reconstruction and repairs . 381,300 00
3150-41 For projects for dredging channels and filling
flats, and for the removal of wrecks and
other obstructions from tide water, to be
in addition to any amoimt heretofore ap-
propriated for the purpose
Total
100,000 00
$806,300 00
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 219.
193
The Following Appropbiations are made from the Inland Fish-
eries AND Game Fund:
Item
3304-47
Service of the Department of Conservation.
Division of Fisheries and Game:
For the salary of the director . . . $5,600 00
For personal services of office assistants, in-
cluding not more than ten permanent
positions 22,135 00
For services other than personal, including
printing the annual report, traveling ex-
penses and necessary office supplies and
equipment, and rent .... 8,500 00
Enforcement of laws:
For personal services of conservation officers,
to be in addition to the amount appropri-
ated in item 1004-11 .... 54,295 00
For traveling expenses of conservation offi-
cers, and for other expenses necessary for
the enforcement of the laws, to be in addi-
tion to the amount appropriated in item
1004r-12 17,500 00
Biological work:
For personal services to carry on biological
work, including not more than two per-
manent positions ..... 6,720 00
For traveling and other expenses of the bi-
ologist and his assistants . . . 2,500 00
Propagation of game birds, etc. :
For personal services of employees at game
farms and fish hatcheries, including not
more than twenty-five permanent posi-
tions 114,000 00
For other maintenance expenses of game
farms and fish hatcheries, and for the
propagation of game birds and animals
and food fish 118,700 00
Damages by wild deer and wild moose:
For the pajonent of damages caused by wild
deer and wild moose, for the year nine-
teen hundred and forty-eight and for pre-
vious years, as provided by law . . 12,000 00
Supervision of public fishing and hunting
grounds:
For personal services .... 3,400 00
For other expenses ..... 1,700 00
Specials:
For the cost of certain work in connection
with the improvement of streams and bird
cover, including increasing the supply of
feed for game birds .... 10,000 00
For expenses of providing for the establish-
ment and maintenance of public fishing
grounds; provided, that none of the money
appropriated in this item shall be used for
the purchase of land .... 5,000 00
For consultants and other personal services,
and for expenses, in connection with a bio-
logical survey of the streams and waters
of the commonwealth to be made under
the direction of the commissioner of con-
servation 10,000 00
194
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 219.
Item
3304-48 For the cost of certain improvements at state
game farms, to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose $10,000 00
3304-49 For the cost of certain improvements at state
fish hatcheries, and for the purchase of cer-
tain property, as authorized by chapter
four hundred and forty-four of the acts of
nineteen hundred and forty-six, to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose .... 15,000 00
3304-50 For the establishment of pond fish units, so
called, for the purpose of increasing the
available supply of various varieties of
fresh water fish other than trout . . 10,000 00
Division of Wild Life Research and Man-
agement (it is hereby provided that
federal funds received as reimburse-
ments under the following items are to
be credited as income to the Inland
Fisheries and Game Fund) :
3304-51 For personal services, including not more
than four permanent positions
3304-52 For other expenses .....
3304^53 For expenses of establishing and conducting
co-operative wild life restoration projects,
as authorized by chapter three hundred
and ninety-two of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and thirty-eight, including not more
than four permanent positions
Total
24,615 00
6,000 00
25,000 00
$482,665 00
The Following Appropriations are payable from the Veterans'
Services Fund:
Service of the Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts.
3504-30 For the maintenance of the Soldiers' Home in
Massachusetts, with the approval of the
trustees thereof, including not more than
two hundred and thirty-seven permanent
positions, to be in addition to certain re-
ceipts from the United States government $584,800 00
Service of the Commissioner of Veterans' Services.
3504-41 For personal services of the commissioner and
deputies, including not more than three
permanent positions .... $15,260 00
3504-42 For personal services of agents, clerks, ste-
nographers, and other assistants, including
not more than thirty-one permanent posi-
tions 114,000 00
3504-43 For services other than personal, including
printing the annual report, traveling ex-
penses of the commissioner and his em-
ployees, and necessary ofiice supplies and
equipment 25,000 00
Total $154,260 00
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 219.
195
Advisory Council:
3504-45 For personal services and other expenses in
connection with the work of the veterans'
service advisory council, as authorized by
chapter seven hundred and thirty of the
acts of nineteen hundred and forty-five .
$54,000 00
For Expenses on Account of Wars.
3504-51 For reimbursing cities and towns for money
paid on account of state and military aid to
Massachusetts soldiers and their families,
to be paid on or before the fifteenth day
of November, nineteen hundred and forty-
seven, in accordance with the provisions
of existing laws relative to state and mili-
tary aid other than chapter eleven of the
acts of the Special Session of nineteen hun-
dred and forty-two .... $320,299 48
3504-52 (This item omitted.)
3504^53 For reimbursing cities and towns for money
paid on account of war allowance, state and
military aid and soldiers' relief to certain
residents of the commonwealth and their
dependents, as authorized by chapter
eleven of the acts of the Special Session
of nineteen hundred and forty-two . . 88,109 41
Total $408,408 89
Service of the Treasurer and Receiver-General.
3506-21 For personal services and other expenses of
the treasurer and receiver-general in con-
nection with the payment of the veterans'
bonus, so called, as authorized by chap-
ter seven hundred and thirty-one of the
acts of nineteen hundred and forty-five, as
amended ......
$65,453 00
Service of the Department of Education.
Specials:
3513-22 For personal services and other expenses re-
quired in connection with furnishing cer-
tain educational services to certain war
veterans, including the establishment and
operation of regional education centers in
the commonwealth; provided, that any
revenue resulting from the activities herein
authorized shall be credited to the Veter-
ans' Services Fund .... $900,000 00
3513-23 For maintenance, including the furnishing of
necessary equipment, and for personal
services in the operation of the college for
veterans established at Fort Devens un-
der authority of chapter five hundred
and ninety-six of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and forty-six, with the approval of
the board of trustees referred to in said act;
provided, that any revenue resulting from
the activities herein authorized shall be
credited to the Veterans' Services Fund . $2,036,630 00
Total
$2,936,630 00
196
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 219.
The Following Appropriations are payable from Revenues
CREDITED to THE OlD AgE ASSISTANCE FuND:
Item
3604-01
Service of the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission.
For personal services, including not more
than forty-five permanent positions .
3604-02 For services other than personal, including
rent of offices, travel, and office and inci-
dental expenses .....
Total
$142,600 00
31,000 00
$173,600 00
Service of the State Racing Commission.
3604-11 For personal services, including not more
than eight permanent positions . $125,040 00
3604-12 For other administrative expenses, including
rent of offices, travel, and office and inci-
dental expenses ..... 14,000 00
Total $139,040 00
Service of the Department of Public Welfare.
3619-01 For personal services required for the ad-
ministration of old age assistance provided
by chapter one hundred and eighteen A
of the General Laws, including not more
than one hundred and eighty permanent
positions; provided, that any revenue re-
sulting from the activities herein author-
ized shall be credited to the Old Age
Assistance Fund . . . . ^
3619-02 For other expenses, including rent, travel,
oflSce supplies and other necessary ex-
penses, required for the administration of
old age assistance provided by said chapter
one hundred and eighteen A; provided,
that any revenue resulting from the activi-
ties herein authorized shall be credited to
the Old Age Assistance Fund .
$402,500 00
53,800 00
Reimbursement:
3625 For reimbursement to cities and towns for
old age assistance for the year nineteen
himdred and forty-eight and for previous
years 20,475,000 00
Total
$20,931,300 00
The Following Appropriations are payable from the Mosquito
Control Fund:
State Reclamation Board.
3901 For the maintenance and construction of
drainage ditches, as authorized by chapter
three hundred and seventy-nine of the acts
of nineteen hundred and thirty, as amended
by section one of chapter two hundred and
fifty of the acts of nineteen hundred and
thirty-five, to be assessed in the calendar
year nineteen hundred and forty-seven . $39,814 50
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 219. 197
Item
3915 For the maintenance and construction of
drainage ditches, as authorized by chapter
four hundred and fifty-six of the acts of
ntaeteen hundred and forty-five, to be as-
sessed in the calendar year nineteen hun-
dred and forty-seven .... $49,890 45
Total $89,704 95
The Following Appropriations are payable from the Parks and
Salisbury Beach Reservation Fund:
Division of Parks and Recreation.
4011 For personal services for certain administra-
tive purposes and for certain consulting
services, including not more than seven
permanent positions .... $45,798 00
4012 For travel and other administrative ex-
penses, including supplies for reservation
improvements ..... 9,000 00
4013 For the development of recreational oppor-
tunities in state forests, including personal
services and other expenses . 69,588 00
4021 For the maintenance of the Standish monu-
ment reservation ..... 3,500 00
Salisbury Beach Reservation:
4031 For the maintenance of Salisbury beach res-
ervation, including not more than one per-
manent position ..... 46,010 00
Total $173,896 00
The Following Appropriations are payable from the Smoke
Inspection Fund:
Division of Smoke Inspection.
4311 For personal services, including not more
than twelve permanent positions . . $36,360 00
4312 For other services, printing the annual report,
travel, and necessary oflSce supplies and
equipment 3,000 00
Total $39,360 00
The Following Appropriations are payable from the Prison
Industries Fund:
4401 For salaries of persons employed in the de-
partment of correction in certain super-
visory and administrative work in prison
industries, including not more than seven
permanent positions; provided, that of the
amount herein appropriated the propor-
tions properly chargeable to the prison
industries fund at the Massachusetts re-
formatory, the reformatory for women,
the state prison, and the state prison
colony shall be determined by the comp-
troller $25,980 00
198
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 219.
Item
4411
4511
4611
4711
For salaries of persons employed in indus-
tries at the Massachusetts reformatory,
including not more than twenty-five per-
manent positions ..... $70,120 00
For salaries of persons employed in indus-
tries at the reformatory for women, includ-
ing not more than thirteen permanent
positions 32,610 00
For salaries of persons employed in indus-
tries at the state prison, including not more
than twenty-eight permanent positions . 76,180 00
For salaries of persons employed in industries
at the state prison colony, including not
more than twenty-seven permanent posi-
tions 81,480 00
Total $285,370 00
Metropolitan District Commission Funds.
The following appropriations are to be as-
sessed upon the several districts in ac-
cordance with the methods fixed by law,
unless otherwise provided, and to be ex-
pended under the direction and with the
approval of the metropohtan district
commission:
8501-00 For personal services and other expenses of
general administration, to be in addition
to the amount appropriated in item
2931-01 $124,650 00
8602-00 For maintenance of parks reservations, in-
cluding the retirement of veterans under
the provisions of the General Laws . . 895,563 00
8602-27 For the cost of suppressing gypsy moths, in-
cluding certain equipment, to be assessed
as part of the cost of maintenance of parks
reservations 15,000 00
8602-37 For the expense of holding band concerts, to
be assessed as part of the cost of mainte-
nance of parks reservations . 22,500 00
8607-00 For maintenance of the Charles River basin,
including retirement of veterans under the
provisions of the General Laws 237,335 00
8611-00 For maintenance of the Nantasket Beach
reservation ...... 81,760 00
8802-00 For the maintenance and operation of a sys-
tem of sewage disposal for the north met-
ropolitan sewerage district, including re-
tirement of veterans under the provisions
of the General Laws .... 673,570 00
8802-32 For the installation of a new generator set at
the Deer Island pumping station, to be
assessed as part of the maintenance of the
north metropolitan sewerage system 7,500 00
8802-34 For the installation of a new pumping unit
at the East Boston pumping station, to be
assessed as part of the maintenance of the
north metropolitan sewerage system 93,950 00
8807-00 For the maintenance and operation of a sys-
tem of sewage disposal for the south met-
ropohtan sewerage district, including re-
tirement of veterans under the provisions
of the General Laws .... 422,327 00
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 219.
199
Item
8807-40 For the installation of two new boilers at the
Quincy pumping station, to be assessed as
part of the maintenance of the south met-
ropolitan sewerage system . . $31,500 00
8902-00 For the maintenance and operation of the
metropolitan water system, including re-
tirement of veterans under the provisions
of the General Laws .... 1,502,710 00
8902-24 For payment to the county commissioners
of Worcester county of certain assessments
upon the former town of Dana, to be in-
cluded as a part of the cost of mainte-
nance of the metropolitan water system . 400 00
8902-25 For personal services of metropolitan district
police at the Quabbin Reservoir, so called,
including not more than ten permanent
positions, to be included as a part of the
cost of maintenance of the metropoUtan
water system 28,300 00
8902-34 For the construction of additions and im-
provements to certain supply and distri-
bution mains, as a part of the cost of main-
tenance of the metropolitan water system,
to be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose . . 400,000 00
8902-35 For maintenance expenses, including per-
sonal services, of property held and oper-
ated by the metropolitan water supply
commission, to be included as a part of the
cost of maintenance of the metropolitan
water system 240,000 00
8902-36 For the purchase of certain pipe and valve
stock, for the year nineteen hundred and
forty-eight and for previous years, to be
included as a part of the cost of mainte-
nance of the metropohtan water system . 75,000 00
8902-47 For certain roofing repairs at the Wachusett
power station, to be in addition to any
amount previously appropriated for the
pxirpose, and to be included as a part of
the cost of maintenance of the metropoli-
tan water system ..... 5,000 00
8902-61 For certain alterations and construction at
the police service building at Clinton, to be
included as a part of the cost of mainte-
nance of the metropolitan water system . 6,000 00
$4,863,065 00
Total
Total Funds
General Fund ....
Highway Fund
Port of Boston Fund
Inland Fisheries and Game Fund
Veterans' Services Fund .
Old Age Assistance Fund .
Special Assessment Funds
Prison Industries Fund
Metropolitan District Commission Funds
$73,860,566 27
34,942,365 00
806,300 00
482,665 00
4,203,451 89
21,243.940 00
302,960 95
285,370 00
4,863,065 00
Section 3. No payment shall be made or obligation in-
curred under authority of any special appropriation made
by this act for construction of public buildings or other im-
provements at state institutions until plans and specifications
200 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 219.
have been approved by the governor, unless otherwise pro-
vided by such rules and regulations as the governor may
make.
Section 4. No moneys appropriated under this act shall
be expended for reimbursement for the expenses of meals
for persons while traveling within the commonwealth at
the expense thereof, unless such reimbursement is in ac-
cordance with rules and rates which are hereby authorized
to be established from time to time by the commission on
administration and finance.
Section 5. The allowance to state employees for ex-
penses incurred by them in the operation of motor vehicles
owned by them and used in the performance of their official
duties shall not exceed five and one half cents a mile.
Section 6. Amounts included for permanent positions
in sums appropriated in section two for personal services
are based upon schedules of permanent positions and salary
rates as approved by the joint committee on ways and
means, and, except as otherwise shown by the files of said
committee, a copy of which shall be deposited with the
division of personnel and standardization, no part of sums
so appropriated in section two shall be available for pay-
ment of salaries of any additional permanent positions, or
for payments on account of reallocations of permanent
positions, or for payments on account of any change of
salary range or compensation of any permanent position,
notwithstanding any special or general act to the contrary.
Section 7. In addition to the payment of regular salaries,
sums appropriated for personal services in the fiscal year
nineteen hundred and forty-eight shall be available for the
payment of such other forms of compensation as may be
due under existing statutes, or under the provisions of rules
and regulations made in accordance with said statutes.
Section 8. All money paid into the treasury of the com-
monwealth from federal subventions and grants may be
expended without specific appropriation, if such expendi-
tures are otherwise in accordance with law; provided, that
applications for such subventions and grants, and for transfers
within said subventions and grants, shall be subject to the
approval of the commission on administration and finance.
Section 9. The budget commissioner is hereby directed
to send a copy of sections three to eight, inclusive, of this
act to each departmental, divisional and institutional head
immediately following the passage of this act.
Section 10. Sections one to eight, inclusive, of this act
shall take effect on July first, nineteen hundred and forty-
seven. Approved April 2, 19 47.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 220, 221. 201
An Act amending the charter of the dedham tempo- (JJiaj) 220
RARY home for WOMEN AND CHILDREN. ^'
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section 2 of chapter 89 of the acts of 1910, as
amended by section 1 of chapter 176 of the acts of 1943, is
hereby further amended by striking out, in lines 2 and 3,
the words "receive and provide convalescent care for men,
women and children" and inserting in place thereof the
words : — provide or assist in providing convalescent care
for men, women and children and to engage in charitable
activities in the field of convalescent care, either directly
or by assisting in the work of hospitals and other charitable
agencies, — so as to read as follows: — Section 2. The said
corporation is hereby authorized to provide or assist in pro-
viding convalescent care for men, women and children and
to engage in charitable activities in the field of convales-
cent care, either directly or by assisting in the work of hos-
pitals and other charitable agencies, under such terms and
conditions as it may from time to time determine, and to
use for these purposes aU the real and personal property
which it now holds or which it may hereafter hold; and it
is authorized to take and hold for the above purposes real
and personal property, not exceeding in value one hundred
and fifty thousand dollars.
Section 2. Nothing in this act shall be construed to
authorize the application of any restricted trust funds and
the income derived therefrom held by said corporation to a
purpose inconsistent with the terms of the trust upon which
they are held, without approval of a court of competent
jurisdiction. Approved April 2, 1947.
An Act placing the positions of storeroom helpers in Qhav 221
the division of employment security of the depart-
ment of labor and industries in the official serv-
ice classification of civil service.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The positions of storeroom helpers in the division of em-
ployment security of the department of labor and industries
shall, upon the effective date of this act, be placed in the
ofiicial service classification of civil service. The persons
employed in such positions on said effective date and having
a permanent or a permanent recurrent status under the civil
service laws shall continue to serve in such positions and
their tenure of office shall be unHmited, subject, however,
to the civil service laws, and subject to their passing a quali-
fying examination to be given by the division of civil service.
Persons who do not pass such an examination shall continue
to be employed in their present positions, but shall not be
subject to said laws so far as they apply to said official
service. Approved April 2, 1947.
202 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 222.
Chap. 222 An Act establishing the raynham center water dis-
trict IN THE TOWN OF RAYNHAM.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The inhabitants of the town of Raynham,
liable to taxation in said town, and residing within the terri-
tory comprised within the following boundary lines, to wit:
— Beginning at the intersection of the Taunton-Raynham
line, said line being the center of the channel of the Taunton
river, and the division line, or such line extended, of prop-
erty now or formerly of the Universal Distillery Inc. and
Mary N. Marques, thence in a northerly direction to a point,
the intersection of the division line of land now or formerly
of John H. Davis and Morrill K. Dean, on Hill street, thence
northwesterly in a straight line to a brook at King street on
land now or formerly of Frank S. Hall near the line of
Clinton Darling, thence in a straight line to the division
line of land now or formerly of Donna M. and Annie Mc-
Caig, and Samuel G. Jones, on Pleasant street, thence by
this line to a brook, a channel from a pond known as John-
son's pond, thence in a northeasterly direction following
said brook across White street and still by a brook, and a
channel of a pond known as Tracy's pond, northwesterly
to a point, in the division line between the land now or
formerly of Doris Connors and Joseph and Dora Abrams,
thence in a northwesterly direction in a straight line cross-
ing North Main street to a point, on the division line of
the land now or formerly of George A. Fairbanks, and land
now or formerly of Charles W. Ashley, on the westerly line
of Centre street, thence southwesterly, a straight Une to the
junction of King PhiHp and Mill streets, thence following
the center Une of King Philip street in a southerly direction
to the junction of King PhiHp and Thrasher streets, thence
in a southwesterly direction, and the center hne of Thrasher
street to the Taunton-Raynham line, thence by the Taun-
ton-Raynham line southeasterly to the Taunton river, thence
by the center of the channel of the Taunton river, in a gen-
eral southeasterly direction to the point of beginning, —
shall constitute a water district and are hereby made a
body corporate by the name of the Raynham Center Water
District, hereinafter called the district, for the purpose of
supplying themselves with water for the extinguishment of
fires and for domestic and other purposes, with power to
establish fountains and hydrants and to relocate and dis-
continue the same, to regulate the use of such water and
to fi^ and collect rates to be paid therefor, and for the pur-
poses of assessing and raising taxes as provided herein for
the payment of such services, and for defraying the neces-
sary expenses of carrying on the business of said district,
subject to all general laws now or hereafter in force relating
to such districts, except as otherwise provided herein. The
district shall have power to prosecute and defend all actions
relating to its property and affairs.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 222. 203
Section 2. For the purposes aforesaid the district acting
by and through its board of water commissioners herein-
after provided for, may contract with any municipaUty, act-
ing through its water department, or with any water com-
pany, or with any other water district, for whatever water
may be required, authority to furnish the same being
hereby granted, and may lay water mains anywhere within
the town of Raynham for the purpose of securing said water
supply, and, in addition or in the alternative, may take by
eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine or chapter
eighty A of the General Laws, or acquire by lease, purchase
or otherwise, and hold, the waters, or any portion thereof,
of any pond, spring or stream, or of any ground sources of
supply by means of driven, artesian or other wells, within
the town of Raynham not already appropriated for the pur-
poses of a public supply, and the water and flowage rights
connected with any such water sources; and for said pur-
poses may take as aforesaid, or acquire by purchase or other-
wise, and hold, all lands, rights of way and other easements
necessary for collecting, storing, holding, purifying and pre-
serving the purity of the water and for convejdng the same
to any part of said district; provided, that no source of
water supply or lands necessary for preserving the quality
of the water shall be so taken or used without first obtain-
ing the advice and approval of the state department of pub-
lic health, and that the location and arrangement of all
dams, reservoirs, springs, wells, pumping, purification and
filtration plants and such other works as may be necessary
in carrying out the provisions of this act shall be subject to
the approval of said department. Said district may con-
struct and maintain on the lands acquired and held under
this act proper dams, wells, springs, reservoirs, standpipes,
tanks, pumping plants, buildings, fixtures and other struc-
tures including also the estabhshment and maintenance of
filter beds and purification works or systems, and may make
excavations, procure and operate machinery and provide
such other means and appliances, and do such other things
as may be necessary for the estabhshment and maintenance
of complete and effective water works; and for that pur-
pose may construct pipe lines, wells and reservoirs and es-
tabhsh pumping works and may construct, lay, acquire and
maintain aqueducts, conduits, pipes and other works under
or over any land, water courses, railroads, railways and pub-
lic or other ways, and along such ways, within said town of
Raynham in such manner as not unnecessarily to obstruct
the same; and for the purposes of constructing, laying,
maintaining, operating and repairing such aqueducts, con-
duits, pipes and other works, and for all proper purposes
of this act, the district may dig up or raise and embank
any such lands, highways or other ways in such manner as
to cause the least hindrance to public travel on such ways;
provided, that the manner in which all things are done upon
any such way shall be subject to the direction of the select-
204 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 222.
men of the town of Raynham. Said district shall not enter
upon, or construct or lay any conduit, pipe or other works
within the location of any railroad corporation except at such
time and in such manner as it may agree upon with such cor-
poration, or, in case of failure so to agree, as may be approved
by the department of pubUc utihties. Said district may en-
ter upon any lands for the purpose of making surveys, test
wells or pits and borings and may take or otherwise acquire
the right to occupy temporarily any lands necessary for the
construction of any work or for any other purpose authorized
by this act.
Section 3. Any person sustaining damages in his prop-
erty by any taking under this act or any other thing done
under authority thereof may recover such damages from the
district under said chapter seventy-nine or said chapter
eirhty A; but the right to damages for the taking of any
water, water right or water source, or for any injury thereto,
shall not vest until water is actually withdrawn or diverted
under authority of this act.
Section 4. For the purpose of paying the necessary ex-
penses and liabihties incurred under the provisions of this
act, other than expenses of maintenance and operation, the
district may borrow from time to time such sums as may
be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, one hundred
thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor,
which shall bear on their face the words, Raynham Center
Water District Loan, Act of 1947. Each authorized issue
shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be
payable in not more than thirty years from their dates. In-
debtedness incurred under this act shall be subject to the
provisions of chapter forty-four of the General Laws per-
taining to such districts.
Section 5. The district shall, at the time of authorizing
said loan or loans, provide for the pajmaent thereof in ac-
cordance with section four of this act; and when a vote to
that effect has been passed a sum which, with the income
derived from water rates, will be sufficient to pay the an-
nual expense of operating its water works and the interest
as it accrues on the bonds or notes issued as aforesaid by
the district, and to make such payments on the principal
as may be required under the provisions of this act, shall
without further vote be assessed upon the district by the
assessors of said town of Raynham annually thereafter until
the debt incurred by said loan or loans is extinguished.
Section 6. Any land taken or acquired under this act
shall be managed, improved and controlled by the board of
water commissioners hereinafter provided for, in such man-
ner as they shall deem for the best interest of the district.
All authority vested in said board by this section shall be
subject to section nine.
Section 7. Whenever a tax is duly voted by said dis-
trict for the purposes of this act, the clerk shall send a cer-
tified copy of the vote to the assessors of said town, who
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 222. 205
shall assess the same on property within the district in the
same manner in all respects in which town taxes are re-
quired by law to be assessed; provided, that no estate shall
be subject to any tax assessed on account of the system of
water supply under this act, if, in the judgment of the board
of water commissioners hereinafter provided for, after a
hearing, due notice of which shaU have been given, such
estate is so situated that it will receive no aid in the ex-
tinguishment of fire from the said system of water supply,
or receive no benefit in fire insurance grading therefrom, or
both, or if such estate is so situated that the buildings
thereon or the buildings that might be constructed thereon,
could not be supplied with water from said system in any
ordinary or reasonable manner; but all other estates in said
district shall be deemed to be benefited and shall be subject
to the tax. A certified Ust of the estates exempt from taxa-
tion under the provisions of this section shall annually be
sent by the board of water commissioners hereinafter pro-
vided for to the assessors, at the same time at which the
clerk shall send a certified copy of the vote as aforesaid.
The assessment shall be committed to the town collector,
who shall collect said tax in the manner provided by law for
the collection of town taxes, and shall deposit the proceeds
thereof with the district treasurer for the use and benefit of
said district. Said district may collect interest on overdue
taxes in the manner in which interest is authorized to be
collected on town taxes.
Section 8. Any meeting of the voters of the territory
included within the boundaries set forth in section one to
be held prior to the acceptance of this act, and any meeting
of the voters of the district to be held prior to the quahfica-
tion of a majority of the water commissioners, shall be
called, on petition of ten or more legal voters therein, by a
warrant from the selectmen of said town, or from a justice
of the peace, directed to one of the petitioners, requiring him
to give notice of the meeting by posting copies of the war-
rant in two or more pubhc places in the district seven days
at least before the time of the meeting. Such justice of the
peace, or one of the selectmen, shall preside at such meeting
until a clerk is chosen and sworn, and the clerk shall preside
until a moderator is chosen. At any meeting held hereunder
prior to the acceptance of this act, after the choice of a
moderator for the meeting the question of the acceptance
of this act shall be submitted to the voters, and if it is ac-
cepted by a majority of the voters, present and voting
thereon it shall thereupon take effect, and the meeting may
then proceed to act on the other articles in the warrant.
After the quaUfication of a majority of the water commis-
sioners, meetings of the district shall be called by warrant
under their hands, unless some other method be provided by
by-law or vote of the district.
Section 9. The district shall, after the acceptance of
this act as aforesaid, elect by ballot, either at the
206 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 222.
meeting at which this act shall have been accepted, or there-
after, at an annual meeting or at a special meeting called
for the purpose, three persons, inhabitants of and voters in
said district, to hold office, one until the expiration of three
years, one until the expiration of two years, and one until
the expiration of one year, from the day of the next suc-
ceeding annual district meeting, to constitute a board of
water commissioners; and at every annual district meeting
following such next succeeding annual district meeting one
such commissioner shall be elected by ballot for the term of
three years. The date of the next annual meeting shall be
fixed by by-law or by vote of the board of water commis-
sioners, but in no event shall it be later than fifteen months
subsequent to the date on which the water commissioners
were first elected. All the authority granted to said district
by this act, except sections four and five, and not otherwise
specifically provided for, shall be vested in said board of
water commissioners, who shall be subject, however, to such
instructions, rules and regulations as the district may by
vote impose. At the meeting at which said water commis-
sioners are first elected and at each annual district meeting
held thereafter, the district shall elect by ballot, each for a
term of one year, a clerk and a treasurer of the district.
The treasurer shall not be a water commissioner and shall
give bond to the district in such an amount as may be
approved by said water commissioners and with a surety
company authorized to transact business in the common-
wealth as surety. A majority of said water commissioners
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
Any vacancy occurring in said board from any cause may
be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term by said
district at any legal meeting called for the purpose. No
money shall be drawn from the treasury of the district on
account of its water works except upon a written order of
said water commissioners or a majority of them.
Section 10. Said commissioners shall fix just and equi-
table prices and rates for the use of water, and shall pre-
scribe the time and manner of payment. The income of the
water works shall be appropriated to defray all operating
expenses, interest charges and payments on the principal
as they shall accrue upon any bonds or notes issued under
authority of this act. If there should be a net surplus re-
maining after providing for the aforesaid charges, it may be
appropriated for such new construction as said commission-
ers may recommend, and in case a surplus should remain
after payment for such new construction the water rates
shall be reduced proportionately. Said commissioners shall
annually, and as often as the district may require, render a
report upon the condition of the works under their charge,
and an account of their doings, including an account of re-
ceipts and expenditures.
Section 11. The district may adopt by-laws, prescribing
by whom and how meetings of the district may be called,
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 223. 207
notified, and conducted; and, upon the application of ten
or more legal voters in the district, meetings may also be
called by warrant as provided in section eight. The district
may also establish rules and regulations for the management
of its water works, not inconsistent with this act or with any
other provision of law, and may choose such other officers
not provided for in this act as it may deem necessary or
proper. The district shall have all the rights and privileges
conferred by law upon water districts, so far as appUcable.
Section 12. Whoever wilfully or wantonly corrupts, pol-
lutes or diverts any water obtained or suppfied under this
act, or wilfully or wantonly injures any reservoir, well,
standpipe, aqueduct, pipe or other property owned or used
by the district for any of the purposes of this act, shall for-
feit and pay the district three times the amount of damages
assessed therefor, to be recovered in an action of tort, and
upon conviction of any of the above wilful or wanton acts
shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred
dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months.
Section 13. Upon a petition in writing addressed to
said commissioners requesting that certain real estate, ac-
curately described therein, located in said town and abut-
ting on said district and not otherwise served by a public
water supply be included within the limits thereof, and
signed by the owners of such real estate, or a major portion
of such real estate, said commissioners shall cause a duly
warned meeting of the district to be called, at which meeting
the voters may vote on the question of including said real
estate within the district. If a majority of the voters present
and voting thereon vote in the affirmative the district clerk
shall within ten days file with the town clerk of said town
and with the state secretary an attested copy of said peti-
tion and vote; and thereupon said real estate shall become
and be part of the district and shall be holden under this
act in the same manner and to the same extent as the real
estate described in section one.
Section 14. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance by a majority vote of the voters of the territory
included within said district by section one of this act pres-
ent and voting thereon, by the use of the check list, at a
district meeting called, in accordance with section eight,
within four years after its passage, but not otherwise.
Approved April 2^ 1947,
An Act authorizing the town of Bedford to construct pi nnn
AND operate a SYSTEM OR SYSTEMS OF SEWERS. OAWip.ZZO
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Bedford may lay out, construct,
maintain and operate a system or systems of main drains
and common sewers for a part or the whole of its territory,
with such connections and other works as may be required
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 223.
for a system of sewage disposal, and may construct such
sewers or drains in said town as may be necessary, and, for
the purpose of providing better surface or other drainage,
may make, lay and maintain such drains as it deems best.
And for the purposes aforesaid, the town may, within its
limits, make and maintain sub-drains.
Section 2. The town may make and maintain in any
way therein where main drains or common sewers are con-
structed, such connecting drains, under-drains and sewers
within the limits of such way as may be necessary to con-
nect any estate which abuts upon the way.
Section 3. The town may, at the meeting when this act
is accepted, vote that the selectmen shall act as a board of
sewer commissioners. If the town does not so vote at said
meeting, the town shall elect by ballot at any town meeting
not later than the second annual meeting after the com-
mencement of construction hereunder of a system of sewer-
age and sewage disposal, a board of three sewer commission-
ers who shall be citizens of the town, to hold office, if elected
at an annual meeting, one until the expiration of one year,
one until the expiration of two years, and one until the
expiration of three years, from such annual town meeting,
and until their successors are qualified, or, if elected at a
special meeting, one until the expiration of one year, one
until the expiration of two years, and one until the expira-
tion of three years, from the next succeeding annual town
meeting, and until their successors are qualified, and there-
after, at each annual town meeting when the term of a mem-
ber expires, the town shall elect one member of the board to
serve for three years and until his successor is qualified.
Any selectman shall be eligible to election to said board. In
either case, whether the town votes that its selectmen shall
act as a board of sewer commissioners or elects a board of
sewer commissioners, the town may at any time thereafter,
by any or all the methods permitted by general law, provide
for the election of a board of three sewer commissioners, or
that the selectmen may act as a board of sewer commis-
sioners, as the case may be.
Section 4. Said board of sewer commissioners, acting
for and on behalf of said town, may take by eminent domain
under chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws, or acquire
by purchase or otherwise, any lands, water rights, rights of
way or easements, public or private, in said town, necessary
for accomplishing any purpose mentioned in this act, and
may construct such main drains and sewers under or over
any bridge, railroad, railway, boulevard or other public way,
or within the location of any railroad, and may enter upon
and dig up any private land, public way or railroad location,
for the purpose of laying such drains and sewers and of
maintaining and repairing the same, and may do any other
thing, as may be proper or necessary for the purposes of
this act; provided, that they shall not take in fee any land
of a railroad corporation, and that they shall not enter upon
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 223. 209
or construct any drain or sewer within the location of any
railroad corporation except at such time and in such manner
as they may agree upon with such corporation, or, in case
of failure to agree, as may be approved by the department
of public utilities.
Section 5. Until the board of sewer commissioners has
first been elected as provided in this act or the selectmen
have first been authorized by vote to act as such board, as
the case may be, but not in any event later than the second
annual meeting after the commencement of the work of con-
struction authorized hereby, the town may carry on such
work by a duly authorized committee of the town. The
committee shall serve without pay and shall have all the
powers and authority given to the board of sewer commis-
sioners in this act or by general law. Whenever the phrase
"said board of sewer commissioners" or "said board" here-
inafter occurs, it shall mean and include the board of sewer
commissioners, the selectmen acting as such or the com-
mittee of the town provided for in this section, as the case
may be.
Section 6. Any person injured in his property by any
action of said board of sewer commissioners under this act
may recover damages from said town under said chapter
seventy-nine.
Section 7. The town shall, by vote, determine what
proportion of the cost of said system or systems of sewerage
and sewage disposal the town shall pay; provided, that it
shall pay not less than one fourth nor more than two thirds
of the whole cost. In providing for the payment of the
remaining portion of the cost of said system or systems or
for the use of said system or systems, the town may avail
itself of any or all of the methods permitted by general laws,
and the provisions of said general laws relative to the assess-
ment, apportionment, division, reassessment, abatement
and collection of sewer assessments, to liens therefor and
to interest thereon shall apply to assessments made under
this act, except that interest shall be at the rate of six per
cent per annum. At the same meeting at which the town
determines the proportion of the cost which is to be borne
by it, it may by vote determine by which of such methods
the remaining portion of said cost shall be provided for.
The collector of taxes of the town shall certify the payment
or payments of such assessments or apportionments thereof
to the sewer commissioners, or to the selectmen acting as
such, who shall preserve a record thereof.
Section 8. For the purpose of paying the necessary
expenses and liabilities incurred under this act, the town
may borrow such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding,
in the aggregate, two hundred and seventy-five thousand
dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall
bear on their face the words, Bedford Sewerage Loan, Act of
1947. Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate
loan. Indebtedness incurred under this act shall be in excess
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 223.
of the statutory limit, but shall, except as provided herein
be subject to chapter forty-four of the General Laws.
Section 9. The receipts from sewer assessments and
from payments made in lieu thereof shall be applied to the
payment of charges and expenses incident to the main-
tenance and operation of said system or systems of sewerage
and sewage disposal or to the extension thereof, to the pay-
ment of interest upon bonds or notes issued for sewer purposes
or to the payment or redemption of such bonds or notes.
Section 10. Said board of sewer commissioners may
annually appoint a clerk and may appoint a superintendent
of sewers who shall not be a member of the board, and shall
define their duties. It may remove the clerk or superin-
tendent at its pleasure. Said board may, in its discretion,
prescribe for the users of said sewer system or systems such
annual rentals or charges based on the benefits derived
therefrom as it may deem proper, subject, however, to such
rules and regulations as may be fixed by vote of the town.
Section 11. All contracts made by the board of sewer
commissioners shall be made in the name of the town and
shall be signed by the board, but no contract shall be made
or obligation incurred by said board for any purpose in
excess of the amount of money appropriated by the town
therefor.
Section 12. Said board may, from time to time, prescribe
rules and regulations for the connection of estates and build-
ings with main drains and sewers, and for inspection of the
materials, the construction, alteration and use of all connec-
tions and drains entering into such main drains or sewers,
and may prescribe penalties, not exceeding twenty dollars,
for each violation of any such rule or regulation. Such rules
and regulations shall be published at least once a week for
three successive weeks in some newspaper published in the
town of Bedford, if there be any, and if not, then in some
newspaper pubUshed in the county of Middlesex or Suffolk,
and shall not take effect until such publications have been
made.
Section 13. No act shall be done under authority of the
preceding sections, except in the making of surveys and
other preliminary investigations, until the plans for said
system or systems of sewerage and sewage disposal have
been approved by the state department of public health.
Upon application to said department for its approval, it
shall give a hearing, after due notice to the public. At such
hearing, plans showing in detail all the work to be done in
constructing said system or systems of sewerage and sewage
disposal shall be submitted for approval by said department.
Section 14. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance by vote of a majority of the voters of the town
of Bedford voting thereon at an annual town meeting held
within five years after its passage, but not otherwise.
Approved April S, 1947.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 224. 211
An Act making permanent certain temporary provi- Qfidj) 224
SIGNS GF LAW RELATIVE TG THE CARE AND DISPOSAL GF ^'
LAND ACQUIRED BY CITIES AND TOWNS THROUGH FORE-
CLOSURE GF TAX TITLES AND CERTAIN LAND GF LOW VALUE
ACQUIRED BY THEM.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend ^rTambi"''^
to defeat one of its principal purposes, which is to make
provision by general law for the care and disposal of land
acquired by cities and towns through the foreclosure of tax
titles and certain land of low value acquired by them, im-
mediately upon the expiration of the existing temporary
provisions, therefore this act is hereby declared to be an
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 60 of the General Laws, as amended, Ed)'"60.Tew
is hereby further amended by inserting after section 77A, § 77B, add«d.
inserted by chapter 78 of the acts of 1945, the following sec-
tion:— Section 77 B. The mayor of any city or the select- Careanddis-
men of any town which holds property acquired by fore- acq^red'by^
closure of tax titles or acquired under section eighty may towns^^ough
appoint a custodian who shall have the care, custody, man- foreclosure
agement and control of all property heretofore or hereafter ° ^^^ **^ *^'
so acquired by said city or town. The custodian shall serve
during the pleasure of the mayor or selectmen and shall
receive as his compensation, if any, a sum fixed by the
mayor or by the selectmen.
The custodian, acting on behalf of the city or town, may,
notwithstanding any provision of law, ordinance or by-law
inconsistent herewith, sell at public auction any such prop-
erty, first sending a notice thereof as herein provided to the
owner of record immediately prior to the acquisition by the
city or town of the title to such property. Such notice shall
contain a description of the property to be sold sufficient to
identify it, shall state the date, time and place appointed
for the sale thereof and the terms and conditions of such
sale, and shall be sent by registered mail to the address of
such owner as appearing upon the records of the assessors
of the city or town, at least fourteen days before such sale.
The custodian shall also, not less than fourteen days before
such appointed date, post a similar notice in two or more
convenient and public places in the city or town. Failure
to send or to post a notice as herein provided, or any in-
sufficiency m the notice sent or posted, shall not invalidate
the title to any property sold hereunder. The custodian
may reject any and all bids at such sale or any adjournment
thereof if in his opinion no bid is made which approximates
the fair value of the property, and he may adjourn the sale
from time to time for such periods as he deems expedient,
giving notice thereof at the time and place appointed for
the sale or for any adjournment thereof. After any such
212 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 225, 226.
sale and upon payment by the purchaser to the city or town
of the amount of a bid accepted by the custodian, the treas-
urer of said city or town shall, on its behalf, execute and
deliver any instrument necessary to transfer the title of the
city or town to any such property sold under this section.
This section shall not be construed to prevent a city or town
from disposing of such property under section three of
chapter forty, or in any other manner authorized by law.
If the custodian is of the opinion that a sale of any such
property is not immediately practicable, the custodian, act-
ing on behalf of the city or town, may, subject to the ap-
proval of the mayor or the selectmen, notwithstanding any
provision of law, ordinance or by-law inconsistent herewith,
lease such property for a term not exceeding three years,
and may on behalf of the city or town execute and deliver
such lease.
The custodian, subject to appropriation, may employ one
or more assistants as may be necessary for the proper per-
formance of his duties. Such assistants shall receive as
compensation such amounts as may be approved by the
mayor or by the selectmen.
Effective SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon May twenty-
seventh, nineteen hundred and forty-seven.
Approved April 3, 1947.
Chap. 225 An Act authorizing the town of webster to pay a
SUM OF money to JOHN JAROSZ OF SAID TOWN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of discharging a moral obli-
gation, the town of Webster is hereby authorized to pay to
John Jarosz of said town a sum of money, not exceeding
one thousand dollars, to reimburse him for expenses of hos-
pital and medical care necessarily incurred by him, and for
loss of pay, on account of injuries sustained on October
twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and forty-six while in the
performance of his duties as a regular intermittent patrol-
man in the police department of said town.
Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its accept-
ance by a majority of the registered voters of said town of
Webster voting thereon at a town meeting, but not other-
wise. Approved April 3, 1947.
Chap. 22Q ^.n Act relative to appropriations for school pur-
poses in the city of boston in the current year.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows: —
Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter
two hundred and twenty-four of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and thirty-six, the school committee of the city of
Boston may, in the current year, by vote of four fifths of all
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 227, 228. 213
its members, taken by yeas and nays, make appropriations
to be raised by taxation as follows : —
For all school purposes other than those stated in para-
graphs a and b of section two of said chapter two hundred
and twenty-four, the sum of sixteen million seven hundred
and sixty thousand dollars; provided, that, of said amount,
the sum of one million six hundred thousand dollars shall
be used for salary increases only. Any salary increases
voted during the current year by the school committee of
the city of Boston may be paid from April first of said year
upon vote of four fifths of all its members, taken by yeas
and nays.
Section 2. Nothing in this act shall prevent the mayor
of said city, on request of the school committee, from rec-
ommending, and the city council from passing, additional
appropriations for school purposes.
Section 3. So much of section five of chapter two hun-
dred and forty-one of the acts of eighteen hundred and
seventy-five, as amended, as provides that the salaries of
teachers in the public schools of said city shall not be in-
creased during a school year shall not be operative in re-
spect to the current school year.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 3, 1947.
An Act relative to the filing of nomination papers and (J}i(ip^227
the doing of certain other acts in connection with ^'
CERTAIN regular MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN THE CITY OF
BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 139 of the acts of 1945 is
hereby repealed.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 7, 1947.
An Act repealing a certain provision of law forbidding (7/^^^.228
the trustees of thayer academy to charge tuition ^'
fees in certain cases.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would impose Emergency
unjustifiable financial burdens on the Trustees of Thayer preamble.
Academy by continuing in force a provision of law forbidding
said corporation to charge tuition fees in the case of certain
scholars, to the detriment of the purposes for which said
corporation was organized, therefore it is hereby declared to
be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preserva-
tion of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 3 of chapter 91 of the acts of 1879 is hereby re-
pealed. Approved April 7, 1947.
214 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 229, 230.
Chap.229 An Act increasing the salaries of the members and
THE secretary OF THE LICENSING BOARD FOR THE CITY
OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 291 of the acts of 1906 is hereby
amended by striking out section 2, as most recently amended
by section 1 of chapter 305 of the acts of 1945, and insert-
ing in place thereof the following section: — Section 2. The
annual salary of the chairman of said board shall be six
thousand five hundred dollars, that of each of the other two
members six thousand dollars and that of the secretary six
thousand dollars. Such salaries shall be paid in monthly
instalments by the city of Boston. Subject to the approval
of the governor and council, said board may provide itself
with rooms, convenient and suitable for the performance of
its duties, the rent of which shall be paid by the city of Bos-
ton. Said rooms shall be suitably furnished and equipped,
and the expense thereof shall be paid by said city upon
requisition by said board.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 7, 1947.
Chap. 2S0 An Act relative to appropriations for school purposes
in the city of LYNN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The paragraph of section 1 of chapter 178 of
the acts of 1909 inserted by section 1 of chapter 154 of the
acts of 1937, as amended by section 1 of chapter 106 of the
acts of 1946, is hereby further amended by inserting after
the word "receipts" in line 11 the words: — and amounts
received under sections one to seven, inclusive, of chapter
seventy of the General Laws and other state aid for school
purposes, — and by striking out in lines 11 and 12 the words
"one million nine" and inserting in place thereof the words: —
two million four, — so as to read as follows : —
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section,
if in the opinion of the school committee amounts in excess
of the aggregate amount which would be available under
such provisions are necessary for the above named purposes
for any financial year, the school committee, by vote of a
majority of all its members taken by yeas and nays, subject
to the approval of the mayor, may increase appropriations
for said purposes for such financial year, but the total amount
available for said purposes from all sources, including taxa-
tion, balances of appropriations and miscellaneous receipts
and amounts received under sections one to seven, inclusive,
of chapter seventy of the General Laws and other state aid
for school purposes, shall not exceed the sum of two million
four hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
Section 2. Appropriations for the city of Lynn for the
current year may be made under section one of said chapter
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 231, 232, 233. 215
one hundred and seventy-eight, as most recently amended
by section one of this act and as affected by section thirty
of chapter forty-four of the General Laws, at any time
before the fixing of the tax rate for said city for the current
year, notwithstanding any provision therein contained.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 7, 1947.
An Act subjecting the office of assistant physical (J}iQr) 231
DIRECTOR IN THE PARK DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF ^'
BOSTON TO THE CIVIL SERVICE LAWS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The office of assistant physical director in the
park department of the city of Boston shall, upon the effec-
tive date of this act, become subject to the civil service laws
and rules and regulations, and the term of office of any in-
cumbent thereof shall be unlimited, subject, however, to
said laws; provided, however, that the present incumbent
of said office may continue to serve as such after passing a
qualifying examination to which he shall be subjected by
the division of civil service.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 7, 1947.
An Act enabling the town of mattapoisett to build nhnrf 232
AND rent a building ON THE TOWN WHARF PROPERTY. "*
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Mattapoisett may appropriate
and expend a sum not exceeding three thousand dollars for
the purpose of constructing a building on the town wharf
property; provided, that such building shall not interfere
with the use of said property as a public landing. The
selectmen may lease said building for a period or periods not
to exceed ten years subject to such terms and conditions, in-
cluding a condition that the lessor shall maintain said build-
ing and make necessary repairs thereto, as they deem ad-
visable.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 7, 1947.
An Act authorizing the town of dan vers to pay a Chap.2Z3
SUM of MONEY TO JOHN E. DOYLE OF SAID DAN VERS FOR
MEDICAL AND HOSPITAL EXPENSES INCURRED BY HIM AS
A RESULT OF INJURIES WHICH HE SUSTAINED WHILE PER-
FORMING HIS DUTIES AS SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
OF SAID TOWN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of discharging a moral ob-
ligation, the town of Danvers is hereby authorized to appro-
priate the sum of three hundred and ninety-six dollars to
216
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 234, 235.
reimburse John E. Doyle for medical and hospital expenses
incurred by him as a result of injuries which he sustained
while in the performance of his duties as sealer of weights
and measures of said town, and to pay said sum to said
Doyle for such purpose.
Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance by a majority of the registered voters of the town
of Danvers voting thereon at any annual or special town
meeting, but not otherwise. Approved April 7, 1947.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 147, § 38,
amended.
Number of
rounds.
C/iap.234 An Act further regulating the conduct of boxing or
SPARRING MATCHES OR EXHIBITIONS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 147 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
striking out section 38, as appearing in the Tercentenary
Edition, and inserting in place thereof the following sec-
tion : — Section 38. Boxing or sparring matches or exhibi-
tions shall not exceed ten rounds in length, but if such
matches or exhibitions are to determine championships, they
may, in the discretion of the commission, exceed ten rounds
in length but not fifteen. No round in any such match or
exhibition shall exceed three minutes. No contestant in a
professional match or exhibition shall participate in more
than ten such rounds, or more than the number of rounds
determined by the commission as aforesaid, as the case may
be, during any period of seventy-two hours. No contestant
in amateur boxing shall compete in more than two tourna-
ments in any period of seven days, nor participate in more
than three contests between twelve o'clock noon of any day
and twelve thirty o'clock in the morning of the next day.
All amateur boxing or sparring matches or exhibitions held
on any day shall terminate at or before twelve thirty o'clock
in the morning of the next day. The contestants in pro-
fessional matches or exhibitions shall wear, during the con-
test, gloves weighing at least six ounces each and in amateur
matches or exhibitions, unless otherwise authorized by the
commission, the contestants shall wear, during the contest,
gloves weighing at least eight ounces each. Every boxer
participating in a boxing or sparring match or exhibition
shall be required to wear a standard protective device, to be
approved by the commission. Approved April 7, 19If.7.
Chav 235 An Act further defining the powers of the juvenile
court in dealing with children who commit an of-
fence while under the age of seventeen and are not
apprehended until after reaching the age of seven-
teen.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 119, § 72,
amended.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 72 of chapter 119 of the General Laws, as appear-
ing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by in-
serting after the word "file", in line 5, the following: — , or
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 236. 217
where a child between the ages of sixteen and seventeen
commits an offence and is not apprehended until after reach-
ing the age of seventeen the court may deal with said child
in the same manner as if he or she had not reached the age
of seventeen, and all provisions and rights applicable to a
child under seventeen shall apply to said child, — so as to
read as follows : — Section 72. Courts may continue to ex- Jurisdiction
ercise jurisdiction in their juvenile sessions over children who tLl^hiveniie
become seventeen years of age or who pass the age limit for ^^^^12^^°^'
bringing the kind of complaint or proceeding before the
court, pending adjudication on their cases, or during con-
tinuances or probation, or after their cases have been placed
on file, or where a child between the ages of sixteen and
seventeen commits an offence and is not apprehended until
after reaching the age of seventeen the court may deal with
said child in the same manner as if he or she had not reached
the age of seventeen, and all provisions and rights applicable
to a child under seventeen shall apply to said child. Nothing
herein shall authorize the commitment of any girl over seven-
teen years of age to the industrial school for girls, or give any
court any power or authority over said children after they
become eighteen years of age, except that, on the revocation
of the suspension of the execution of a sentence or order of
commitment, such sentence or order of commitment may
be executed, notwithstanding that the child sentenced or or-
dered committed has passed the age limit for commitment
to the institution to which he was sentenced or ordered
committed. Approved April 7, 1947.
An Act further regulating investments by savings (Jfidj) 236
BANKS OF deposits AND THE INCOME DERIVED THEREFROM ^'
IN CERTAIN BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER INTEREST BEARING
OBLIGATIONS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follotvs:
Section 1. Section 54 of chapter 168 of the General Laws g. l. (Ter.
is hereby amended by adding at the end of subdivision (k) ^tc!!'amlnded^'
of clause Second, as most recently amended by section 1 of
chapter 413 of the acts of 1941, the following sentence: —
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing provisions
of this subdivision, they shall be construed to mean that
bonds, notes or other interest bearing obhgations of counties,
cities, towns or districts shall not be legal for such invest-
ment if the power of said political subdivisions to levy taxes
on the taxable real property therein for the full payment of
principal and interest of such obhgations is hmited as to
rate or amount, — so that said subdivision (k) will read as
follows : —
(fc) The full faith and credit of the county, city, town or investments
district shall be pledged for the full payment of principal '''^*^°"''«^-
and interest of all bonds, notes or other interest bearing ob- r^bonis."'^''
ligations legal for investment under any provision or sub-
division of this clause. Without limiting the generality of
218
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 236.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 168, § 54,
etc., further
amended.
Telephone
company
bonds.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 168. § 54,
etc., further
amended.
Other bonds
of telephone
companies.
0. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 168, § 54,
etc., further
amended.
Public service
company
securities.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 168. § 54
etc., further
amended.
Public service
company
securities.
the foregoing provisions of this subdivision, they shall be
construed to mean that bonds, notes or other interest bear-
ing obligations of counties, cities, towns or districts shall not
be legal for such investment if the power of said political
subdivisions to levy taxes on the taxable real property
therein for the full payment of principal and interest of such
obhgations is limited as to rate or amount.
Section 2. Subdivision (3) of clause Fifth of said sec-
tion 54, as most recently amended by section 4 of said chap-
ter 413, is hereby further amended by striking out, in Hues 5
and 6, the words "in the case of .any such company having
any shares without par value", — so as to read as follows: —
(3) provided, further, that at the end of the fiscal year
immediately preceding the date of such investment the out-
standing fully paid capital stock of any such telephone com-
pany, together with the total of all surplus accounts as
shown by the books of such company, shall be equal to at
least two thirds of its total funded debt.
Section 3. Said section 54 is hereby further amended by
adding after paragraph (6) of clause Fifth C, inserted by
section 5 of said chapter 413, the following paragraph: —
(c) In the case of a new issue of bonds, notes, or capital
stock, the terms, "total assets", "depreciated value of
fixed property", "total outstanding indebtedness", "bonds
and notes outstanding", "funded debt", "mortgage debt",
"capital stock", and "surplus accounts", shall mean the
amount to be shown by the books of the corporation after
the issuance and sale of such new issues of bonds, notes or
capital stock, except that there may be added to the depre-
ciated value of the fixed property, that portion of the pro-
ceeds of the sale of the new issue or issues which is to be used
for additions to such property under the terms of a binding
agreement.
Section 4. Clause Sixth A of said section 54, as most
recently amended by section 3 of chapter 377 of the acts of
1945, is hereby further amended by striking out paragraph
(c) of subdivision (1), and inserting in place thereof the fol-
lowing paragraph : —
(c) In the sale and distribution of natural gas supplied
in substitution for and in mixture with artificial gas; but
in no case shall the bonds of any corporation which in the
year preceding the date of investment shall have derived
more than forty per cent of its gross revenues from the sale
and distribution of natural gas become a legal investment
unless said corporation maintains at all times full facilities
for the manufacture of artificial gas in quantities sufficient
to supply the normal demand ; and
Section 5. Said clause Sixth A, as amended, is hereby
further amended by striking out paragraph (c) of subdivision
(4) and by striking out subdivisions (5), (6) and (7), and
inserting in place thereof the four following subdivisions : —
(5) provided, further, that at the date of investment, the
outstanding fully paid capital stock and surplus of such cor-
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 237. 219
poration shall be equal to at least sixty per cent of its total
funded debt. "Funded debt", as used herein, shall mean
all interest bearing debt, whether secured or unsecured,
maturing more than one year from its date of issue, but ex-
cluding bonds of the corporation held as collateral to secure
other of its outstanding obhgations.
(6) Such bonds shall be issued under an indenture which
cannot be changed so as to alter the obligations of the com-
pany to pay the principal at maturity, or to pay the interest
at the rates and on the dates specified in such bonds, except
with the consent of the holder or holders of the bond or bonds
affected, and such bonds shall be secured by either a first or
junior mortgage upon all or part of the fixed property of
such corporation, but the aggregate principal amount of all
its mortgage bonds shall not exceed seventy-five per cent
of the depreciated value of the fixed property of the cor-
poration as shown by its books except that there may be
added to the depreciated value of the fixed property as
shown by its books, the amount of any cash which is to
be used for additions to the fixed property in accordance
with terms of a binding agreement. No junior mortgage
bond shall quafify under this paragraph unless under the
terms of the indenture under which it was issued all underly-
ing mortgages must be paid at maturity, or refunded by
such junior mortgage. Such underlying mortgages shall be
closed except for the purpose of issuing additional bonds to
be pledged under such junior mortgage. If such junior
mortgage, or, in the absence of a junior mortgage, the first
mortgage, is not closed, it shall provide for the issuance
of additional bonds for extensions, improvements and prop-
erty acquisitions only for an amount not exceeding eighty per
cent of the actual cost of such extensions, improvements
and property acquisitions.
(7) If, during any of the periods mentioned in this clause,
such corporation has been consolidated by purchase or other-
wise, the aggregate operating figures, exclusive of intercom-
pany charges, and the consolidated balance sheet figures may
be considered to determine whether the requirements of this
clause have been satisfied.
(8) Not more than twenty per cent of the deposits of any
such bank shall be invested in bonds under this clause, nor
shall more than two per cent of such deposits be invested
in the bonds of any one such corporation.
Approved April 7, 1947.
An Act authorizing the placing of the office of super- nfi^jy 237
INTENDENT OF THE CITY INFIRMARY OF THE CITY OF LYNN ^'
UNDER THE CIVIL SERVICE LAWS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The office of superintendent of the city in-
firmary of the city of Lynn shall, upon the effective date of
this act, become subject to the civil service laws, rules and
220
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 238, 239.
regulations, and the tenure of office of any incumbent
thereof shall be unlimited, subject, however, to said laws,
but the person holding said office on said effective date shall
continue to serve therein only until January first, nineteen
hundred and forty-eight unless prior thereto he passes a
qualifying examination to which he shall be subjected by
the division of civil service. Upon passing the same, he shall
be deemed to be permanently appointed to said position
without serving any probationary period.
Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance by vote of the city council of said city, subject to
the provisions of its charter, but not otherwise.
Approved April 7, 1947.
Chap.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 12, new
§ 6A, added.
Attorney
general may
call district
attorneys,
sheriffs and
police.
238 An Act authorizing the attorney general to call, as
occasion may require, conferences of district at-
torneys, sheriffs and police officials of cities and
TOWNS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 12 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
inserting after section 6, as appearing in the Tercentenary
Edition, the following section : — Section 6 A . He may
from time to time, and as often as occasion may require,
call into conference the district attorneys, the sheriffs of the
several counties and the chiefs of police of the several cities
and towns, or such of them as he may deem advisable, for
the purpose of discussing the duties of their respective offices
with a view to the uniform and adequate enforcement of the
laws of the commonwealth. Approved April 8, 1947.
Chap. 2^^ An Act authorizing any district having a fire depart-
ment TO PLACE THE OFFICE OF CHIEF ENGINEER OF SUCH
DEPARTMENT UNDER THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 48 of chapter 31 of the General Laws, as amended
by section 6 of chapter 701 of the acts of 1945, is hereby
further amended by adding at the end the following para-
graph : —
The office of chief engineer of a district organized under
general or special law, having a fire department, and incum-
bents of any such office, shall be subject to the provisions
of this section relative to towns, and for this purpose, the
word "town" shall include a district, the words "regular
municipal election" shall include an annual district meet-
ing, and the words "town clerk" shall include the clerk of a
district. Approved April 8, 1947.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 31, § 48,
etc., amended.
Office of
chief
engineer
included in
this section.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 240, 241, 242. 221
An Act making temporaey provision relative to the Chav. 24:0
FILING OF ANNUAL STATEMENTS OF INSURANCE COMPANIES,
OR OF SCHEDULES ACCOMPANYING SUCH STATEMENTS.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to Emergency
defeat its purpose, which in part is to permit the commis- ^'^®^°'
sioner of insurance to exercise, as of March first of the cur-
rent year, the authority thereby given to him, therefore it
is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1, The commissioner of insurance is hereby
authorized to extend in the years nineteen hundred and
forty-seven, nineteen hundred and forty-eight and nineteen
hundred and forty-nine the time for the filing of annual
statements of insurance companies transacting business in
the commonwealth, or of schedules accompanying such state-
ments, for not more than ninety days beyond March first
in said years.
Section 2. This act shall be effective as of March first
in the current year. Approved April 9, 1947.
An Act granting jurisdiction to the boston juvenile (Jfid^ 241
court concurrent with the municipal court OF THE ^'
CITY OF BOSTON OF COMPLAINTS FOR FAILING TO REQUIRE A
CHILD TO ATTEND SCHOOL.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section 2 of chapter 76 of the General Laws, g. l. (Ter.
as appearing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended fmended.^ ^'
by adding at the end the two following sentences : — The Boston
Boston juvenile court shall have jurisdiction, concurrent |,"^°'^^g
with the municipal court of the city of Boston, of complaints concurrent
hereunder. Complaints hereunder brought in other district ju^'sdiction.
courts shall be heard in the juvenile sessions thereof.
Section 2. This act shall take effect on September first
in the current year. Approved April 9, 1947.
An Act further regulating the separation from the nhn^ 942
service of the commonwealth of certain war ^'
veterans holding unclassified offices or positions.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 30 of the General Laws is hereby amended by g. l. (Ter.
striking out section 9A, inserted by chapter 269 of the acts ftc'^'amended'
of 1946, and inserting in place thereof the following sec-
tion: — Section 9 A. A veteran, as defined in section twenty- separation of
in the service of the commonwealth not classified under said hoidi
chapter thirty-one, other than an elective office, an ap- office or*
pointive office for a fixed term or an office or position under positions.
222 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 243, 244.
section seven of this chapter, and has held such office or
position for not less than three years, shall not be involun-
tarily separated from such office or position except subject
to and in accordance with the provisions of sections forty-
three and forty-five of said chapter thirty-one to the same
extent as if said office or position were classified under said
chapter. If the separation in the case of such unclassified
offices or positions results from lack of work or lack of money,
such a veteran shall not be separated from his office or posi-
tion while similar offices or positions in the same group or
grade, as defined in section forty-five of this chapter, exist
unless all such offices or positions are held by such veterans,
in which case such separation shall occur in the inverse order
of their respective original appointments.
Approved April 9, 1947.
Chap. 243 ^ -^CT CHANGING AND ESTABLISHING A PART OF THE BOUND-
ARY LINE BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF READING AND LYNN-
FIELD.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The following described line shall hereafter
be a part of the boundary line between the towns of Reading
and Lynnfield : — Beginning at a point which is located in
the boundary line between the towns of Reading, Lynnfield
and Wakefield at latitude 42 °-3 1-5 1.92" and longitude
71 °-04 -32.32", being a corner town bound known as the
Lynnfield-Reading-Wakefield town bound, thence north
7°-03'-52" east, a distance of 9,128.77 feet, to a point in the
boundary lines of Reading, North Reading and Lynnfield at
latitude 42°-33'-21.41" and longitude 71°-04'-17.32" and
known as the Lynnfield-North Reading-Reading town
bound.
Section 2. The inhabitants of the estates within the
territory of the towns of Reading and L3ainfield, which terri-
tory is affected by this act, and the owners of such estates,
shall be holden to pay all arrears of taxes which have been
legally assessed upon them prior to the effective date of this
act, and such taxes shall be collected by the collector of taxes
of the town by which such taxes were originally assessed.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 10, 19^7 .
Chap.24A ^-^ Act relative to the entry upon voting lists of the
CITY OF BOSTON OF CERTAIN OMITTED LISTINGS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Ed^M*s'35 Section 1. Section 35 of chapter 51 of the General Laws,
etc!, amended, as most recently amended by section 10 of chapter 451 of
the acts of 1939, is hereby further amended by adding at the
City of end the following sentence : — Notwithstanding any incon-
induded. sistent provision of this section or of any other general or
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 245, 246. 223
special law, this section shall apply to the city of Boston
and the election commissioners thereof.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 10, 1947.
An Act relative to fishing privileges for patients in (7/^p.245
veterans' hospitals in MASSACHUSETTS.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to Emergency
defeat its purpose, which is to grant without delay certain ^"^'"'^
fishing privileges to patients in veterans' hospitals in this
commonwealth, therefore it is hereby declared to be an em-
ergency law, necessarj'' for the immediate preservation of the
public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Section 1. Section 5 of chapter 131 of the General Laws, a l. (jer.^ ^
as appearing in section 2 of chapter 599 of the acts of 1941, is ftc^, amended',
hereby amended by adding after the word "provided" in
line 1 the words: — in this section and.
Section 2. Said section 5, as so amended, is hereby g. l. (Ter
further amended by adding at the end the following para- ^ttl'fifther '
graph : amended.
The director is authorized to issue free of charge a special If^""^^
certificate to the head of each veterans' hospital within the veterans'
commonwealth. Any such certificate shall be valid through- 1^^^.%^^^
out the calendar year of issue and shall permit groups of ,Y^^hout
patients, designated by the hospital authorities, to fish in
inland waters of the commonwealth without possessing
sporting or fishing licenses. Such groups shall be limited to
not more than fifteen patients each day from any one hospital
and every such group shall be under the supervifsion of the
chief of special services of the hospital or a person designated
by him. Said certificate shall be carried on the person of the
chief of special services or the person designated by him while
the group is fishing and shall be shown upon demand of any
ofiicer empowered to enforce this chapter.
Approved April 10, 1947.
An Act providing that the disabled American veterans, Qj^Q^jy 246
DEPARTMENT OF MASSACHUSETTS MAY DRILL AND PARADE ^'
WITH FIREARMS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 49 of chapter 33 of the General Laws, as most g^^-^J'^'j^g
recently amended by section 1 of chapter 409 of the acts of etc., amended'.
1946, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word
"States" the first time it appears in line 32 the words:
— , Disabled American Veterans, Department of Massa-
chusetts, — so as to read as follows: — Section 49. Except unauthorized
as provided in section fifty, no body of men, e.xcept the organ-
ized militia, the troops of the United States, and the Ancient
and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts, shall
224 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 246.
maintain an armory, or associate together at any time as a
company or organization, for drill or parade with firearms, or
so drill or parade ; nor shall any city or town raise or appro-
priate money toward arming, equipping, uniforming, sup-
porting or providing drill rooms or armories for any such
body of men; provided, that associations wholly composed
of soldiers honorably discharged from the military service of
the United States may parade in public with arms, upon the
reception of any regiment or company of soldiers returning
from said service, and for escort duty at the burial of de-
ceased soldiers, with the written permission of the mayor of
the city or selectmen of the city or town where they desire
to parade; that students in educational institutions where
military science is a prescribed part of the course of instruc-
tion or members of schools for military instruction conducted
with the approval of the commander-in-chief may, with the
consent of the commander-in-chief, drill and parade with
firearms in public, under the superintendence of their in-
structors or teachers; that foreign troops whose admission
to the United States has been consented to by the United
States government may, with the consent of the commander-
in-chief, drill and parade with firearms in public; that any
body of men may, with the consent of the commander-in-
chief, drill and parade in public with any harmless imitation
of firearms approved by the adjutant general; that regularly
organized posts of the Grand Army of the Republic, The
American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United
States, Disabled American Veterans, Department of Massa-
chusetts, and Jewish War Veterans of the United States, and
of the American Veterans of World War II, AMVETS —
Department of Massachusetts, regularly organized camps of
the United Spanish War Veterans, regularly organized de-
tachments of the Marine Corps League, and regularly organ-
ized chapters of the Yankee Division Veterans Association
and the Massachusetts State Guard Veterans and regularly
organized units thereof may drill and parade with firearms
in public, under the supervision of their duly authorized
officers; that the Kearsarge Association of Naval Veterans,
Inc., may at any time parade in public their color guards of
not more than twelve men armed with firearms; that the
Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts, the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America,
the Massachusetts Society of the Sons of the American
Revolution, the Society of the Sons of the Revolution in the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, The Society of the War
of 1812 in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Incorpo-
rated), and regularly organized branches of any of said so-
cieties, may at any time parade in public their uniformed
color guards of ten men with firearms; that regularly organ-
ized camps or other duly organized units of the Sons of
Union Veterans of the Civil War may at any time parade in
public their color guards, escorts, and firing parties with
firearms, but no such camp or other organized unit shall at
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 247, 248. 225
any time so parade more than sixteen men; that any or-
ganization heretofore authorized by law may parade with
side-arms; and that any veteran association composed
wholly of past members of the militia of the commonwealth
may maintain an armory for the use of the organizations of
the militia to which its members belonged; provided, that
such drill or parade is not in contravention of the laws of
the United States. Approved April 10, 1947.
An Act to authorize wellesley college to hold addi- Chap. 2^7
TIONAL real and PERSONAL ESTATE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Wellesley College is hereby authorized to hold real and
personal estate in the manner and for the purposes set forth
in its charter to an amount not exceeding fifty million dollars,
subject otherwise to the provisions of section one of chapter
forty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight.
Approved April 10, 1947.
An Act authorizing the city of boston to sell certain (J}iap.24i8
LAND situate ON THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS
PARKWAY IN SAID CITY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of
general or special law, the city of Boston, by its mayor, may
sell at public auction any part or parts or the whole of that
portion of the land taken by eminent domain by the board
of park commissioners of said city on the twenty-second day
of October in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, as
evidenced by the instrument recorded with Suffolk Deeds,
Book 2244, page 545, which is still held by said city for
public park purposes; provided, that the board of park com-
missioners of said city shall, by vote at a regular meeting of
said board, assent to the sale; and provided, further, that
the sale is authorized, after two separate readings, by two
separate votes of two thirds of all the members of the city
council of said city, the second of said readings and votes to
be had not less than fourteen days after the first.
Section 2. The mayor of said city, in the name and on
behalf of said city, shall execute and deliver any instrument
necessary to convey any land sold under authority of this
act.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 10, 1947.
226 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 249, 250.
Chap. 24Q An Act authorizing the town of foxborough to raise
AND APPROPRIATE MONEY FOR, AND TO PAY, CERTAIN BILLS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Foxborough, on dehvery to it of
four school buses purchased by its school committee, may
pay therefor, from the appropriation heretofore voted for
such purpose, a sum not exceeding twenty-three thousand
six hundred and fifty-two dollars and eighty cents, may pay
for fuel delivered in the current year and chargeable to the
regular appropriation of the school department of said town
a sum not exceeding five hundred and thirty-nine dollars and
eighteen cents, and may pay, from the appropriation hereto-
fore voted for the purpose, for the printing of the annual
town report for the year nineteen hundred and forty-six a
sum not exceeding six hundred and ninety-five dollars, not-
withstanding non-compliance with any provision of sections
two, three and four of chapter IV of its by-laws pertaining
to contracts entered into by it.
Section 2. Said town, at its annual town meeting in the
current year, may raise and appropriate a sum not exceeding
nine hundred and sixteen dollars to pay for a stoker pur-
chased by its school committee and now installed in the Car-
penter school, and a sum not exceeding six hundred and forty
dollars to pay for a refrigerator purchased by the superin-
tendent of schools with the approval of said committee and
now installed in the high school, the cost of which is to be
reimbursed by the federal government, and, subject to such
appropriation, may pay for said stoker and said refrigerator,
notwithstanding non-compliance with any of said provisions
of its by-laws and notwithstanding that the warrant for
said meeting was posted prior to the effective date of this
act.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 10, 1947.
Chap. 260 An Act relative to the borrowing of money by the
CITY OF WORCESTER FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING
A MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows. •
Chapter 24 of the acts of 1941 is hereby amended by
striking out section 1, as most recently amended by chap-
ter 43.3 of the acts of 1946, and inserting in place thereof the
following section: — Section 1. The city of Worcester may,
within a period of ten years from the passage of this act,
incur indebtedness for the construction of a municipal air-
port, either within or without the city, and for the original
equipment thereof, including fire and police apparatus, snow
removal and other equipment necessary for the operation of
such an airport, and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which
shall bear on their face the words, Worcester Municipal Air-
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 251, 252. 227
port Loan, Act of 1941. Each authorized issue shall consti-
tute a separate loan, and such loans shall be payable in not
more than ten years from their dates, but no loan shall be
authorized under this act unless a sum equal to an amount
not less than ten per cent of the loan so authorized is voted
for the same purpose to be provided from taxes or other
available revenue funds in the year when authorized. In-
debtedness incurred under this act shall be in excess of the
amount authorized by chapter two hundred and eleven of
the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and sixteen, as amended
by chapter one hundred and thirty-eight of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and twenty, but shall, except as provided
herein, be subject to chapter forty-four of the General Laws,
exclusive of the first paragraph of section seven of said
chapter. Approved April 10, 1947.
An Act confirming the election of officers and other (JJkij) 251
proceedings of a meeting of the inhabitants of the ^'
town of ashfield in the current year.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The election of officers and other proceedings
at a meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Ashfield held
on March tenth in the current year, if otherwise valid, are
hereby validated and confirmed, notwithstanding that the
annual meeting of said towTi was called for March third in
said year and adjourned to said March tenth, and said
meeting is hereby declared to be the annual town meeting
of said town for the current year.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 14, 1947.
An Act confirming the election of officers and other Chav. 262
PROCEEDINGS OF A MEETING OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE
TOWN OF LEYDEN IN THE CURRENT YEAR.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The election of officers and other proceedings
at a meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Leyden held
on March tenth in the current year, if otherwise valid, are
hereby validated and confirmed, notwithstanding that the
annual meeting of said town was called for March third in
said year and held on said March tenth, and said meeting is
hereby declared to be the annual town meeting of said
town for the current year.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 14, 1947.
228 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 253, 254.
Chap. 253 An Act relative to the regulation of the occupation
OF GIVING POOL, SHOWER OR OTHER BATHS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Ed.^,' i4o,'^§ 51, Section 51 of chapter 140 of the General Laws, as most
etc!, 'amended. ' recently amended by section 12 of chapter 626 of the acts
of 1941, is hereby further amended by inserting after the
word "vapor", in line 3 and in line 21, in each instance, the
words: — , pool, shower or other, — so as to read as follows:
^poTbaths, — Section 51 . No person shall practice massage, or conduct
etc., regulated, au establishment for the giving of vapor, pool, shower or
other baths for hire or reward, or advertise or hold himself
out as being engaged in the business of massage or the
giving of said baths without receiving a license therefor
from the board of health of the town where the said occupa-
tion is to be carried on; provided, that a person registered
as a barber or apprentice under the provisions of section
eighty-seven H or section eighty-seven I of chapter one
hundred and twelve or as a hairdresser, operator, or a
student under the provisions of sections eighty-seven T to
eighty-seven JJ, inclusive, of said chapter one hundred and
twelve may practice facial and scalp massaging without
taking out a license as provided in this section. The board
of health may grant the license upon such terms and condi-
tions, and may make such rules and regulations in regard to
the carrying on of the occupation so licensed, as it deems
proper, and may revoke any license granted by it for such
cause as it deems sufficient, and without a hearing; pro-
vided, that a person licensed to massage or to conduct an
establishment for the giving of vapor, pool, shower or other
baths in any town may, at the request of a physician, attend
patients in any other town in the commonwealth without
taking out an additional license.
Approved April 14, 1947.
Chap. 254: An Act authorizing savings banks to make blanket
CONSTRUCTION LOANS ON REAL ESTATE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
EdJ; i68"§ 54, Clause First of section 54 of chapter 168 of the General
etc., 'amended.' Laws, as amended, is hereby further amended by inserting
after subdivision (g), added by chapter 98 of the acts of
1947, the following subdivision: —
Savings (ji) A loan secured by a first mortgage upon two or more
nTale^Ta^nket parccls of real estate contained within a single project being
fo^nron*reai developed by one owner, and situated wdthin the common-
estate, wealth, or in a state contiguous thereto and within twenty-
five miles of the main office of the savings bank making the
loan, may be made to finance the construction of a single
family dwelling and appurtenances upon each of the parcels
covered by the mortgage, said mortgage being in an amount
not to exceed seventy-five per cent of the estimated com-
pleted value, as certified in writing by at least two members
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 255. 229
of the board of investment, of the land and the structures
thereon securing the same, or twelve thousand dollars with
respect to each parcel and the structures thereon covered
by the mortgage, whichever amount is the lesser. Each loan
shall by its terms be payable in not more than two years
after the date of the note evidencing the same.
Not later than thirty days after such loan becomes pay-
able, at least two members of the board of investment shall
certify in writing, according to their best judgment, the
value of the premises and the dwellings erected thereon then
remaining subject to the mortgage; and if, at the time such
valuation is made, the balance of principal and interest re-
maining due on said mortgage is in excess of sixty per cent
of the value so certified, a sufficient reduction in the amount
of such balance shall be required, as promptly as may be
practicable, to bring the said balance within sixty per cent
of such value, and until so reduced a reserve in an amount
equal to the required reduction shall be established and
maintained. The total of the balances of principal and in-
terest outstanding at any one time on loans made under this
subdivision shall not exceed one per cent of the deposits of
such corporation. Approved April I4, 1947.
An Act relative to the appointment, powers and QJku) 255
duties of custodians of voting machines.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 54 of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Xer.
amended by striking out section 30A, inserted by section 2 ^tl! 'amended'
of chapter 310 of the acts of 1943, and inserting in place
thereof the following section : — Section SO A . Not^ith- Custodians
standing any contrary provision of section thirteen, where malhijfes.
voting machines are used the city or town clerk or election duties and
commissioners shall appoint in writing one or more custo- p°'^''" °^-
dians of voting machines, who shall assist him or them in
the preparation and upkeep of voting machines, shall in-
struct the election officers in the use of said machines, and
shall perform their duties under the supervision of the city
or town clerk or election commissioners. If a voting ma-
chine requires adjustment during the course of an election,
a custodian shall, if requested to do so by the warden, make
such repairs or adjustments as may be required to return
the voting machine to operating condition, and for this pur-
pose may enter within the guard rail in any polling place,
but he shall not make any such adjustments or repairs except
in the presence of not less than two election officers of the
precinct, who shall be designated by the warden so as to
give equal representation to the two leading political parties.
No person holding an appointment as an election officer
under section eleven shall be appointed a custodian under
this section. No person shall be appointed or act as a cus-
todian in a voting precinct where he is a candidate for elec-
tion, nor shall such person be permitted to perform any
230
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 256.
G. L. (Te:
Ed.), 54,
amended.
Persons
permitted
within guard
rail.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 54, § 70,
etc., amended.
Number of
voters
allowed
within
guard rail.
work in advance upon a voting machine to be used in such
a precinct.
Section 2. Section 69 of said chapter 54, as appearing
in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by insert-
ing after the word "supervisors" in line 1 the words: — , cus-
todians of voting machines when acting in the course of
their duties, — so as to read as follows : — Section 69. No
persons except the election officers, supervisors, custodians
of voting machines when acting in the course of their duties,
the city or town clerks, and voters admitted for the purpose
of voting, shall, during the progress of an election and until
the public declaration of the vote, be permitted within the
guard rail, unless authorized by the election officers for the
purpose of keeping order and enforcing the law.
Section 3. Section 70 of said chapter 54, as amended by
section 16 of chapter 411 of the acts of 1943, is hereby fur-
ther amended by inserting after the word "supervisors" in
line 2 the words : — , custodians of voting machines when
acting in the course of their duties, — so as to read as fol-
lows : — Section 70. No more than four voters, besides elec-
tion officers and supervisors, custodians of voting machines
when acting in the course of their duties, and the city or
town clerk, in excess of the number of marking compart-
ments provided, shall be allowed at one time within the
guard rail. Where voting machines are used, the number
of voters allowed within the guard rail shall not be more
than twice the number of voting machines provided. After
the time fixed for closing the polls, no voters shall be ad-
mitted within the guard rail, except the election officers and
supervisors, and except voters who are then in the polling
place or in line at the door thereof. The presiding officer of
the polling place shall provide or cause to be provided to
each voter so outside the guard rail a card or shp bearing
such voter's name, and the voter shall as soon as practicable
present the same to one of the ballot clerks and shall then
be permitted to vote if otherwise qualified. When the polls
are closed, the presiding officer shall cause a police officer
or other quahfied person to be stationed at the end of the
line of persons waiting to vote to see that no other persons
vote than those who were in the polling place or in line at
the door at the time fixed for closing the polls. After the
last voter in line at the door has entered within the guard
rail, the voters shall be allowed five minutes in which to cast
their votes. Approved April 14, 19Jf7.
Chap.26Q An Act providing for the printing or typing of the
NAMES OF PERSONS WHOSE SIGNATURES APPEAR ON IN-
STRUMENTS PROVIDED BY LAW TO BE RECORDED.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows. •
Ed^'222T§8 Section 1. Section 8 of chapter 222 of the General
amended." ' Laws, as appearing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby
amended by inserting after the word "shall" in line 2 the
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 257, 258. 231
words : — print or type his name directly below his signa-
ture and, — so as to read as follows : — Section 8. A justice Justices of the
of the peace or notary pubUc, when taking acknowledgment affix da^te^'o/"
of any instrument provided by law to be recorded, shall coJ^^^'^^n^
print or type his name directly below his signature and affix
thereto the date of the expiration of his commission in the
following language: "My commission expires ".
Failure to comply with this section shall not affect the
validity of any instrument, or the record thereof.
Section 2. Chapter 36 of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Ter.
amended by inserting after section 18 the following section : — ne'V'i^fsA,
Section 18 A. The register or an assistant register may ^-dded.
print or tjT)e the name of any person whose signature ^3^^^^^^°''
appears on any instrument filed for recording and is not registw may
clearly legible, such name to be printed or typed directly JlgnecTtr^
below such signature. Approved April I4, 1947. instrument.
An Act authorizing the issuance of non-assessable Qjiq/q 257
POLICIES BY certain FOREIGN MUTUAL INSURANCE COM- ^'
PANIES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 152A of chapter 175 of the General Laws, as g. l. (Ter.
amended, is hereby further amended by adding at the end of f t52A!^ttc.,
the sentence inserted by section 3 of chapter 247 of the acts amended.
of 1943 the following : — ; provided, that any foreign Non-assessabie
mutual company hereinbefore referred to which has not authorized
itself or through its predecessor or predecessors been so
engaged in the insurance business continuously for ten or
more years may issue non-assessable policies if it has and
maintains a surplus to poficyholders of not less than one
million dollars. Approved April I4, 1947.
An Act requiring licenses issued to certain common (Jjidj) 258
CARRIERS OF PASSENGERS BY MOTOR VEHICLE TO BE ^*
UPON FORMS APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
UTILITIES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 159A of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Ter.
amended by striking out section 2, as appearing in the f"^-^' ^^^^'
Tercentenary Edition, and inserting in place thereof the amended.
following section : — Section 2. Every such license shall License to
specify the route or routes over which the motor vehicles lnd"tobe"o*n
used thereunder may be operated, and shall be on a form b°y'5e^art-"*'^^
approved by the department of public utihties; provided, ment of
that a variance from a form so approved shall not affect ''"*'''" "'^'''*'®^-
the vaUdity of the license if the form used is in substantial
conformity with the approved form, A licensee shall not
operate motor vehicles for the purposes specified in section
one otherwise than upon routes specified in the license or
licenses issued to him; provided, that in the event of the
232 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 259, 260.
closing of the whole or a portion of such a route by public
authority or of interference with operation thereon by street
repairs, fire, accident, unusual and severe traffic congestion
or other emergency, a hcensee may temporarily operate
such vehicles by a reasonably direct and convenient detour.
Section 2. Section one of this act shall not affect the
validity of licenses issued, prior to the effective date of this
act, by any proper licensing authority under section one of
chapter one hundred and fifty-nine A of the General Laws.
Approved April 14, 1947.
Chap. 259 An Act enabling war veterans who are minors, or
WHOSE SPOUSES ARE MINORS, TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
BENEFITS PROVIDED BY THE FEDERAL LAW KNOWN AS
THE servicemen's READJUSTMENT ACT OF 1944 OR THE
G I BILL OF RIGHTS, AS AMENDED.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows: —
Section 1. Chapter 408 of the acts of 1945 is hereby
amended by inserting after the word "Rights" in line 4
the words : — , and any amendment thereof or addition
thereto, — by inserting after the word "they" in line 5 the
words: — , or their spouses, — and by striking out, in line 6,
the word "minors" and inserting in place thereof the words:
— minor veterans or spouses, — so as to read as follows : —
Residents of this commonwealth who are veterans of World
War II and are entitled to the benefits provided by the
federal law known as the Servicemen's Readjustment Act
of 1944, and also called the G I Bill of Rights, and any
amendment thereof or addition thereto, may participate in
said benefits notwithstanding that they, or their spouses,
are under twenty-one years of age, and for said purpose
such minor veterans or spouses shall have full legal capacity
to act in their own behalf in the matter of contracts, con-
veyances, mortgages and other transactions, and with
respect to such acts done by them they shall have aU of the
rights, powers and privileges and be subject to the obliga-
tions of persons of full age.
Section 2. Such acts of minors as are referred to in
section one of this act, if done prior to its effective date, shall
have the same force and effect as if this act had been in
effect at the time of such acts. Approved April 14, 1947.
Chav. 260 A-N Act relative to the duties of the commissioner,
THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER AND THE STATE MEDICAL DI-
RECTOR IN THE DIVISION OF SAVINGS BANK LIFE INSUR-
ANCE, AND OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE GENERAL INSURANCE
GUARANTY FUND.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Ed^.Sl'g. Section 1. Section 9 of chapter 26 of the General Laws,
amended. ' as appearing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended
by striking out in lines 7 and 8 the words ", and shall have
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 260. 233
general supervision and control of the work of the divi-
sion",— so as to read as follows: — Section 9. The divi- Division.
sion of savings bank life insurance shall consist of the body-
corporate known as the General Insurance Guaranty Fund.
The commissioner of savings bank life insurance shall be one commissioner
of the board of trustees of the corporation, designated by blnriiif
the governor as such commissioner. His term shall be that insurance.
of his appointment as trustee. He shall act as president of
the board of trustees of said corporation.
Section 2. Section 10 of said chapter 26, as amended gj^-^J^^^o
by chapter 346 of the acts of 1943, is hereby further amended etc!, amended!
by striking out in line 6 the word "may" and inserting in
place thereof the word : — shall, — and by striking out in
lines 12 and 13 the words "who shall discharge the duties of
the commissioner during his absence or disability" and in-
serting in place thereof the words : — commissioner who shall
administer the work of the division under the direction and
control of the trustees, — so as to read as follows : — Section Trustees of
10. The governor, with the advice and consent of the council, ^^"^ General
Fund.
— r 1 /~\ IT Insurance
shall annually appoint a trustee of the General Insurance Guaranty
Guaranty Fund for seven years from July first in the year of ^""''
his appointment. Such trustee shall serve without compen-
sation and shall be selected from persons who are trustees of
savings banks or of savings and insurance banks. The
trustees shall elect from their own number a vice president
to act as president of the board of trustees in the absence or
disabiUty of the president, and shall elect a treasurer and a
clerk, aU of whom shall hold office for one year and until
their successors are appointed. The trustees may, with the Deputy,
approval of and subject to confirmation by the governor
and council, appoint, and with their consent remove, a deputy
commissioner who shall administer the work of the division
under the direction and control of the trustees. The budget
estimates of the division required by section three of chapter
twenty-nine shall be approved by the trustees.
Section 3. Section 14 of chapter 178 of the General g-^l. (Ter.^ ^^
Laws, as appearing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended.'
amended by striking out all after the word "twenty-six" in
fine 5 and inserting in place thereof the following : — , who
shall have general supervision and control of the work of
the body corporate. The trustees of the fund shall adopt a
code of by-laws which shall prescribe the powers and duties
of the officers, — so as to read as follows: — Section -^>4- ^QeiSf*
The General Insurance Guaranty Fund shall be a body cor- insurance
porate, with the powers specifically provided in this chapter Fund^"*^
and with all the general corporate powers incident thereto.
It shall be managed by the board of trustees appointed un-
der section ten of chapter twenty-six, who shall have general
supervision and control of the work of the body corporate.
The trustees of the fund shall adopt a code of by-laws which
shall prescribe the powers and duties of the officers.
Section 4. Said chapter 178 is hereby further amended g^l. (Ter ^^
by striking out section 16, as so appearing, and inserting in amended.'
234
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 261.
Powers and
duties of state
medical
director.
place thereof the following section : — Section 16. The state
medical director, appointed under section twelve of chapter
twenty-six, shall be subject to the supervision and control
of the trustees of the General Insurance Guaranty Fund and
shall prescribe the rules relating to health or acceptabihty
of the applicant for insurance, and shall act as supervising
and advising physician for the medical department of all
the savings and insurance banks.
Approved April I4, 1947.
Chap. 2Q1 ^^ ^'^^ MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
ENDING JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-
SEVEN, TO PROVIDE FOR SUPPLEMENTING CERTAIN EXIST-
ING APPROPRIATIONS, AND FOR CERTAIN NEW ACTIVITIES
AND PROJECTS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows. •
Section 1. To provide for meeting deficiencies in certain
appropriations previously made, and for certain new activities
and projects, the sums set forth in section two, for the
several purposes and subject to the conditions specified in
said section, are hereby appropriated for the current fiscal
year from the general fund or ordinary revenue of the
commonwealth, unless some other source of revenue is
expressed, subject to the provisions of law regulating the
disbursement of public funds and the approval thereof, the
sums so appropriated to be in addition to any amounts at
present available for the purposes.
Section 2.
Service of the Legislative Department.
Item
0101-19 For personal services of the counsel to the
house of representatives and assistants,
including not more than six permanent
positions ......
0102-03 For printing the manual of the general court,
with the approval of the clerks of the two
branches ......
0102-04 For expenses in connection with the publica-
tion of the bulletin of committee hearings
and of the daily list, with the approval of
the joint committee on rules, including not
more than one permanent position .
0102-06 For office and other expenses of the commit-
tee on rules on the part of the senate
0102-11 For contingent expenses of the senate and
house of representatives, and necessary
expenses in and about the state house, with
the approval of the sergeant-at-arms
0102-13 For biographical sketches of certain state and
federal officials .....
0251-00 For an investigation relative to safety of
persons in places of assembly, as author-
ized by a resolve of the current year .
Total
Sl,200 00
2,107 75
6,000 00
50 00
1,000 00
342 00
6,000 00
$16,699 76
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 261.
235
Service of the Judicial Department.
Item
Superior Court, as follows:
0302-02 For traveling allowances and expenses . $2,900 00
0302-11 (This item omitted.)
0302-12 (This item omitted.)
Special:
0302-21 For the compensation of a master appointed
under the provisions of chapter ninety-
three of the General Laws, and for the
compensation of clerical or stenographic
assistants employed by said master as pro-
vided in said chapter .... $385 10
Total $3,285 10
Service of the Land Court.
0308-03 For personal services in the examination of
titles, for publishing and serving citations
and other services, traveling expenses, sup-
plies and office equipment, and for the
preparation of sectional plans showing
registered land $7,000 00
Service of the District Attorneys.
0310-09 For traveling expenses necessarily incurred
by the district attorneys, except in the
Suffolk district, including expenses incurred
in previous years ..... $2,000 00
Service of the Executive Department.
0401-23 For postage, printing, stationery, traveling
and contingent expenses of the governor
and council $3,500 00
Service of the Organized Militia.
0403-14 For compensation for accidents and injuries
sustained in the performance of military
duty $1,877 49
Service of the State Quartermaster.
0406-04 For the operating expenses of armories of the
first class, including heat and light, but not
including repairs ..... $4,000 GO
Service of the State Superintendent of Buildings.
0416-13 For services, supplies and equipment neces-
sary to furnish heat, light and power . $12,000 00
Service of the Art Commission.
0424-01 For expenses of the commission . . . $197 30
Service of the Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts.
0430-00 For the maintenance of the Soldiers' Home in
Massachusetts, with the approval of the
trustees thereof, including tne cost of pur-
chase of a certain piece of property, and
including not more than two hundred and
thirty-one permanent positions, to be in
addition to certain receipts from the
United States government . . $29,000 00
236
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 261.
Item
Service of the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
0503-03 For printing and binding public documents
$874 65
Service of the Treasurer and Receiver-General.
Commissioners on Firemen's Relief:
0602-01 For relief disbursed, with the approval of the
commissioners on firemen's relief, subject
to the provisions of law .... $2,500 00
State Board of Retirement:
0604-03 For the payment of the commonwealth's
share in financing the state employees' re-
tirement system, as provided by chapter
six hundred and fifty-eight of the acts of
nineteen hundred and forty-five, to be in
addition to the amount appropriated in
item 2970-01 200,000 00
Total $202,500 00
Service of the Department of the Attorney General.
0801-03 For services other than personal, traveling
expenses, office supplies and equipment .
$2,500 00
Service of the Department of Agriculture.
Division of Plant Pest Control and Fairs:
0909-02 For travel and other expenses .
$1,325 00
Service of the Department of Conservation.
1004-87 For the cost of construction and improve-
ment of certain fishways, as provided by
law
$2,000 00
Service of the Department of Banking and Insurance.
Division of Banks:
1101-03 For services other than personal, printing the
annual report, traveling expenses, office
1104r-01
supplies and equipment .... $2,600 00
Board of Appeal on Fire Insurance Rates:
For expenses of the board .... 200 00
Total $2,800 00
Service of the Department of Corporations and Taxation.
1201-02 For personal services of the corporations and
tax divisions, the division of field investi-
gation and temporary taxes, the adminis-
tration of an excise on meals, and the in-
come tax division, as authorized by item
1201-02 of section two of chapter three
hundred and nine of the acts of nineteen
hundred and forty-six, the sum of fifty
thousand dollars is hereby appropriated
from the general fund .... $50,000 00
1201-03 For other expenses of the corporations and
tax divisions, including necessary office
supplies and equipment, travel, and for
printing the annual report, other publica-
tions and valuation books . . . 14,000 00
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 261.
237
Item
1201-12 For expenses other than personal services of
the division of field investigation and tem-
porary taxes ......
1201-22 For expenses other than personal services for
the administration of an excise on meals,
the sum of three thousand dollars is hereby-
appropriated from the general fund; pro-
vided, that a sum equivalent to the ex-
penditures under this item shall be trans-
ferred to the general fund from amounts
collected under chapter sixty-foiu" B of the
General Laws .....
Division of Accounts:
1203-12 For the expenses of certain books, forms and
other material, which may be sold to cities
and towns requiring the same for main-
taining their system of accounts
Total
$4,000 00
Service of the Department of Education.
Reimbursement and aid :
1301-53 For the reimbursement of certain towns for
the transportation of pupils attending high
schools outside the towns in which they
reside, as provided by law
University Extension Courses:
1301-61 For personal services, including not more
than forty-five permanent positions for the
year nineteen himdred and forty-seven
and the previous year ....
Division of Immigration and Americaniza-
tion:
1302-02 For other expenses .....
Teachers' Retirement Board:
1305-08 For the payment of the commonwealth's
share in financing the teachers' retirement
system, as provided by chapter six him-
dred and fifty-eight of the acts of nineteen
hundred and forty-five . . .
For the maintenance of the following state
teachers' colleges, with the approval of
the commissioner of education :
1307-00 State teachers' college at Bridgewater, in-
cluding not more than sixty permanent
positions ......
1309-00 State teachers' college at Framingham, m-
cluding not more than sixty-four perma-
nent positions .....
1312-00 State teachers' college at North Adams, in-
cluding not more than twenty-six perma-
nent positions .....
1314-00 State teachers' college at Westfield, includ-
ing not more than thirty permanent posi-
tions .......
Textile School:
1332-00 For the maintenance of the Lowell textile
institute, with the approval of the com-
missioner of education and the trustees,
including not more than sixty-two per-
manent positions ....
Total
3,000 00
7.000 00
$78,000 00
$7,661 96
10,000 00
1,241 80
500,000 00
6,000 00
2,000 00
1,500 00
1,845 00
8,500 00
$538,748 76
238
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 261.
Service of the Department of Civil Service and Registration.
Item
Division of Civil Service:
1402-03 For other services and for printing the annual
report, and for office supplies and equip-
ment necessary for the administration of
the civil service law ....
1402-21 For expenses of hearings as authorized by
chapter six hundred and sixty-seven of the
acts of nineteen hundred and forty-five
1412-01
Board of Registration of Professional En-
gineers and of Land Surveyors:
For travel and other necessary expenses
Total
$15,000 00
500 00
1,500 00
$17,000 00
1501-03
Service of the Department of Industrial Accidents.
For traveling expenses ....
$750 00
Service of the Department of Labor and Industries.
1601-32 (This item omitted.)
1601-41 For personal services for the statistical serv-
ice, including not more than thirty-five
permanent positions, and for services other
than personal, printing report and publica-
tions, traveling expenses and office supplies
and equipment for the statistical service . $1,000 00
Labor Relations Commission:
1604-02 For administrative expenses, including office
rent 2,213 04
Division of Apprentice Training:
1605-01 For personal services of the members of the
apprenticeship council and clerical and
other assistants, as authorized by sections
eleven E to eleven L, inclusive, of chapter
twenty-three of the General Laws, includ-
ing not more than eight permanent posi-
tions 20,000 00
1605-02 For other expenses, including travel, as au-
thorized by sections eleven E to eleven L,
inclusive, of chapter twenty-three of the
General Laws ..... 6,750 00
Total $29,963 04
Service of the Department of Correction.
1801-05 For the removal of prisoners, to and from
state institutions .....
1801-23 For traveling expenses of officers and em-
ployees of the parole board when required
to travel in the discharge of their duties .
Total
$2,000 00
3,995 45
$5,995 45
Service of the Department of Public Welfare.
For the maintenance of institutions under
the control of the trustees of the Massa-
chusetts training schools, with the ap-
proval of said trustees, as follows:
1917-00 Lyman school for boys, including not more
than one hundred and forty-one permanent
positions ......
$10,000 00
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 261.
239
Service of the Department of Public Safety.
Item
Administration:
2101-02 For personal services of clerks and stenog-
raphers, including not more than seventy-
seven permanent positions . . . $6,300 00
Division of State Police:
2102-03 For other necessary expenses of the division,
to be in addition to the amounts appropri-
ated in item 2970-05 .... 15,000 00
Total $21,300 00
Service of the Department of Public Utilities.
Special:
2320-01 For the expenses of a proceeding for a judi-
cial determination of certain powers and
duties of the trustees of the Boston Ele-
vated Railway Company, as authorized
by chapter eighty-nine of the resolves of
nineteen hundred and forty-one
$5,000 00
Interest on the Public Debt.
2410-00 For the payment of interest on the direct
debt of the commonwealth, to be in addi-
tion to the amount appropriated in item
2951-00
$155,875 00
Unclassified Accounts and Claims.
2811-02 For the compensation of veterans who may
be retired by the governor imder the pro-
visions of sections fifty-six to fifty-nine, in-
clusive, of chapter thirty-two of the Gen-
eral Laws ......
$35,000 00
Reserve for Cost of Food.
2820-31 For a reserve for expenses arising from pos-
sible increases in the cost of food the sum
of two hundred and seventy-five thousand
dollars is hereby appropriated and made
available for transfer, with the approval of
the commission on administration and
finance, to appropriation items where the
amounts otherwise available for the pur-
chase of food are insufficient for the purpose
$275,000 00
The Following Appropriations are made from the Highway Fund:
Service of the Department of Public Works.
Special :
2900-91 For certain roofing repairs at the public works
buUding $15,000 00
2922-01
2922-02
Public Works Building:
For personal services for the maintenance and
operation of the public works building, in-
cluding not more than sixty-three perma-
nent positions .....
For the salaries of guards for the public works
building, including not more than seven-
teen permanent positions
13,000 00
659 65
240
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 261.
Registration of Motor Vehicles:
2924-01 For personal services, including not more
than six hundred and seventy-nine perma-
nent positions .....
Total
$15,000 00
$43,659 55
Service of the Department of Public Safety.
Division of State Police:
2970-05 For other necessary expenses of the division,
to be in addition to the amount appropri-
ated in item 2102-03 ....
$15,000 00
The Following Appropriation is made from the Inland Fisheries
AND Game Fund:
Service of the Department of Conservation.
3304-35 For the payment of damages caused by wild
deer and wild moose, for the year nineteen
hundred and forty-seven and for previous
years, as provided by law . . . $6,000 00
The Following Appropriations are made payable from the
Veterans' Services Fund:
Service of the Department of Education.
Specials:
3513-22 For personal services and other expenses re-
quired in connection with furnishing cer-
tain educational services to certain war
veterans, including the establishment and
operation of regional education centers in
the commonwealth; provided, that any
revenue resulting from the activities herein
authorized shall be credited to the Vet-
erans' Services Fund .... $200,000 00
3513-23 For maintenance, including the furnishing of
necessary equipment, and including certain
tuition payments to the town of Ayer, and
for personal services in the operation of the
college for veterans established at Fort
Devens under authority of chapter five
hundred and ninety-six of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and forty-six, with the apn
proval of the board of trustees referred to
in said act; provided, that any revenue
resulting from the activities herein author-
ized shall be credited to the Veterans'
Services Fund .....
Total
250,000 00
$450,000 00
The Following Appropriations are payable from Revenues
credited to the Old Age Assistance Fund:
Service of the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission.
3604-02 For services other than personal, including
rent of oflRces, travel, and office and inci-
dental expenses
$1,200 00
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 261.
241
Item
3604r-ll
Service of the State Racing Commission.
For personal services, including not more
than eight permanent positions
$12,000 00
Miscellaneous.
0101-02 Item 0101-02 of section two of chapter three
hundred and nine of the acts of nineteen
hundred and forty-six is hereby amended
by inserting after the word "forty-seven"
in the second line the words : — , and the
expenditiu-e of one thousand one hundred
and twelve dollars and eighty cents in the
year nineteen hundred and forty-six for
this purpose in excess of the amount ap-
propriated in said year is hereby confirmed.
0101-04 Item 0101-04 of section two of chapter three
hundred and nine of the acts of nineteen
hundred and forty-six is hereby amended
by inserting after the word "forty-seven"
in the third line the words: — , and the
expenditure of ten thousand and thirty-six
dollars and twenty-five cents in the year
nineteen hundred and forty-six for this
purpose in excess of the amount appropri-
ated in said year is hereby confirmed.
0102-02 Item 0102-02 of section two of chapter three
hundred and nine of the acts of nineteen
hundred and forty-six is hereby amended
by inserting after the word "branches" in
the third line the words : — , for the year
nineteen hundred and forty-seven and the
previous year.
0401-60 "I From the amount appropriated in item 0401-
0401-22 j 60 of section two of chapter three hundred
and nine of the acts of nineteen hundred
and forty-six the sum of eight thousand
dollars is hereby transferred and made
available for the purposes of item 0401-22
of said section two of said chapter three
hundred and nine.
0401-60 "1 From the amount appropriated in item 0401-
0401-24 / 60 of section two of chapter three hundred
and nine of the acts of nineteen hundred
and forty-six the sum of twelve thousand
dollars is hereby transferred and made
available for the purposes of item 0401-24
of said section two of said chapter three
hundred and nine.
0401-60 1 From the amount appropriated in item 0401-
0401-26 / 60 of section two of chapter three hundred
and nine of the acts of nineteen himdred
and forty-six the sum of five thousand
dollars is hereby transferred and made
available for the purposes of item 0401-26
of section two of chapter six hundred and
seventeen of the acts of nineteen hundred
and forty-six.
0414-10 Item 0414-10 of section two of chapter three
hundred and nine of the acts of nineteen
hundred and forty-six is hereby amended
by inserting after the word "therewith" in
the second line the words: — , for the year
nineteen hundred and forty-seven and the
previous year.
242
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 261.
Item
1203-11
1203-01
1203-11
1203-02
1341-87
1805-25
1806-21
2820-33
8611-25
From the amount appropriated in item 1203-
1 1 of section two of chapter three hundred
and nine of the acts of nineteen hundred
and forty-six the sum of eighteen hundred
dollars is hereby transferred to and made
available for the purposes of item 1203-01
of said section two of said chapter three
hundred and nine.
From the amount appropriated in item 1203-
1 1 of section two of chapter three hundred
and nine of the acts of nineteen hundred
and forty-six the sum of twenty-seven
hundred dollars is hereby transferred to
and made available for the purposes of item
1203-02 of said section two of said chapter
three hundred and nine.
Notwithstanding the provisions of item 1341-
87 of section one of chapter seventy-four
of the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-
six, any unexpended balance of the sum
appropriated thereby may be expended for
providing the facilities referred to therein
for other buildings transferred by the
federal government for the use of the
Massachusetts State College, and for the
purchase of furnishings and equipment
therefor.
Item 1805-25 of section two of chapter seven
hundred and thirty-six of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and forty-five is hereby
amended by inserting after the word
"plant" in the first line the words: — ,
and piggery.
Item 1806-21 of section two of chapter seven
hundred and thirty-six of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and forty-five is hereby
amended by inserting after the word "pig-
gery" in the second line the words: — , and
dairy.
Item 2820-33 of section two of chapter six
hundred and seventeen of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and forty-six is hereby
amended by inserting after the word
"house" in the second line the words: — ,
including the cost of moving to such space
and expenses incidental thereto.
Item 8611-25 of section two of chapter three
hundred and nine of the acts of nineteen
hundred and forty-six is hereby amended
by inserting after the word "roofing" in
the first line the words: — , and other.
Total Funds:
General Fund $1,464,191 54
Highway Fund ....... 58,659 55
Inland Fisheries and Game Fund .... 6,000 00
Veterans' Services Fund 450,000 00
Old Age Assistance Fund 13,200 00
Section 3. No payment shall be made or obligation
incurred under authority of any special appropriation made
by this act for construction of public buildings or other
improvements at state institutions until plans and specifica-
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 261. 243
tions have been approved by the governor, unless other-
wise provided by such rules and regulations as the governor
may make.
Section 4. Notwithstanding the provisions of section
fifty-one of chapter thirty of the General Laws, or any
other provision of law, the state purchasing agent is hereby
authorized to incur liabilities for the purchase of supplies
as provided by said section fifty-one in an amount not
exceeding three hundred and fifty thousand dollars, in
addition to any amount heretofore provided for the purpose,
and the comptroller may certify for payment liabilities so
incurred to an amount not exceeding three hundred and
fifty thousand dollars, in addition to any amount heretofore
provided for the purpose.
Section 5. To meet the additional cost of the salary
increases for certain state employees other than those whose
salaries are established by statute, as set forth in a letter
dated April sixteen, nineteen hundred and forty-six, from
the director of the division of personnel and standardization
to the joint committee on ways and means and approved
by said joint committee, the comptroller is hereby directed
to transfer the following sums to the following appropria-
tion items, the same to be in each instance in addition to
the amounts already transferred to said items, as authorized
by section seven of chapter three hundred and nine of the
acts of nineteen hundred and forty-six :
Item 0311-01 $15,500
Item 0416-05 26,880
Item 0423-02 4,000
Item 1311-00 3,740
The comptroller is hereby further directed to reduce the
amounts heretofore transferred to the following items, as
authorized by said section seven of said chapter three hun-
dred and nine by the following sums, representing in each
instance the amounts so transferred which are in excess of
those required for said salary increases:
Item 1301-22 $11,490
Item 1301-61 23,620
Item 1402-02 3,000
Item 1712-00 6,000
Item 1725-00 5,000
Item 1918-00 5,000
Item 1919-00 21,380
Section 6. Amounts included for permanent positions
in sums appropriated in section two for personal services
are based upon schedules of permanent positions and salary
rates as approved by the joint committee on ways and
means, and, except as otherwise shown by the files of said
committee, a copy of which shall be deposited with the
division of personnel and standardization, no part of sums
so appropriated in section two shall be available for payment
of salaries of any additional permanent positions, or for
244 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 262.
payments on account of reallocations of permanent positions,
or for payments on account of any change of salary range
or compensation of any permanent position, notwithstanding
any special or general act to the contrary.
Section 7. For the purpose of providing a reserve fund
against necessary expenditures for the maintenance of
institutions under the control of the department of mental
health, the budget commissioner, upon recommendation
of the commissioner of mental health, may transfer from
the unexpended balances of appropriations for the current
fiscal year, for the maintenance of said institutions, con-
tained in chapters 309 and 617 of the acts of 1946, such
sums, not exceeding, in the aggregate, three hundred thou-
sand dollars, as, in the opinion of said commissioner of
mental health, may be so transferred without affecting
adversely the efficiency of the service of the respective
institutions. From the reserve fund herein authorized, the
budget commissioner may transfer to the appropriations
of other institutions under the control of said department
such sums as may be necessary to meet the expenditures
hereinabove referred to, such sums to be in addition to
any amounts heretofore appropriated for the maintenance
of such last mentioned institutions for said current fiscal
year.
Section 8. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 15, 1947.
C hap. 2Q2 An Act relative to the manufacture, sale and dis-
tribution OF electricity by ware industries, inc.
in the town of ware, and validating certain acts
OF SAID corporation.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The provisions of chapter one hundred and
sixty-four of the General Laws, as amended, shall not apply
to Ware Industries, Inc., with respect to the manufacture
and sale or distribution and sale of electricity to tenants
and occupants of real estate now owned by it and to the
plants now owned and occupied by Ware Woolen Com-
pany, all situate in the town of Ware, so long as said Ware
Industries, Inc. shall not use or occupy any public way
therein in connection with the manufacture, sale or distri-
bution of electricity.
Section 2. All acts of said Ware Industries, Inc., prior
to the passage of this act, including the issuance and sale
of its capital stock, are hereby validated and confirmed in
so far as said acts may be invalid by reason of failure to
comply with the provisions of said chapter one hundred and
sixty-four.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 16, 1947.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 263, 264. 245
An Act requiring the retirement board of the city of Qhav 263
WORCESTER TO REPAY TO CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF SAID CITY ^'
THE CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY THEM TO THE CONTRIBUTORY
RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF SAID CITY, AND ESTABLISHING THE
PENSION OR RETIREMENT ALLOWANCES OF SUCH EMPLOYEES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The retirement board of the city of Worcester
is hereby directed to pay over to John J. Duffy, WiUiam J,
O'Connor, Wilham J. Guilfoyle, Michael P. Ballantine,
John C. McGuirk, Hugh Neil, and Frederick A. Dodge, all
employees of the city of Worcester, all deductions withheld
from their wages as such employees on account of the mem-
bership of each of the aforesaid employees in the con-
tributory retirement system, so called, established by virtue
of chapter four hundred and ten of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-three, as amended, and the names of said
employees shall be stricken from the rolls of such retirement
board as members of such contributory retirement system,
so called. Each of the aforesaid employees shall be entitled
to the benefits of pension or retirement allowances provided
for laborers under section seventy-seven of chapter thirty-two
of the General Laws.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 16, 1947.
Chap.2Q4:
An Act increasing the amount of wages and of pensions
exempt from attachment.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section 28 of chapter 246 of the General gj^^'^^^g
Laws, as most recently amended by section 1 of chapter 338 etc'^mtaLd.'
of the acts of 1941, is hereby amended by striking out, in
lines 3 and 10, the word "twenty" and inserting in place
thereof, in each instance, the word: — twenty-five, — so as
to read as follows: — Section 28. If wages for personal wages, etc..
labor or personal services of a defendant are attached for a att^SLent?
debt or claim, an amount not exceeding twenty-five dollars ^^®''-
out of the wages then due to the defendant for labor per-
formed or services rendered during each week for which such
wages were earned but not paid shall be reserved in the hands
of the trustee and shall be exempt from such attachment. If
a pension payable to a defendant, which is not otherwise
exempt by law from attachment, is attached for a debt or
claim, an amount not exceeding twenty-five dollars for each
week which has elapsed since the last preceding payment
under such pension was payable to said defendant shall be
reserved in the hands of the trustee from the amount then
payable to said defendant but not paid and shall be exempt
from attachment. The amount reserved under this section
shall be paid by the trustee to the defendant in the same
manner and at the same time as such amount would have
246
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 265, 266.
Effective
date.
been paid if no such attachment had been made. Every writ
of attachment shall contain a statement of the amount ex-
empted from attachment under this section and also a
direction to the trustee to pay over the exempted amount as
hereinbefore provided.
Section 2. This act shall take effect on October first in
the current year. Approved April 16, 1947.
Chap.2Qd An Act authorizing the closing of public offices in
CITIES AND TOWNS ON SATURDAYS.
Emergency
preamble.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 41, new
§ 110 A,
added.
Public offices
may be closed
on Saturdays
in cities and
towns.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to
defeat its purpose, which in part is to authorize prompt action
by cities and towns as a result of which public offices therein
may be closed on Saturdays, therefore this act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 41 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
inserting after section 110 the following section: — Section
110 A. Any public office in any city or town may remain
closed on any or all Saturdays as may be determined from
time to time, in a city by the city council, subject to the
provisions of the city charter, or, in a town, by vote of the
town at a special or regular town meeting, and the provisions
of section nine of chapter four shall apply in the case of such
closing of any such office on any Saturday to the same extent
as if such Saturday were a legal holiday.
Approved April 17, 1947.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 175, § 63,
etc., amended.
Investments
of domestic
insurance
companies.
C/iap. 266 An Act relative to the investments of domestic in-
surance COMPANIES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section 63 of chapter 175 of the General
Laws, as amended, is hereby further amended by inserting
after clause (c) of paragraph 2 the following clause: —
(d) In the bonds or notes of any county, city, town,
district, authority or political subdivision located in any
state of the United States, if, by statutory or other require-
ments applicable thereto, such bonds or notes are payable
as to both principal and interest from adequate special
revenues pledged or otherwise appropriated or by law re-
quired to be provided for the purpose of such payment, but
not including any obligations payable solely out of special
assessments on properties benefited by local improvements.
EdVi7l'"5 63 Section 2. Paragraph 3 of said section 63, as appearing
further ' ' in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by striking
amended. ^^^ ^^ j-^^^ 2 thereof the words "and (c)" and inserting in
place thereof the words: — , (c) and (d), — so as to read as
follows : —
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 266. 247
3. In securities of the same classes as those described in Same subject,
paragraph one and clauses (b), (c) and (d) of paragraph two,
and subject to the limitations therein expressed, issued by
the Dominion of Canada or any province thereof, or by any
municipality or poHtical subdivision thereof.
Section 3. Said section 63 is hereby further amended EJ^Iyl'"^ gg
by striking out paragraph 4, as so appearing, and inserting further
in place thereof the following paragraph : — amended.
4. In the bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness same subject.
of any railroad corporation incorporated or located wholly
or in part in the commonwealth, or in the mortgage bonds of
any railroad corporation located wholly or in part in any
state of the United States, whose capital stock equals at
least one third of its funded indebtedness, which has paid
regularly for the five years next preceding the date of such
investment all interest charges on said funded indebtedness,
and which has paid regularly for such period dividends of at
least four per cent per annum upon all its issues of capital
stock, or whose net earnings available for fixed charges
during each of any three, including the last two, of the
five fiscal years next preceding the date of investment, have
been for such years not less than one and one half times the
total of its present fixed charges, or in the mortgage bonds
of any corporation which have been, both as to principal
and interest, assumed or guaranteed by any such railroad
corporation. "Net earnings available for fixed charges", as
used in this paragraph, shall mean net income after deducting
operating and maintenance expenses, taxes other than
federal, state, dominion and provincial income taxes, de-
preciation and depletion, but excluding extraordinary non-
recurring items of income or expense appearing in the regular
financial statements of the issuing corporation. "Fixed
charges", as used in this paragraph, shall include interest
on debt, annual apportionment of debt discount or premium
and rentals for leased properties.
Section 4. Said section 63 is hereby further amended g l. (Ter.
by inserting after paragraph 5, as so appearing, the following further ^' * *^ '
paragraph : — amended.
5A. In securities of the same classes as those described Same subject.
in paragraphs four and five, and subject to the limitations
therein expressed, issued by corporations located wholly or
in part in any province of the Dominion of Canada.
Section 5. Said section 63 is hereby further amended g. l. (Ter.
1 X -1 • I 1 /. • 1 • J • Ed.), 175, § 63,
by stnkmg out paragraph 6, as so appearmg, and msertmg further
in place thereof the following paragraph : — amended.
6. In equipment trust obligations or certificates which Same subject.
are adequately secured or other adequately secured instru-
ments evidencing an interest in railroad equipment to be
used wholly or in part within the United States or the
Dominion of Canada and a right to receive determined
portions of rental, purchase or other fixed obligatory pay-
ments for the use or purchase of such equipment; provided,
that an initial cash payment of at least ten per cent has
248
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 266.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 175, § 63,
further
amended.
San
subject.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 175, § 63,
further
amended.
Same subject.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 175, § 63,
further
amended.
Same subject.
been paid on such equipment; and provided, further, that
such obHgations, certificates or instruments mature not
later than fifteen years from the date of issue.
Section 6. Said section 63 is hereby further amended
by striking out paragraph 9, as so appearing, and inserting
in place thereof the following paragraph : —
9. In the bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness
of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company or its
subsidiary or affiliated operating companies.
Section 7. Said section 63 is hereby further amended
by striking out paragraph 11, as so appearing, and inserting
in place thereof the following paragraph : —
11. In the first mortgage bonds of companies engaged
directly and primarily in the production, distribution, trans-
mission or sale of electricity or gas, or in the operation of
telephone or telegraph systems or water works located
wholly or in part in any state of the United States or in any
province of the Dominion of Canada, the issue of which is
subject to the jurisdiction of a federal, state, dominion, or
provincial commission or other regulatoiy body, the net
earnings available for fixed charges of the issuing company
during each of any three, including the last two, of the five
fiscal years next preceding the date of investment, having
been for telephone and telegraph systems and electric light
or power companies not less than twice the fixed charges,
for gas companies not less than two and one half times the
fixed charges and for water companies not less than one and
one half times the fixed charges. "Net earnings available
for fixed charges", as used in this paragraph, shall mean net
income after deducting operating and maintenance expenses,
taxes other than federal, state, dominion and provincial
income taxes, depreciation and depletion, but excluding
extraordinary non-recurring items of income or expense
appearing in the regular financial statements of the issuing
company. "Fixed charges", as used in this paragraph, shall
include interest on all debt and annual apportionment of
debt discount or premium.
Section 8. Said section 63 is hereby further amended
by inserting after paragraph 14, as so appearing, the follow-
ing paragraph : —
14A. In the bonds, notes or other evidences of indebted-
ness of companies incorporated under the laws of the United
States, or any state thereof, or of the Dominion of Canada
or any province thereof the average net earnings of the issu-
ing company during the seven fiscal years next preceding
the date of investment having been not less than four times
the fixed charges, provided, however, that no more than one
half of the capital of any domestic company, other than life,
and not more than one half of the reserve of any domestic
stock or mutual life company may be invested under this
paragraph. "Net earnings", as used in this paragraph,
shall mean net income after deducting operating and main-
tenance expenses, taxes other than federal, state, dominion
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 267. 249
and provincial income taxes, depreciation and depletion,
but excluding extraordinary non-recurring items of income
or expense appearing in the regular financial statements of
the issuing company. "Fixed charges", as used in this
paragraph, shall include interest on all debt and annual
apportionment of debt discount or premium.
Approved April 17, 1947.
An Act relative to the making of changes in voting Chap. 2Q7
PRECINCTS AND THE BOUNDARIES THEREOF AND TO FACILI-
TATE VOTING IN TOWNS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section 7 of chapter 54 of the General Laws, g. l. (Ter.
as amended by section 3 of chapter 411 of the acts of 1943, ^tc.!'amendld.
is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 2, the
words "Except in towns of twelve thousand inhabitants or
over, a" and inserting in place thereof the word: — A, —
so as to read as follows : — Section 7. A town may make any changes in
change in its voting precincts which the selectmen recom- ci^cts^in'^^'
mend in a statement giving the boundaries, the designa- towns.
tions of the proposed precincts and the number of voters
registered in each for the preceding state or town election,
filed with the town clerk at least seven days before a town
meeting; but no changes other than those so proposed by
the selectmen shall be made at such meeting. Changes in
voting precincts under this section shall take effect on the
thirty-first day of December following such change.
Section 2. Said chapter 54 is hereby further amended g. l. (Ter.
by striking out section 9A, inserted by section 1 of chapter etc!, 'amended.'
267 of the acts of 1937, and inserting in place thereof the
following section : — Section 9 A . Notwithstanding any au- change of
thorization or requirement in sections six to nine, inclusive, ^estfkted.
or in any special law, any precinct wherein the legal voters
have been enumerated at any special enumeration as re-
quired by the constitution shall remain unchanged for the
purpose of forming representative districts based on said
enumeration until the formation thereof as aforesaid and,
if such precinct is in a town the territory of which in such
formation is included in two or more representative dis-
tricts, shall remain unchanged for the purpose of electing
representatives so long as such districts are required by the
constitution to be used for such purpose and during the
month of December in the year nineteen hundred and forty-
four and in every tenth year thereafter, the precincts of any
town may be revised by the selectmen thereof, in the man-
ner provided by law for such town, for use in the next suc-
ceeding special enumeration and formation of representative
districts.
Section 3. Said chapter 54 is hereby further amended Ed^M.^new
by inserting after section 7 the following section: — Sec- §'7a', added.
tion 7 A . Any precinct in a town where town meeting Division of
members are elected may be divided for the sole purpose of Ss'^shliu
250 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 268, 269.
be reposed facilitating voting therein. Every such division of a pre-
ofstatl."^ cinct shall be designated by the addition of a letter to the
number designating such precinct, or of a number to the
letter designating such precinct, as for example, precincts
lA, IB and so on, or precincts Al, A2 and so on. The
number of town meeting members representing such pre-
cinct immediately preceding such a division shall remain
unchanged and such members shall be elected from the
same territory until a general revision of precincts is made.
Notice of every such division shall be given forthwith to the
state secretary. Except as provided herein, all provisions
of law relating to voting precincts and to polling places shall
apply to such divisions. Within twenty days after such a
division, the selectmen shall cause notice in writing to be
given to each registered voter in any precinct so divided
specifying the polling place to be used by such voter. A
division of a precinct made hereunder shall take effect on
the thirty-first day of December following the making
thereof. Approved April 17, 1947.
Chap. 2QS ^^ ^^^ CHANGING THE DATE FOR THE HOLDING OF BIEN-
NIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN THE CITY OF BROCKTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Beginning with the year nineteen hundred
and forty-seven, biennial municipal elections in the city of
Brockton shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in November in each odd-numbered year, not-
withstanding any provision of chapter forty-three of the
General Laws.
Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance, prior to September first in the current year, by
vote of the city council of said city, subject to the provi-
sions of its charter, but not otherwise.
Approved April 17, 1947.
Chap.2Q9 An Act authorizing domestic life insurance companies
to invest in certain land and buildings.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Ed^iTs'^new Section 1. Chapter 175 of the General Laws is hereby
§ 66B, ad'ded^ amended by inserting after section 66A the following sec-
Domestic tion: — Section 66 B. Any domestic life company may pur-
co^iJl^tn'ies chase, lease, acquire by gift or otherwise and hold without
may invest anv limitation of time, any real property, or any interest
in ^orfaiTi "^ r 1 TT • 1 c^ • 1 • 1 'j. *
therem, in any state of the united States m which it is
authorized to transact business, and may use such property
for investment purposes as well as any other real property
owned, held or leased by it; provided, that such property
shall not include property the primary income from which
is or is intended to be derived from agriculture, horticulture
or animal husbandry. Such company may use existing
in certain
land and
buildings
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 270. 251
structures, may erect or cause to be erected new structures,
may use any combination of existing structures and new
structures, and may maintain, repair, alter, demolish and re-
construct such structures. Such company may manage, lease,
mortgage, sell and convey the whole or any part of such
property, and may collect or receive rents or income there-
from. No real property shall be purchased, leased, ac-
quired or improved under this section if the cost or value
thereof, or the estimated cost of proposed improvements
thereon, or both of them, as the case may be, would exceed
one per cent of the assets of such company, nor if any such
cost or value, plus the book value on the date of such pur-
chase, lease or acquisition thereof, of all real property held
under this section, would exceed three per cent of such assets,
nor if any such cost or value, together with the book value on
such date of all real property held by the company, would
exceed twenty per cent of its assets. Such property shall
be carried upon the books of the company at a value not in
excess of its original cost or value, and the book value thereof
shall be written down annually in an amount equal to not
less than two per cent of such value. Such writing down shall
continue until such value has been reduced to one dollar.
Section 2. Section 64 of said chapter 175 is hereby g. l. (Ter.
amended by striking out the third paragraph, as most re- ftc! amended^'
cently amended by section 2 of chapter 207 of the acts of
1943, and inserting in place thereof the following para-
graph:—
No domestic company hereafter acquiring title to real investments,
estate under the conditions of any mortgage owned by it, or andToans^*" ^
by purchase or set-off on execution upon judgment for debts
due it previously contracted in the course of its business, or
by other process in settlement for debts, shall hold it for a
longer period than five years without the written permission
of the commissioner. Except as authorized by sections sixty-
six A and sixty-six B of this chapter and sections seven A
and eighteen of chapter one hundred and twenty-one A, no
such company shall invest in real estate except to the extent
that may be necessary for its convenient accommodation in
the transaction of its business and then only to an amount
not exceeding ten per centum of its invested assets, includ-
ing cash in banks, as shown by its last annual statement to
the commissioner. Approved April 17, 1947.
Chap.270
An Act increasing temporarily the tax imposed by the
commonwealth on amounts wagered at certain horse
and dog racing meetings conducted under the pari-
mutuel or certificate system of wagering.
Whereas, This act increases the tax on the amounts Emergency
wagered at horse and dog racing meetings conducted under p'^eambie.
the pari-mutuel or certificate system of wagering, including
those taking place in the near future, and the deferred op-
eration of this act would tend in part to defeat its purpose by
252
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 271, 272.
Increase in
tax on pari-
mutuel
wagering.
depriving the commonwealth of necessary revenue, therefore
it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
In addition to any amount required to be withheld under
the provisions of section five of chapter one hundred and
twenty-eight A of the General Laws by a licensee conducting
a horse or dog racing meeting, such licensee shall withhold
an amount equal to one per cent of the total amount wagered
on each day of such meeting conducted during the year nine-
teen hundred and forty-seven and shall pay the same to the
state racing commission on the day following. This act shall
not apply to a horse or dog racing meeting conducted in con-
nection with a state or county fair.
Approved April 17, 1947.
Chap. 271 An Act temporarily authorizing persons engaged in
THE BUSINESS OF SELLING NEW MOTOR VEHICLES AND
LICENSED THEREFOR TO CONDUCT THE BUSINESS OF BUYING
AND SELLING SECOND-HAND MOTOR VEHICLES WITHOUT
ANY ADDITIONAL LICENSE.
Emergency
preamble.
New car
dealers may
deal in used
cars without
additional
license.
When act
ceases to be
operative.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend
to defeat its purpose, which is to authorize forthwith persons
licensed to sell new motor vehicles to buy and sell second-
hand motor vehicles, without being licensed therefor, there-
fore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Any person whose principal business is the
sale of new motor vehicles and who holds an agent's or a
seller's license therefor under section fifty-eight of chapter
one hundred and forty of the General Laws, may, during
the effective period of this act and without possessing any
additional license under said section, buy, sell, exchange
and otherwise deal in second-hand motor vehicles to the
same extent as if he held a used car dealer's license under
said section. Any authority granted under this act shall
be subject to section sixty of said chapter and to the rules
and regulations made thereunder.
Section 2. This act shall cease to be operative on March
thirty-first in the year nineteen hundred and forty-eight.
Approved April 18, 1947.
Chap. 272 An Act authorizing the town of east bridgewater to
BORROW MONEY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purposes of constructing and origi-
nally equipping a school building, the town of East Bridge-
water may borrow from time to time, within a period of
Acts, 1947.— Chap. 273. 253
five years from the effective date of this act, such sums of
money as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate,
two hundred thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or
notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the words,
East Bridge water School Loan, Act of 1947. Each au-
thorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans
shall be paid in not more than twenty years from their
dates. Indebtedness incurred under this act shall be in ex-
cess of the statutory hmit, but shall, except as provided
herein, be subject to chapter forty-four of the General
Laws, exclusive of the hmitation contained in the first para-
graph of section seven thereof.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 18, 1947.
An Act relative to certain liens upon merchandise (Jhav. 27S
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section L Chapter 255 of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Ter.
amended by striking out section 40, as amended by sec- ftc.!ameAded°'
tion 1 of chapter 514 of the acts of 1946, and inserting in
place thereof the following section : — Section 40. Wherever certain
used in sections forty-one to forty-seven, inclusive, the term '^"""'^ defined,
"merchandise" shall mean materials incidental to and used
in connection with the borrower's business, goods in process
and finished goods intended for sale, whether or not re-
quiring further manufacturing or processing, but shall not
include machinery, equipment or other trade fixtures of
the borrower; the terms "factor" and "factors", wherever
so used, shall mean persons, firms, banks and corporations
and their successors in interest who advance money on the
security of merchandise, whether or not they are employed
to sell such merchandise; and the term "borrower", wher-
ever so used, shall mean the owner of merchandise, or his
agent, who creates a lien in favor of a factor.
Section 2. Said chapter 255 is hereby further amended EdV^ss"^! 41
by striking out section 41, as amended by section 2 of said etc!. 'amsAded.'
chapter 514, and inserting in place thereof the following
section: — Section 4I. If so provided by any written agree- Factor to have
ment with the borrower, a factor shall have a continuing certTin^cases.
lien upon such merchandise of the borrower as is from time
to time after the execution of said written agreement desig-
nated in one or more separate written statements dated
and signed by the borrower and delivered to the factor,
without such merchandise being taken into the constructive
or actual possession or custody of the factor or of a third
person for the account of the factor, and upon the accounts
receivable or other identifiable proceeds resulting from the
sale of such merchandise. Such lien shall secure the factor
for all his loans and advances to or for the accotmt of the
borrower, together with interest thereon, and also for the
commissions, obligations, indebtedness, charges and ex-
254
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 273.
Notice of lien
to contain
name of
factor, etc.
Name of
borrower.
Character of
merchandise.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 255, § 42,
etc., amended.
Notice of lien
to be filed
with state
secretary and
city or town
clerk.
penses properly chargeable against or due from said borrower
and for the amounts due or owing upon any notes or other
obligations given to or received by the factor for or upon
account of any such loans or advances, interest, commis-
sions, obligations, indebtedness, charges and expenses and
shall be valid from the time of filing the notices hereinafter
and in sections forty-two to forty-seven, inclusive, referred
to, whether such merchandise shall be in existence at the
time of the execution of the written agreement providing for
the creation of the lien or at the time of filing such notices
or shall come into existence subsequently thereto or shall
subsequently thereto be acquired by the borrower; pro-
vided, that notices of the lien are filed as provided in section
forty-two stating : —
(a) The name of the factor; the name under which the
factor does business, if an assumed name; the principal
place of business of the factor within the commonwealth,
or, if he has no place of business within the commonwealth,
his principal place of business outside the commonwealth;
and, if the factor is a partnership or association, the name
of the partners, and if a corporation, the state under whose
laws it was organized.
(6) The name of the borrower; the name under which
the borrower does business, if an assumed name ; the princi-
pal place of business of the borrower within the common-
wealth, or, if he has no place of business within the common-
wealth, the principal place or places at which the merchandise
shall be located or stored.
(c) The general character of merchandise subject to the
lien, or which may become subject thereto, and the period of
time during which such loans or advances may be made
under the terms of the written agreement providing for
such loans or advances and for such lien. Amendments of
the notices may be filed from time to time in the same
manner to record any changes in the information contained
in the original, subsequent or amended notices.
Section 3. Said chapter 255 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 42, inserted by chapter 285 of the
acts of 1945, and inserting in place thereof the following
section: — Section 42. Such notices of lien shall be verified
by the factor to the effect that the statements therein con-
tained are true to the best of the factor's knowledge, and
shall, within ten days from the date of the written agreement
providing for the creation of said lien, be filed with the state
secretary and, if the borrower has one or more places of
business in the commonwealth, with the clerk of the city
or town where the borrower maintains his principal place of
business in the commonwealth, each of whom shall cause
each notice of lien filed to be marked with a consecutive file
number and with the date and hour of filing, to be kept in a
separate file, and to be noted and indexed in a suitable index,
arranged according to the name of the borrower and con-
taining a notation of the factor's chief place of business as
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 273. 255
given in the notice of lien. The fee for fihng any such notice Filing fee.
shall be one dollar.
Section 4. Said chapter 255 is hereby further amended EdV'25r§43
by striking out section 43, as so inserted, and inserting in etc!, 'amended. '
place thereof the following section : — Section 4-3. Upon Lien effective
such filing the lien of the factor shall be effectual upon and ^p°" fi""^-
attach to the property from time to time designated in
the written statements provided for in section forty-one
and to any accounts receivable or other identifiable proceeds
resulting from the sale of such merchandise, as against all
claims of unsecured creditors of the borrower and as against
subsequent liens of creditors, except that specific liens arising
out of contractual acts of the borrower with reference to the
processing, warehousing, shipping or otherwise dealing with
the merchandise in the usual course of the borrower's busi-
ness, preparatory to their sale, shall attach against the lien
of the factor in said merchandise, whether or not filing has
occurred under sections forty to forty-seven, inclusive; but
this section shall not obligate the factor personally for any
debt secured by such lien, nor shall it be construed to include
the lien of a landlord. When merchandise subject to the
lien provided for by sections forty to forty-seven, inclusive,
is sold in the ordinary course of the business of the borrower,
the purchaser shall take the said merchandise free and clear
of the lien, whether or not he has knowledge of the existence
thereof.
Section 5. Said chapter 255 is hereby further amended e^^'-^J|''« 44
by striking out section 44, as so inserted, and inserting in etc., ameAded. '
place thereof the following section: — Section 44. Upon Certificate of
the payment or satisfaction of the indebtedness secured by {•'e^n.^'^'"^*' °^
any lien specified in sections forty to forty-seven, inclusive,
the factor or his legal representative, upon the request of
any person interested in the said merchandise shall sign
and acknowledge a certificate setting forth such payment
or satisfaction. The state secretary and the city or town
clerk shall severally, on receipt of such certificate, or a copy
thereof, certified as required by law, file the same in the file
in which the original notice of lien was entered. The fee
for filing such certificate of discharge shall be one dollar.
All notices of lien shall be deemed to be and remain in full
force and effect under said sections without further or other
filing until the certificate or certificates of discharge, or
certified copies thereof, shall have been filed as hereinbefore
provided.
Section 6. Section 45 of said chapter 255, as so inserted, ^j J" ^l""-^ 45
is hereby amended by striking out, in line 8, the words etc., ameAded.'
"and posting", — so as to read as follows: — Section 45. Provisions of
Sections forty to forty-seven, inclusive, shall not apply to ind1?siV°e,^^'
transactions of bailment, pledge or consignment, in which ''"''tfd.
the merchandise is in the actual or constructive possession or
custody of the factor, or in the actual or constructive posses-
sion or custody of a third person for the account of the factor,
and in such transactions and in any transaction under which
256 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 274, 275, 276.
the factor shall not comply with the filing requirements of
sections forty to forty-seven, inclusive, the factor shall
have such security interest or lien rights in the merchandise
as shall accrue to the factor under the statutory and common
law as it otherwise exists. Approved April 18, 1947.
Chap. 274: An Act to enable the Middlesex county commissioners
TO ACQUIRE ADDITIONAL LAND IN THE CITY OF MALDEN
AND CONSTRUCT A PARKING SPACE THEREON FOR THE
FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF EASTERN MIDDLESEX.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The county commissioners of Middlesex
county are hereby authorized to acquire by purchase, or
otherwise, certain land in the city of Maiden and to construct
a parking space thereon for the first district court of Eastern
Middlesex, — said land being on the westerly side of Sum-
mer street in the said city of Maiden, nearly opposite the
intersection of said Summer street with Mountain avenue;
and, for said purposes, may raise and expend a sum not
exceeding fourteen thousand dollars, which sum shall be
included as a part of the county tax for said county of
Middlesex for the current year.
Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance during the current year by the county commis-
sioners of said county, but not otherwise.
Approved April 18, 1947.
Chap. 27 5 An Act prohibiting the use of airplanes for hunting.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
EdViJr§ 78 Section 78 of chapter 131 of the General Laws, as appear-
etc!. 'amended.' ing in scction 2 of chapter 599 of the acts of 1941, is hereby
amended by inserting after the word "vehicle" in line 4
the words: — or airplane, — so that the first sentence will
HuntinKby read as follows: — Whoever constructs, erects, sets, uses,
p/Jhfbited. locates, repairs, tends or maintains an}'' snare for the purpose
of catching or killing any mammal, or hunts a mammal by
such means or by the aid or use of any motor vehicle or
airplane, or hunts a mammal by the aid or use of artificial
light except as authorized herein, shall be punished by a
fine of not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars.
Approved April 18, 1947.
Chav.27Q ^^ ^^'^ regulating the separation from the service
of certain cities and towns of certain war veterans
holding unclassified offices or positions.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Edo.'4i!*new Chapter 41 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
5^u2a,' inserting after section 112 the following section: — Sec-
tion 112A. A veteran, as defined in section twenty-one of
added
Separation of
from chapter thirty-one, who holds in the service of a city which
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 277. 267
accepts this section by vote of its city council, subject to the undwrified
provisions of its charter, or of a town which accepts the posHionain
same by vote of its inhabitants at a town meeting, an office andtowM^^^
or position not classified under said chapter thirty-one,
other than an elective office, an appointive office for a fixed
term or the offices of city soficitor, assistant city solicitor,
secretary to the mayor, clerk of the board of selectmen,
town counsel, assistant town counsel, legislative counsel,
registrars of voters or other officers performing similar
duties, or public school teachers, and has held such office or
position for not less than five years, shall not be involuntarily
separated from such office or position except subject to and
in accordance with the provisions of sections forty-three
and forty-five of said chapter thirty-one to the same extent
as if said office or position were classified under said chapter.
If the separation in the case of any such unclassified office
or position results from lack of work or lack of money, such
a veteran shall not be separated from his office or position
while similar offices or positions in the same group or grade
exist unless all such offices or positions are held by such
veterans, in which case such separation shall occur in the
inverse order of their respective original appointments.
Approved April 18, 1947.
An Act authorizing the county commissioners of essex Chap. 277
COUNTY TO ERECT AND EQUIP CERTAIN BUILDINGS AT THE
ESSEX COUNTY TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. In addition to the amount authorized under
chapter two hundred and twenty-seven of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and forty-six, the county commissioners of
Essex county are hereby authorized to raise and expend a
sum not exceeding three hundred and twenty-five thousand
dollars for the purpose of providing new buildings, additions
and improvements at the Essex county tuberculosis hospital
as follows: — nurses' home; operating ward facilities and
equipment; suitable living accommodations for doctors;
new bakery and equipment; dormitories in the infirmary,
with additional lavatory facilities; bridge to connect new
nurses' home with hospital; sanitary improvements; to-
gether with all necessary equipment therefor; additions and
improvements to the power plant; and such other additions
or improvements as may be deemed necessary; provided,
that the amount to be used for additions and improvements
to the power plant under this act and under said chapter two
hundred and twenty-seven shall not exceed one hundred
and fifty thousand dollars. All sums, if any, received from
the federal government for the purposes of this act, shall
be included in, and considered as a part of, the total amount
authorized to be expended hereunder.
Section 2. The county commissioners of said county,
with the consent of the governor, shall take any and all steps
258 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 278.
necessary from time to time to enable Essex county to secure
for said purposes any federal grant or subsidy.
Section 3. To provide funds for the new buildings,
additions, improvements and equipment hereinbefore au-
thorized, the treasurer of Essex county, with the approval
of the county commissioners, may borrow from time to
time on credit of the county such sums, not exceeding, in
the aggregate, three hundred and twenty-five thousand
dollars, as may be necessary, and may issue bonds or notes
therefor, which shall bear on their face the words, Essex
County Tuberculosis Hospital Loan, Act of 1947. Each
authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan and such
loans shall be payable in not more than ten years from their
dates. Such bonds or notes shall be signed by the treasurer
of said county and countersigned by a majority of said county
commissioners. Said county may sell said securities at
public or private sale upon such terms and conditions as
said county commissioners may deem proper, but not for
less than their par value. Indebtedness incurred under this
act shall, except as herein provided, be subject to chapter
thirty-five of the General Laws. Any sums received from
the federal government for the purposes of this act may be
applied toward payment either of the expenditures au-
thorized by section one of this act or of the principal of the
bonds or notes hereby authorized. All sums necessary to
meet interest payments on notes or bonds issued under this
act and payments on account of principal as the same mature
shall be assessed upon the cities and towns constituting the
hospital district in the same proportion and together with
other assessments made under section eighty-five of chapter
one hundred and eleven of the General Laws.
Section 4. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance, prior to December thirty-first in the current
year, by the county commissioners of the county of Essex,
but not otherwise. Approved April 18, 1947.
Chap. 27S An Act relative to partial payments of unpaid real
ESTATE TAXES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows :
EdV, 60,1 22, Section 22 of chapter 60 of the General Laws, as amended
etc., 'amended', by scctiou 52 of chaptcr 254 of the acts of 19.33, is hereby
further amended by striking out the first sentence and in-
Partiaipay- scrting in place thereof the following sentence: — After
estatVtax'^'' the Commitment of a tax, including assessments for better-
ments or other purposes but not including a poll tax, to a
collector for collection, the owner of the estate or person
assessed or a person in behalf of said owner or person may,
if the tax is a tax upon real estate, at any time and from
time to time up to the date when an advertisement is pre-
pared for the sale or taking of the real estate for the non-
payment of such tax or up to the date when the tax is certified
under section sixty-one, and if the tax is a personal property
tax, at any time and from time to time up to the date when
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 279, 280. 259
a warrant or other process is issued for the enforcement
and collection thereof, tender to the collector a partial
paj-ment of the tax not less than ten per cent of the total
tax but in no event less in amount than ten dollars, which
shall be received, receipted for and applied toward the
payment of the tax. Approved April 18, 194-7.
Ax Act authorizing the towx of westox to reinstate Qhav 279
JOHN J. CASSIDY, A FORMER MEMBER OF THE POLICE DEPART-
MENT OF SAID TOWX, FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF BEING
RETIRED, AND AUTHORIZIXG THE RETIREMEXT BOARD OF
THE MIDDLESEX COUXTY RETIREMEXT SYSTEM TO RETIRE
SAID CASSIDY FOR ACCIDENTAL DISABILITY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows. •
For the purpose of promoting the public good and in
consideration of the meritorious service heretofore performed
for the town of Weston by John J. Cassidy, a former mem-
ber of the police department of said town, who was injured
in the performance of his duties on a date prior to the adop-
tion by said town of a retirement system for its employees,
said town is hereby authorized to reinstate said Cassidy,
for the sole purpose of being retired; and. upon such rein-
statement, said Cassidj' shall be reinstated to membership
in the Middlesex county retirement system and the retire-
ment board of said system is hereby authorized to retire
said Cassidy, as of ilarch thirty-first, nineteen hundred
and forty-five, for accidental disabilit^^ under the provisions
of law applicable on said date. Approved April 18, 1947.
An Act to establish the sandwich water district in Chap. 2S0
THE TOWN OF SANDWICH.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The inhabitants of the town of Sandwich
liable to taxation in said town and residing within the terri-
tory comprised within the following boundary lines, to wit:
— Beginning at the intersection of the boundary line be-
tween the towTi of Sandwich and the town of Bourne with
the mean high w^ater line on the south side of the Cape Cod
canal and running easterly by the mean high water line of
the Cape Cod canal to Cape Cod bay; thence southeasterly
by the mean high water line of Cape Cod bay to the center
line of the northerly jetty of the entrance to Sandwich har-
bor; thence southwesterly by a straight line to the intersec-
tion of the southeasterly side line of ]Mount Hope cemetery
with the side line of the state highway knowTi as route 6;
thence turning and running southwesterly by a straight line
to the intersection of the westerly side line of Water street
with the southerly side line of Knot Hollow road; thence
turning and running southwesterly in an irregular line by
the boundary line of the Shawme state forest located close
to Knot Hollow road a distance of about fifty-five hun-
260 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 280.
dredths of a mile to a stone bound; thence turning and run-
ning by several lines in a northwesterly direction by the
boundary line of the Shawme state forest to a point lying in
the town line between the town of Sandwich and the town
of Bourne; thence by the town line between the town of
Sandwich and the town of Bourne to mean high water at the
south side of the Cape Cod canal at the point of beginning,
— shall constitute a water district and are hereby made a
body corporate by the name of the Sandwich water dis-
trict, hereinafter called the district, for the purpose of sup-
plying themselves with water for the extinguishment of fires
and for domestic and other purposes, with power to estab-
lish fountains and hydrants and to relocate and discontinue
the same, to regulate the use of such water and to fix and
collect rates to be paid therefor, and for the purposes of
assessing and raising taxes as provided herein for the pay-
ment of such services, and for defraying the necessary ex-
penses of carrying on the business of said district, subject
to all general laws now or hereafter in force relating to such
districts, except as otherwise provided herein. The district
shall have power to prosecute and defend all actions relating
to its property and affairs.
Section 2. For the purposes aforesaid, the district, acting
by and through its board of water commissioners hereinafter
provided for, may contract with any municipality, acting
through its water department, or with any water company,
or with any water district, for whatever water may be
required, authority to furnish the same being hereby
granted, and may take by eminent domain under chapter
seventy-nine or chapter eighty A of the General Laws, or
acquire by lease, purchase or otherwise, and hold, the waters,
or any portion thereof, of any pond, spring or stream, or of
any ground sources of supply by means of driven, artesian
or other wells, within the town of Sandwich not already
appropriated for the purposes of a public water supply, and
the water and flowage rights connected with any such water
sources, and for said purposes may take as aforesaid, or ac-
quire by purchase or otherwise, and hold, all lands, rights
of way and other easements necessary for collecting, storing,
holding, purifying and preserving the purity of the water
and for conveying the same to any part of said district; pro-
vided, that no source of water supply or lands necessary for
preserving the quality of the water shall be so taken or used
without first obtaining the advice and approval of the de-
partment of public health, and that the location and arrange-
ment of all dams, reservoirs, springs, wells, pumping, puri-
fication and filtration plants and such other works as may
be necessary in carrying out the provisions of this act shall
be subject to the approval of said department. The district
may construct and maintain on the lands acquired and held
under this act proper dams, wells, springs, reservoirs, stand-
pipes, tanks, pumping plants, buildings, fixtures and other
structures including also the establishment and maintenance
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 280. 261
of filter beds and purification works or systems, and may
make excavations, procure and operate machinery and pro-
vide such other means and apphances, and do such other
things as may be necessary for the estabHshment and main-
tenance of complete and effective water works ; and for that
purpose may construct pipe lines, wells and reservoirs and
establish pumping works, and may construct, lay, acquire
and maintain aqueducts, conduits, pipes and other works
under or over any land, water courses, railroads, railways
and pubhc or other ways, and along such ways, in said town,
in such manner as not unnecessarily to obstruct the same;
and for the purposes of constructing, laying, maintaining,
operating and repairing such aqueducts, conduits, pipes and
other works, and for all proper purposes of this act, the dis-
trict may dig up or raise and embank any such lands, high-
ways or other ways in such manner as to cause the least
hindrance to pubhc travel on such ways; provided, that the
manner in which all things are done upon any such way
shall be subject to the direction of the selectmen of the town
of Sandwich. The district shall not enter upon, or construct
or lay any conduit, pipe or other works within, the location
of any railroad corporation except at such time and in such
manner as it may agree upon with such corporation, or, in
case of failure so to agree, as may be approved by the de-
partment of public utilities. The district may enter upon
any lands for the purpose of making surveys, test wells or
pits and borings, and may take or otherwise acquire the
right to occupy temporarily any lands necessary for the con-
struction of any work or for any other purpose authorized
by this act.
Section 3. Any person sustaining damages in his prop-
erty by any taking under this act or any other thing done
under authority thereof may recover such damages from the
district under said chapter seventy-nine or said chapter
eighty A; but the right to damages for the taking of any
water, water right or water source, or for any injury thereto,
shall not vest until water is actually withdrawn or diverted
under authority of this act.
Section 4. For the purpose of paying the necessary ex-
penses and Habilities incurred under this act, other than ex-
penses of maintenance and operation, the district may borrow
from time to time such sums as may be necessary, not ex-
ceeding, in the aggregate, one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall
bear on their face the words. Sandwich Water District Loan,
Act of 1947. Each authorized issue shall constitute a sepa-
rate loan, and such loans shall be payable in not more than
thirty years from their dates. Indebtedness incurred under
this act shall be subject to the provisions of chapter forty-
four of the General Laws pertaining to such districts.
Section 5. The district shall, at the time of authorizing
said loan or loans, provide for the payment thereof in ac-
cordance with section four of this act; and, when a vote to
262 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 280.
that effect has been passed, a sum which, with the income
derived from water rates, will be sufficient to pay the annual
expense of operating its water works and the interest as it
accrues on the bonds or notes issued as aforesaid by the dis-
trict, and to make such payments on the principal as may be
required under this act, shall without further vote be assessed
upon the district by the assessors of said town of Sandwich
annually thereafter until the debt incurred by said loan or
loans is extinguished.
Section 6. Any land taken or acquired under this act
shall be managed, improved and controlled by the board of
water commissioners hereinafter provided for, in such man-
ner as they shall deem for the best interest of the district.
All authority vested in said board by this section shall be
subject to section nine.
Section 7. Whenever a tax is duly voted by the district
for the purposes of this act, the clerk shall send a certified
copy of the vote to the assessors of said town, who shall
assess the same on property within the district in the same
manner in all respects in which town taxes are required by
law to be assessed; provided, that no estate shall be subject
to any tax assessed on account of the system of water supply
under this act if, in the judgment of the board of water
commissioners hereinafter provided for, after a hearing, due
notice whereof shall have been given, such estate is so situ-
ated that it will receive no aid in the extinguishment of fire
from the said system of water supply, or if such estate is so
situated that the buildings thereon, or the buildings that
might be constructed thereon, could not be supplied with
water from said system in any ordinary or reasonable man-
ner; but all other estates in the district shall be deemed to
be benefited and shall be subject to such tax. A certified
list of the estates exempt from taxation under the provisions
of this section shall annually be sent by said board of water
commissioners to said assessors, at the same time at which
the clerk shall send a certified copy of the vote as aforesaid.
The assessment shall be committed to the town collector,
who shall collect said tax in the manner provided by law for
the collection of town taxes, and shall deposit the proceeds
thereof with the district treasurer for the use and benefit of
the district. The district may collect interest on overdue
taxes in the manner in which interest is authorized to be
collected on town taxes.
Section 8. Any meeting of the voters of the territory
included within the boundaries set forth in section one to be
held prior to the acceptance of this act, and any meeting
of the voters of the district to be held prior to the qualifica-
tion of a majority of the water commissioners, shall be called,
on petition of ten or more legal voters therein, by a warrant
from the selectmen of said town, or from a justice of the peace,
directed to one of the petitioners, requiring him to give
notice of the meeting by posting copies of the warrant in
two or more public places in the district seven days at least
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 280. 263
before the time of the meeting. Such justice of the peace,
or one of the selectmen, shall preside at such meeting until a
clerk is chosen and sworn, and the clerk shall preside until a
moderator is chosen. At anj'- meeting held hereunder prior
to the acceptance of this act, after the choice of a moderator
for the meeting the question of the acceptance of this act
shall be submitted to the voters, and if it is accepted by a
majority of the voters present and voting thereon it shall
thereupon take effect, and the meeting may then proceed
to act on the other articles in the warrant. After the quali-
fication of a majority of the water commissioners, meetings
of the district shall be called by warrant under their hands,
unless some other method be provided by by-law or vote of
the district.
Section 9. The district shall, after the acceptance of this
act as aforesaid, elect by ballot, either at the same meeting
at which this act shall have been accepted, or thereafter, at
an annual meeting or at a special meeting called for the pur-
pose, three persons, inhabitants of and voters in said dis-
trict, to hold office, one until the expiration of three years,
one until the expiration of two years, and one until the
expiration of one year, from the day of the next succeeding
annual district meeting, to constitute a board of water com-
missioners; and at every annual district meeting following
such next succeeding annual district meeting one such com-
missioner shall be elected by ballot for the term of three
years. The date of the next annual meeting shall be fixed
by by-law or by vote of the board of water commissioners,
but in no event shall it be later than fifteen months subse-
quent to the date on which the water commissioners were
first elected. All the authority granted to said district by
this act, except sections four and five, and not otherwise
specifically provided for, shall be vested in said board of
water commissioners, who shall be subject, however, to such
instructions, niles and regulations as the district may by
vote impose. At the meeting at which said water commis-
sioners are first elected and at each annual district meeting
held thereafter, the district shall elect by ballot, each for a
term of one year, a clerk and a treasurer of the district.
The treasurer shall not be a water commissioner, and shall
give bond to the district in such an amount as may be ap-
proved by said water commissioners and with a surety com-
pany authorized to transact business in the commonwealth
as surety. A majority of said water commissioners shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Any
vacancy occurring in said board from any cause may be
filled for the remainder of the unexpired term by said dis-
trict at any legal meeting called for the purpose. No money
shall be drawn from the treasury of the district on account
of its water works except upon a written order of said water
commissioners or a majority of them.
Section 10. Said board of water commissioners shall fix
just and equitable prices and rates for the use of water, and
264 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 280.
shall prescribe the time and manner of payment. The in-
come of the water works shall be appropriated to defray all
operating expenses, interest charges and payments on the
principal as they shall accrue upon any bonds or notes issued
under authority of this act. If there should be a net surplus
remaining after providing for the aforesaid charges, it may
be appropriated for such new construction as said water
commissioners may recommend, and in case a surplus should
remain after payment for such new constmction the water
rates shall be reduced proportionately. Said water commis-
sioners shall annually, and as often as the district may re-
quire, render a report upon the condition of the works under
their charge, and an account of their doings, including an
account of receipts and expenditures.
Section 11. The district may adopt by-laws, prescribing
by whom and how meetings of the district may be called,
notified and conducted; and, upon the application of ten
or more legal voters in the district, meetings may also be
called by warrant as provided in section eight. The district
may also establish rules and regulations for the management
of its water works, not inconsistent with this act or with any
other provision of law, and may choose such other officers
not provided for in this act as it may deem necessary or
proper.
Section 12. Whoever wilfully or wantonly corrupts, pol-
lutes or diverts any water obtained or supplied under this
act, or wilfully or wantonly injures any reservoir, well, stand-
pipe, aqueduct, pipe or other property owned or used by
the district for any of the purposes of this act, shall forfeit
and pay to the district three times the amount of damages
assessed therefor, to be recovered in an action of tort, and
upon conviction of any of the above wilful or wanton acts
shall be punished by a fine of not more than three hundred
dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or
both.
Section 13. Upon a petition in writing addressed to said
board of water commissioners requesting that certain real
estate, accurately described therein, located in said town and
abutting on said district and not otherwise served by a pub-
lic water supply be included within the limits thereof, and
signed by the owners of such real estate, or a major portion
of such real estate, said water commissioners shall cause a
duly warned meeting of the district to be called, at
which meeting the voters may vote on the question of in-
cluding said real estate within the district. If a majority of
the voters present and voting thereon vote in the affirmative
the district clerk shall within ten days file with the town
clerk of said town and with the state secretary an attested
copy of said petition and vote; and thereupon said real
estate shall become and be part of the district and shall be
holden under this act in the same manner and to the same
extent as the real estate described in section one.
Acts, 1947. —Chap. 281. 265
Section 14. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance by a majority vote of the voters of the district
present and voting thereon by the use of a check list at a
district meeting called in accordance with the provisions of
section eight within three years after its passage, but not
otherwise. Approved April 21, 1947.
An Act authorizing the town of lunenburg to take Qhn^ 281
OVER THE PROPERTIES AND ASSUME THE OBLIGATIONS OF ^'
THE LUNENBURG WATER DISTRICT OF LUNENBURG.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Lunenburg is hereby authorized
to take over all the properties, rights, powers and privileges
of the Lunenburg water district of Lunenburg, established
by chapter seventeen of the acts of nineteen hundred and
thirty-nine, and to assume all the duties and obligations of
said district, and shall thereby become in all respects the
lawful successor to said district.
Section 2. The provisions of this act shall not affect any
act done, ratified or confirmed by said district or any of its
officers prior to the effective date of this act, nor any right
accrued or established, nor any action, suit or proceeding
commenced or had in a civil case prior to said date, nor shall
it impair the validity of any of the notes, bonds or other
obligations of said district outstanding on said date. Any
indebtedness incurred by said district and outstanding at
the time it is taken over by said town shall be assumed by
said town.
Section 3. The selectmen of said town shall act as water
commissioners until the first annual town meeting held after
the date when said district is taken over by said town and at
said meeting said town shall elect a board of thi-ee water
commissioners. Such commissioners shall be elected by
official ballot and, in the first instance, shall be elected to
hold office, one for a term of three years, one for a term of
two years, and one for a term of one year, from the meet-
ing at which they are elected, and thereafter one commis-
sioner shall be elected annually for the term of three years.
The commissioners shall serve until their respective succes-
sors are qualified.
Section 4. This act shall take full effect on the thirtieth
day following its acceptance, within two years after its pas-
sage, by a majority of the voters of the Lunenburg water
district of Lunenburg present and voting thereon at a meet-
ing called for the purpose, and by a majority of the voters of
the town of Lunenburg present and voting at any town meet-
ing held within said two years, but not otherwise.
Approved April 21, 19^7,
266 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 282, 283, 284.
Chap. 2S2 An Act temporarily authorizing cities and towns to
MAKE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SUPPRESSION AND ERAD-
ICATION OF POISON IVY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1, Any city or town may appropriate money to
acquire information regarding the growth of poison ivy
within its Hmits and to do such things as are considered
necessary to suppress, eradicate and destroy poison ivy.
Appropriations voted for this purpose shall be expended un-
der the direction of such department as may be designated
by the town meeting in a town or the city council in a city.
Section 2. Duly authorized officials of any city or town
in which an appropriation is voted under authority of this
act, their agents, representatives and employees, may enter
upon land within the limits thereof to carry out the pur-
poses for which such appropriation is voted.
Section 3. This act shall become inoperative on Janu-
ary first, nineteen hundred and fifty-one.
Approved April 22, 1947.
Chap.2SS An Act to make uniform certain fees to be collected
BY CITY AND TOWN CLERKS FOR TRANSMITTING TO THE
STATE SECRETARY COPIES OF RECORDS OF MARRIAGES,
BIRTHS AND DEATHS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Edt'46.^§ 26, Section 26 of chapter 46 of the General Laws, as amended,
etc.. amended', is hereby further amended by striking out the first sentence,
as appearing in the Tercentenary Edition, and inserting in
F«^- place thereof the following sentence : — The town clerk shall
receive the following fees from the town upon presenting
to the town treasurer a certificate of the receipt of the pre-
scribed copies by the state secretary: For each birth, mar-
riage or death, one dollar. Approved April 22, 1947.
Chap. 2S4: An Act repealing the provisions of law which author-
ize THE TOWN OF NEWBURY TO SUPPLY ITSELF AND ITS
INHABITANTS WITH WATER.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 636 of the acts of 1941 is hereby
repealed.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 25, 1947.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 285. 267
An Act authorizing the city of pittsfield to take n^n^ 285
WATERS AND OTHER PROPERTY FOR THE PURPOSE OF ^'
INCREASING ITS WATER SUPPLY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Pittsfield, for the purpose of
increasing its w^ater supply, is hereby authorized to take by
eminent domain under and in accordance with chapter
seventy-nine of the General Laws, except as hereinafter
provided, or to acquire by purchase or otherwise, or to
divert at any time or from time to time, and hold, the waters
of Cleveland brook, so called, and its tributaries lying within
the towns of Hinsdale and Dalton, and to divert at any
time or from time to time, and hold, the waters or such
parts thereof of the Cady brook and the East branch of the
Housatonic river as hereinafter authorized; and to take
by eminent domain under and in accordance with said
chapter seventy-nine, except as hereinafter provided, or to
acquire by purchase or otherwise, any or all water rights
connected therewith located within the towns of Hinsdale,
Peru, Windsor and Dalton; and to convey the w^aters so
taken, diverted or held to the city of Pittsfield, and use
such waters in connection with and through the medium
of its present system of water works or otherwise, for any
and all purposes for which said city is or may be authorized
to use water. Said city is also authorized to take by eminent
domain under said chapter seventy-nine, except as herein-
after provided, or acquire by purchase or otherwise, and hold,
all land, rights of way and easements in the towns of Dalton,
Hinsdale, Windsor, Peru or Cheshire or in the city of Pitts-
field which may be necessary for collecting and storing such
water and protecting and preserving the purity thereof
and for conveying the same to any part of the city of Pitts-
field or to the Dalton Fire District; provided, that no
source of water supply or lands shall be taken or acquired
under authority of this act except with the approval of the
state department of public health, and that all works for
taking, storing, conveying or diverting said water shall be
constructed in general accordance with plans approved by
said department.
Section 2. The city of Pittsfield shall construct and
maintain a suitable reservoir on Cleveland brook in the
town of Hinsdale to impound at least six hundred million
gallons, and may construct and maintain on lands taken or
purchased such diversion dams, conduits or pipe lines and
other works or stmctures as said city may deem necessary
for the diversion, holding or storing the waters of Cady
brook, Cleveland brook, and the East branch of the Housa-
tonic river, or necessary for the establishment and main-
tenance of complete and effective water works and for
storing water and conveying, filtering or otherwise treating
or distributing the same; and, for the purposes aforesaid,
268 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 285.
may lay, construct and maintain its conduits, water pipes,
aqueducts and other works or structures under, over or
along any land, water courses, railroads, street railways,
public or other ways in such manner as not unnecessarily to
obstruct the same; and for the purposes of constructing,
laying, maintaining, operating and repairing such conduits,
pipes and other works, and for all other proper purposes of
this act, said city of Pittsfield may dig up or raise and em-
bank any such lands, highways or other ways in such manner
as to cause the least hindrance to public travel thereon;
provided, that any pubUc way outside the city of Pittsfield
in which work is done under any provision of this act shall
be restored by said city of Pittsfield to a condition sub-
stantially similar to its condition prior to such work. Said
city of Pittsfield shall not enter upon, construct or lay any
conduits, pipes or other works within the locations of any
railroad corporation, except at such time and in such manner
as it may agree upon with such corporation, or, in case of
failure so to agree, as may be approved by the department
of public utilities.
Section 3. (a) The right of the city of Pittsfield to
divert the waters of the East branch of the Housatonic
river and the waters of the Cady brook at locations above
that at which they now flow into the Windsor reservoir of
the Dalton Fire District shall be subject to the right of said
district to require that reasonable care be exercised by the
city of Pittsfield to avoid all such diversion durmg periods
of time when the elevation of the water in the Windsor
reservoir is lower than its spillway by reason of the reser-
voir's normal use to supply said district for any and all
purposes for which said district is now authorized to use
water.
(b) The Dalton Fire District shall maintain its dam and
outlet works of its Windsor reservoir in such a condition
as to prevent any unreasonable leakage and shall provide
and maintain such equipment as is necessary to record the
amount of water drawn from the Windsor reservoir daily.
Section 4. Upon the taking or acquisition by the city
of Pittsfield of any property or rights under this act, said
city shall be under the duty to the Dalton Fire District and
said district may require from said city:
(a) That sufficient storage facilities shall be provided on
the property acquired to permit the storage of water ade-
quate to supply to the Dalton Fire District, in addition to
the requirements of the city of Pittsfield, a maximum draught
of not more than forty-six million gallons in any calendar
month. This maximum draught of water by said district
from the proposed Cleveland brook reservoir, heremafter
referred to as "maximum draught to Dalton" is contingent
on said district drawing not over fifty-one million gallons
in any calendar month from its Windsor reservoir and the
maximum draught to Dalton above referred to shall be
decreased by the amount said district draws from Windsor
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 285. 269
reservoir in excess of fifty-one million gallons in any calendar
month, hereinafter referred to as "maximum draught by
Dalton from Windsor reservoir";
(6) That the city of Pittsfield shall install and maintain
a pipe line or pipe lines of sufficient capacity and in such
location or locations as to provide for the conveyance to
the Dalton Fire District from water stored in the Cleveland
brook reservoir of Pittsfield, the maximum requirement
stated in paragraph (a) of this section in addition to the
requirement of the city of Pittsfield and to provide for the
delivery therefrom to the pipe lines of said district at or
near the corner of Main and North streets in Dalton or at
such other point or points as may be mutually agreed upon
at a pressure of not less than seventy-nine pounds per square
inch at street level ;
(c) That sufficient land, rights in land, and other property
shall be acquired by the city of Pittsfield to make possible
the accomplishment of the purposes set forth in paragraphs
(a) and (b) of this section;
(d) The requirements of paragraphs (a), (6) and (c) of
this section shall be effected as soon as reasonably possible
without expense to the Dalton Fire District. Subject to
the rights in the city of Pittsfield to divert waters and to
construct and maintain the necessary diversion dams, con-
duits and equipment as stated in this act, said district shall
retain title to Windsor reservoir, all waters flowing into and
from the same, the watershed thereof and appurtenant
thereto and any and all water rights connected therewith,
and the provisions of section one of this act shall not au-
thorize the taking of the aforesaid by the city of Pittsfield
by eminent domain except as shall be required for the con-
struction and maintenance of the necessary diversion dams,
conduits and equipment;
(e) The location of the diversion dams on the East branch
of the Housatonic river and the Cady brook and the posi-
tion of the diversion conduits in relation to the bed of the
above streams shall be subject to the approval of the Dalton
Fire District but said district shall not require the city of
Pittsfield to incur undue expense to fully accomplish the
purpose for which such dams and conduits are intended; and
(f) The state department of public health may from time
to time order the release of water from storage from the
reservoir systems maintained by the city of Pittsfield or the
Dalton Fire District, and in such amounts as in the opinion
of the department will best aid the maintenance of sanitary
conditions in the Housatonic river with due regard to re-
quirements of public water supply. When such release of
water is necessary, the department shall determine the
relative responsibility of the city of Pittsfield and the town
of Dalton for such release of water, the department having
taken into consideration all conditions of the rights and
responsibilities of these municipalities as to diversion of
water from the river and responsibilities of these munici-
270 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 285.
palities as to pollution of the river at the time of such
determination.
Section 5. At any time after the completion of the
construction specified in paragraphs (a), (h), and (c) of
section four, should the Dalton Fire District require more
than the maximum draught allotted to it from the Cleveland
brook reservoir, as stated in paragraph (a) of section four,
the city of Pittsfield shall sell to the Dalton Fire District
water taken by said city in excess of said maximum draught
to Dalton under the following terms and conditions : —
(a) If no additional construction is required to meet the
combined needs of the city of Pittsfield and the Dalton Fire
District, the rate per million gallons used by said district in
excess of said maximum draught to Dalton shall be deter-
mined by computing the total annual cost to the city of
Pittsfield of the land acquired or taken, reservoir, dams,
conduits and pipe line to delivery points in the town of
Dalton specified in paragraph (6) of section four, said annual
cost to consist of an amount for amortization of investment
equal to two per cent of any capital investment for a period
of fifty years after making such investment plus an amount
for interest on the unamortized balance of this investment
at the current rate paid on bonded indebtedness by the city
of Pittsfield, the charges for maintenance, operation and
supervision, and payments to towns in lieu of taxes; and
by dividing such annual cost by the number of million
gallons drawn from the reservoir annually by both the city
of Pittsfield and the Dalton Fire District over said maximum
draught to Dalton.
(6) If additional construction is required to meet the
needs of the Dalton Fire District from the Cleveland brook
reservoir in excess of said maximum draught to Dalton
allowed under paragraph (a) of section four, and the existing
capacity of this reservoir is sufficient to supply the dependa-
ble daily yield required by said city of Pittsfield plus said
maximum draught to Dalton allowed under paragraph (a)
of section four, the city of Pittsfield upon demand by the
Dalton Fire District in writing, shall raise the height of the
dam to increase the capacity of its reservoir, and acquire
such additional property as may be necessary for the reser-
voir and the protection of its waters from pollution, for
which said district thereafter will pay, and is hereby au-
thorized and required to pay, to the city of Pittsfield in
addition to the amount required to be paid under para-
graph (a) of this section, such additional total annual amount
so that the annual cost of water per million gallons to the
city of Pittsfield will not be increased by reason of the cost
of increasing the capacity of the reservoir and the cost of
necessary changes in diversion dams, conduits and pipe
lines and the acquisition of additional property necessary
to meet the requirements of said district in excess of the said
maximum draught to Dalton allowed under paragraph (a)
of section four. Said district shall not be entitled to re-
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 285. 271
quire, however, more in total from the Cleveland brook
reservoir than one half of the maximum practical develop-
ment of dependable yield as determined by the amount of
water available from this reservoir from the permissible
diversion from the East branch of the Housatonic river
and the Cady brook.
(c) Should conditions prevail that appear to make the
rate per million gallons, as determined in paragraphs (a)
and (6) of this section, unjustly burdensome on either the
Dalton Fire District or the city of Pittsfield and the parties
in interest cannot agree on a modification of the terms stated
in said paragraphs (a) and (6), the rate per million gallons
used by said district shall be determined by three com-
missioners who shall be appointed by the supreme judicial
court upon application of either party in interest. Said
commissioners, after due notice and a hearing, shall report
to the Dalton Fire District and the city of Pittsfield their
preliminary determination of said rate, and shall, within
the next thirty days thereafter, hear any appeals therefrom.
They shall then, in such manner as they shall deem just
and equitable, determine said rate and report the results
of their determination to said court as soon thereafter as
may be. When said report shall have been accepted by the
court, it shall be conclusive and binding upon all parties.
The court shall fix and determine the compensation of its
commissioners and shall allow such expenses incurred by
them in carrying out the provisions of this section as it shall
approve, one half of the same to be borne by the city of
Pittsfield and one half by the Dalton Fire District.
(d) There shall appear on the books of the city of Pittsfield
a ledger account to which all capital expenditures made in
taking or acquiring land, construction of reservoir dams,
conduit and pipe line to delivery points in the town of Dalton
specified in paragraph (6) of section four shall be charged.
This account shall be credited by amounts received from
the Dalton Fire District for amortization and also by a
charge to operation of the water works of the city of Pitts-
field so that the total annual credit will not be less than two
per cent for a period of fifty years.
Section 6. 1'he city of Pittsfield shall hereafter be ex-
empted from making any payments of taxes, payments in
lieu of taxes, or other payments under sections six, seven
and seven A of chapter fifty-nine of the General Laws, as
amended, to the town of Dalton for any land, pipes, pipe
lines, conduits, reservoirs, buildings, installations or other
property owned or held by said city of Pittsfield, for the ac-
complishment of the purposes of this act and located in said
town of Dalton.
Section 7. The taking of land or other property under
this act may be permanent or temporary and shall be in
accordance with said chapter seventy-nine except as pro-
vided in section eight of this act and except that
(a) Said city need make no award of damages for injuries
272 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 285.
sustained by persons or corporations on account of any
taking of water or water rights;
(6) The notice required by section eight of said chapter
seventy-nine need not be given in case of a taking of water
or water rights;
(c) Petitions for the assessment of damages under section
fourteen of said chapter seventy-nine may be filed within two
years after the right to such damages has vested, without
any extension of time by reason of failure to receive notice
under section eight thereof or otherwise;
(d) Said city shall, within thirty days after making any
taking cause a copy of the order of taking to be printed in
full in one or more daily or weekly newspapers published in
the county in which the lands affected are situated, or, in
the case of a taking of water or water rights, in the county
in which the point of diversion is situated;
(e) An owner of land or other property taken shall, upon
request made within six months after the taking, be fur-
nished within thirty days after such request with a plan or
description of his land or other property taken; and
(/) No taking shall be made by the city of Pittsfield under
this act except as shall be voted from time to time by the
city council of said city.
Section 8. Any person, corporation or municipality sus-
taining damage in his or its property by the taking of land,
water, water rights, easements or other property, or by the
entry upon or the use of any property, or by the making of
any change of grade, layout, construction, alteration, dis-
continuance of a way, or by anything done by the city of
Pittsfield under authority of this act shall be entitled to re-
cover the same from said city under said chapter seventy-
nine; provided, that the right to any damages for the
taking of any water or water right, or any injury thereto,
shall not vest until water is actually withdrawn or diverted
under such taking; and provided, further, that the city of
Pittsfield shall not be liable to the town of Dalton or to the
Dalton Fire District for damages for the diversion of water
from Cady brook or the East branch of the Housatonic
river, or for the taking or diversion of the waters of the said
Cleveland brook, as hereinbefore authorized. Damages for
temporary use of or injury to property may, on the request
of the petitioner, be assessed for monthly periods, to be con-
tinued so long as the property is used or injured.
Section 9. The city of Pittsfield may enter upon any
lands for the purpose of making surveys, stream gagings,
test pits and borings, and may take or otherwise acquire
the right to occupy temporarily any lands necessary for the
construction of any works or for any other purpose authorized
by this act.
Section 10. If the city of Pittsfield shall under authority
of this act construct any reservoir in such maimer as to flow
any existing public way, it shall raise the way to such grade
as will make it reasonably safe and convenient for travel or
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 285. 273
shall build in place of any part of said way so flowed another
suitable way, with all necessary fences and culverts, which
way shall thereafter be a public way, and shall be main-
tained and kept in repair by the town in which the same is
located.
Section 11. Said city of Pittsfield, with the advice and
approval of the state department of public health may sell at
public or private sale, or may exchange, any real property,
or any easements, whether taken by eminent domain or
otherwise, no longer needed for works under its charge, or
may from time to time lease any property not then so needed ;
and may in its discretion, by lease, license or other agree-
ment, permit the construction and maintenance on any land
under its control of towers, poles, wires, and other structures
for the purpose of transmitting electric power over lands
and water of said city held for water supply purposes under
authority of this act; provided, that, in the opinion of said
department, such lease, license or agreement will not affect
or interfere with the w^ater supply; and provided, further,
that said city may revoke said lease, license or agreement
for cause to be determined by it, with the approval of said
department.
Section 12. In contracts entered into by the city of
Pittsfield for the construction of the works authorized by
this act there may be inserted a provision that the city or any
contractor or sub-contractor for the city may employ laborers,
workmen and mechanics for more than eight hours in any
one day or for more than forty-eight hours in any one week
in such construction when, in the opinion of the commissioner
of labor and industries, public necessity so requires.
Section 13. The city of Pittsfield may in its discretion
appoint and remove such engineering, legal, clerical and
other assistants as it may deem necessary to carry on the
work authorized by this act and may fix their compensation.
Such appointments and removals shall not be subject to
chapter thirty-one of the General Laws and the rules and
regulations adopted thereunder.
Section 14. Except as otherwise provided by this act,
all or any part of the authority granted to the city of Pitts-
field by this act shall be exercised by a special board of water
commissioners consisting of not more than nine members to
be appointed by the mayor subject to their approval by the
city council. Each such member shall be appointed for the
term of three years and he shall serve until his successor
shall be duly qualified; except that in making the initial
appointments, as nearly as may be, one third of the members
shall be appointed for the term of one year, one third for the
term of two years, and one third for the term of three years.
Such members shall designate one of their number to act as
chairman and one to act as secretary and the latter shall
keep a record of the doings and proceedings of the said board.
The members of the board shall receive no compensation
for their services except the secretary thereof, who may be
274 Acts, 1947. —Chap. 285.
paid such compensation for his services as the board may
vote, subject to the approval of the mayor and city council.
Section 15. Whoever wilfully or wantonly corrupts,
pollutes or diverts any water taken or held under authority
of this act, or injures any structure, work or other property
owned, held or used by the city of Pittsfield under authority
of this act, shall forfeit and pay to said city three times the
amount of the damages assessed therefor, to be recovered
in an action of tort; and upon being convicted of any of the
above wilful or wanton acts shall be punished by a fine of
not more than three hundred dollars or by imprisonment
for not more than one year.
Section 16. After the completion of the construction of
the reservoir, conduits and other work authorized by section
two of this act, the city of Pittsfield, through its department,
board, officer or commissioner responsible therefor under its
charter, shall manage, control, maintain and improve the
land and other property purchased or acquired in any way
under authority of this act; and may prohibit all persons
from entering in, upon or over the waters of any reservoir
constructed under authority of this act or upon any lands
taken or acquired by said city hereunder.
Section 17. The supreme judicial court or any justice
thereof, and the superior court or any justice thereof, on the
petition of the state department of public health or of any
city, town, corporation or persons interested shall have
jurisdiction in equity or otherwise to enforce the provisions
of this act and of any rule, regulation or order made under
authority of this act and to prevent any violation of any of
said provisions, rules, regulations or orders.
Section 18. Said city of Pittsfield, for the purposes of
paying the necessary expenses and liabilities incurred or to
be incurred under authority of this act, may issue from time
to time, withm a period of ten years from the passage of this
act, bonds or notes to an amount not exceeding, in the aggre-
gate, three million dollars, which shall bear on their face the
words, City of Pittsfield Water Loan, Act of 1947. Each
authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and shall
be payable in not more than thirty years from its date.
Indebtedness incurred under this act shall be included in the
limit on water loans fixed by the last paragraph of section
eight of chapter forty-four of the General Laws, and debt
incurred hereunder, except as otherwise provided by this act,
shall be subject to said chapter.
Section 19. Said city of Pittsfield shall, at the time of
authorizing said loan or loans, provide for the payment
thereof in accordance with section eighteen, and, when a
vote to that effect has been passed, a sum which, with the
income derived from water rates, will be sufficient to pay
the annual expense of operating its water works and the in-
terest as it accrues on the bonds or notes issued as aforesaid
by the city and to make such payments on the principal as
may be required under the provisions of said section eighteen,
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 286, 287. 275
shall, without further vote, be assessed by the assessors of
the city annually thereafter in the same manner as other
taxes, until the debt incurred by said loan or loans is ex-
tinguished.
Section 20. Whenever the words "Dalton Fire District"
or "district" are mentioned in this act, they shall mean the
Dalton Fire District or any other district or the town of
Dalton which may succeed to the rights, powers and duties
of the Dalton Fire District.
Section 21. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 25, 191^7.
Chap.286
An Act repealing certain provisions of law author-
izing THE reference OF CERTAIN CASES UNDER THE
workmen's COMPENSATION LAW TO INDUSTRIAL DIS-
EASE REFEREES.
Whereas, The provision of law repealed by this act has been Emergency
determined to be unconstitutional and is of no legal effect P'"''a"it*'e-
and should be repealed as soon as possible, therefore it is
hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 9B of chapter 152 of the General Laws, as amended, ^■^Y (J,^""-
is hereby repealed. Approved April 25, 1947. §9B'etc.'
repealed.
An Act making veterans eligible for examination Chav 287
FOR AND APPOINTMENT TO POSITIONS IN POLICE AND
fire DEPARTMENTS, NOTWITHSTANDING MINIMUM AGE
REQUIREMENTS.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend ^^^^^P'^y
to defeat its purpose, which is in part to make certain veter- '"^''''"*
ans of World War II immediately eligible for civil service
examination and appointment notwithstanding certain age
requirements, therefore this act is hereby declared to be an
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation
of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 31 of the General Laws is hereby amended by g. l. (Ter.
striking out section 22A, inserted by chapter 221 of the acts §'22Vltc..
of 1946, and inserting in place thereof the following section: amended.
— Section 22 A . Any veteran who will have attained the Age eligibility
age of twenty-one within six months of the date of any ygte^raM"
scheduled examination for police or fire services shall not be
deemed ineligible for examination and appointment because
of established mininmm age requirements to take such ex-
amination; provided that he meets all other pertinent re-
quirements of the civil service laws and rules.
Approved April 25, 1947.
276 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 288, 289.
Chap. 288 An Act relative to the salaries of the mayor and
THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL IN THE CITY OF TAUNTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section
thirteen of chapter four hundred and forty-eight of the acts
of nineteen hundred and nine, the salary of the mayor of the
city of Taunton shall be fixed by ordinance at a sum not to
exceed forty-five hundred dollars per annum.
Section 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of said sec-
tion thirteen of said chapter four hundred and forty-eight,
the salary of each councilman of said city shall be seven
hundred and fifty dollars per annum.
Section 3. There shall be placed upon the official ballot
to be used at the biennial municipal election in said city in
the current year the following questions : —
Question (1). "Shall the salary of the mayor of this city
be fixed by ordinance at a sum not to exceed forty-five
hundred dollars per annum?"
Question {2). "Shall the salary of each councibnan of
this city be seven hundred and fifty dollars per annum? "
If a majority of the votes in answer to Question (1) is in
the affirmative, then section one of this act shall thereupon
take full effect, but not otherwise.
If a majority of the votes in answer to Question (2) is in
the affirmative, then section two of this act shall thereupon
take full effect, but not otherwise.
Approved April 25, 191^7.
Chap. 28Q An Act authorizing the city of holyoke to manu-
facture, SELL AND DISTRIBUTE STEAM GENERATED BY
ITS MUNICIPAL GAS OR ELECTRIC PLANTS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Holyoke, acting through its
municipal gas and electric commission, and subject to the
provisions of chapter one hundred and sixty-four of the
General Laws relating to municipal lighting plants, may
sell and distribute steam generated by its municipal gas or
electric plants to any person or corporation within the
limits of the city, and for such purposes shall have all the
powers and be subject to the liabilities of a city in the
operation of a municipal lighting plant.
Section 2. Said city, acting as aforesaid, may take, or
acquire by purchase or otherwise, and may hold, any lands,
rights of way, easements or other property within its limits
which said commission may deem necessary or convenient
for carrying out the purposes of this act and for exercising
any of the powers conferred thereby; may construct, install
and maintain buildings, machinery, conduits, pipe lines and
other works and structures; may carry any conduit, pipe
line or other works upon, along, under or across any lands,
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 290. 277
water courses, streets, ways or bridges now existing or
hereafter constructed, but in such a manner as not unneces-
sarily to obstruct or impede travel thereon; and may dig
up any such street or way, and lay, maintain and repair
conduits, pipe lines and other works beneath the surface
thereof, putting any such street or way in as good repair as
the same was in when the digging was begun.
Section 3. For the purpose of paying the necessary
expenses and liabilities incurred or to be incurred under
authority of this act, said city, acting through its said com-
mission, may expend such sums as may be necessary, in
accordance with and subject to the provisions of said chapter
one hundred and sixty-four relative to municipal hghting
plants, and shall dispose of the income received hereunder
in accordance with said provisions.
Approved April 25, 1947.
An Act fixing the salaries of the clerk and the as-
sistant CLERKS OF the SUPERIOR COURT FOR CRIMINAL
BUSINESS IN THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK.
Chap.290
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section 49 of chapter 35 of the General EdVal^^a
Laws, as most recently amended by section 1 of chapter etc!, 'amended'.
512 of the acts of 1946, is hereby further amended by in-
serting after the word "Suffolk" in line 6 the words: — , the
clerk and assistant clerks of the superior court for criminal
business in the county of Suffolk, — so as to read as follows :
— Section 49- Every office and position whereof the salary classification
is wholly payable from the treasury of one or more counties, certain"coumy
or from funds administered by and through county officials, officers.
excluding the offices of county commissioners, the clerk
and the assistant clerks of the superior court for civil busi-
ness in the county of Suffolk, the clerk and assistant clerks
of the superior court for criminal business in the county of
Suffolk, justices and special justices of the district courts,
the messenger of the superior court in the county of Suffolk,
clerks and assistant clerks of the district courts other than
the clerks and assistant clerks of district courts in the county
of Suffolk except the municipal court of the city of Boston,
and other than the clerks and assistant clerks of the central
district court of Worcester, and excluding trial justices, other
offices and positions filled by appointment of the governor
with the advice and consent of the council, court officers
appointed in Suffolk county under section seventy of chapter
two hundred and twenty-one, court officers in attendance
upon the municipal court of the city of Boston, and proba-
tion officers, but including the officer described in the first
sentence of section seventy-six of said chapter two hundred
and twenty-one, shall be classified by the board in the
manner provided by sections forty-eight to fifty-six, inclusive,
and every such office and position, now existing or hereafter
278 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 290.
established, shall be allocated by the board to its proper
place in such classification. Offices and positions in the
service of any department, board, school or hospital princi-
pally supported by the funds of the county or counties, or
in the service of a hospital district established under sections
seventy-eight to ninety-one, inclusive, of chapter one hun-
dred and eleven, shall likewise be subject to classification as
aforesaid. The word "salary", as used in this section, shall
include compensation, however payable; but nothmg in
sections forty-eight to fifty-six, inclusive, and nothing done
under authority thereof, shall prevent any person from
continuing to receive from a county such compensation as is
fixed under authority of other provisions of law or as is
expressly established by law.
G. L. (Ter SECTION 2. Scctiou 94 of chapter 221 of the General
^tc."!'ameAded^' Laws, as most recently amended by section 2 of chapter
262 of the acts of 1946, is hereby further amended by in-
serting after the word "Suffolk" in line 5 the words: — and
the clerk and assistant clerks of the superior court for crimi-
nal business in the county of Suffolk, — and by inserting
after the third sentence the following sentence : — The sal-
ary of the clerk of the superior court for criminal business
in the county of Suffolk shall be eighty-two hundred dollars
and the salaries of the assistant clerks of said court shall be
fifty-four hundred dollars, — so as to read as follows : —
dc'rk^^*'lnd Section 94. Except as provided in section ninety-three and
assistant exccpt as hereinafter provided, the salaries of clerks and
couns°^ assistant clerks of the supreme judicial and superior courts,
other than the clerk and assistant clerks of the superior
court for civil business in the county of Suffolk and the clerk
and assistant clerks of the superior court for criminal busi-
ness in the county of Suffolk, shall be established in accord-
ance with sections forty-eight to fifty-six, inclusive, of chap-
ter thirty-five and shall be paid by their respective counties.
The salary of the clerk of the supreme judicial court for
Suffolk county shall be sixty-eight hundred dollars plus one
hundred dollars additional for each fifty thousand popula-
tion of Suffolk county above eight hundred and fifty thou-
sand, as established by the next preceding state or national
census, and fifteen hundred dollars of said salary shall be
paid by the commonwealth. In the year following each
state and national census, the treasurer of Suffolk county
shall adjust the salary of said clerk of the supreme judicial
court in accordance with the foregoing provision, on the
basis of said census, and the salary so adjusted shall be
allowed from January first in the year of adjustment. The
salary -of the clerk of the superior court for criminal business
in the county of Suffolk shall be eighty-two hundred dollars
and the salaries of the assistant clerks of said court shall
be fifty-four hundred dollars. The assistant clerks of the
superior court for criminal business in Suffolk county may
receive their salary in bi-weekly instalments if they so
request in writing. Approved April 25, 1947.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 291, 292, 293. 279
An Act relative to the placing on the ballot of cer- Chap. 291
TAIN DESCRIPTIVE WORDS AGAINST THE NAMES OF CER-
TAIN CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION AS TOWN MEETING MEM-
BERS UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE SO CALLED STANDARD
FORM OF REPRESENTATIVE TOWN MEETING GOVERNMENT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 6 of chapter 43A of the General Laws, as most Ed^,'43Ay§6.
recently amended by chapter 359 of the acts of 1945, is etc!. 'amended!
hereby further amended by inserting after the word "offi-
cers" in line 26 the words: — ; provided, that if a town
meeting member who has been chosen by the remaining
members from the precinct to fill a vacancy under the pro-
visions of section nine is a candidate for election, the words
"Candidate for Re-election" shall not be printed against his
name as it appears on the ballot, — so that the next to the
last sentence will read as follows: — If a town meeting Certain
member is a candidate for re-election, the words "Candi- twds^or*
date for Re-election" shall be printed against his name as nom'inition
it appears on the ballot for the election of town officers; of town
provided, that if a to\VTi meeting member who has been memb"rs,
chosen by the remaining members from the precinct to fill '■eguiated.
a vacancy under the provisions of section nine is a candi-
date for election, the words "Candidate for Re-election"
shall not be printed against his name as it appears on the
ballot. Approved April 25, 1947.
An Act defining the phrase "navigable air space" Chap. 292
AS appearing in the laws relative to aeronautics.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 35 of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as most id.^; 90^1 35,
recently amended by chapter 507 of the acts of 1946, is etc!, 'amended!
hereby further amended by adding at the end the following
paragraph : —
(p) "Navigable air space", air space above the mini- "Navigable
mum safe altitudes of flight prescribed by regulation by the defin'^d'!^
commission. Such navigable air space shall be subject to
a public right of air navigation in conformity with the pro-
visions of said sections and with the regulations and air
traffic rules issued by the commission.
Approved April 26, 1947.
An Act relative to the membership of the corpora- Chap 293
TION called trustees of CLARK UNIVERSITY.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would pre- Emergency
vent the election of alumni members of the corporation p""^*"^"^-
therein referred to for the academic year nineteen hundred
and forty-seven— nineteen hundred and forty-eight, as therein
provided, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency
280 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 294.
law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section 4 of chapter 133 of the acts of 1887,
as amended by section 1 of chapter 137 of the acts of 1943,
is hereby further amended by striking out paragraph (a)
and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph: —
(a) The number of members of the corporation shall
not be less than thirteen nor more than eighteen, of whom
four, to be known as alumni members, shall be elected by
and from the members of the Clark University Alumni
Association in the manner herein provided, and the re-
maining members shall be life members. An alumni mem-
ber shall be elected in nineteen hundred and forty-seven
to serve for a period of four years from July first in said
year. Thereafter an alumni member shall be elected to the
board of trustees each year for a term of four years from
July first following his election. One of the alumni members
shall always be a person who has held a degree from a
graduate department of Clark University for ten years and
the other three shall be persons who have held a degree
from any department of said university for ten years. No
alumni member shall be eligible for re-election within one
year after the expiration of his term of office.
Section 2. The members of the corporation called
Trustees of Clark University in office on the effective date
of this act shall retain their respective offices, subject,
however, to the provisions of this act.
Approved April 29, 1947.
Chap.294i An Act providing for the establishment of a right
OF WAY FOR PUBLIC ACCESS TO WHITE POND IN THE TOWNS
OF CONCORD AND SUDBURY,
Be it enacted, etc., as follows. ■
Section 1. The county commissioners of Middlesex
county are hereby authorized and directed to lay out in the
town of Concord a right of way for public access to White
pond in the towns of Concord and Sudbury, in accordance
with plans to be approved by the department of public
works and showing the location and dimensions of such right
of way, but such right of way shall not cross the location
of any railroad. If it is necessary to acquire land for the
purpose of laying out such right of way said county com-
missioners shall at the time such right of way is laid out
take such land by eminent domain under chapter seventy-
nine of the General Laws. Any person sustaining damages
in his property by the laying out of such right of way, or
by specific repairs or improvements thereon, shall be entitled
to recover the same under said chapter seventy-nine; pro-
vided, that the right to recover damages, if any, by reason
of the laying out of such right of way, shall vest upon the
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 295. 281
recording of the order of taking by said county commis-
sioners and that no entry or possession for the purpose of
constructing a public way on land so taken shall be required
for the purpose of validating such taking or for the payment
of damages by reason thereof.
Section 2. The selectmen of the town of Concord from
time to time may make specific repairs on or improve such
way to such extent as they may deem necessary, but neither
the county of Middlesex, nor any city or town therein, shall
be required to keep such right of way in repair, nor shall
they be liable for injury sustained by persons travelling
thereon; provided, that sufficient notice to warn the public
is posted where such way enters upon or unites with an
existing public way. •
Section 3. All expenses incurred by said county com-
missioners in connection with such right of way shall be
borne by the county of Middlesex, or by such cities and
towns therein, and in such proportions, as said county com-
missioners may determine.
Section 4. Said right of way shall not be discontinued or
abandoned without authority therefor from the general
court.
Section 5. Nothing in this act shall be construed to
limit the powers of the department of public health, or of
any local board of health, under any general or special law.
Section 6. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 29, 1947.
An Act relative to the distribution of the manual Chap. 295
FOR THE general COURT.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to Emergency
defeat its purpose, which is in part to provide at once for P'"eambie.
the distribution of the manual for the general court, there-
fore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 11 of chapter 5 of the General Laws, as most re- g. l. (Ter.
cently amended by chapter 538 of the acts of 1945, is hereby ^tci^'amendld.
further amended by striking out all after the word "follows : " '
in the fifth line, as appearing in the Tercentenary Edition,
and inserting in place thereof the following: —
To the clerk of each branch of the general court, fifty; Distribution.
To the assistant clerk of each branch of the general court,
thirty;
To the counsel to each branch of the general court, four;
To each member of the general court, five, and upon writ-
ten application an additional number, not exceeding twenty;
To the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the mem-
bers of the executive council, five each and, upon written ap-
pUcation an additional number, not exceeding fifteen;
To the state library, one hundred and ten ;
282 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 295.
To the private secretary to the governor, the senators and
representatives in congress from the commonwealth, the
justices, clerks and registers of courts, such assistant clerks
of courts as the state secretary may designate, the reporter
of decisions, district attorneys, county commissioners, county
treasurers, registers of deeds, medical examiners, sheriffs, city
and town clerks. Harvard University and all incorporated
colleges within the commonwealth, the Massachusetts
Historical Society, the New England Historic Genealogical
Society, the Boston Athenaeum, the American Antiquarian
Society in Worcester, such free public libraries and branches
thereof in the commonwealth as the state secretary may
designate, and to such other free public libraries in the com-
monwealth making written application therefor, county law
libraries, all incorporated law libraries in the commonwealth
and branch libraries maintained by them, and to veteran
organizations having headquarters in the state house, one,
each;
To associate and special justices, assistant clerks of courts
not otherwise provided for, and to reporters entitled to the
privileges of the reporters' gallery in either branch of the
general court, upon written appMcation, one, each;
To the state secretary and his deputies, the state treasurer
and his deputies, the state auditor and his deputies, the
attorney-general and his assistants, the commissioner and
associate commissioners of each state department, the director
of each state division established by statute, the chairman
of each state board and commission, and to each institution
under the supervision of the state departments of correc-
tion, education, mental health, public health and public
welfare, one, each;
To the state secretary for distribution not otherwise pro-
vided for, fifty;
Three hundred copies to the sergeant-at-arms to be re-
served under the direction of the clerks of both branches for
the use of the general court at its next annual session and
three hundred copies for the use of the next succeeding gen-
eral court.
After making the foregoing distribution or making pro-
vision therefor, the state secretary shall place copies of the
manual on sale to the general public at a price not less than
the cost thereof, as determined by the committees on rules
of the senate and house of representatives. After December
thirty-first of each even-numbered year copies of the manual
remaining on hand may be distributed by the state secretary
without charge. Approved April 29, 191^7.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 296, 297. 283
An Act extending the time within which the town of Chav.296
SUTTON MAY BORROW MONEY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES AND
INCREASING THE AMOUNT WHtCH MAY BE SO BORROWED.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 426 of the acts of 1941
is hereby amended by striking out, in Hne 4, the word "five"
and inserting in place thereof the word: — ten, — and by
striking out, in Hne 5, the word "thirty" and inserting in
place thereof the words : — one hundred and seventy-five,
— so as to read as follows : — Section 1 . For the purposes
of constructing a school building and of originally equipping
and furnishing the same, the town of Sutton may borrow
from time to time, within a period of ten years from the
passage of this act, such sums as may be necessary, not ex-
ceeding, in the aggregate, one hundred and seventy-five
thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor,
which shall bear on their face the w^ords, Sutton School
Building Loan, Act of 1941. Each authorized issue shall
constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid in
not more than twenty years from their dates. Indebtedness
incurred under this act shall be in excess of the statutory
limit, but shall, except as herein provided, be subject to
chapter forty-four of the General Law^s, exclusive of the
limitation contained in the first paragraph of section seven
thereof.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 29, 19Jf7.
An Act to authorize the town of berlin to borrow nhr,^ onj
MONEY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND FURNISHING OF A ^'
SCHOOL BUILDING.
Be it enacted, etc., as follov:s:
Section 1. For the purpose of constnicting and origi-
nally equipping and furnishing a school building, the town
of Berlin may borrow from time to time, within a period of
five years from the passage of this act, such sums as may be
necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, thirty-six thou-
sand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which
shall bear on their face the words, Berlin School Loan, Act
of 1947. Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate
loan, and such loans shall be paid in not more than twenty
years from their dates. Indebtedness incurred under this
act shall be in excess of the statutory limit, but shall, except
as provided herein, be subject to chapter forty-four of the
General Laws, exclusive of the limitation contained in the
first paragraph of section seven thereof.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 29, 19^7.
284
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 298.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 44, § 33A,
etc., amended.
Budget to
include pro-
vision for
salaries, etc.
Chap. 29S An Act amending the laws governing cities, towns
AND DISTRICTS IN RESPECT TO FINAJ>JCES AND OTHER
RELATED MATTERS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 44 of the General Laws is hereby
amended by striking out section 33A, as amended by chap-
ter 62 of the acts of 1943, and inserting in place thereof the
following section : — Section 33 A . The annual budget shall
include sums sufficient to pay the salaries of officers and
employees fixed by law or by ordinance. Notwithstanding
any contrary provision of any city charter, no ordinance
providing for an increase in the salaries or wages of municipal
officers or employees shall be enacted except by a two thirds
vote of the city council, nor unless it is to be operative for
more than three months during the financial year in which
it is passed. No new position shall be created or increase
in rate made by ordinance, vote or appointment during the
financial year subsequent to the submission of the annual
budget unless provision therefor has been made by means of
a supplemental appropriation.
Section 2. Section 4 of said chapter 44, as most recently
amended by section 12 of chapter 358 of the acts of 1946, is
hereby further amended by inserting after the word "dis-
tricts" in line 15 the words: — which have not yet had re-
ceipts from taxes, rates and services throughout an entire
such year, — so as to read as follows: — Section 4. Cities,
towns and fire, water, light and improvement districts may,
by a majority vote, incur debt for temporary loans in antici-
pation of the revenue of the financial year in which the debt
is incurred, and may issue notes therefor to an amount
which for cities and towns shall not exceed in the aggregate
the total tax levy of the preceding financial year, together
with the corporation and income tax received during the
preceding financial year, exclusive of special or additional
assessments or revenue from any other source except pay-
ments made by the commonwealth in lieu of taxes on ac-
count of property taken for institutions or for metropolitan
district purposes; and for districts shall not exceed the re-
ceipts from taxes, rates and services of the preceding year,
and for newly established districts which have not yet had
receipts from taxes, rates and services throughout an entire
such year an amount as fixed by vote of the district. Such
notes shall be payable, and shall be paid, not later than one
year from their date, and shall not be renewed or paid by
the issue of new notes, except as provided in section seven-
teen.
Section 3. Clause 9 of section 8 of said chapter 44, as
amended by chapter 457 of the acts of 1939, is hereby further
amended by inserting after the word "by" in line 2 the
words: — a majority of the members of, — so as to read
as follows : —
S^rollL'tions. (9) For such emergency appropriations as shall be ap-
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 44, § 4,
etc., amended.
Temporary
loans by
cities, towns,
etc.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 44, § 8,
etc., amended.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 298. 285
proved by a majority of the members of a board composed
of the attorney general, the state treasurer and the director,
not more than two years as determined by the board.
Section 4. Clause 13 of said section 8 of said chapter g l. (Xer.
44, added by section 15 of chapter 358 of the acts of 1946, etc;!'amendfd.
is hereby amended by inserting after the word "the" in line
5, the word: — outstanding, — so as to read as follows: —
(13) For the establishing of public airports, including the Purposes for
acquiring of land, grading and constructing suitable surface rnrt'owns^
on such fields, the construction of necessary buildings and ™^^^i^°7i^°J^
the original equipment and furnishing of same, ten years; debt limit!'
but the outstanding indebtedness so incurred shall not exceed
one per cent of the last preceding assessed valuation of the
city or town. The proceeds of indebtedness incurred here-
under may be expended for the establishment of such an
airport jointly by two or more municipalities.
Section 5. Section 9 of said chapter 44, as most recently g. l. (Ter.
amended by section 1 of chapter 384 of the acts of 1946, 5c:!'am;nded.
is hereby further amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing paragraph : —
In newly established districts, established under general fgtXushilTg'^
or special law, for determining the amount that may be the borrowing
borrowed for purposes specified in section seven and limited borrowing"'*
in amount by section ten, in lieu of the valuation specified ||,"\'*?.°J "''*'
in said section ten, the valuation used for the year of or-
ganization shall be the assessed valuation of the taxable
property of the district for that year; for the second year,
it shall be the average assessed valuation of the taxable
property of the district for the then current year and the
preceding year; and, for the third year, it shall be the aver-
age assessed valuation of the taxable property of the district
for the then current year and the two preceding years. For
the fourth year and thereafter the formula for determining
the borrowing capacity of districts as set forth in said sec-
tion ten shall apply. For determining the amount that may
be borrowed for purposes specified in section eight, the
valuation to be used for the year of organization shall be the
assessed valuation of the taxable property of the district
for that yeiir, and thereafter the valuations to be used shall
be those set forth in said section eight.
Section 6. Section 40 of said chapter 44, as most ej^-^J^wq
recently amended by section 1 of chapter 29 of the acts of etc!. 'amended!
1945, is hereby further amended by inserting after the first
sentence the following sentence: — All accounts subject to Trust property
audit by town auditors under section fifty-three of chapter o^owns subl*
forty-one shall be subject to audit by the director, and the 1,'"' ji°g''"o'|,'''
trustees of any property the principal or income of which, ^
in whole or in part, was bequeathed or given in trust for
public uses for the benefit of the town or any part thereof, or
for the benefit of the inhabitants of the town or any part
thereof, shall give the director, or his duly accredited agents,
access to their accounts, funds, securities and evidences of
property for the purposes of the audit.
Approved April 29, 191^7.
286 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 299, 300.
Chap. 299 An Act further regulating the retirement of school
TEACHERS OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section 9 of chapter 521 of the acts of 1922,
as amended by section 2 of chapter 251 of the acts of 1924,
is hereby further amended by adding at the end the words:
— unless he makes apphcation for retirement prior to such
thirty-first day of August, in which case he shall be retired
within thirty days after the filing of such application in the
same manner and with the same rights, benefits and privi-
leges as a school teacher who is retired before attaining the
age of seventy under the provisions of this section, — so
that the second paragraph will read as follows : —
A member of this retirement system who shall have at-
tained age seventy shall be retired for superannuation within
thirty days, except members of the judiciary, heads of de-
partments and members of boards in charge of departments,
and except that a school teacher shall be retired on the
thirty-first day of August following his attaining the age of
seventy unless he makes application for retirement prior to
such thirty-first day of August, in which case he shall be
retired within thirty days after the filing of such application
in the same manner and with the same rights, benefits and
privileges as a school teacher who is retired before attain-
ing the age of seventy under the provisions of this section.
Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance during the current year by approval of the mayor,
and by vote of the city council, of the city of Boston, sub-
ject to the provisions of its charter, but not otherwise.
Approved April 29, 19Jf.7.
Chap.SOO An Act directing the metropolitan district commis-
sion TO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS RELATIVE
TO THE USE OF ITS LANDS AND WATERS AT QUABBIN RES-
ERVOIR FOR FISHING PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section 2 of chapter 421 of the acts of 1946
is hereby amended by inserting after the word "laws" in
line 4 the words : — and such rules and regulations as may
be promulgated by the metropolitan district commission
under section two A, — so as to read as follows : — Sec-
tion 2. The areas referred to in section one of this act
where fishing is permitted shall be policed by the depart-
ment of conservation for the purpose of enforcing the fish
and game laws and such rules and regulations as may be
promulgated by the metropolitan district commission under
section two A, and such warning and other signs and appur-
tenances as may be necessary in such enforcement shall be
provided by said department.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 301. 287
Section 2. Said chapter 421 is hereby further amended
by inserting after section 2 the following section : — Sec-
tion 2 A. The metropolitan district commission is hereby
authorized and directed from time to time to promulgate
rules and regulations, consistent with the provisions of sec-
tion one of this act, for the protection of its water supply
and relative to the use of its lands and waters for fishing
purposes at the Quabbin reservoir; provided, that no such
rule or regulation shall prohibit fishing in the tributary
streams flowing into the areas of said reservoir referred to
in section one.
Section 3. Section 3 of said chapter 421 is hereby
amended by adding at the end thereof the following sen-
tence : — Whoever violates any rule or regulation promul-
gated under section two A of this act shall be punished as
provided in section twenty-two of chapter ninety-two of the
General Laws. Approved April 29, 1947.
Chap.SOl
An Act making appropriations for the maintenance of
certain counties, for interest and debt require-
ments, for certain permanent improvements, and
granting a county tax for said counties.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would result Emergency
in unnecessarily extending the period during which county p'"'"'''"'^'^-
expenditures would be made in anticipation of appropria-
tion, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law,
necessary for the immediate preservation of the public con-
venience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The following sums are hereby appropriated
for the counties hereinafter specified for the year nineteen
hundred and forty-seven. No direct drafts against the ac-
count known as the reserve fund shall be made, but transfers
from this account to other accounts may be made to meet
extraordinary or unforeseen expenditures upon the request of
the county commissioners and with the approval of the di-
rector of accounts.
Barnstable County.
Item
1 For interest on county debt .... .¥295 00
2 For reduction of county debt .... 7,000 00
3 For salaries of county officers and assistants 31,660 00
4 For clerical assistance in county offices 32,453 00
5 For salaries and expenses of district courts . 29,455 00
6 For salaries of master and keeper and assistants,
and support of prisoners in jail and house of cor-
rection 67,850 00
7 For criminal costs in superior court . 11,900 00
8 For civil expenses in supreme judicial, superior,
probat'' and land courts ..... 7,600 00
10 For transportation and expenses of county and act-
ing commissioners ..... 1,200 00
11 For medical examiners and commitments of insane 2,300 00
12 For auditors, masters and referees 500 00
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Item
14
For repairing, furnishing and improving county
buildings ......
For care, fuel, lights and supplies in county build'
ings other than jail and house of correction
For highways, including state highways, bridges
and land damages .
For law library
For training school
For county aid to agriculture
For sanatorium ....
For health service . • .
For state fire patrol .
For non-contributory pensions .
For contributory retirement system
25a For supervisory expense, retirement system
26 For miscellaneous and contingent e.Kpenses, includ
ing insurance. .....
27 For unpaid bills of previous years
28 For police training school ....
29 For police radio station ....
30 For advertising the recreational advantages of the
county .....
30a For forest fire apparatus (Chapter 349, Acts of
1939, as amended)
31 For reserve fund
33 For post-war rehabilitation fund
And the county commissioners of Barnstable
county are hereby authorized to levy as the
county tax of said county for the current year, in
the manner provided by law, the following sum
to be expended, together with the cash balance
on hand and the receipts from other sources, for
the above purposes .....
Berkshire County.
1 For interest on county debt ....
3 For salaries of county officers and assistants
4 For clerical assistance in county offices
5 For salaries and expenses of district courts .
6 For salaries of master and keeper and assistants,
and support of prisoners in jail and house of cor-
rection .......
7 For criminal costs in superior court
8 For civil expenses in supreme judicial, superior, pro
bate and land courts ....
10 For transportation and expenses of county and
acting commissioners
1 1 For medical examiners and commitments of insane
12 For auditors, masters and referees
14 For repairing, furnishing and improving county
buildings ......
14a For district court quarters in North Adams
15 For care, fuel, lights and supplies in county build-
ings, other than jail and house of correction
16 For highways, including state highways, bridges
and land damages .
17 For examination of dams .
18 For law library
19 For training school
20 For county aid to agriculture
21 For sanatorium
23 For Mount Greylock state reservation
23a For Mount Everett state reservation
25 For contributory retirement system
25a For supervisory expense, retirement system
$28,603 00
25,540 00
100,150 00
930 00
500 00
17,595 00
147,300 00
14,585 00
2,100 00
1,000 00
3,785 00
401 24
6,745 00
2,750 00
4,115 00
11,500 00
7,500 00
7,500 00
10,000 00
35,000 00
$424,379 49
$1,050 00
40,415 00
22,020 00
61,662 00
48,510 00
15,000 00
13,000 00
1,000 00
6,000 00
2,000 00
8,000 00
2,000 00
25,000 00
130,000 00
1,000 00
3,830 00
4,000 00
18,805 00
22,035 00
20,225 00
2,400 00
11,245 00
48 61
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Item
26
31
For miscellaneous and contingent expenses, in-
cluding insurance ......
For unpaid bills of previous years
For advertising the recreational advantages of the
county .......
For reserve fund ......
For post-war rehabilitation fund
And the county commissioners of Berkshire
County are hereby authorized to levy as the
county tax of said county for the current year,
in the manner provided by law, the following
sum to be expended, together with the cash
balance on hand and the receipts from other
sources, for the above purposes
$5,000 00
700 00
5,000 00
6,000 00
10,000 00
$400,906 84
Bristol County.
1 For interest on county debt .... $3,000 00
2 For reduction of county debt ... 9,000 00
3 For salaries of county officers and assistants . 65,000 00
4 For clerical assistance in county offices . . 79,000 00
5 For salaries and expenses of district courts . 155,000 00
5a For clerical assistance at First District Court pro-
bation office 720 00
6 For salaries of master and keeper and assistants,
and support of prisoners in jail and house of
correction 110,000 00
7 For criminal costs in superior court 60,000 00
8 For civil expenses in supreme judicial, superior,
probate and land courts ..... 55,000 00
10 For transportation and expenses of county and
acting commissioners ..... 1,500 00
11 For medical examiners and commitments of in-
sane 20,000 00
12 For auditors, masters and referees . 3,000 00
14 For repairing, furnishing and improving county
buildings 65,000 00
15 For care, fuel, lights and supplies in county build-
ings, other than jail and house of correction 95,000 00
16 For highways, including state highways, bridges
and land damages ...... 104,145 48
16a For Fall River highway contract 1946 . . 10,000 00
18 For law libraries 12,000 00
19 For training school 7,000 00
20 For agricultural school 187,657 32
24 For non-contributory pensions .... 9,626 00
25 For contributory retirement system 5,645 72
25a For supervisory expense, retirement system 202 55
26 For miscellaneous and contingent expenses, in-
cluding insurance . . . . 7,000 00
27 For unpaid bills of previous years . 4,500 00
31 For reserve fund 10,000 00
33 For post-war rehabilitation fund 25,000 00
And the county commissioners of Bristol County
are hereby authorized to levy as the county tax
of said county for the current year, in the man-
ner provided by law, the following sum to be
expended, together with the cash balance on
hand and the receipts from other sources, for the
above purposes ...... $811,953 15
Dukes County.
1 For interest on county debt
2 For reduction of county debt
3 For salaries of county officers and assistants
$200 00
20,534 00
9,040 00
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Item
4 For clerical assistance in county offices $4,220 00
5 For salaries and expenses of district courts . 7,375 00
6 For salaries of master and keeper and assistants,
and support of prisoners in jail and house of cor-
rection 3,700 00
7 For criminal costs in superior court . 2,000 00
8 For civil expenses in supreme judicial, superior,
probate and land courts ..... 500 00
10 For transportation and expenses of county and act-
ing commissioners ...... 350 00
11 For medical examiners and commitments of insane 500 00
12 For auditors, masters and referees . 100 00
14 For repairing, furnishing and improving county
buildings 2,500 00
15 For care, fuel, lights and supplies in county build-
ings, other than jail and house of correction 3,500 00
16 For highways, including state highways, bridges
and land damages ...... 18,608 58
18 For law library 300 00
20 For county aid to agriculture .... 2,500 00
23 For Gay Head reservation .... 2,400 00
25 For contributory retirement sj^stem 1,765 00
25a For supervisory expense, retirement system . . 53 21
26 For miscellaneous and contingent expenses, includ-
ing insurance. ...... 1,900 00
27 For unpaid bills of previous years 1,000 00
29 For Indian burial ground 850 00
30 For advertising the recreational advantages of the
county 1,500 00
31 For reserve fund 1,500 00
32 For county rodent control . . . . 3,200 00
34 For county airport .... . 19,000 00
And the county commissioners of the county of
Dukes county are hereby authorized to levy as
the county tax of said county for the current
year, in the manner provided by law, the follow-
ing sum to be expended, together with the cash
balance on hand and the receipts from other
sources, for the above purposes $76,467 73
Essex County.
1 For interest on county debt .... $4,300 00
2 For reduction of county debt .... 50,000 00
3 For salaries of county officers and assistants . 80,100 00
4 For clerical assistance in county offices . . 189,030 00
5 For salaries and expenses of district courts . . 242,300 00
6 For salaries of masters and keepers, and assistants,
and support of prisoners in jails and houses of
correction 113,000 00
7 For criminal costs in superior court . 83,000 00
8 For civil expenses in supreme judicial, superior,
probate and land courts .... 84,000 00
9 For trial justices 6,100 00
10 For transportation and expenses of county and
acting commissioners ..... 1,200 00
11 For medical examiners and commitments of insane 21,000 00
12 For auditors, masters and referees 3,000 00
14 For repairing, furnishing and improving county
buildings 50,850 00
15 For care, fuel, lights and supplies in county build-
ings, other than jails and houses of correction 108,750 00
16 For highways, including state highwavs, bridges
and land damages 236,200 00
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 301.
291
Item
18 For law libraries ......
19 For training school ......
20 For agricultural school .....
24 For non-contributory pensions ....
25 For contributory retirement system
25a For supervisory expense, retirement system
26 For miscellaneous and contingent expenses, includ-
ing insurance. ......
27 For unpaid bills of previous years
31 For reserve fund ......
And the county commissioners of Essex county are
hereby authorized to levy as the county tax of
said county for the current year, in the manner
provided by law the following sum to be ex-
pended together with the cash balance on hand
and the receipts from other sources, for the above
purposes .......
$14,000 00
75,800 00
272,836 00
7,200 00
53,106 42
460 48
12,000 00
2,600 00
15.000 00
$1,233,906 84
Franklin County.
1 For interest on county debt .... $3,387 50
2 For reduction of county debt .... 15,000 00
3 For salaries of county officers and assistants 24,860 00
4 For clerical assistance in county offices . . 11,790 00
5 For salaries and expenses of district courts . . 23,533 50
6 For salaries of master and keppor and assistants,
and support of prisoners in jail and house of cor-
rection 28,000 00
7 For criminal costs in superior court 8,000 00
8 For civil expenses in supreme judicial, superior,
probate and land courts ..... 8,000 00
For transportation and expenses of county and act-
ing commissioners ...... 400 00
For medical examiners and commitments of insane 2,200 00
For auditors, masters and referees 700 00
For repairing, furnishing and improving county
buildings 4,000 00
For care, fuel, lights and supplies in county build-
ings, other than jail and house of correction 20,900 00
For highways, including state highways, bridges
and land damages 47,000 00
For examination of dams ..... 400 00
For law library 3,700 00
For training school 200 00
For county aid to agriculture .... 14,595 00
For sanatorium ...... 14,358 74
For Greenfield health camp .... 2,000 00
For Mount Sugar Loaf state reservation 2,680 00
For non-contributory pensions .... 1,000 00
For contributory retirement system . . . 7,413 00
25a For supervisory expense, retirement system . 213 41
26 For miscellaneous and contingent expenses, includ-
ing insurance ...... 2,000 00
27 For unpaid bills of previous years 500 00
30 For advertising the recreational advantages of the
county 2,500 00
For reserve fund 5,000 00
And the county commissioners of FrankUn County
are hereby authorized to levy as the county tax
of said county for the current year, in the man-
ner provided by law, the following sum to be ex-
pended, together with the cash balance on hand
and the receipts from other sources, for the above
purposes $192,956 55
31
292
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 301.
Hampden County.
Item
1 For interest on county debt
2 For reduction of county debt
3 For salaries of county officers and assistants
4 For clerical assistance in county offices
5 For salaries and expenses of district courts .
6 For salaries of master and keeper and assistants,
and support of prisoners in jail and house of cor-
rection .....
7 For criminal costs in superior court
8 For civil expenses in supreme judicial, superior,
probate and land courts ....
9 For trial justice ....
For transportation and expenses of county and act
ing commissioners .....
For medical examiners and commitments of insane
For auditors, masters and referees
For repairing, furnishing and improving county
buildings ....
For care, fuel, lights and supplies in county build-
ings, other than jail and house of correction
For highways, including state highways, bridges
and land damages .
For examination of dams .
For law library
For training school .
For county aid to agriculture
For preventorium
For Moimt Tom state reservation
For non-contributory pensions
For contributory retirement system
25a For supervisory expense, retirement system
26 For miscellaneous and contingent expenses,
eluding insurance .....
27 For unpaid bills of previous years
30 For advertising the recreational advantages of the
coimty .....
31 For reserve fimd
33 For post-war rehabUitation fund
And the county commissioners of Hampden county
are hereby authorized to levy as the county tax
of said county for the current year, in the man-
ner provided by law, the following sum to be
expended, together with the cash balance on
hand and the receipts from other sources, for
the above purposes .....
$4,500 00
19,000 00
60,000 00
77,000 00
170,000 00
110,000 00
30,000 00
65,000 00
2,200 00
1,000 00
18,000 00
2,500 00
17,000 00
75,000 00
178,000 00
3,000 00
12,000 00
42,000 00
52,000 00
3,000 00
16,334 55
10,000 00
23,593 59
127 38
7,444 41
1,500 00
2,500 00
12,000 00
25,000 00
$741,659 69
Hampshire County.
1 For interest on county debt .... $725 00
3 For salaries of county officers and assistants 26,900 00
4 For clerical assistance in county offices 18,300 00
6 For salaries and expenses of district courts . 35,300 00
6 For salaries of master and keeper and assistants,
and support of prisoners in jail and house of
correction 38,800 00
7 For criminal costs in superior court 10,000 00
8 For civil expenses in supreme judicial, superior,
probate and land coiui;s ..... 12,000 00
10 For transportation and expenses of county and
acting commissioners ..... 600 00
11 For medical examiners and commitments of insane 4,500 00
12 For auditors, masters and referees . . 500 00
14 For repairing, furnishing and improving county
buildings 12,000 00
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 301.
293
Item
15
For care, fuel, lights and supplies in county build-
ings, other than jail and house of correction
For highways, including state highways, bridges
and land damages .
For examination of dams .
For law hbrary
For coimty aid to agriculture
For sanatorium
21a For isolation hospital
22 For preventorium
23 For state reservations
24 For non-contributory pensions
25 For contributory retirement system
25a For supervisory expense, retirement system
26 For miscellaneous and contingent expenses, in-
cluding insurance .
27 For unpaid bills of previous years
30 For advertising the recreational advantages of the
county ....
31 For reserve fund
33 For post-war rehabilitation fund
And the county commissioners of Hampshire
county are hereby authorized to levy as the
county tax of said county for the current year, in
the manner provided by law, the following sum
to be expended, together with the cash balance
on hand and the receipts from other sources, for
the above purposes . . . . .
$19,000 00
89,800 00
200 00
2,700 00
19,500 00
51,722 78
5,000 00
2,000 00
3,050 00
7,280 85
3,500 00
91 74
7,000 00
120 00
2,500 00
7,500 00
4,400 00
$320,158 81
Middlesex County.
1 For interest on county debt . . . .
2 For reduction of county debt . . . .
3 For salaries of county officers and assistants
4 For clerical assistance in county offices
4a For classified and consolidated indices, southern
registry of deeds ......
5 For salaries and expenses of district courts
6 For salaries of masters and keepers and assistants,
and support of prisoners in jail and houses of cor-
rection ......
7 For criminal costs in superior court
8 For civil expenses in supreme judicial, superior, prO'
bate and land courts ....
9 For trial justices .....
For transportation and expenses of county and act-
ing commissioners ......
For medical examiners and commitments of insane
For auditors, masters and referees
For building county buildings and purchase of land
For repairing, furnishing and improving county
buildings .......
For care, fuel, lights and supplies in county build-
ings other than jail and houses of correction
For highways, including state highways, bridges
and land damages .
For law libraries
For training school
For county aid to agriculture
For Walden pond state reservation
For non-contributory pensions .
For contributory retirement system
25a For supervisory expense, retirement system
26 For miscellaneous and contingent expenses, includ-
ing insurance. ......
$5,000 00
25,000 00
101,070 00
355,000 00
100,000 00
483,000 00
320,000 00
190,850 00
180,000 00
1,510 00
500 00
42,000 00
6,000 00
31,200 00
98,000 00
198,300 00
416,500 00
17,000 00
122,000 00
56,850 00
28,300 00
42,165 00
75,175 00
1,345 75
10,000 00
294
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 301.
27 For unpaid bills of previous years
31 For reserve fund .....
And the county commissioners of Middlesex county
are hereby authorized to levy as the county tax
of said county for the current year, in the manner
provided by law, the following sum to be ex-
pended, together with the cash balance on hand
and the receipts from other sources, for the above
purposes .......
$3,000 00
20.000 00
$2,277,249 35
Norfolk County.
For interest on county debt ....
For reduction of county debt ....
For salaries of county officers and assistants
For clerical assistance in county offices
For salaries and expenses of district and municipal
courts ........
For salaries of master and keeper and assistants,
and support of prisoners in jail and house of cor-
rection ........
For criminal costs in superior court
For civil expenses in supreme judicial, superior,
probate and land courts .....
For transportation and expenses of county and
acting commissioners .....
For medical examiners and commitments of insane
For auditors, masters and referees
For building county buildings and purchase of land
For repairing, furnishing and improving county
buildings ......
For care, fuel, lights and supplies in county build
ings, other than jail and house of correction
For highways, including state highways, bridges
and land damages .
For law library
For training school
For agricultural school
For non-contributory pensions .
For contributory retirement system
25a For supervisory expense, retirement system
26 For miscellaneous and contingent expenses, includ
ing insurance. .....
27 For unpaid bills of previous years
31 For reserve fund .....
33 For post-war rehabilitation fund
And the county commissioners of Norfolk county
are hereby authorized to levy as the county tax
of said county for the current year, in the man-
ner provided by law, the following sum to be
expended, together with the cash balance on
hand and the receipts from other sources, for the
above purposes ......
$2,000 00
10,000 00
39,500 00
124,000 00
193,100 00
86,000 00
62,000 00
46,000 00
750 00
20,000 00
2,500 00
1,000 00
28,000 00
99,900 00
115,000 00
2,500 00
6,000 00
149,270 00
9,500 00
18,000 00
477 75
6,000 00
7,500 00
10,000 00
50,000 00
$737,502 80
Plymouth County.
1 For interest on county debt
2 For reduction of county debt ...
3 For salaries of county officers and assistants
4 For clerical assistance in county offices
5 For salaries and expenses of district courts .
6 For salaries of master and keeper and assistants
and support of prisoners in jail and house of cor-
rection .......
7 For criminal costs in superior court
$3,500 00
42,000 00
38,200 00
59,058 00
99,250 00
114,786 00
71,000 00
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295
Item
8
For civil expenses in supreme judicial, superior,
probate and land courts .
For transportation and expenses of county and
acting commissioners
For medical examiners and commitments of
insane .....
For auditors, masters and referees
For repairing, furnishing and improving county
buildings ......
For care, fuel, lights and supplies in county build
ings, other than jail and house of correction
For highways, including state highways, bridges
and land damages
For examination of dams .
For law libraries ....
For training school ....
For coimty aid to agriculture
For non-contributory pensions .
For contributory retirement system
25a For supervisory expense, retirement system
26 For miscellaneous and contingent expenses,
ing insurance .....
27 For unpaid bills of previous years
31 For reserve fund ....
And the county commissioners of Plymouth county
are hereby authorized to levy as the county
tax of said county for the current year, in the
manner provided by law, the following sum to be
expended, together with the cash balance on
hand and the receipts from other sources, for the
above purposes ......
nclud
$40,000 00
1,200 00
9,000 00
3,600 00
12,000 00
48,000 00
155,000 00
1,000 00
4,100 00
1,800 00
30,370 00
3,653 00
13,500 00
813 72
4,600 00
1,000 00
10,000 00
$602,723 99
Worcester County.
For interest on county debt ....
For salaries of county officers and assistants
For clerical assistance in county offices
F'or salaries and expenses of district courts .
For salaries of master and keeper and assistants,
and support of prisoners in jail and house of
correction .......
For criminal costs in superior court
For civil expenses in supreme judicial, superior, pro-
bate and land courts .....
For trial justices ......
For transportation and expenses of county and
acting commissioners .....
For medical examiners and commitments of
insane ........
For auditors, masters and referees
For repairing, furnishing and improving county
builclings .......
For care, fuel, lights and supplies in county build-
ings, other than jail and house of correction
For highways, including state highways, bridges
and land damages ....
For law libraries ....
For training school ....
For county aid to agriculture
For preventorium ....
For Mount Wachusett state reservation
23a For Purgatory Chasm state reservation
24 For non-contributory pensions
25 For f!ontrih\iiory retirement system
25a For supervisory expense, retirement system
$4,000 00
74,300 00
134,000 00
225.000 00
145,000 00
71,000 00
93,700 00
1,250 00
2,500 00
26,000 00
2,000 00
42,200 00
93,000 00
345,000 00
18,000 00
53,000 00
52,740 00
2,000 00
18,000 00
7,000 00
17,000 00
44,886 82
1,000 02
296 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 302.
Item
26 For miscellaneous and contingent expenses, includ-
ing insurance ...... $11,600 00
27 For unpaid bills of previous years . 3,000 00
31 For reserve fund 12,500 00
And the county commissioners of Worcester county
are hereby authorized to levy as the county tax of
said county for the current year, in the manner
provided by law, the following sum to be ex-
pended, together with the cash balance on hand
and the receipts from other sources, for the above
purposes $1,199,116 71
Section 2. No expense incurred for mid-day meals by-
county employees, other than those who receive as part of
their compensation a non-cash allowance in the form of full
or complete boarding and housing, and those employees who
are stationed beyond commuting distance from their homes
for a period of more than twenty-four hours, shall be allowed
by any county; provided, that officers or employees who have
charge of juries or who have the care and custody of pris-
oners, insane persons or other persons placed in their charge
by a court or under legal proceedings for transfer to or from
court to an institution or from institution to institution and
persons certified by a district attorney as engaged in in-
vestigation shall be reimbursed for the expense of mid-day
meals when necessarily engaged on such duty; and provided,
further, that officers and employees in attendance at meet-
ings and conferences called by or for any group or class on a
state- wide basis shall be so reimbursed.
Section 3. The allowance to county employees for ex-
penses incurred by them in the operation of motor vehicles
owned by them or by any member of their immediate families
and used in the performance of their official duties shall not
exceed five and one half cents a mile except in cases where a
higher allowance is specifically provided by statute; pro-
vided, that in the case of insane commitments the justice of
the court ordering the commitment may order a higher rate.
Approved May 1, 1947.
Chap. S02 A-N Act relative to expenditures for the care, main-
tenance AND REPAIR OF TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITALS IN
CERTAIN COUNTIES.
Emergency Whsreas, The deferred operation of this act would result
pream e. .^ unnccessarily extending the period during which ex-
penditures by certain counties for tuberculosis hospital pur-
poses would be made without express authorization therefor
by the general court, therefore this act is hereby declared
to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preser-
vation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The county commissioners of the counties hereinafter
specified are hereby authorized to expend for the year nine-
teen hundred and forty-seven the sums set forth in this act
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 302.
297
for the care, maintenance and repair of the county tuber-
culosis hospitals within their respective counties, , and to
assess the same in the manner set forth in section eighty-five
of chapter one hundred and eleven of the General Laws, as
amended. In case of extraordinary or unforeseen emer-
gencies the director of accounts, at the request of the county
commissioners of any such county, may authorize expend-
itures in excess of any particular item; provided, that
another item or items of expenditure shall be reduced by
an equivalent amount.
Bkistol County.
For administration:
(a) Salaries
(b) Other expenses
For maintenance and operation :
(a) Salaries and wages
(6) Other expenses
For contributory retirement system
For interest ....
For total expenditures
Essex County.
1. For administration:
(a) Salaries ....
(b) Other expenses
2. For maintenance and operation:
(a) Salaries and wages
(b) Other expenses
4. For other health services:
(6) Clinics and other extra-mural
5. For contributory retirement system .
6. For interest .....
8. For sewer assessment
For total expenditures
Middlesex County.
1. For administration :
(a) Salaries
(b) Other expenses
2. For maintenance and operation :
(a) Salaries and wages
(b) Other expenses
4. For other health services:
(6) Clinics and other extra-mural
5. For contributory retirement system
6. For interest ....
For total expenditures
$9,588 00
1,800 00
88,000 00
96,000 00
1,257 49
1.089 37
. $197,734 86
. $18,900 00
4,750 00
. 290,000 00
. 332,300 00
150 00
25,751 48
3,150 00
4,245 36
. $679,246 84
. $21,500 00
10,000 00
. 380,000 00
. 335,000 00
1,000 00
17,582 00
3,500 00
$768,582 00
Norfolk County,
For administration :
(a) Salaries
(b) Other expenses
For maintenance and operation:
(a) Salaries and wages
(h) Other expenses
For other healtn services:
(a) Preventorium
(b) Clinics and other extra-mural
$12,150 00
2,700 00
172,000 00
160,600 00
3,000 00
3,000 GO
298
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 303.
5. For contributory retirement system
6. For interest ....
For total expenditures
$5,350 80
1,700 00
$350,400 80
Plymouth County.
1. For administration :
(a) Salaries .......
(6) Other expenses ......
2. For maintenance and operation:
(a) Salaries and wages .....
(6) Other expenses ......
3. For additions and improvements (in excess of $1,000)
4. For other health services:
(a) Preventorium ......
(6) Clinics and other extra-mural ....
5. For contributory retirement system ....
6. For interest ........
For total expenditures
$17,500 00
1,600 00
118,500 00
80,000 00
3,000 00
3,000 00
6,000 00
8,000 00
800 00
$238,400 00
Worcester County
1. For administration:
(a) Salaries
(6) Other expenses
2. For maintenance and operation:
(a) Salaries and wages
(6) Other expenses
3. For additions and improvements (in
5. For contributory retirement system
6. For interest ....
9. For unpaid bills of previous years
For total expenditures
. $426,845
Approved May 2, 1947.
Chap
.303 -^N Act authorizing the transit department of the
CITY OF BOSTON TO CONTRACT WITH THE BOSTON ELEVATED
RAILWAY COMPANY FOR CONSTRUCTION BY THAT COMPANY
OF CERTAIN PARTS OF THE EXTENSION OF RAPID TRANSIT
FACILITIES AUTHORIZED BY CHAPTER SIX HUNDRED AND
NINETY-TWO OF THE ACTS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND
FORTY- FIVE AND OF OTHER SUBWAY, TUNNEL OR RAPID
TRANSIT PROPERTY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The transit department of the city of Boston
may contract in the name and behalf of the city of Boston
with the Boston Elevated Railway Company, hereinafter
called the company, for construction by the company of
such parts of the premises or equipment of the extension of
rapid transit facilities authorized by chapter six hundred and
ninety-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-five,
as amended, or such part of any other subway, tunnel or
rapid transit property now or hereafter owned by said city
as the department of pubhc utiUties shall determine for
reasons special and peculiar to the work that the company
is particularly fitted to perform, and the company is author-
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 304, 305. 299
ized to so contract and perform such work. The provisions
of section eight of said chapter six hundred and ninety-two
and similar provisions of general or special laws or ordi-
nances requiring the advertising and letting of such con-
tracts to the lowest responsible bidder and the provisions of
sections twenty-six to twenty-seven D, inclusive, of chapter
one hundred and forty-nme of the General Laws, in so far
as said provisions apply to the payment of wages, shall not
apply to such contracts or the work performed thereunder,
but wage rates paid shall be those estabhshed by collective
agreements between organized labor and the company.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May S, 1947.
An Act authorizing the city of pittsfield to pay for
certain clerical services rendered to its licensing
authorities.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section
three (2) (/) of chapter thirty-two of the General Laws, as
appearing in section one of chapter six hundred and fifty-
eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-five, the
city of Pittsfield may appropriate and pay to William B.
Preston, for clerical services performed by him for the
licensing authorities of said city, a sum not exceeding one
hundred dollars.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May 2, 1947.
An Act authorizing the town of barnstable to lease
certain land in the town to the hyannisport civic
association for a public bathing beach.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section L The town of Barnstable may by vote at a
town meeting authorize the park commission of said town
to lease to the Hyannisport Civic Association, from time to
time and for terms not exceeding five years, the town's park
land at Hyannisport bounded by land formerly of George
B. Holbrook, by Washington avenue, by lyanough avenue
and by Hyannisport harbor; the same to be maintained by
said association for the purposes of a public bathing beach
for residents of the town. Section seven of chapter forty-
five of the General Laws shall not be applicable to such land
so long as the same is maintained by said association for the
purposes of a pubUc bathing beach.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May 2, 1947.
Chap.SO^
Chap.SOd
300 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 306, 307, 308.
C/iap. 306 An Act relative to the borrowing of money by the
CITY OF PEABODY FOR EXTENDING AND ENLARGING ITS
electric LIGHTING PLANT
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Peabody may, within a period
of five years from the passage of this act, incur indebtedness
not exceeding, in the aggregate, six hundred thousand dol-
lars, for extending and enlarging the electric Ugh ting plant
of said city and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which
shall bear on their face the words Peabody Electric Light
Loan, Act of 1947. Each authorized issue shall constitute
a separate loan, and such loans shall be payable in not more
than twenty years from their dates. Indebtedness incurred
under this act shall be in excess of the amount authorized for
electric light plants by chapter forty-four of the General
Laws, but shall except as provided herein be subject to the
applicable provisions of said chapter exclusive of the first
paragraph of section seven thereof.
Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its accept-
ance during the current year by the city council of said city,
subject to the provisions of its charter, but not otherwise.
Approved May 2, 191^7.
Chap. 307 An Act authorizing injunctive relief in certain cases
OF TRADE-MARK INFRINGEMENT OR UNFAIR COMPETITION,
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Ed.x mMw Chapter 110 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
§7A,'added. inserting after section 7 the following section: — Section 7 A.
Relief for Likelihood of injury to business reputation or of dilution of
Strad^rrk. the distinctive quality of a trade name or trade-mark shall
be a ground for injunctive relief in cases of trade-mark in-
fringement or unfair competition notwithstanding the
absence of competition between the parties or of confusion
as to the source of goods or services.
Approved May 2, 1947.
Chap. 308 An Act extending the time available for improving
THE FACILITIES FOR MARITIME COMMERCE IN THE PORT
OF FALL RIVER.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 665 of the acts of 1945 is hereby amended by
striking out section 7 and inserting in place thereof the fol-
lowing section : — Section 7. This act shall take effect on
January first, nineteen hundred and forty-six, and shall
cease to be effective on July first, nineteen hundred and
forty-eight, unless prior thereto the department has entered
into one or more contracts authorized by section four for
the leasing of the facilities authorized under this act.
Approved May 2, 1947.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 309, 310, 311. 301
An Act providing for payments by the commonwealth (Jfidj) 309
TO COMPENSATE PERSONS WHOSE PROPERTY MAY BE ^'
DAMAGED BY ACTS OF INMATES OF THE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL
FOR BOYS AT SHIRLEY WHO ESCAPE THEREFROM.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Upon written request by the trustees of the Massachusetts
training schools, there shall be paid out of the state treasury,
from such funds as may be available therefor, to any person
determined by the attorney general to be entitled to com-
pensation for damage to his property caused by the act of
any inmate of the industrial school for boys at Shirley
upon his escape from said school, such sum as the attorney
general shall determine to be just and reasonable and as the
governor and council shall approve.
Approved May 2, 1947.
C/iap.310
An Act relative to the combined exemption from
LOCAL taxation OF A HUSBAND AND WIFE IN THE CASE OF
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE AND EFFECTS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 5 of chapter 59 of the General Laws, as amended, SjV-^P|-
is hereby further amended by striking out clause Twentieth, etc!, 'amended,
as most recently amended by chapter 482 of the acts of
1941, and inserting in place thereof the following clause: —
Twentieth, The wearing apparel, farming utensils and Y^^&1^\
cash on hand of every person and the tools of his trade if a utensils', etc.,
mechanic, to any amount; and to an amount not exceeding tax^tfon.'^'""
a total value of one thousand dollars in respect to all the
articles hereinafter specified in this clause, his household
furniture and effects, including jewelry, plate, works of art,
musical instruments, radios and garage or stable accessories,
in storage in a public warehouse kept and maintained under
chapter one hundred and five or used or commonly kept in
or about the dwelling of which he is the owner of record or
for the use of which he is obligated to pay rent, and which
is the place of his domicile, and boats, fishing gear and nets
owned and actually used by him in the prosecution of his
business if engaged exclusively in commercial fishing; pro-
vided, that in the case of household furniture and effects
the combined exemption of husband and wife shall not
exceed one thousand dollars. Approved May 2, 1947.
An Act relative to the issuance by the registrar of nhnrt ^11
MOTOR VEHICLES OF DEALER REGISTRATION PLATES TO ^"'^V'^^
PERSONS ENGAGED IN THE BUSINESS OF FINANCING THE
PURCHASE OF OR INSURING MOTOR VEHICLES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 5 of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing g. l. (Ter.
in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by striking fmende^d,* ^'
out in line 31 the words "whose principal business is"
302
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 312, 313.
"Dealer'
defined.
and inserting in place thereof the words : — who is engaged
in the business of, — so that the last sentence will read as
follows: — The word "dealer", for the purposes of the
registration of motor vehicles or trailers under any provision
of this chapter, may include, in the discretion of the registrar,
a person who is engaged in the business of financing the
purchase of or insuring motor vehicles, but only in respect
to such vehicles as such person may take in possession by
foreclosure or subrogation of title and all the provisions of
this chapter relating to certificates of registration of dealers
shall apply to certificates issued to such a person under this
provision. Approved May 2, 1947.
C hap. S12 An Act prohibiting the awarding of certain state
CONTRACTS UNLESS AND UNTIL THE STATE COMPTROLLER
CERTIFIES THAT MONEY IS AVAILABLE THEREFOR.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 29 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
striking out section 8, as appearing in the Tercentenary
Edition, and inserting in place thereof the following sec-
tion: — Section 8. The officer in direct charge of such con-
struction, alteration, repair or development shall obtain
working plans and specifications, when so authorized by the
general court, shall advertise in a reasonable number of
newspapers for proposals for the performance of such work,
and shall award the contract to the lowest responsible and
eligible bidder; but no contract shall be awarded for a sum
in excess of the amount which the state comptroller certifies
is available therefor. Kny officer who awards a contract in
violation of any provision of this section may be removed
by the governor, with the advice and consent of the council.
Approved May 2, 19^7.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 29, § 8,
amended.
Awarding of
certain state
contracts,
regulated.
C/iap. 3 13 An Act relative to the commitment of persons ar-
rested FOR non-payment OF TAXES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 34 of chapter 60 of the General Laws, as appear-
ing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by in-
serting after the word "arrest", in line 16, the words: — or
of the county wherein the town in which the tax is payable
lies, — so that the first sentence will read as follows: — If
a tax assessed upon a person remains unpaid for fourteen
days after demand therefor, the collector may issue his war-
rant to the sheriff or his deputies of the county, or the deputy
collector of taxes or a constable of the town, wherein the
person assessed has his usual place of abode or of business,
directing them and each of them to distrain the property or
take the body of the person assessed and to proceed as re-
quired of collectors in like cases; but a collector of taxes
who issues a warrant for the arrest of a person for non-
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 60, § 34,
amended.
Commitment
of persons
arrested for
non-payment
of taxes.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 314, 315. 303
payment of taxes, or the officer to whom he commits the
warrant, may at his discretion, after the service of the war-
rant, allow such person to go free for a period not exceeding
fourteen days after said service, at which time, if said per-
son does not pay his tax with all fees and charges due thereon,
including the fee for service of said warrant and travel as
provided by section fifteen, said officer shall then arrest the
said person on the aforesaid warrant, and commit him to
the jail of the county where he makes the arrest or of the
county wherein the town in which the tax is payable lies.
Approved May 2, 191^.1 .
An Act authorizing the sale and conveyance of a Oiarf.ZW
CERTAIN PARCEL OF STATE LAND IN THE TOWN OF PROV-
INCETOWN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The department of public works, in the name and on
behalf of the commonwealth, is hereby authorized to sell
and convey a certain parcel of land of the commonwealth
located on Commercial street in the town of Provincetown,
which was acquired by the commonwealth, acting through
the Provincetown Tercentenary Commission, established by
chapter 366 of the General Acts of 1919, by a deed dated
February 26, 1925 and recorded in Barnstable County Deeds,
Book 420, page 166. Such sale shall be subject to such terms
and conditions as may be fixed by said department, with the
approval of the governor and council.
Approved May 2, 1947.
An Act to increase the sum allowed for expenses of (Jfiav. 315
THE conference OF COM^nssTOMTTRS nT>j ttmtform atattt. ^'
laws.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
by chapter 18 of the acts of 1938, is hereby further amended etc!, 'amended.
by striking out, in line 7, the word "two" and inserting in
place thereof the word : — four, — so as to read as follows :
— Section 28. They shall serve without compensation, but Commissioners
, . . 1111 .11 1 1 1 1 on uniform
each commissioner shall be paid by the commonwealth the state laws,
amount of his actual traveling and other necessary expenses *'''p^"^^^-
incurred in the discharge of his official duty, after an account
thereof has been audited by the commissioners. They shall
keep a full account of their expenditures. They may con-
tribute each year a sum not exceeding four hundred dollars
toward the expenses of the conference of commissioners on
uniform state laws, the same to be paid from such appro-
priation for the expense of the commissioners as may be
made by the general court. Approved May 2, 1947.
304 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 316, 317.
Chap.SlQ An Act providing for payments, in lieu of vacations,
IN THE CASE OF CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF CERTAIN COUN-
TIES AND MUNICIPALITIES WHO RESIGNED OR WERE
GRANTED LEAVES OF ABSENCE TO ENTER THE ARMED
FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Any person in the service of any county, city or town by
which chapter four hundred and ninety-nine of the acts of
nineteen hundred and forty-three has been or shall be ac-
cepted as therein provided, who, prior to such acceptance but
subsequent to September sixteenth, nineteen hundred and
forty, resigned or was granted a leave of absence from such
service to enter the armed forces of the United States and
who served in said armed forces during World War II and
who, upon honorable discharge from such service in said
armed forces, has returned or returns to the service of such
county, city or town, shall be paid an amount equal to the
vacation pay which he would have received in the yesiT of
his entry into such service in said armed forces if his said
employment had not been interrupted by such service in
said armed forces; provided, that no monetary or other
allowance has already been made therefor. Such payments
shall be made from the county, city or town treasury from
any available funds therein. Approved May 2, 1947.
C hap. S17 An Act relative to the authority of certain mutual
INSURANCE COMPANIES TO PAY DIVIDENDS ON CERTAIN
POLICIES OF INSURANCE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Ed)"i75'^'§ 80 Chapter 175 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
etc^.'ameAded.' striking out section 80, as most recently amended by chapter
196 of the acts of 1947, and inserting in place thereof the
Snui" following section : — Section 80. From time to time the
insurance directors of a mutual fire company may by vote fix and
m^'^pay ^ determine the percentages of dividend or expiration return
dividends on gf premium to be paid on expiring or cancelled policies, or
certain policies. . ,.. , i <*i**i*
to be paid upon anniversary dates of policies having no
expiration dates, which may, in their discretion, and with
the written approval of the commissioner, and upon such
conditions, if any, as he may prescribe, be different for
poUcies insuring for the same term against the different
kinds of risks mentioned in the several provisions of the
clause or clauses of section forty-seven under which such a
company may transact business; and the percentage afore-
said for fire policies insuring farm risks, fireproof risks,
including risks equipped with automatic sprinkler and fire
alarm systems, or manufacturing or storage risks, or manu-
facturing or storage risks confined to lumber and wood-
working only, risks subject to special inspection, special
underwriting and special reinsurance treatment, insured
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 317. 305
under either (A) policies issued by ten or more such com-
panies or (B) pohcies issued by one such company which by
joint underwriting cedes a portion of the risk to nine or
more other such companies in a group, may in Uke manner
be different from that for pohcies insuring other risks against
fire for the same term. Pohcies insuring risks in this com-
monwealth in the same classification shall have an equal
rate of dividend or return of premium. If an assessment is
levied under section eighty-three the rate thereof may be
different for pohcies insuring risks in any classification from
that for pohcies insuring other classifications of risks for
the same term; but pohcies insuring risks in the same
classification shall have the same rate of assessment, and all
funds of the company, actual and contingent, shall be
available for the payment of any claim against it. Every
pohcy placed in any classification made under this section
shall, when issued, bear an endorsement, satisfactory to
the commissioner, to the effect that it is so classified.
Whenever any such insurance company, whose business
is confined chiefly to the insurance of sprinklered risks and
which is conducted solely for the benefit and protection of
its members and which pays no commissions or brokerage
for the acquirement of its business, shall reinsure in a hke
company the whole or any portion of a risk covered by its
pohcy or policies of insurance, it may do so either (1) by
existing methods of reinsurance or (2) by agreement with its
policyholder or poficyholders attached to and made a part
of such pohcy or policies, which agreement shall contain a
schedule giving (a) the name and location of each reinsuring
company and (6) the portion of the risk reinsured in each
such company. Such agreement may also provide that the
dividend or return of premium to be paid or credited upon
termination of such policy or policies shall be the sum of (1)
the dividend or return of premium to be paid or credited upon
that portion of the premium or premium deposit retained
by the company issuing such policy or policies and (2) the
aggregate amount of such dividends or returns of premium
paid or credited upon all portions of the premium or premium
deposit ceded to all such reinsuring companies.
Any such company may accumulate and hold profits,
but only until such profits equal four per cent of its insur-
ance in force; and such accumulation shall be subject to
the laws relative to the investment of the capital stock of
domestic companies, except that it may also be invested in
shares of co-operative banks, in deposits in savings banks,
and in deposits in savings departments of trust companies,
chartered under the laws of this commonwealth, subject as
to such deposits to the laws, rules and regulations governing'
the same. Such accumulation may be used from time to
time in the payment of losses, dividends and expenses.
Every policyholder of a domestic company and every
policyholder in this commonwealth of a foreign company
shall be notified, at his last known address, within six months
306
Acts, 1947. —Chaps. 318, 319.
after the expiration of his poUcy, of the amount of any
dividend declared and payable thereon, unless in the mean-
time such dividend has been paid in cash or applied in pay-
ment of the premium on the renewal of the policy.
Approved May 2, 1947.
Chap. 31S ^^ ^^^ PERMITTING THE ARMORY COMMISSION TO ACCEPT
CERTAIN FEDERAL FUNDS OR CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ARMORY
PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 33 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
striking out section 36, as appearing in section 1 of chapter
425 of the acts of 1939, and inserting in place thereof the
following section: — Section 36. To meet the expenses
incurred under sections thirty-three, thirty-four and thirty-
five, or any of them, the armory commission may expend
such amounts as are appropriated therefor by the general
court, together with such armory loan funds as may from
time to time be authorized specifically by the general court,
and may accept from the federal government, and may
expend, subject to appropriation, an}^ funds or contribu-
tions toward the erection, alteration or maintenance of, or
the making of any addition to, any armory or facility or
installation; provided, that all title, interest and control
therein remains vested in the commonwealth.
Approved May 2, 1947.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 33, § 36,
etc., amended.
Armory com-
mission may
accept federal
funds or
contributions.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 90, § 45,
etc., amended.
Appeal to
superior
court.
C/iap. 3 19 An Act further regulating appeals from rules or
REGULATIONS OR RULINGS, DECISIONS OR ORDERS RELA-
TIVE TO AVIATION.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 90 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
striking out section 45, as most recently amended by section
8 of chapter 537 of the acts of 1941, and inserting in place
thereof the following section : — Section 4-^. Any person
aggrieved by any rule or approach or other regulation made
under sections thirty-five to fifty-two, inclusive, or by any
ruling, decision or order under any provision of said sections
or of any such rule or regulation may, within thirty days
after the eflfective date of such rule or regulation or within
thirty days after such ruling, decision or order, appeal to
the superior court sitting in equity for the purpose of having
the lawfulness thereof inquired into and determined. Upon
Such appeals, said court may make such orders and decrees
as justice and equity may require and parties to such ap-
peals shall have all rights of appeal and exception as in other
equity cases. Approved May 2, 1947.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 320, 321. 307
An Act providing for distribution of copies of the (Jfidj) 320
BLUE book, so called, TO MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE ^'
COUNCIL.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section 3 of chapter 5 of the General Laws, g. l. (Ter.
as amended, is hereby further amended by striking out the ftc.!amended.
paragraph contained in hues 10 and 11, as appearing in the
Tercentenary Edition, and inserting in place thereof the fol-
lowing paragraph : —
To each member of the general court and of the executive Annual dis-
council and to the clerks of each branch of the general court, law"*'"" °^ ^^^
two; and to each assistant clerk of the general court, one; —
and by striking out the paragraphs contained in lines 63 to
68, inclusive, and inserting in place thereof the 2 following
paragraphs : —
To each member of the general court and of the executive
council ten, and upon apphcation in writing filed prior to
June first next following the printing of said volume, ten
additional copies.
To each member of the general court and of the executive
council at the session next following the passage of the acts
and resolves in said volume, one copy, to be delivered at the
beginning of such session.
Section 2. The 8th paragraph of said section 3, as g. l. (Ter.
amended, is hereby further amended by striking out, in lines fttl'f^tier'
1 and 2, as appearing in chapter 196 of the acts of 1938, the amended.
words ", the members of the executive council".
Approved May 2, 1947.
An Act authorizing the town of Wilmington to bor- Chav.^2\
ROW money FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND FURNISHING OF ^'
A SCHOOL BUILDING.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of constructing and origi-
nally equipping and furnishing a school building, the town
of Wilmington may borrow from time to time, within a
period of five years from the passage of this act, such sums
as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, two
hundred thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes
therefor, which shall bear on their face the words, Wilming-
ton School Loan, Act of 1947. Each authorized issue shall
constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid in
not more than twenty years from their dates. Indebted-
ness incurred under this act shall be in excess of the statu-
tory limit, but shall, except as provided herein, be subject
to chapter forty-four of the General Laws, exclusive of the
limitation contained in the first paragraph of section seven
thereof.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May 3, 1947.
308
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 322, 323.
Chap.322 An Act relative to the acceleration of the time for
MAKING RETURN AND PAYMENT OF THE INCOME TAX UNDER
CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows. •
Section 1. Section 25 of chapter 62 of the General Laws,
as appearing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended
by striking out the last sentence and inserting in place thereof
the following sentence : — Every such fiduciary intending to
make final distribution of an estate or trust before the end
of any year shall file immediately prior to such distribution
a return under said section twenty-three of all such income
received by him and by his decedent during said year and
prior to such distribution, and the taxes thereon shall be-
come due and payable forthwith.
Section 2. Section 37A of said chapter 62, inserted
by section 2 of chapter 350 of the acts of 1933, is hereby
amended by striking out, in lines 2, 3 and 4, the words "in
the case of a person removing from the commonwealth or a
fiduciary making final distribution" , — so as to read as
follows : — Section 37 A . Except as otherwise provided in
section twenty-five, one half of the tax imposed by this
chapter shall be due and payable in advance of assessment
at the time when the tax return is required to be filed, and
the remaining half on October first following. So much of
each half of said tax as is not paid at its due date shall bear
interest from said date at the rate of one half of one per cent
per month, or major fraction thereof, until it is paid, if paid
prior to assessment, otherwise until the tax as assessed is
required to be paid. Taxes assessed under sections thirty-
five, thirty-six and thirty-seven shall include interest as
provided in this section to the date when the tax so assessed,
or any unpaid balance thereof, is required to be paid, which
shall be the thirtieth day following the date of the notice of
the assessment, if such notice issues after September first
of the year in which the tax return is required to be filed, or
on October first next following the date of issue if such notice
issues on or before said September first.
Approved May 3, 1947.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 62, § 25,
amended.
Tax returns
on estates
or trusts.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 62,
i 37A, etc..
amended.
Instalment
payment of
income
taxes.
Chap.32S An Act authorizing the town of orange to use but-
TERFIELD park, so called, for PLAYGROUND AND ATH-
LETIC FIELD PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloios:
Section 1, The town of Orange is hereby authorized to
use for the purposes of a public playground, under the pro-
visions of section fourteen of chapter forty-five of the Gen-
eral Laws, Butterfield Park, so called, located in said town.
The planning board of said town, acting as park commis-
sioners, may set apart and enclose for use as an athletic
field such portion of said park as they may designate, and.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 324. 309
subject to such terms and conditions as they may impose,
may allow such field to be used for athletic games and other
entertainments of a pubHc nature, to which an admission
fee may be charged.
Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its accept-
ance by the town of Orange at an annual or special town
meeting called for the purpose, but not otherwise.
Approved May 3, 1947.
An Act establishing in the tow^n of Randolph repre- nhn^ 304
SENTATIVE TOWN GOVERMENT BY LIMITED TOWN MEET- ^'
INGS.
Be it enacted, etc., asfolloios:
Section 1. There is hereby established in the town of
Randolph the form of representative town government by
limited town meetings hereinafter set forth.
Section 2. Other than the officers designated in section
four as town meeting members at large, the representative
town meeting membership shall in each voting precinct con-
sist of the largest number divisible by three which will admit
of a representation thereof in the approximate proportion
which the number of registered voters therein bears to the
total number of registered voters in the town, and which
will cause the total elected membership to be as nearly two
hundred and forty as may be. The registered voters in every
such precinct shall, at the first annual town election held
after the acceptance of this act, and the registered voters of
any precinct affected by any revision of precincts at the first
annual town election following such revision, and conform-
ably to the laws relative to elections not inconsistent with
this act, elect by ballot the number of registered voters in
the precinct, other than the officers designated in section
four as town meeting members at large, provided for in the
first sentence of this section to be town meeting members
of the town. The first third, in the order of votes received,
of members so elected shall serve three years, the second
third in such order shall serve two years, and the remaining
third in such order shall serve one year, from the day of the
annual town meeting. In case of a tie vote affecting the
division into thirds, as aforesaid, the members elected from
the precinct shall by ballot determine the same; and there-
after, except as otherwise provided herein, at each annual
town election the registered voters of each precinct shall, in
like manner, elect for the term of three years one third of
the number of elected town meeting members to which such
precinct is entitled, and shall at such election fill for the un-
expired term or terms any vacancy or vacancies then exist-
ing in the number of elected town meeting members in such
precinct. The town clerk shall after every election of town
meeting members forthwith notify each such member by
mail of his election.
310 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 324.
Section 3. After the acceptance of this act the bounda-
ries of the precincts shall be reviewed, and if need be wholly
or partially revised, by the selectmen in December once in
five years, or in December of any year when so directed by
vote of a representative town meeting held not later than
November twentieth of that year, but no precinct shall con-
tain less than four hundred registered voters.
The selectmen shall, within ten days after any establish-
ment or revision of the precincts, file a report of their doings
with the town clerk, the registrars of voters and the assessors,
with a map or maps or description of the precincts and the
names and residences of the registered voters therein. The
selectmen shall also cause to be posted in the town office a
map or maps or description of the precincts as established
or revised from time to time, with the names and residences
of the registered voters therein; and they shall also cause
to be posted in at least one public place in each precinct a
map or description of that precinct, with the names and
residences of the registered voters therein. Any revision of
the precincts shall take effect upon the date of the filing of
the report thereof by the selectmen with the town clerk.
Whenever the precincts are established or revised the town
clerk shall forthwith give written notice thereof to the state
secretary, stating the number and designation of the pre-
cincts. Meetings of the registered voters of the several
precincts for elections, for primaries, and for voting upon
any question to be submitted to all the registered voters of
the town, shall be held on the same day and at the same
hour and at such place or places within the town as the
selectmen shall in the warrant for such meeting direct. The
provisions of chapters fifty to fifty-six, inclusive, of the Gen-
eral Laws, relating to precinct voting at elections, so far as
the same are not inconsistent with this act, shall apply to
all elections and primaries in the town. The terms of office
of all elected town meeting members from every precinct
revised as aforesaid shall cease upon the election, as herein
provided, of their successors.
Section 4. Any representative town meeting held under
the provisions of this act, except as otherwise provided
herein, shall be hmited to the elected town meeting mem-
bers elected under section two, together with the following,
designated as town meeting members at large, namely: —
The town moderator, the town clerk, the selectmen, the town
treasurer, the town counsel, if a registered voter of the town,
the town collector of taxes, the chairman of the school com-
mittee, the chairman of the board of health, the chairman
of the board of public welfare, the tree warden, the chair-
man of the board of assessors, the chairman of the finance
committee, and the chairman of every other board, com-
mission or committee established in the town by authority
of the general court. The secretary or clerk of each of such
boards, commissions and committees, or, if it has no secre-
tary or clerk, a member thereof, shall file with the town clerk
a certificate of election of its chairman.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 324. 311
Any elected town meeting member who becomes by ap-
pointment or election one of the officers designated as town
meeting members at large shall upon such appointment or
election cease to be an elected town meeting member.
Section 5. The town clerk shall notify the town meet-
ing members of the time and place at which representative
town meetings are to be held, the notices to be sent by mail
at least seven days before the meeting. The town meeting
members, as aforesaid, shall be the judges of the election and
qualifications of their members. A majority of the town
meeting members shall constitute a quorum for doing busi-
ness; but a less number may organize temporarily and
may adjourn from time to time, but no town meeting shall
adjourn over the date of an election of town meeting members.
All town meetings shall be public. The town meeting mem-
bers as such shall receive no compensation. Subject to such
conditions as may be determined from time to time by the
members of the representative town meeting, any registered
voter of the town who is not a town meeting member may
speak at any representative town meeting, but shall not
vote. A town meeting member may resign by filing a
written resignation with the town clerk, and such resignation
shall take effect on the date of such filing. A town meeting
member who removes from the town shall cease to be a town
meeting member, and an elected town meeting member
who removes from the precinct from which he was elected
to another precinct may serve onlj^ until the next annual
town meeting.
Section 6. Nomination of candidates for town meeting
members to be elected under this act shall be made by
nomination papers, which shall bear no political designation,
but to the name of a candidate for re-election may be added
the words "candidate for re-election". Nomination papers
shall be signed by not less than ten voters of the precinct in
which the candidate resides, and shall be filed with the town
clerk at least ten days before the election; provided, that
any town meeting member may become a candidate for
re-election by giving written notice thereof to the town
clerk at least thirty days before the election. No nomination
papers shall be vaUd in respect to any candidate whose
written acceptance is not thereon or attached thereto when
filed.
Section 7. The articles in the warrant for every town
meeting, so far as they relate to the election of the moderator,
town officers and town meeting members, and, as herein
provided, to referenda, and all matters to be acted upon
and determined by ballot, shall be so acted upon and deter-
mined by the registered voters of the town in their respective
precincts. All other articles in the warrant for any town
meeting shall be acted upon and determined exclusively by
town meeting members at a meeting to be held at such time
and place as shall be set forth by the selectmen in the warrant
for the meeting, subject to the referendum provided by
section ten.
312 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 324.
Section 8. A moderator shall be elected by ballot at
each annual town meeting, and shall serve as moderator
of all town meetings, except as otherwise provided by law,
until a successor is elected and quaUfied. Nominations for
and election of a moderator shall be as in the case of other
elective town officers, and any vacancy in the office may be
filled by the town meeting members at a meeting held for
that purpose. If a moderator is absent, a moderator pro
tempore may be elected by the town meeting members.
Section 9. Any vacancy in the full number of town
meeting members from any precinct, whether arising from
a failure of the registered voters thereof to elect, or from
any other cause, may be filled, until the next annual election,
by the remaining members of the precinct from among
the registered voters thereof. Upon petition therefor, signed
by not less than ten town meeting members from the precinct,
notice of any vacancy shall promptly be given by the town
clerk to the remaining members from the precinct in which
the vacancy or vacancies exist, and he shall call a special
meeting of such members for the purpose of filling such
vacancy or vacancies. He shall cause to be mailed to every
such member, not less than five days before the time set
for the meeting, a notice specifying the object, time and
place of the meeting. At the said meeting a majority of the
members from such precinct shall constitute a quorum, and
they shall elect from their own number a chairman and a
clerk. The choice to fill any vacancy shall be by ballot,
and a majority of the votes cast shall be required for a
choice. The chairman and clerk shall count the ballots and
shall make a certificate of the choice and forthwith file the
same with the town clerk, together with a written acceptance
by the member or members so chosen, who shall thereupon
be deemed elected and qualified as a town meeting member
or members, subject to the right of all the town meeting
members to judge of the election and qualifications of the
members as set forth in section five.
Section 10. A vote passed by any representative town
meeting authorizing the expenditure of twenty thousand
dollars or more as a special appropriation, or establishing a
new board or office or abolishing an old board or office or
merging two or more boards or offices, or fixing the term of
office of town officers, where such term is optional, or in-
creasing or reducing the number of members of a board, or
adopting a new by-law, or amending or annulling an exist-
ing by-law, shall not be operative until after the expiration
of five days, exclusive of Sundays and holidays, from the
dissolution of the meeting. If, within said five days, a
petition, signed by not less than three per cent of the regis-
tered voters of the town, containing their names and ad-
dresses as they appear on the list of registered voters, is
filed with the selectmen asking that the question or questions
involved in such a vote be submitted to the registered voters
of the town at large, then the selectmen, after the expiration
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 324. 313
of five days, shall forthwith call a special meeting for the
sole purpose of presenting to the registered voters at large
the question or questions so involved. The polls shall be
opened not later than two o'clock in the afternoon and shall
be closed not earlier than eight o'clock in the evening, and
all votes upon any questions so submitted shall be taken in
the several precinct meetings by ballot, and the check list
shall be used, in the same manner as in the election of town
officers. The questions so submitted shall be determined
by a majority vote of the registered voters of the town
voting thereon, but no action of the representative town
meeting shall be reversed unless at least twenty per cent of
the registered voters shall so vote. Each question so sub-
mitted shall be in the form of the following question, which
shall be placed upon the official ballot: — "Shall the town
vote to approve the action of the representative town meeting
whereby it was voted (brief description of the substance of
the vote)?" If such petition is not filed within said first
mentioned period of five days, the vote of the representative
town meeting shall become operative and effective upon the
expiration of said period.
Section 11. The town of Randolph, after the acceptance
of this act, shall have the capacity to act through and to be
bound by its town meeting members, who shall when con-
vened from time to time as herein provided, constitute
representative town meetings; and the representative town
meetings shall exercise exclusively, so far as will conform
to the provisions of this act, all powers vested in the munici-
pal corporation. Action in conformity with all provisions
of law now or hereafter applicable to the transaction of town
affairs in town meeting, shall, when taken by any representa-
tive town meeting in accordance with the provisions of
this act, have the same force and effect as if such action had
been taken in a town meeting open to all the voters of the
town as organized and conducted before the establishment in
said town of representative town meeting government.
Section 12. This act shall not abridge the right of the
inhabitants of the town of Randolph to hold general meet-
ings, as secured to them by the constitution of this common-
wealth; nor shall this act confer upon any representative
town meeting in said town the power finally to commit the
town to any measure affecting its municipal existence or
substantially changing its form of government without
action thereon by the voters of the town at large, using the
ballot and the check list therefor.
Section 13. This act shall be submitted to the registered
voters of the town of Randolph for acceptance at the annual
town meeting in the year nineteen hundred and forty-eight.
The vote shall be taken by ballot in precincts in accordance
with the provisions of the General Laws, so far as the same
shall be applicable, in answer to the question which shall be
placed upon the official ballot to be used for the election of
town officers: "Shall an act passed by the general court in
314 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 325, 326.
the year nineteen hundred and forty-seven, entitled 'An
Act establishing in the town of Randolph representative
town government by Hmited town meetings', be accepted
by this town?" If accepted by a majority of the voters
voting thereon, this act shall thereupon take effect for all
purposes incidental to the next annual town election in said
town, and shall take full effect beginning with said election.
Section 14. If this act is rejected by the registered
voters of the town of Randolph when first submitted to said
voters under section thirteen, it may again be submitted
for acceptance in like manner from time to time to such voters
at any annual town meeting within five years thereafter,
and, if accepted by a majority of the voters voting thereon
at such an election, shall thereupon take effect for all pur-
poses incidental to the next annual town election in said
town, and shall take full effect beginning with said election.
Approved May 3, 1947.
Chap. 325 An Act relative to the election and terms of office
OF ASSESSORS IN THE TOWN OF DANVERS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of the General
Laws to the contrary, the town of Danvers, at the annual
election in the j^ear next following the year in which this
act is accepted, shall elect a principal assessor, for a term
of three years, who shall devote his full time and attention
to his duties and shall be chairman of the board, and also
an assessor for a term of two years, and an assessor for a
term of one year. At each annual election thereafter, the
town shall elect a principal assessor or an assessor, as the
case may be, for a term of three years to succeed the principal
assessor or assessor whose term is about to expire. Upon
the qualification of the principal assessor and the assessors
first elected under authority of this act, the terms of office
of the assessors then in office shall terminate.
Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance by said town at an annual or special town meeting
held in the year nineteen hundred and forty-seven or nine-
teen hundred and forty-eight, but not otherwise.
Approved May 3, 19If7.
C/iap. 326 An Act relative to certain assignments to the state
STAFF OF THE ORGANIZED MILITIA.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
EdVaJlie Section 1. Section 16 of chapter 33 of the General Laws,
etc!, 'amended', as most recently amended by chapter 311 of the acts of
1946, is hereby further amended by adding at the end the
following paragraph : —
^itl^onai (^^ ^^ person shall be assigned, detailed or appointed
guarT'' to a position as a commissioned officer on the state staff,
ofl5cer8 may
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 327. 315
except in case of national emergency, unless he shall be be on state
eligible for federal recognition as a national guard officer
in the rank or grade to which he is to be assigned, detailed
or appointed.
Section 2. Nothing in this act shall affect the status of
officers on the state staff of the organized militia immediately
prior to the effective date of this act.
Approved May 3, 1947.
An Act revising the charter of the city of north
ADAMS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 148 of the acts of 1895 is hereby
amended by striking out section 4, as amended, and in-
serting in place thereof the following section: — Section 4-
The municipal election shall take place biennially on the
first Tuesday after the first Monday of November, beginning
with the year nineteen hundred and forty-nine. The munici-
pal year shall begin on the first Monday of January of each
year. All meetings of the citizens for municipal purposes
shall be called by notices issued by order of the city council.
Section 2. Said chapter 148 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 5, as amended, and inserting in
place thereof the following section: — Section o. At such
municipal election, except as herein otherwise provided,
the qualified voters shall give in their votes by ballot in the
several wards for a mayor, and for such of the councilmen
and members of the school committee, of the board of library
trustees and of the board of assessors as are then to be elected,
and the person receiving the highest number of votes for
any office shall be deemed and declared to be elected to such
office; and whenever two or more persons are to be elected
to the same office, the several persons up to the number re-
quired to be chosen receiving the highest number of votes
shall be deemed and declared to be elected. All elected
officials shall hold office until their successors are qualified.
If it shall appear that there is no choice of mayor, or if
the person elected mayor shall refuse to accept the office,
or shall die before qualifjang, or if a vacancy in said office
shall occur subsequently and more than six months previous
to the expiration of his term of office, the city council shall
forthwith cause notice to be issued for a new election, to be
held as soon as may be thereafter, to fill such unexpired
term, and the same proceedings shall be had in all respects
as hereinbefore provided for the election of mayor, and shall
be repeated until the election of a mayor is completed.
If the full number of members of the city council has not
been elected, or if a vacancy in the office of councilman shall
occur subsequently and more than six months previous to
the expiration of his term of office, the council may forth-
with, except as herein otherwise provided, elect some person
to fill such vacancy until the next biennial municipal election.
staff.
Chap.S27
316 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 327.
Section 3. Said chapter 148 is hereby further amended
by inserting after section 5 the following section : — Sec-
tion 5 A. The board of assessors shall consist of three mem-
bers who shall be elected at large by the voters of the city
as follows : —
At the biennial municipal election in the year nineteen
hundred and forty-nine there shall be elected two members
for a term of four years, and one member for a term of two
years, beginning with the first Monday of January next
following their election, and biennially thereafter there
shall be elected one or two members, as the case may be, to
fill the vacancy or vacancies that will occur on the first
Monday in January next following such election by the
expiration of term, for a term of four years beginning with
said first Monday. Any vacancy which shall occur in the
board of assessors otherwise than by expiration of term
shall be filled by the city council in the manner provided in
section three of chapter thirty-nine of the General Laws
until the next biennial municipal election and the qualifica-
tion of a successor elected thereat for the balance of the
unexpired term. If there is a tie vote for assessor at any
election the city council, by vote of a majority of its mem-
bers, shall declare one of ithe candidates for whom the tie
vote has been cast to be elected. If it appears that there is
no choice of assessor for any other reason, the city council
shall proceed as in the case of a vacancy. The board of
assessors shall be entitled to choose a clerk who shall not be
one of their own number.
Section 4. Said chapter 148 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 9 and inserting in place thereof the
following section : — Section 9. The city council shall con-
sist of twenty-one councilmen who shall be elected at large
by the voters of the city as follows : —
At the biennial municipal election in the year nineteen
hundred and forty-nine there shall be elected eleven mem-
bers for a term of four years, and ten members for a term of
two years, beginning with the first Monday of January next
following their election, and biennially thereafter there
shall be elected the numi)er of members necessary to fill the
vacancies that will occur on the first Monday in January
following such election, for a term of four years beginning
with said first Monday.
At the biennial municipal election in the year nineteen
hundred and forty-nine no voter shall vote for more than
seven of the number of councilmen to be elected thereat
for the term of four years, or for more than seven of the
number of councilmen to be elected thereat for the term
of two years, and the number then to be elected for each
term having the highest number of votes shall be declared
elected. At each biennial municipal election thereafter no
voter shall vote for more than seven of the number of council-
men to be elected thereat for the term of four years and the
number then to be elected having the highest number of
votes shall be declared elected.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 327. 317
In voting for councilmen to fill vacancies for the remainder
of unexpired terms a voter may vote for the number of
councilmen necessary to fill such vacancies in addition to
the number above provided.
On the second Tuesday prior to every biennial municipal
election the city clerk shall determine by lot the order in
which the names of the candidates for election thereat to
the city council shall appear on the ballot. The candidates
shall be notified of such drawing and shall be allowed to be
present thereat in person or by their representatives.
A majority of the members of the city council shall con-
stitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The city
council shall annually, at the first meeting in January, elect
by ballot one of their members president of the council.
Section 5. Said chapter 148 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 32 and inserting in place thereof the
following section : — Section 82. The school committee
shall consist of the mayor and six members elected at large
as follows : —
At the biennial municipal election in the year nmeteen
hundred and forty-nine there shall be elected three members
for a term of four years, and three members for a term of
two years, beginning with the first Monday of January next
following their election, and biennially thereafter there shall
be elected three members for a term of four years, beginning
with said first Monday.
If there is a tie vote for school committeeman at any
election the city council, by a vote of the majority of its
members, shall declare one of the candidates for whom the
tie vote has been cast to be elected.. If it appears that there
is no choice for school committeeman for any other reason,
proceedings shall be had as in the case of a vacancy. No
member of the school committee, except the mayor, shall,
while such a member, hold any other salaried office in or
under the city government.
Section 6. Said chapter 148 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 34, as amended, and inserting in
place thereof the following section: — Section 34. There
shall be the following administrative officers who shall
perform the duties by law and hereinafter prescribed for
them respectively, and such further duties not inconsistent
with the nature of their respective offices as the city council
has heretofore prescribed or may hereafter prescribe : —
1. A commissioner of public works.
2. A city treasurer, who shall also be the collector of taxes.
3. A city solicitor.
4. A chief of police.
5. A chief of the fire department, who shall also be the
assistant inspector of buildings.
6. A welfare commissioner, who shall exercise and dis-
charge all of the powers and duties prescribed by law for
boards of public welfare and welfare agents. He shall also be
the city almoner.
7. A city physician.
318 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 327.
8. A board of health consisting of three persons who shall
have control of the enforcement of the regulations relative to
plumbing.
9. A board of license commissioners as prescribed in
chapter one hundred and thirty-eight of the General Laws.
10. A commissioner of cemeteries who shall have the care,
superintendence and management of public burial places.
Except as otherwise provided by general or special law,
the foregoing officers shall be appointed by the mayor for
terms of two years each, beginning with the second Monday
in January following the biennial municipal election at which
he was elected, unless they are sooner removed, and until
their respective successors are qualified. They shall be
sworn or affirmed to the faithful discharge of the duties of
their respective offices, which oath or affirmation shall be
filed in the office of the city clerk.
The commissioner of public works shall have authority to
appoint a city engineer who shall be inspector of buildings,
a clerk and such assistants as he may deem necessary from
time to time for carrying on the work of the pubUc works
department.
Section 7. Section 37 of said chapter 148, as amended,
is hereby further amended by striking out clause (6) and
inserting in place thereof the following clause : —
(6) Of the construction, alteration, repair and care of
public buildings, except that the care, construction, altera-
tion and repair of all school buildings and the public library
shall remain under the control of the school committee and
the board of trustees of the public library, respectively.
Section 8. Said chapter 148 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 41 and inserting in place thereof the
following section : — Section Jfl . The trustees of the public
library shall consist of three members who shall be elected
at large by the voters of the city as follows : —
At the biennial municipal election in the year nineteen
hundred and forty-nine one member shall be elected for a
term of six years, one member for a term of four years, and
one member for a term of two years, beginning with the
first Monday of January next following their election, and
biennially thereafter one member shall be elected for a term
of six years, beginning with said first Monday. The trustees
of the public Hbrary shall have the care and management
of the public library. Any vacancy which shall occur in the
board of trustees of the public library otherwise than by
expiration of term shall be filled by the city council in the
manner provided in section three of chapter thirty-nine of
the General Laws until the next biennial municipal election
and the qualification of the trustee elected thereat for the
balance of the unexpired term. If there is a tie vote for
trustee of the public library at any election the city council,
by vote of a majority of its members, shall declare one of the
candidates for whom the tie vote has been cast to be elected.
If it appears that there is no choice of trustee of the public
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 328. 319
library for any other reason, the city council shall proceed as
in the case of a vacancy.
Section 9. Said chapter 148 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 46, as amended, and inserting in
place thereof the following section : — Section J^B. The com-
pensation of members of the police department and the fire
department and of all other persons not employed by boards
or heads of departments shall be established by a two thirds
vote of all members of the city council, with the approval
of the mayor. No new salaried office shall be established
except as required by law.
Section 10. So much of said chapter 148, and acts in
amendment thereof or in addition thereto, as is inconsistent
with the provisions of this act, is hereby repealed.
Section 11. No regular municipal election shall be held
in said city in the year nineteen hundred and forty-eight.
The term of all elected officers whose term of office expires
prior to the first Monday of January in the year nineteen
hundred and fifty shall be extended to the said first Monday,
and the term of all officers elected in the year nineteen hun-
dred and forty-seven shall expire on said first Monday.
Section 12. This act shall be submitted for acceptance
to the registered voters of the city of North Adams at the
next regular municipal election in the form of the following
question, which shall be placed upon the official ballot to
be used at said election: "Shall an act passed by the general
court in the year nineteen hundred and forty-seven, entitled
'An Act revising the charter of the city of North Adams',
which, among other things, provides for biennial municipal
elections, establishes the office of commissioner of cemeteries,
and provides that the mayor shall be a member of the school
committee, be accepted?" If a majority of the voters
voting thereon vote in the affirmative in answer to said
question, this act shall thereupon take full effect for the
nomination and election of municipal officers in the year
nineteen hundred and forty-nine, and for all other purposes
it shall take full effect upon the organization of the city
government on the first Monday of January, nineteen
hundred and fifty. Approved May 3, 1947.
An Act authorizing the chief of the police depart- Qfiaj) 328
MENT of the city of CAMBRIDGE TO APPOINT A TRIAL
BOARD, AND DEFINING THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF SAID
BOARD.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The chief of the police department of the
city of Cambridge is hereby authorized to appoint a trial
board, consisting of three officers of said department, to
hear the evidence in such complaints against members of
the force as the chief may deem advisable to refer to said
board. Said board shall report its findings to said chief,
320
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 329, 330.
who may review the same but shall make no change in such
findings except to reverse any finding of guilty or to revoke
or reduce the punishment, if any, recommended by said
board.
Section 2. Nothing in this act shall be deemed to de-
prive any member of the police department of the city of
Cambridge of any right provided by sections forty-three
and forty-five of chapter thirty-one of the General Laws.
Approved May 3, 1947.
Chap. 329 An Act determining the components of the land forces
OF THE commonwealth.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows. '
Section 1. Chapter 33 of the General Laws is hereby
amended by striking out section 66, as amended by section 6
of chapter 35 of the acts of 1943, and inserting in place
thereof the following section: — Section 66. The land forces
shall consist of the active national guard, the inactive na-
tional guard, retired officers, and such other units, officers
and soldiers as the commander-in-chief may from time to
time prescribe, and, whenever necessary, a state guard or
similar military organization composed as prescribed by the
commander-in-chief.
Section 2. Section 68 A of said chapter 33, inserted by
section 7 of said chapter 35, is hereby repealed.
Approved May S, 1947.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 33, § 66,
etc., amended.
Components
of state land
forces.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 33,
§68A,
repealed.
C/iap. 330 An Act relative to the qualifications of major gen-
erals AND brigadier GENERALS OF THE LAND FORCES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Subdivision (k) of section 76 of chapter 33 of the General
Laws, as appearing in section 1 of chapter 425 of the acts of
1939, is hereby amended by striking out the first three para-
graphs and inserting in place thereof the following two para-
graphs : —
A major general commanding a division shall be appointed
by the commander-in-chief from the brigadier generals of
the line who have had active service for at least two years
as brigadier generals.
Brigadier generals of the line shall be appointed by the
commander-in-chief, upon recommendation of their superior
commander, if any, from colonels or lieutenant colonels who
have had active service for at least two years as such colonels
or lieutenant colonels. Approved May 3, 1947.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 33. § 76,
etc., amended.
Major
generals,
appointment
Brigadier
generals,
appointment
of.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 331, 332. 321
An Act relative to the qualifications and conditions Chap. SSI
REQUIRED FOR THE RETIRED LIST OF THE MASSACHUSETTS
ORGANIZED MILITIA.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 33 of the General Laws is hereby amended bj^ g. l. (Ter.
striking out section 84, as appearing in section 1 of chapter ^tc"! 'amended!
425 of the acts of 1939, and inserting in place thereof
the following section: — Section 84- Any commissioned Ret^ement
officer in the military service of the age of sixty-four shall be ° °
discharged, or, upon his own request, placed upon the re-
tired list with the highest rank held by him in the active
military service.
An officer upon the retired list accepting a commission
in the active military forces of the commonwealth may again
be placed upon said retired list, at his own request, with the
rank then held by him, his former rank on the retired list,
or any lower rank.
Any officer of the organized militia, with five years or more
commissioned service and service in time of war in the armed
forces of the United States or fifteen years total commis-
sioned service, may be placed upon the retired list with any
rank held by him in the active military service or one grade
higher, but in any case not to exceed the rank of major
general. Approved May S, 1947.
An Act prohibiting the granting or an exclusive con- Chav. SS2
TRACT, LICENSE, PERMIT OR FRANCHISE FOR THE TRANS-
PORTA TI ON OF PASSENGERS AT OR ON AIRPORTS WHICH
ARE PUBLICLY OWNED OR CONTROLLED OR CONSTRUCTED
WHOLLY OR PARTLY WITH PUBLIC FUNDS.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would in Emergency
part tend to defeat its purpose, which is to make available P'''^a'"bie.
without delay necessary and convenient transportation at
or on publicly owned airports, therefore it is hereby declared
to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate pres-
ervation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 90 of the General Laws is hereby amended by g. l. (Ter.
inserting after section 51L, inserted by section 1 of chapter f siM^addJd.
613 of the acts of 1946, the following section: — Sedton Exclusive
51 M. Neither the commonwealth nor any city, town or"ghtto
other authority shall give or grant any contract, license, delfverpL-
permit or franchise to any person for the transportation of pu^frafrport
persons for hire by a public or private carrier, or to any prohibited,
person engaged in the business of leasing motor vehicles
under the "drive-it-yourself " system, so called, or any simi-
lar system, which contract, license, permit or franchise by
its terms purports to give to such a person, public carrier,
private carrier or lessor, as the case may be, an exclusive
322
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 333, 334.
right to receive or deliver passengers or engage in said
business of leasing motor vehicles at or on the property of
any publicly owned or controlled airport or any airport con-
structed in whole or in part with federal, state or other
public funds. Approved May 5, 1947.
Chap.SSS An Act to limit the time within which certain actions
TO RECOVER BACK WAGES MAY BE COMMENCED.
Emergency
preamble.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 260, ne
§ 4A, added.
Tirae for
bringing
actions for
back wages
limited.
Whereas, Certain judicial interpretations of certain fed-
eral acts have changed the official interpretation of the law
prevailing at the time wages were paid so that certain em-
ployers within the commonwealth are being subjected to a
multiplicity of suits for back wages for which they were
formerly not liable; and
Whereas, Many such employers may be forced into bank-
ruptcy and liquidation by the collection of such back wages,
damages and expenses previously not anticipated, and the
deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its pur-
pose, which in part is to limit immediately the time within
which such actions may be commenced; therefore it is hereby
declared to be an emergency law necessary for the immedi-
ate preservation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 260 of the General Laws is hereby
amended by inserting after section 4, as most recently
amended by section 4 of chapter 409 of the acts of 1943, the
following section : — Section J^A . Actions to recover back
wages based upon any judicial interpretation of a state or
federal statute differing from or overruling a previous inter-
pretation of the same shall be commenced only within one
year next after the date of such new judicial interpretation.
Section 2. Actions to recover back wages based upon
any judicial interpretation of a state or federal statute dif-
fering from or overriding a previous interpretation of the
same shall, if such new judicial interpretation was made
prior to the effective date of this act, be commenced only
within one year next after such effective date.
Approved May 6, 19Jf7.
Chap.SSA An Act relative to the employment of mechanics,
TEAMSTERS, CHAUFFEURS AND LABORERS IN THE CON-
STRUCTION OF PUBLIC WORKS BY THE COMMONWEALTH
OR BY A COUNTY, TOWN OR DISTRICT.
Emergency
preamble.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would result
in unnecessarily delaying the time when certain regular pub-
lic employees would receive the benefits provided thereby,
therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, nec-
essary for the immediate preservation of the public con-
venience.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 334. 323
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 26 of chapter 149 of the General Laws, as most o. l. (Ter.
recently amended by section 46 of chapter 591 of the acts ftl^'ameAded^'
of 1946, is hereby further amended by striking out the last
sentence of the first paragraph, as appearing in chapter 461
of the acts of 1935, and inserting in place thereof the follow-
ing : — This section shall also apply to regular employees of
the commonwealth or of a county, town or district, when
such employees are employed in the construction, addition
to or alteration of public buildings for which special appro-
priations of more than one thousand dollars are provided,
— so as to read as follows : — Section 26. In the employ- Preference to
ment of mechanics, teamsters, chauffeurs and laborers in the cftizen^in'^'^
construction of public works l3y the commonwealth, or by a p"^'''= *°'''^-
county, town or district, or by persons contracting or sub-
contracting for such works, preference shall first be given
to citizens of the commonwealth who have served in the
army or navy of the United States in time of war and have
been honorably discharged therefrom or released from active
duty therein, and who are qualified to perform the work to
which the employment relates; and secondly, to citizens of
the commonwealth generally, and, if they cannot be ob-
tained in sufficient numbers, then to citizens of the United
States, and every contract for such work shall contain a pro-
vision to this effect. Each county, town or district in the
construction of public works, or persons contracting or sub-
contracting for such works, shall give preference to veterans
and citizens who are residents of such county, town or dis-
trict. The rate per hour of the wages paid to said mechanics, wages,
teamsters, chauffeurs and laborers in the construction of
public works shall not be less than the rate or rates of wages
to be determined by the commissioner as hereinafter pro-
vided; provided, that the wages paid to laborers employed
on said works shall not be less than those paid to laborers in
the municipal service of the town or towns where said works
are being constructed; provided, further, that where the
same public work is to be constructed in two or more towns,
the wages paid to laborers shall not be less than those paid
to laborers in the municipal service of the town paying the
highest rate; provided, further, that if, in any of the towns
where the works are to be constructed, a wage rate or wage
rates have been established in certain trades and occupa-
tions by collective agreements or understandings between
organized labor and employers, the rate or rates to be paid
on said works shall not be less than the rates so established ;
provided, further, that in towns where no such rate or rates
have been so established, the wages paid to mechanics, team-
sters, chauffeurs and laborers on public works, shall not be
less than the wages paid to the employees in the same trades
and occupations by private employers engaged in the con-
struction industry. This section shall also apply to regular
employees of the commonwealth or of a county, town or
district, when such employees are employed in the construe-
324
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 335.
tion, addition to or alteration of public buildings for which
special appropriations of more than one thousand dollars
are provided.
Permanent and temporary laborers employed by the state
department of pubUc works and by the metropolitan district
commission shall receive such salary or compensation as may
be fixed under and in accordance with sections forty-five to
fifty inclusive of chapter thirty. Approved May 5, 1947.
Chap. S35 An Act establishing the office of second assistant
CLERK IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF SPRINGFIELD.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 218, § 10,
etc., amended.
Assietant
clerks in dis
trict courts.
Section 1. The first paragraph of section 10 of chapter
218 of the General Laws, as most recently amended by chap-
ter 182 of the acts of 1946, is hereby further amended by in-
serting after the word "Essex" in line 26 the words: — , the
district court of Springfield, — so as to read as follows:
— The clerk of a district court may, subject to the approval
of the justice, appoint one or more assistant clerks, who
shall be removable at his pleasure or at the pleasure of the
court, for whose official acts the clerk shall be responsible
and who shall be paid by him unless salaries payable by the
county are authorized in this section or in section fifty-
three. Assistant clerks with salaries payable by the county
may be appointed in the central district court of northern
Essex, the municipal court of the Charlestown district, the
municipal court of the Brighton district, the district court
of western Hampden, the district court of Newton, the
district court of northern Norfolk and in courts the judicial
districts of which have, according to the national or state
census last preceding, a population of sixty thousand or more.
Second assistant clerks with salaries payable by the county
may be appointed in the municipal court of the Roxbury
district, the East Boston district court, the municipal court
of the Charlestown district, the municipal court of the
Dorchester district, the municipal court of the Brighton
district, the municipal court of the West Roxbury district,
the municipal court, of the South Boston district, the central
district court of Worcester, and, subject to the approval
of the county commissioners, in the first district court of
eastern Middlesex, the third district court of eastern Middle
sex, the district court of southern Essex, the district court
of Springfield, the second district court of Bristol, the third
district court of Bristol and the district court of East Norfolk.
Effective upon Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
acceptance. ccptancc duriiig the current year by vote of the county
commissioners of the county of Hampden, but not otherwise.
Approved May 5, 1947.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 336, 337. 325
An Act providing for the abolition by the depart- C}iap,S36
MENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, BY THE USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS,
OF CERTAIN GRADE CROSSINGS IN THE TOWN OF BELMONT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows :
If and when funds sufficient to meet the cost of the work
hereinafter referred to have been made available under the
provisions of any federal statute, the department of public
works is hereby authorized to abolish the present grade
crossings over the location of the Boston and Maine Rail-
road in the town of Belmont at Trapelo road and Lexington
street. Approved May 5, 1947.
An Act authorizing the attorney general to settle nhnj) 337
CERTAIN claims AGAINST STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES ^'
FOR PERSONAL INJURIES AND PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT
THE NECESSITY OF SUIT BEING BROUGHT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 12 of the General Laws is hereby amended by g. l. (Ter.
inserting after section 3B the following section : — Sec- f'^c] added"!*
tion 3C. Any officer or employee of the commonwealth, Attorney
or of the metropolitan district commission, may file with the general
attorney general a writing requesting the attorney general se'ttie^ertain
to represent him in connection with a claim against him for atotToffiwrT*
bodily injuries or for damage to property, arising out of his and employees.
operation of a motor vehicle or other vehicle owned by the
commonwealth, including one under the control of said
commission, and stating that he thereby authorizes any
decision that the attorney general may make relative to a
settlement of such claim. Upon such request and authoriza-
tion, and whether or not suit has been brought upon such a
claim, the attorney general, if after investigation it appears
to him that such officer or employee, at the time the claim
arose, was acting within the scope of his official duties or
employment, and that the claimant is entitled to damages,
may settle such claim for such amount, not exceeding five
hundred dollars on account of bodily injury to one person,
and not exceeding three hundred dollars on account of damage
to property, as he shall determine to be just and reasonable.
If a release approved by the attorney general, given on a
final settlement of such a claim, is presented to the state
treasurer, together with a certificate of the attorney general
certifying that said release was given in accordance with
the provisions of this section, there shall be paid from the
state treasury, from such appropriation as may be made
therefor by the general court, the amount of the consideration
stated in such release. Approved May 5, 1947.
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Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 338, 339.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 53, § 45,
etc., amended.
Nomination
paper,
contents.
Chap.SSS An Act relative to information appearing on certain
NOMINATION PAPERS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section 45 of chapter 53 of the General Laws,
as most recently amended by section 2 of chapter 537 of
the acts of 1946, is hereby further amended by adding at
the end of the first paragraph, as appearing in section 7 of
chapter 337 of the acts of 1941, the following: — ; and, if
he is a veteran as defined in section twenty-one of chapter
thirty-one of the General Laws, the word "veteran" may be
used, — so that said paragraph will read as follows : — Every
nomination paper shall state, in addition to the name of the
candidate, (1) his residence, with street and number thereof,
if any, (2) the office for which he is nominated, and (3) the
political party whose nomination he seeks, and the paper
may state, in not more than eight words, the public offices
which he holds or has held, showing clearly that he is a
former incumbent thereof if such is the case and, if he is an
elected incumbent of an office for which he seeks renomina-
tion, that he is a candidate for such renomination ; and, if he is
a veteran as defined in section twenty-one of chapter thirty-
one of the General Laws, the word "veteran" may be used.
Section 2. Section 70D of said chapter 53, inserted by
section 21 of chapter 473 of the acts of 1938, is hereby
amended by striking out the fourth sentence and inserting
in place thereof the two following sentences : — Section forty-
five shall apply to such papers for candidates to be voted
for at presidential primaries except that they shall not con-
tain the eight word statement referred to in said section;
provided, that a candidate for delegate or alternate dele-
gate to a national convention may state in not more than
eight words, including the statement of preference for presi-
dent referred to in section seventy E, the public offices which
he holds or has held, showing clearly that he is a former in-
cumbent thereof, if such is the case. Nomination papers
may contain the name of more than one candidate for dele-
gate or alternate delegate or for members of ward and town
committees. Approved May 5, 1947.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 53,
§ 70D, etc.,
amended.
Nomination
papers of
candidates for
delegates.
Chap.SS9 An Act relative to a scholarship fund for graduates
OF THE HINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1, The action of the town of Hingham in voting
at its annual town meeting in nineteen hundred and forty-
six : — That the town raise and appropriate the sum of
ten thousand dollars to provide a scholarship fund for gradu-
ates of the Hingham high school who wish to pursue ad-
vanced studies in history, government or sociology (or all
three) and that the school committee be instructed to find
the best ways of awarding scholarships from this fund so
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 340. 327
that the fund will be a fitting memorial to veterans of World
War II — is hereby validated and confirmed to the same
extent and with the same effect as if the action aforesaid
was then authorized by law.
Section 2. Said town is hereby authorized to provide
for election by the town or appointment by its selectmen of
a board of trustees, of such number as the town shall by
vote determine, to administer said fund, which shall be held
in the custody of the town treasurer, together with any con-
tributions thereto from private sources, which contributions
the town, or the trustees for it, may from time to time receive.
The town may fix the terms of office of said trustees, and
establish other provisions of the trust not inconsistent here-
with. Approved May 5, 1947.
An Act to clarify and amend the laws providing an nhnv S40
IMPROVED METHOD OF MUNICIPAL PLANNING. ^'
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section 70 of chapter 41 of the General gl. (Ter
Laws, as amended, is hereby further amended by striking etc;, 'amended.
out the letter "A" at the end of the paragraph inserted
by section 1 of chapter 211 of the acts of 1936 and inserting
in its place the letter: — B, — so that said paragraph will
read as follows: —
No planning board shall be established under this section Existing
after December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and thirty- |^|fa"d8°fj,
six, but any such board established under this section or continue.
corresponding provisions of earlier laws and existing on said
date shall continue until its existence is terminated under
section eighty-one B.
Section 2. Section 72 of said chapter 41, as amended, q. l. (Ter.
is hereby further amended by striking out the letter "J" in ^tl! 'amended.
line 3 and inserting in place thereof the letter : — Y, — so
that the first sentence will read as follows : — Cities and Ordinances
towns may make ordinances and by-laws for carrying out by-iaws.
the purposes of section seventy and of sections eighty-one A
to eighty-one Y, inclusive, and they may appropriate money
therefor.
Section 3. Section 73 of said chapter 41, as amended, o l. (Ter.
is hereby further amended by striking out the letter "A" etc., 'amended',
at the end of the paragraph inserted by section 3 of said
chapter 211 and inserting in place thereof the letter: — B, —
so that said paragraph will read as follows : —
No board of survey shall be established under this section Existing
after December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and thirty- ^^^^y °l
six; but any such board established under this section or continue.
corresponding provisions of earlier laws or by a special act
and existing on said date shall continue until its existence
is terminated under section eighty-one B.
Section 4. Said chapter 41 is hereby further amended Ed.^'Tf^'
by striking out sections 81A to 81J, inclusive, inserted by is.siAtosu.
section 4 of said chapter 211, and inserting in place thereof and^rsiA'
to81Y,>
inserted.
328
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 340.
Planning
boards,
establishment
of.
Selectmen
to act in
small towr
Termination
of existing
boards.
the 25 following sections, under the heading improved
METHOD OF MUNICIPAL PLANNING: — Sectiou 81A. Any
city except Boston, and, except as hereinafter provided, any
town may at any time establish a planning board hereunder.
Every town not having any planning board shall, upon
attaining a population of ten thousand, so establish a planning
board under this section. A planning board established
hereunder shall consist of not less than five nor more than
nine members. Such members shall in cities be appointed
by the mayor, subject to confirmation by the city council
and in towns be elected at the annual town meeting; pro-
vided, that a town which has a planning board established
under section seventy may, at an annual town meeting or at a
special town meeting called for the purpose, vote to establish
a planning board under this section and may provide that
the members of the planning board then in office shall serve
as members of the planning board under this section until
the next annual town meeting. When a planning board is
first established or when the terms of members of the planning
board established under section seventy serving as members
of the planning board under this section expire, as the case
may be, the members of the planning board under this sec-
tion shall be elected or appointed for terms of such length
and so arranged that the term of at least one member will
expire each year; and their successors shall be elected or
appointed for terms of five years each. Any member of a
board so established in a city may be removed for cause,
after a public hearing, by the mayor, with the approval of
the city council. A vacancy occurring otherwise than by
expiration of term shall be filled for the unexpired term, in a
city, in the same manner as an original appointment, and,
in a town, as provided in section eleven. Such a board shall
elect annually a chairman and a clerk from among its own
number, and may employ experts and clerical and other
assistants. It may appoint a custodian of its plan and
records, who may be the city engineer or town clerk.
Towns of less than ten thousand inhabitants, having no
planning board established under this section may, by vote
of the town meeting, authorize the board of selectmen to
act as a planning board under this section until such a board
is established; provided, that any such town, upon attaining
a population of ten thousand, shall establish a planning
board hereunder.
Section 81 B. In any city or town in which a planning
board is established under section eighty-one A, if any of the
powers and duties of planning boards or boards of survey
are being exercised and performed by a planning board
established under section seventy or corresponding ^ pro-
visions of earlier laws, or by a board of survey established
under section seventy-three or corresponding provisions
of earlier laws or by a special act, or by the board of select-
men acting as a planning board, or by any other board, all
such powers and duties shall cease to exist, when the mem-
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 340. 329
bers of the planning board established in such city or town
under section eighty-one A take office; and thereupon the
planning board established therein under section eighty-one A
shall have and exercise all the powers and duties theretofore
conferred and imposed by general law upon planning boards
and boards of survey in cities and towns, as the case may be,
and all the powers and duties of any such board thereto-
fore conferred and imposed by special law upon any board
of the city or town, with respect to any matters pending
before any of said boards at the time of the establishment
of the planning board in such city or town under section
eighty-one A, as well as the powers imposed by this section
and sections eighty-one C to eighty-one Y, inclusive. The
officer or person having custody of the records or plans, or
both, of the former board shall turn them over to the officer
or person entitled to custody of the records and plans of the
planning board established under section eighty-one A.
Section 81C. The planning board estabhshed under sec- Duties of
tion eighty-one A shall from time to time make careful ^^''J'rd "^
studies and when necessary prepare plans of the resources,
possibilities and needs of the city or town, and, upon the
completion of any such study, shall submit to the city council
or selectmen a report thereon, with its recommendations.
It shall report annually to the city council or to the annual
town meeting, giving information regarding the condition
of the city or town and any plans or proposals for its devel-
opment and estimates of the cost thereof, and shall at the
same time furnish a copy of its report to the state planning
board. The planning board of a town established under
section eighty-one A may be authorized by vote of a town
meeting to act as park commissioners therein, and may be
vested with all the powers and duties of park commissioners
in towns.
Section 81D. A planning board established in any city or Board shall
town under section eighty-one A shall make a master or [^an^ordty'^
study plan of such city or town or such part or parts thereof or town.
as said board may deem advisable and from time to time
may extend or perfect such plan. Such plan shall show,
among other things, existing and desirable proposed public
ways, street grades, public places, bridges and tunnels, via-
ducts, parks, parkways, playgrounds, sites for public build-
ings and structures, building and zoning districts, pierhead
and bulkhead lines, waterways, routes of railroads, buses
and ferries, and locations of sewers, water conduits and other
public utilities, and other pertinent features of such a plan,
including existing private ways. Such plan shall be made,
and may be added to or changed from time to time, by a
majority vote of such planning board and shall be a public
record.
Section 81 E. Each city or town having a plannmg board city or town
established under section eighty-one A may, by action of its Sfficiri*^map.
city council or town meeting adopt an official map, prepared
under the direction of such planning board and showing the
330
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 340.
Changes
in ofHcial
map.
Powers of
selectmen,
etc., not to be
abridged.
public ways and parks therein as theretofore laid out and
established by law and the private ways then existing and
used in common by more than two owners. Such official
map is hereby declared to be established to conserve and
promote the pubHc health, safety and general welfare. Upon
the adoption of such a map, and upon any change therein or
addition thereto made as hereinafter provided, the city or
town clerk shall forthwith file with the appropriate registry
of deeds a certificate of such action and a copy of such map
as adopted or as changed or added to.
Section 81 F. A city or town so adopting an official map,
by action of its city council or town meeting, may whenever
and as often as it may deem it for the public interest, change
or add to such map so as to place thereon lines and notations
showing existing or proposed locations, not theretofore
mapped, of new or widened pubhc ways and new or en-
larged parks, and proposed discontinuances in whole or in
part of existing or mapped public ways and parks. No such
change or addition shall become effective until after a pub-
lic hearing in relation thereto before the city council or a
committee thereof or before the selectmen, at which parties
in interest shall have an opportunity to be heard. At least
ten days' notice of such a public hearing shall be given by
advertisement in an official publication of, or in a newspaper
of general circulation in, the city or town and by mailing a
copy of such advertisement to all owners of property abut-
ting on such proposed improvement or discontinuance, as
appearing upon the most recent tax list. No such change
or addition which has not been previously recommended by
the planning board established under section eighty-one A
shall be adopted until after a report thereon by said board,
and no variance from a plan prepared or approved by said
planning board shall be made except by a two thirds vote
of all the members of a city council, or by a two thirds vote
of a town meeting; provided, that the last mentioned re-
quirement shall be deemed to be waived in case the matter
has been referred to said board for a report and it has failed
to report within thirty days thereafter.
Section 81G. Sections eighty-one A to eighty-one Y, in-
clusive, shall not abridge the powers of the city council or
the selectmen or any other municipal officer in regard to
public ways or parks in any manner except as provided
herein, nor shall they authorize the taking of land or the
laying out or construction of a way or park or the altera-
tion, relocation or discontinuance thereof, except in accord-
ance with the laws governing the same; provided, that after
a city or town has adopted an official map under section
eighty-one E no public way shall be laid out, altered, relo-
cated or discontinued if such laying out, alteration, reloca-
tion or discontinuance is not in accordance with such official
map as it then appears, unless the proposed laying out,
alteration, relocation or discontinuance has been referred to
the planning board of such city or town established under
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 340. 331
section eighty-one A and such board has reported thereon,
or has allowed forty-five days to elapse after such reference
without submitting its report. After a city or town has
adopted an official map under section eighty-one E no per-
son shall open a way for pubHc use, except as provided in
sections eighty-one K to eighty-one U, inclusive, unless the
location of such way is in accordance with such official map
as it then appears, or has been approved by the planning
board established under section eighty-one A, and, in either
case, the grading, surfacing and drainage of such way have
been approved by such board.
Section 81H. Upon final action by the proper authorities Notations of
in laying out, altering or relocating a public way, or in dis- partofma ^^
continuing the whole or any part thereof, or in establishing
or enlarging a public park, or closing thereof in whole or in
part, the lines and notations showing such improvement,
discontinuance or closing, as so established or effected, shall,
without further action by the city council or the town meet-
ing, be made a part of the official map, if any, of the city or
town in which such public way or park is located.
Section 811. In a city or town having a planning board devekT'^ment
established under section eighty-one A but which has not projects to be
adopted an official map no public way shall be laid out, ?o^b"oard!^
altered, relocated or discontinued, unless the proposed
laying out, alteration, relocation or discontinuance has been
referred to the planning board of such city or town and such
board has reported thereon, or has allowed forty-five days
to elapse after such reference without submitting its report.
Any city or town having a planning board established under
section eighty-one A may, by ordinance, by-law or vote,
provide for the reference of any other matter or class of
matters to the planning board before final action thereon,
with or without provision that final action shall not be taken
until the planning board has submitted its report or has
had a reasonable fixed time to submit such report. Such
planning board shall have full power to make such in-
vestigations, maps and reports, and recommendations in
connection therewith, relating to any of the subjects re-
ferred to it under this section, as it deems desirable.
Section 81J. A town which has a planning board under Town ways
section eighty-one A may establish, in the manner pro- CuTby%\an-
vided for the laying out of town ways, the exterior lines of "'"s board,
any way, the location of which has been approved under
section eighty-one G or section eighty-one M; and there-
after no structure shall be erected or maintained between
the exterior lines so established, except that buildings or
parts of buildings existing at the time of the establishment
of said lines may remain and be maintained to such extent
and under such conditions as may be prescribed by such
planning board. Lines established under this section may be
discontinued in the manner provided for the discontinuance
of a highway or a town way. Lines so established shall be
placed on the official map, if any, of the town, without
332
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"Subdivision'
defined.
Subdivision
to be sub-
mitted to
planning
board for
approval after
public hearing.
further action by the town meeting, and shall be removed
therefrom if discontinued. This section shall not apply to
cities.
Section 81 K. The word "subdivision" as used in sec-
tions eighty-one L to eighty-one U, inclusive, shall mean the
division of a lot, tract or parcel of land into two or more lots,
sites or other divisions of land for the purpose, whether
immediate or future, of sale or building development, in
such a manner as to require provision for a way, public or
private, to furnish access to one or more of such lots, sites or
divisions, and shall include resubdivision, and, when appro-
priate to the context, shall relate to the process of sub-
dividing or the land or territory subdivided.
The recording of a plan of land showing the division
thereof into existing or proposed lots, sites or other divi-
sions and ways furnishing access thereto in the registry of
deeds of the county or district in which such land is situated
prior to the date when sections eighty-one L to eighty-one U,
inclusive, or corresponding provisions of earlier laws, in-
cluding those relating to subdivision control by boards of
survey, became effective in the city or town in which such
land is situated, shall not exempt such land from the applica-
tion of said sections, except with respect to such lots, sites
and divisions as have been sold and are held in ownership
separate from that of the person or persons owning the re-
mainder of the land so divided, and with respect to ways or
parts of ways in which rights of way appurtenant to such
lots, sites or divisions have been expressly or impliedly
granted, and with respect to lots, sites and divisions fronting
upon such ways or parts of ways.
Section 81 L. Every person, before making a subdivision
in any city or town having a planning board established
under section eighty-one A, shall submit to such board for
approval a plat of such proposed subdivision and said board
shall receive and pass upon such plat. Each such board
shall adopt, and may from time to time amend, reasonable
rules and regulations not inconsistent with sections eighty-
one K to eighty-one U, inclusive, governing the submission
and approval of such plats. Such rules and regulations may
provide that a person, before submitting his definitive plat
for approval, may submit a preliminary plat showing his
proposed subdivision in a general way, but not necessarily
indicating monuments and other survey points in detail,
and that the board may give such preliminary plat its tenta-
tive approval, with or without modifications suggested by
it or agreed upon by the person submitting the plat. The
provisions of sections eighty-one K to eighty-one U, inclu-
sive, in regard to plats shall not be applicable to a prelimi-
nary plat. Before approval of a definitive plat is given, a
public hearing shall be held by the board, notice of which
hearing shall be given at least ten days prior thereto, by
advertisement in an official publication of, or in a newspaper
of general circulation in, the city or town, and by mailing a
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 340. 333
copy of such advertisement to all owners of property abutting
upon the land included in such plat, as appearing upon
the most recent tax list.
Section 81 M. After the hearing required in section eighty- Approval of
one L, the board may approve, modify and approve, or regu^afJd.
disapprove, such plat, and shall file a certificate of such
action with the city or town clerk. Failure of the board to
take final action regarding a plat submitted to it within
forty-five days after such submission shall be deemed to be
an approval of such plat. In case of approval of a plat by
action of the board, it shall cause to be made thereon a
written endorsement of approval, and, in case of the approval
of a plat by reason of its failure to act, the city or town clerk
shall issue a certificate stating the date of the submission
of the plat for approval, and the fact that the planning board
failed to take final action thereon within forty-five days
after such submission; provided, that such endorsement
shall be made and such certificate issued upon written
request of the person making the subdivision but not before
the expiration of the period provided for court appeal, if
no appeal has been taken, otherwise not before the rendering
of a court decree approving such plat.
Before approval by the board of such a plat, it shall con-
sider and may require such provision for the construction
and installation of ways and public utilities as in its opinion
will justify the subdivision, with proper bond to secure
performance, in accordance with ordinances or by-laws of the
city or town, if there are any relating thereto; provided,
that, instead of requiring a bond, the board may approve a
plat on condition that no lot in the subdivision shall be sold
until ways and public utilities in accordance with specifica-
tions laid down by the board are constructed and installed
so as to adequately serve such lot.
Before the approval of a plat, the board may in proper
cases require that the plat show a park or parks suitably
located for playground or recreation purposes or for pro-
viding light and air. If such plat is approved, such park or
parks shall be deemed to be dedicated to the pubUc use. In
approving plats under this section, the board shall require
that the ways shown thereon shall have proper grades and
shall be of suitable width and suitably located to accom-
modate the prospective travel and to afford adequate light,
air and access, including access of fire fighting equipment,
to buildings, and to be co-ordinated so as to compose a con-
venient system, and that the land shown on such a plat
shall be of such character that it can be used for building
purposes without danger to health. In making such deter-
mination regarding ways, the board shall take into con-
sideration the prospective character of the development of
the subdivision, whether open residence, dense residence,
business or industrial.
After such a plat bearing an endorsement of approval or
accompanied by a certificate as aforesaid has been recorded
334
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 340.
Approval of
the board
may be
amended.
Register of
deeds shall
record plan.
Construction
of improve-
ments and
ways.
Issuance
of building
permits.
in the office of the appropriate registry of deeds, any ways
and parks shown on such plat shall be and become a part
of the official map, if there be any. The approval of sub-
division plats shall however be required in any city or town
in which sections eighty-one L to eighty-one U, inclusive,
are in effect, whether or not an official map has been adopted
therein.
Section 81N. A planning board established under section
eighty-one A, on its own motion or on petition of any person
interested, shall have power to modify, amend or rescind
its approval of a plat of a subdivision under section eighty-
one M or to require a change in such plat as a condition
of its retaining the status of an approved plat. All of the
provisions of sections eighty-one K to eighty-one U, inclusive,
relating to the submission and approval of the plat of a sub-
division shall, so far as apt, be applicable to the approval of
the modification, amendment or rescission of such approval
and to a plat which has been changed under this section.
Section 810. No register of deeds shall record any plan
showing thereon proposed ways in any city or town having
a planning board established under section eighty-one A
unless there is endorsed thereon a certificate of said board,
or other proper officer by it designated, that all laws ap-
plicable to such plan have been compfied with. The clerk
of each city or town shall notify the register of deeds of the
district in which such town is situated of the establishment
of a planning board under section eighty-one A, and also
the name of the officer designated by said board to endorse
upon plats the approval of the board.
Section 81 P. No public way and no public water supply
or sewer or other municipal utility or improvement in any
public or private way shall be constructed within a sub-
division in any city or town wherein sections eighty-one K
to eighty-one U, inclusive, are in effect, unless such street or
way appears on a plat of such subdivision approved and
recorded as provided in said sections, and no such utility
or improvement shall be constructed in any public or private
way elsewhere than in a subdivision in any city or town
having an official map under section eighty-one E unless such
way has been placed on or made a part of such map.
Section 81Q. No permit for the erection of any dwelling
within a subdivision in a city or town wherein sections
eighty-one K to eighty-one U, inclusive, are in efTect shall
be issued unless a way giving access to such proposed dwell-
ing appears on a plat of such subdivision approved and
recorded as provided in said sections, and no permit for the
erection of any dwelling elsewhere than in a subdivision in
any city or town having an official map under section eighty-
one E shall be issued unless a way giving access to such
proposed dwelling has been placed on or made a part of
such map; provided, that if the enforcement of the fore-
going provisions of this section would entail practical diffi-
culty or unnecessary hardship and if the circumstances of
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 340. 335
the case do not require that the dweUing be related to a way
shown on a plat or to a mapped way, as the case may be, the
board of appeals provided for in section eighty-one R shall
have power by vote of a majority of its members to issue
a permit for the erection of such dwelhng, subject, however,
to the provisions of said section eighty-one R and sections
eighty-one S and eighty-one T.
Section 81 R. A city or town wherein sections eighty- Board of
one K to eighty-one U, inclusive, are in effect shall, by appeals-
ordinance or by-law, provide for a board of appeals, which
may be the existing board of appeals under the local building
or zoning ordinances or by-laws; provided, that, if the board
of appeals under the local zoning ordinances or by-laws in
any city or town is also the planning board in such city or
town, it shall not act as a board of appeals under this section.
Pending provision for a board of appeals, the city council or
selectmen shall act as a board of appeals. Any board of
appeals newly established hereunder shall consist of at least
three members who shall be appointed by the mayor subject
to the confirmation of the city council, or by the selectmen,
for terms of such length and so arranged that the term of one
member will expire each year; and said board shall elect
annually a chairman from its own number and a clerk. Any
board so newly estabHshed may also act as a board of appeals
under the local building or zoning ordinances or by-laws,
or both.
Any member of such a board of appeals may be removed
for cause by the appointing authoritj^ upon written charges
and after a public hearing. Vacancies shall be filled for un-
expired terms in the same manner as in the case of original
appointments. Ordinances or by-laws established hereunder
may provide for the appointment in like manner of associate
members of the board of appeals; and in case of a vacancy,
inability to act or interest on the part of a member of such
board, his place shall be taken by an associate member des-
ignated by the chairman.
Section 81 S. The board of appeals appointed under sec- Powers of
tion eighty-one R shall adopt rules not inconsistent with a^''e°ir'^°^
this section and sections eighty-one Q and eighty-one R, for
conducting its business and otherwise carrying out the pur-
poses of said sections. Meetings of the board shall be held
at the call of the chairman and also when called in such
other manner as it shall determine in its rules. Such chair-
man, or in his absence the acting chairman, may administer
oaths, summon witnesses and call for the production of
papers. All hearings of the board shall be open to the pub-
lic. The board shall cause to be made a detailed record of
its proceedings, showing the vote of each member upon each
question, or, if any member is absent or fails to vote, indi-
cating such fact, and setting forth clearly the reason or rea-
sons for its decisions, and of its other official acts, copies of
all of which shall be immediately filed in the office of the
city or town clerk and shall be public records.
336
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 340.
Appeal to
superior
court.
Board of
survey shall
have powers
of planning
board.
Planning
board may
enter lands,
etc.
Planning
board may
petition
superior
court.
Before taking any action under section eighty-one Q, the
board of appeals shall give a hearing at which parties in
interest shall have an opportunity to be heard, in person or
by agent or attorney. At least fifteen days' notice of the
time and place of such hearing shall be published in an
official publication of, or in a newspaper of general circula-
tion in, the city or town. The board may impose reasonable
requirements as a condition of granting a permit under sec-
tion eighty-one Q, which requirements shall be designed to
promote the health, convenience, safety and general welfare
of the community and shall inure to the benefit of the city
or town.
Section 81 T. Any person, whether or not previously a
party to the proceedings, aggrieved by a decision of a board
of appeals under section eighty-one Q, or by any decision of
a planning board established under section eighty-one A
concerning a plat of a subdivision, as defined in section
eighty-one K, or its failure to take final action concerning
the same within the required time, or any municipal officer
or board, may appeal to the superior court sitting in equity
for the county in which the land concerned is situated ; pro-
vided, that such appeal is filed within fifteen days after such
decision is recorded or within fifteen days after the expira-
tion of the required time aforesaid. The court shall hear
all pertinent evidence and determine the facts, and, upon
the facts so determined, shall annul such decision if found to
exceed the authority of such board, or make such other
decree as justice and equity may require. The foregoing
remedy shall be exclusive, but the parties shall have all
rights of appeal and exception as in other equity cases.
Costs shall not be allowed against the planning board or
board of appeals unless it shall appear to the court that such
board acted with gross negligence or in bad faith or with
malice in making the decision appealed from.
Section 81 U. In any city or town which has not estab-
lished a planning board under section eighty-one A, but
which has a board of survey, however established, and ac-
cepts the provisions of sections eighty-one K to eighty-one U,
inclusive, or has accepted the corresponding provisions of
earlier laws, such board of survey shall have all of the powers
of a planning board established under section eighty-one A,
and such city or town shall be deemed to be a city or town
in which such sections are in effect.
Section 81V. Planning boards established under section
eighty-one A, their officers and agents, may, so far as they
deem it necessary in carrying out sections eighty-one A to
eighty-one U, inclusive, enter upon any lands and there
make examinations and surveys, and place and maintain
monuments and marks.
Section 81 W. The superior court for the county in which
the land affected by any of the provisions of sections eighty-
one A to eighty-one U, inclusive, lies, sitting in equity, shall
have jurisdiction, on petition of the planning board estab-
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 340. 337
lished under section eighty-one A, to enforce any of the pro-
visions of said sections, and any ordinances or by-laws made
thereunder, and may restrain by injunction violations thereof.
Section 81 X. Sections eighty-one A to eighty-one W, in- Taking of
elusive, shall not authorize the taking of land nor authorize l-eguiated.
a city or town to lay out or construct any way which may
be indicated on any plan or plat until such way has been
laid out as a public way in the manner prescribed by law;
nor shall said sections render a city or town liable for dam-
ages except such as may be sustained under section eighty-
one F by reason of changes in the official map, under section
eighty-one J by the establishment of exterior lines, under
section eighty-one N by reason of the amendment of a sub-
division plan or under section eighty-one V by reason of the
acts of the planning board. Any person injured in his prop-
erty as aforesaid may recover the damages so caused under
chapter seventy-nine.
Section 81 Y. A planning board established under the Already
provisions of section eighty-one A as in force prior to the boards^^^'^
effective date of this section shall have all of the powers of
a planning board under section eighty-one A as now in force.
Section 5. Clause (28) of section 5 of chapter 40 of the g. l. (Ter.
General Laws, as amended by section 5 of said chapter 211, ftc:!'amended.
is hereby further amended by striking out the letter "J" in
line 2 and inserting in place thereof the letter ; — Y, — and
by striking out the letter "I" in line 6 and inserting in place
thereof the letter : — R, — so that said clause will read as
follows : —
(28) For carrying out sections seventy-three to eighty-one Appropriations.
Y, inclusive, of chapter forty-one. Such appropriation shall
be expended by the board of survey or by the planning board
established under section eighty-one A of said chapter and
the board of appeals established under section eighty-one R
of said chapter, as the case may be.
Section 6. Section 26 of chapter 121 of the General g^l. (Ter.
Laws, as most recently amended by section 6 of said chapter §'26,' etc.!
211, is hereby further amended by striking out in line 7 the '^'^ended.
letter "J" and inserting in place thereof the letter: — Y, —
so as to read as follows : — Section 26. The housing board ^^"JJ^'^^^j,
shall furnish information and suggestions from time to time ai'd planning
to city governments, selectmen and planning boards, which ''°^'"'^-
may tend to promote the purposes of section twenty-three,
and shall call the attention of mayors, city councils and
boards of selectmen to the provisions of sections seventy to
eighty-one Y, inclusive, of chapter forty-one in so far as said
sections relate to housing. Approved May 5, 1947.
338 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 341, 342.
Chap. 34:1 An Act requiring the submission for acceptance by the
VOTERS OF THE TOWN OF SAUGUS AT A SPECIAL TOWN MEET-
ING OF AN ACT CHANGING THE REPRESENTATIVE TOWN
MEETING FORM OF GOVERNMENT IN THE TOWN OF SAUGUS
AND COMBINING THEREWITH A TOWN MANAGER FORM OF
GOVERNMENT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter seventeen of the acts of the current
year shall, notwithstanding the provisions of section fifty-
eight of said chapter, be submitted for acceptance to the
qualified voters of the town of Saugus at a special town
meeting which, within thirty days after the effective date of
this act, shall be called by its selectmen and held for the
aforesaid purpose only. The vote shall be taken in precincts
by ballot in accordance with the provisions of the General
Laws, so far as the same shall be applicable, in answer to the
question, which shall be placed upon the official ballot to
be used at said meeting: "Shall an act passed by the general
court in the year nineteen hundred and forty-seven, entitled
'An Act changing the representative town meeting form of
government in the town of Saugus and combining therewith
a town manager form of government', be accepted by this
town?" If a majority of the voters voting on this question
shall vote in the affirmative, said act shall take effect forth-
with so far as it relates to dividing the territory of the town
into ten precincts as provided by section one of chapter
fifty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight,
as amended by said chapter seventeen, and, so far as it
relates to the election of town meeting members, selectmen
and members of the school committee, it shall take effect for
the purposes of the town election to be held on the third
Monday of January nineteen hundred and forty-eight and
for all things pertaining thereto, and shall take full effect
upon the quaUfication of a majority of the selectmen first
elected as provided in section two of said chapter seventeen.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May 5, 191^7 .
Chap.S42 An Act increasing the compensation of the members
OF THE police DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 13
of chapter 291 of the acts of 1906, as amended, the minimum
annual compensation of each patrolman of the police depart-
ment of the city of Boston is hereby established as follows: —
for the first year of service, twenty-five hundred dollars; for
the second year of service, twenty-seven hundred dollars;
and for the third and each succeeding year of service, three
thousand dollars. The compensation of each member of
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 343, 344. 339
such department above the rank of patrolman is hereby
increased by an amount equal to ten per centum of the
annual compensation received by him on the day immediately
prior to the effective date of this act.
Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance by vote of the city council of said city, but not
otherwise. Approved May 5, 1947.
An Act increasing the jurisdiction and the compen- Chap.SiS
SATION OF the TRIAL JUSTICE IN THE TOWN OF BARRE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 219 of the General Laws is hereby g^L.^Ter.
amended by inserting at the end the following section:— new '§33,'
Section S3. The trial justice in the town of Barre shall =^dded.
have, in addition to all other powers incident to his office, X'^f*'"'*
civil jurisdiction of claims in the nature of contract or tort, nistice of
other than slander and libel, in which the plaintiff does not
claim as debt or damages more than fifty dollars, if the
defendant lives or has his usual place of business in said
town. The procedure for the commencement and prosecu-
tion of such claims shall be governed by the provisions of
sections twenty-one to twenty-three, inclusive, of chap-
ter two hundred and eighteen, and by the rules of the district
courts relative to small claims procedure, in so far as said
sections, and said rules, may be applicable; provided, that
said trial justice shall have the powers, and shall perform
the duties, of a clerk of a district court under said sections
and said rules.
Section 2. Section 17 of said chapter 219, as appearing g- l.^T|^- ^^
in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by striking amended.'
out, in line 6, the word "three" and inserting in place thereof
the word: — five, — so as to read as ioWows: — Section 17. saianes.
The several trial justices in the places herein named shall
receive a salary, to be paid by the county in which the respec-
tive places are situated, on the basis of the following nanied
sums for each year or portion thereof of their respective
commissions: Ludlow, five hundred dollars; Hardwick,
two hundred and fifty dollars; Barre, five hundred dollars;
Hudson, five hundred dollars; Hopkinton, one hundred
dollars; Saugus, one thousand dollars; Nahant, twelve
hundred dollars; Marblehead, one thousand dollars; North
Andover, three hundred dollars; and Andover, five hundred
dollars. Approved May 5, 1947.
An Act changing the name of the Massachusetts state Chap. 34:4:
COLLEGE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend ^^Si^fe^^
to defeat its purpose, which is in part to make its provisions
applicable to the graduating class of the University of Massa-
340
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 344.
University of
Massachusetts.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 15, § 4.
etc., amended.
Certain powers
and duties
not affected.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 15, § 19,
etc., amended.
Certain
trustees, etc.
serving in
the
department.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 15,
caption
preceding
I 20,
amended.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 15, § 20,
amended.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 75, § 1,
amended.
University of
Massachusetts
a state
institution.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 75. § 2,
amended.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 75. § 4.
amended.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 75, § .5,
etc., amended.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 75, § 5A,
etc., amended.
chusetts of the current year, therefore it is hereby declared
to be an emergency law necessary for the immediate preserva-
tion of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The name of the Massachusetts state college
is hereby changed to the University of Massachusetts.
Section 2. Section 4 of chapter 15 of the General Laws,
as amended by section 2 of chapter 409 of the acts of 1939,
is hereby further amended by striking out the last sentence
and inserting in place thereof the following sentence : —
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as affecting the
powers and duties of the trustees of the University of Massa-
chusetts as set forth in chapter seventy-five.
Section 3. Said chapter 15 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 19, as most recently amended by
section 7 of chapter 257 of the acts of 1946, and inserting
in place thereof the following section : — Section 19. The
trustees of the University of Massachusetts, the board of
commissioners of the Massachusetts maritime academy, the
trustees of the Bradford Durfee technical institute of Fall
River, the trustees of the Lowell textile institute and the
trustees of the New Bedford textile institute shall serve in
the department.
Section 4. The caption preceding section 20 of said
chapter 15 is hereby stricken out and the following caption
inserted in place thereof: — university of Massachusetts.
Section 5. Section 20 of said chapter 15, as appearing
in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by striking
out in lines 1 and 2 the words "Massachusetts state college"
and inserting in place thereof the words: — University of
Massachusetts.
Section 6. Chapter 75 of the General Laws is hereby
amended by striking out section 1, as appearing in the Ter-
centenary Edition, and inserting in place thereof the follow-
ing section : — Section 1 . The University of Massachusetts
shall continue to be a state institution.
Section 7. Section 2 of said chapter 75, as so appearing,
is hereby amended by striking out the word "college" in
the first line and inserting in place thereof the word : —
university.
Section 8. Section 4 of said chapter 75, as so appear-
ing, is hereby amended by striking out the word "college"
in the first line and inserting in place thereof the word: —
university.
Section 9. Section 5 of said chapter 75, as amended by
chapter 288 of the acts of 1935, is hereby further amended
by striking out, in line 8, the word "college" and inserting
in place thereof the word : — university.
Section 10. Section 5A of said chapter 75, inserted by
chapter 329 of the acts of 1939, is hereby amended by strik-
ing out, in line 2, the word "college" and inserting in place
thereof the word : — university.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 344. 341
Section 11. Section 6 of said chapter 75, as amended EdV^I^s'e
by section 2 of chapter 462 of the acts of 1935, is hereby etc., amended,
further amended by striking out, in lines 6 and 7, the word
''college" and inserting in place thereof the word: — uni-
versity.
Section 12. Section 7 of said chapter 75, as appearing g. l. (Ter.
in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by striking ^mend'^^d.^ '^'
out, in line 4, the word "college" and inserting in place
thereof the word: — university.
Section 13. Section 8 of said chapter 75, as amended by g. l. (Ter.
chapter 504 of the acts of 1945, is hereby further amended Sc^! 'amended.
by striking out, in lines 2 and 6, the word "college" and
inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the word: —
university.
Section 14. The caption preceding section 9 of said Sj'^1'^*'''-
chapter 75 is hereby stricken out and the following caption captio/pre-
inserted in place thereof: — regulation of university. amlnded^'
Section 15. Section 9 of said chapter 75, as appearing q l (Ter
in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by striking ^^^•7^; ^^•
out the word "college" in lines 2 and 3 and inserting in ^^^^ ^
place thereof the word : — university.
Section 16. Section 10 of said chapter 75, as so appear- g- l. (Ter.
ing, is hereby amended by striking out the word "college" amend'^d.^ ^^'
in line 3 and inserting in place thereof the word: — uni-
versity.
Section 17. Section 11 of said chapter 75, as so appear- g. l. (Ter.
ing; is hereby amended by striking out the word "college" fi^end'^d.^ ^^'
in line 2 and inserting in place thereof the word: — uni-
versity.
Section 18. Section 14 of said chapter 75, as so appear- g. l. (Ter.
ing, is hereby amended by striking out the word "college" ^mended.^^*'
in line 2 and in line 6 and inserting in place thereof, in each
instance, the word: — university.
Section 19. Section 15 of said chapter 75, as so appear- g. l. (Ter.
ing, is hereby amended by striking out the word "college" fmend^ed.^ ^^'
in line 2 and inserting in place thereof the word : — uni-
versity.
Section 20. Section 16 of said chapter 75, as so appear- g. l. (Ter.
ing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 1 and 5, the fmend'lfd.^ ^^'
word "college" and inserting in place thereof, in each in-
stance, the word: — university.
Section 21. Section 16 A of said chapter 75, inserted Ed^.Ts^^deA,
by chapter 586 of the acts of 1945, is hereby amended by etc., amended.'
striking out, in line 12, the word "college" and inserting in
place thereof the word: — university.
Section 22. Section 22 of said chapter 75, as appearing g. l. (Ter.
in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by striking ^mend'^d.^ ^^'
out, in lines 2 and 5, the word "college" and inserting in
place thereof, in each instance, the word: — university.
Section 23. Section 24 of said chapter 75, as so appear- %A\il^\2i
ing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 1, the word amended.
"college" and inserting in place thereof the word: — uni-
versity.
342 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 345.
Ed^'7ll'25, Section 24. Section 25 of said chapter 75, as so appear-
ameiided. ' ing, is hereby amended by striking out, in hne 3, the word
"college" and inserting in place thereof the word: — uni-
versity.
EdV75l'''6 Section 25. Section 26 of said chapter 75, as so appear-
amended. ' ' iug, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 3, the word
"college" and inserting in place thereof the word: — uni-
versity.
EdViIl'u Section 26. Section 1 of chapter 132 of the General
etc!, 'amended! Laws, as amended by section 36 of chapter 490 of the acts
of 1941, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 8,
the words "Massachusetts state college" and inserting in
place thereof the words: — University of Massachusetts, —
and by striking out, in line 10, the word "college" and in-
serting in place thereof the word: — university.
settssfa'te"' SECTION 27. When used in any statute, ordinance, by-
coiiege"to law, Rilc Or regulation, the phrase "Massachusetts state
Unfversity of collcge", or any words connoting the same, shall mean the
Massachu- University of Massachusetts, unless a contrary intent clearly
appears. Approved May 6, 1947.
setts.
C/iap. 345 An Act changing the name oj^ the trustees of the
GRAMMAR SCHOOL IN THE EASTERLY PART OF THE TOWN OF
ROXBURY, AND RELATIVE TO THE MEMBERSHIP OF SAID
CORPORATION.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The name of the trustees of the grammar
school in the easterly part of the town of Roxbury, incor-
porated by chapter thirty-four of the acts of seventeen hun-
dred and eighty-eight, being an act approved January twenty-
third, seventeen hundred and eighty-nine, entitled "An Act
for incorporating certain persons therein named, by the
name of the Trustees of the Grammar School, in the easterly
part of the town of Roxbury, and for repealing all the laws
heretofore made for that purpose", is hereby changed to the
Trustees of the Roxbury Latin School.
Section 2. Said chapter 34 is hereby amended by striking
out the provisions thereof which were amended by para-
graph First of section 1 of chapter 113 of the acts of 1906
and inserting in place thereof the following provision : —
That the number of the said trustees shall not at any one
time consist of more than fifteen nor less than eleven, five of
whom shall constitute a quorum for transacting business,
and a major part of the members present at any stated meet-
ing thereof shall decide all questions that maj' properly come
before them.
Section 3. Section 2 of said chapter 113, as amended by
section 1 of chapter 129 of the acts of 1913, is hereby further
amended by striking out all of the words thereof down to
and including the word "office" in line 15 and inserting in
place thereof the following: — Said trustees shall be of three
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 345. 343
classes denominated a trustee ex officio, trustees for life, and
trustees for five years, respectively.
(1) The trustee ex officio shall be that one of the minister
and two oldest deacons in length of service of the First
Religious Society in Roxbury, incorporated under chapter
one hundred and thirty-three of the acts of the year eighteen
hundred and twenty-four, as shall be selected from time to
time by the standing committee of said society.
(2) The trustees for life shall be not less than five nor
more than nine, as may be determined from time to time by
a majority vote of the tnjstees of all classes, and shall include
the five tiTistees for life who were members of said corporation
on the first day of January of the year nineteen hundred and
forty-seven, and not more than four others to be elected
from time to time by a majority vote of the trustees of all
classes.
Section 4. Said section 2 of said chapter 113, as so
amended, is hereby further amended by striking out the
paragraph marked (a) of subdivision (4) and inserting in
place thereof the following paragraph : —
(a) A meeting of the alumni, who for the purpose of this
act shall be taken to include every one who was for at least
one academic year a member of a class which has been
graduated from said school, shall be held in each year in such
place within the city of Boston, Massachusetts, and on such
day as may be determined by the members of said corpora-
tion from time to time.
Section 5. Said section 2 of said chapter 113, as so
amended, is hereby further amended by striking out para-
graph (6) of said subdivision (4) and inserting in place thereof
the following paragraph : —
(6) The alumni present at such meeting shall choose from
the whole number of alumni a nominating committee of not
less than five nor more than seven members, who shall have
power to fill its vacancies and shall hold office for one year
from the time of their election or until their successors shall
have been elected.
Section 6. Said section 2 of said chapter 113, as so
amended, is hereby further amended by striking out para-
graph (c) of said subdivision (4) and inserting in place thereof
the following paragraph : —
(c) Every such nominating committee shall nominate from
among those alumni whose class has been graduated for five
years or more at least three times as many alumni as there
are vacancies to be filled in the class of trustees for five years
during the term of office of the nominating committee, and
shall transmit such nominations to the secretary of said cor-
poration not later than thirty nor more than sixty days before
the occurrence of a vacancy by reason of the expiration of the
term for which such trustee was elected, and not later than
sixty days after the receipt of the notice from the secretary
of the corporation, hereinbefore provided for, in case of a
vacancy occurring through other cause.
344 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 346, 347.
Section 7. This act shall take full effect when accepted
by a majority of the trustees in office, on behalf of said cor-
poration. The secretary of said corporation shall forthwith
upon such acceptance file in the office of the state secretary a
copy of the vote of acceptance. Approved May 6, 1947.
C/iap. 346 An Act further regulating pay and allowances of
MEMBERS OF THE LAND FORCES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows :
Ed^.'sJ.^uu, Chapter 33 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
etc!, 'amended. ' striking out section 114, as amended by sections 1 and 2
of chapter 394 of the acts of 1943, and inserting in place
officerland thereof the following section: — Section 11 4- (a) There
men. shall bc allowcd and paid per diem to officers and warrant
officers of the land forces, on rolls and accounts kept in such
form as the commander-in-chief may prescribe, for the duty
prescribed by section eleven, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen
or one hundred and five, the same per diem pay as would
be received by them if they were in the militaiy service of
the United States.
(6) There shall be allowed and paid per diem to soldiers
of the land forces, on rolls and accounts kept in such form
as the commander-in-chief may prescribe, for the duty pre-
scribed by section eleven, seventeen, eighteen or nineteen, as
follows: bandsmen, four dollars and fifty-five cents; cooks,
three dollars and fifty-five cents, if it is certified and made to
appear that in each case the duty of superintending and assist-
ing in the preparation of the food of the company was actual-
ly performed by the cook in person during the tour of duty or
day of duty for which he is returned for pay, otherwise, the
pay of other enlisted men of like grade; and every other
enlisted man, the same per diem pay received by soldiers of
like grade in the regular army.
(c) In addition to the pay herein specified, each member
of a band and each enlisted man shall receive such allowance
per diem, in lieu of subsistence, as is allowed by the army
of the United States, except as provided in section one hun-
dred and twenty-two. Approved May 6, 1947.
Chap. 34:7 An Act providing for the appointment of a fij^h as-
sistant REGISTER OF PROBATE FOR THE COUNTY OF MID-
DLESEX.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows :
Ed.K 2i7r§ 25, Section 25 of chapter 217 of the General Laws, as appear-
amended.' ing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by
striking out, in line 2, the words "and a fourth" and in-
serting in place thereof the words : — , a fourth and a fifth,
Third, — so as to read as follows: — Section 25. The judges
fifth assistant of probate for Middlesex county may appoint a third, a
M^dksVx" fourth and a fifth assistant register for said county, who
county.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 348, 349, 350. 345
shall hold office for three years unless sooner removed by
the judges. They shall be subject to the laws relative to
assistant registers. Approved May 6, 1947.
An Act providing for the appointment of a fifth Qjiq^ 348
assistant register of probate for the county of ^'
SUFFOLK.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 217 of the General Laws is hereby amended by g. l. (Ter.
striking out section 24A, as amended by chapter 392 of the f 24AfiIc..
acts of 1939, and inserting in place thereof the following amended,
section: — Section 34-^. The judges of probate for the Third. fourth
county of Suffolk may appoint a third, a fourth and a fifth a^slfilu
assistant register for said county, who shall hold office for g®^f|^^*,^" ^°'"
three years, unless sooner removed by the judges. They county.
shall be subject to the laws relative to assistant registers.
Approved May 6, 1947.
An Act authorizing the sale and conveyance of cer- Qfidj) 349
TAIN STATE PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF WORCESTER TO
THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF SPRINGFIELD.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The armory' commission and the commission on adminis-
tration and finance, acting as a joint board, are hereby
authorized, subject to the approval of the governor and
council, to sell and convey to the Roman Catholic Bishop
of Springfield a parcel of land owned by the commonwealth
and located at the junction of Mulberry and East Central
streets in the city of Worcester, which land is no longer
needed for military purposes. Approved May 6, 1947.
An Act providing for the assignment of quarters in Chav 350
THE state house FOR THE USE OF THE AMERICAN VETERANS
OF WORLD WAR II, AMVETS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1.. Section 17 of chapter 8 of the General Laws, g. l. (Ter.
as most recently amended by section 1 of chapter 199 of the f^-^' ^- 5 '7.
acts of 1933, is hereby further amended by inserting after the amended.
word "States" in line 8 the words: — , of the American
Veterans of World War II, AMVETS, — and by striking
out, in line 23, the word "war" the first time it appears and
inserting in place thereof the word : — wars, — so as to read
as follows: — Section 17. There shall be set apart and ^oj'^'nsj^^^
suitably furnished a room or rooms in the state house for the for use of
use of the Grand Army of the Republic of the department of organfzrtTons.
Massachusetts, the Massachusetts department of The
American Legion, of the United Spanish War Veterans, of the
Disabled American Veterans of the World War, of the
346
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 351.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 8. § 18,
etc., amended.
Records, etc.,
of BUch
organizations.
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, of the Ameri-
can Veterans of World War II, AMVETS, and of the Veter-
ans of Indian Wars, respectively, such room or rooms to be
under the charge of the state commanders of the respective
departments, subject to this chapter. The headquarters
thus established for the first named department shall be
used for storing its supplies and property, relics and memen-
tos of the war of the rebellion and for arranging and pre-
serving a history of persons, who served in the army, navy
or marine corps during such war in organizations of the
commonwealth, or of citizens of the commonwealth who
served in the regular army, navy or marine corps of the
United States, which said department may collect or desire
to preserve. The headquarters thus established for each of
the other departments shall be used for storing and preserv-
ing the records and other property of the department and
relics and mementos of the World wars and Spanish war.
Section 2. Section 18 of said chapter 8, as most recently
amended by section 2 of said chapter 199, is hereby further
amended by inserting after the word "States" in line 6 the
words: — , of the American Veterans of World War II,
AMVETS, — so as to read as ioWows: — Section 18. The
histories, relics and mementos of the Grand Army of the
Republic of the department of Massachusetts and the records
of the Massachusetts department of the United Spanish
War Veterans, of The American Legion, of the Disabled
American Veterans of the World War, of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars of the United States, of the American Veterans
of World War II, AMVETS, and of the Veterans of the
Indian Wars shall be accessible at all times, under suitable
rules and regulations, to members of the respective depart-
ments and to others engaged in collecting historical informa-
tion. Whenever any such department ceases to exist, its
records, papers, relics and other effects shall become the
property of the commonwealth. Approved May 6, 1947.
Chap.S51 An Act relative to the pension of Herbert h. noyes.
Be it enacted, etc.. as follows:
Section 1. The city of Maiden is hereby authorized to
increase the pension now payable to Herbert H. Noyes, a
former member of the fire department of said city, from the
sum of nineteen dollars and twenty-six cents weekly to the
sum of twenty-one dollars and thirty-five cents weekly.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May 6, 1947.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 352, 353. 347
An Act providing that the register of deeds for QKav 352
SUFFOLK COUNTY MAY APPOINT A THIRD AND A FOURTH ^'
ASSISTANT REGISTER.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 36 of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Ter.
amended by striking out section 5, as appearing in the Ter- fmenle^d.^ ^'
centenary Edition, and inserting in place thereof the follow-
ing section: — Section 5. The register for Suffolk county Second,
may, by a writing recorded in his registry, designate one of Kh^aiist-
the persons employed therein as second assistant register, f^^^g^f^i^"
one of such persons as third assistant register and one of such county"
persons as fourth assistant register, any of which designa-
tions he may at pleasure in like manner revoke.
Section 2. Section 4 of said chapter 36, as so appearing, Sj^iJ^r^
is hereby amended by inserting after the word "second" in amended.
line 5 the words: — , third or fourth.
Approved May 6, 1947.
An Act making certain changes in the laws regulat- Chav.S^S
ING state-wide recounts OF VOTES CAST AT STATE
ELECTIONS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section 135 of chapter 54 of the General g. l. (Ter.
Laws, as most recently amended by chapter 315 of the acts ftc.'!'amendld^.'
of 1945, is hereby further amended by striking out the third ,
paragraph, as appearing in chapter 417 of the acts of 1943,
and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph: —
State-wide recounts in cases of offices to be filled or ques- fg^oyn'^*^®
tions to be voted upon at the state election by all the voters petition for,
of the commonwealth may be requested as provided in the *"*"
foregoing provisions of this section so far as applicable, ex-
cept that any petition therefor shall be on a form approved
and furnished by the state secretary, shall be signed in the
aggregate by at least one thousand voters, not less than two
hundred and fifty to be from each of four different counties,
and shall be submitted on or before five o'clock in the after-
noon of the tenth day following such election to the regis-
trars of voters of the city or town in which the signers ap-
pear to be voters, who shall forthwith certify thereon the
number of signatures which are names of registered voters
in said city or town, and except that said petitions for re-
count shall be filed with the state secretary on or before five
o'clock in the afternoon of the fifteenth day following such
election. He shall hold such petitions for recount until
after the official tabulation of votes by the governor and
council and if it then appears that the difference in the num-
ber of votes cast for the two leading candidates for the
office, or in the number of affirmative and negative votes
on a question, for which recount is desired is more than one
half of one per cent of the total number of votes cast for
348 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 354.
such office or on such question, the petitions for recount
shall be void. If such difference in the votes so cast appears
to be one half of one per cent or less of the total votes cast
for such office or on such question, he shall forthwith order
the clerk of each city and town of the commonwealth to
transmit forthwith, and said clerk shall so transmit, the
envelopes or containers containing the ballots, sealed except
in the case of those containing ballots which have already
been recounted in respect to said office or question under
authority of this section, to the registrars of the city or
town who shall, without unnecessary delay, open the enve-
lopes or containers, recount the ballots cast for said office
or on such question and determine the questions raised. If
a state-wide recount is petitioned for, all ballots cast at a
state election shall be held, except as otherwise provided
herein, by the city and town clerks until the expiration of
sixty days after said election.
EdisKiss, Section 2. Said section 135, as so amended, is hereby
etc., further ' further amended by striking out the seventh paragraph, as
amen e appearing in said chapter 417, and inserting in place thereof
the following paragraph : —
Discontinuance if^ after a petition for state-wide recount for an office
?ecount'Tow has been filed, the leading candidate, together with every
effected. other Candidate whose votes therefor are not exceeded in
number by the votes of the leading candidate by more than
one half of one per cent of the total number of votes cast
for such office, shall file a written request with the state
secretary that the recount petitioned for be discontinued,
the state secretary shall immediately order such recount
discontinued whereupon such proceedings shall terminate.
Approved May 6, 1947.
C/iap. 354 An Act providing for certain changes in the require-
ments FOR PROMOTION TO HIGHER GRADE IN POLICE AND
FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Ed^'3r§2o Section 1. Chapter 31 of the General Laws is hereby
etc., 'amended', amended by striking out section 20, as most recently amended
by section 6 of chapter 704 of the acts of 1945, and inserting
Appointment jjj pjacc thercof the following section : — Section 20. Ap-
and promotion .^ . .",,. ,„-
and firemen.
of policemen pointmcnts and promotions in such police and fire forces of
cities and towns as are within the official service and in the
detective force of the state department of public safety a,nd
in the police force of the metropolitan district commission
shall be made only by competitive examination, except as
otherwise provided in this chapter, or in the rules of the
commission relative to temporary or emergency appoint-
ments. No such examination shall be held until there are
at least four applicants for appointment or promotion for
one existing vacancy, except as to applicants for appoint-
ment to the lowest grade, and except as herein provided.
No examination shall be required for promotion of call men
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 355, 356. 349
within the call fire forces of any city or town which are
within the official service. In making appointments or pro-
motions to all grades of service other than the lowest, the
examination and appointment shall be limited to persons of
the next lower grade; but if the number of applicants for
examination in such lower grade is not sufficient to hold an
examination, the next lower grades shall in succession be
thrown open to the examination until at least the necessary
number have applied; provided, that such applicants shall
not be eligible to take any such examination for the first
grade above the lowest grade in police or fire departments
in cities and towns with a population in excess of fifty thou-
sand and in the detective force of the state department of
public safety and in the police force of the metropolitan dis-
trict commission unless they have been employed in the
lower grade for at least three years, and for all other grades
unless they have been employed in the lower grade or grades
admitted to the examination for at least one year. In cities
and towns with a population of fifty thousand or under,
such applicants shall not be eligible to take any such exami-
nation unless they have been employed in the lower grade
or grades admitted to the examination for at least one year.
If an examination has been thrown open to all the lower
grades in succession and at least four do not apply therefor
the director may hold the examination limited to such lesser
number.
Section 2. This act shall apply to all examinations held ^fP^*:**'""
on or after September first, nineteen hundred and forty-
seven. Approved May 6, 1947.
An Act relative to the retirement of the city messen- Chav.Sdb
GER OF the city OF HOLYOKE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Any provision of general or special law to the contrary
notwithstanding, the city messenger of the city of Holyoke
in office upon the effective date of this act may, upon his
written request, be retired under the provisions of sections
seventy-seven to seventy-nine, inclusive, of chapter thirty-
two of the General Laws, commonly known as the laborers'
pension law. Approved May 6, 1947.
An Act making certain provisions of the retirement nhn^ QKa
LAWS applicable TO THE PENSION RIGHTS OF HAROLD F. ^'
shine, a RETIRED FIREMAN OF THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
For the purpose of promoting the public good, and not-
withstanding the provisions of any general or special law,
the provisions of sections eighty-one A and eighty-one B of
chapter thirty-two of the General Laws are hereby made ap-
plicable to the pension rights of Harold F. Shine, a retired
fireman of the city of Springfield.
Approved May 6, 1947.
350
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 357.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 149. §59,
etc., amended.
Night labor
for women
and girla.
Penalty.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 149, §66,
etc., amended.
Hours of
labor of boys
under eighteen
and girls under
twenty-one.
Chap. 357 An Act relative to the hours of employment of women
AND MINORS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 149 of the General Laws is hereby-
amended by striking out section 59, as amended, and in-
serting in place thereof the following section : — Section 59.
No person, and no agent or officer of a person, shall employ
a woman twenty-one or over or a girl under twenty-one in
any capacity in manufacturing or mechanical estabHsh-
ments before six o'clock in the morning or after eleven
o'clock in the evening. Whoever violates any provision of
this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than
twenty nor more than fifty dollars.
Section 2. Said chapter 149 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 66, as amended, and inserting in
place thereof the following section : — Section 66. No per-
son shall employ a boy under eighteen or a girl under twenty-
one or permit such a boy or girl to work in, about or in con-
nection with any estabhshment or occupation named in
section sixty before six o'clock in the morning or after ten
o'clock in the evening; provided, that girls under twenty-
one may be employed as operators in regular service tele-
phone exchanges or telegraph offices until, but not after,
eleven o'clock in the evening; and provided, further, that
nothing herein shall authorize the employment of girls under
twenty-one in any capacity in manufacturing or mechanical
establishments in violation of section fifty-nine; and further
provided that nothing herein shall prohibit the employment
in any capacity in manufacturing or mechanical establish-
ments or factories of any male or female of eighteen years of
age or over between the hours of six o'clock in the morning
and eleven o'clock in the evening.
Section 3. Said chapter 149 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 100, as amended, and inserting in
place thereof the following section: — Section 100. No child
or woman shall be employed for more than six hours at one
time in a factory, workshop, mechanical or mercantile es-
tablishment without an interval of at least forty-five min-
utes for a meal, when such establishment is operated on a
one-shift basis, or an interval of at least thirty minutes for
a meal, when such establishment is operated on a multiple-
shift basis; but such child or woman may be so employed
for not more than six and one half hours at one time if such
employment ends not later than one o'clock in the after-
noon and if he or she is then dismissed from the factory,
workshop, mechanical or mercantile establishment for the
remainder of the day; or for not more than seven and one
half hours at one time if he or she is allowed sufficient oppor-
tunity for eating a lunch during the continuance of such
employment, and if such employment ends not later than
two o'clock in the afternoon, and he or she is then dismissed
from the factory, workshop, mechanical or mercantile estab-
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 149,
§ 100, etc.,
amended.
Penalty for
violation of
hours for
meals for
women and
children.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 358, 359. 351
lishment for the remainder of the day. An employer, super-
intendent, overseer or agent who violates any provision of
this or the preceding section shall be punished by a fine of
not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars.
Section 4. The commissioner of labor and industries is Commissioner
hereby authorized, in conformity with Article XX of Part fudSstriM^inay
the First of the constitution of the commonwealth, to sus- ^"^J^Pf^jJ^^ ^^
pend until July first, nineteen hundred and forty-nine, the this chapter.
appUcation or operation of any provision of chapter one
hundred and forty-nine of the General Laws, as amended,
or of any rule or regulation made thereunder, regulating,
limiting or prohibiting the employment of women or minors, .
or both. The commissioner shall exercise this authority
when he finds, after opportunity has been given to interested
parties to be heard, that an emergency exists or that condi-
tions of hardship in an industry, branch of an industry, or
individual establishment require or justify the suspension
of any provision of such laws, rules or regulations. Sus-
pensions issued by the commissioner shall prescribe, and may
be either granted or limited to, one or more particular de-
partments, operations or occupations within an establish-
ment, or a particular industry or branch of an industry.
The commissioner shall appoint industry advisory commit-
tees, on which employers and employees shall be equally
represented, to consult and advise with him in matters re-
lating to the suspensions authorized by this section.
Approved May 6, 1947.
An Act providing a penalty for violation of a regula- (JJiav.SbS
TION OF CERTAIN COMMON CARRIERS RESTRICTING SMOKING ^'
BY PERSONS IN OR UPON THE CONVEYANCES OF SUCH
CARRIERS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 272 of the General Laws is hereby amended by o. l. (Ter.
inserting after section 43 the following section : — >Sec- f^sAadd^d*
Hon 43 A. Whoever, in or upon a railroad carriage, steam- smoking
boat or other public conveyance, after being requested by p^^^J^'*^*^ **°
the person in charge of such conveyance not to do so, smokes conveyances,
when a sign prohibiting such smoking is displayed therein,
shall be punished by a fine of not more than five dollars.
Approved May 7, 1947.
Chap.359
An Act relative to the offering of rewards by the
governor for the detention, arrest and conviction
of PERSONS WHO HAVE COMMITTED A FELONY.
Whereas, The increased reward provided by this act is Emergency
vitally necessary in order to enable the public authorities to p""^*™**'^
cope with the existing prevalence of crime, therefore it is
hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public safety.
352
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 360, 361.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 276. 5 9,
amended.
Governor may
offer reward.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 9 of chapter 276 of the General Laws, as appearing
in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by striking
out, in line 2, the word "one" and inserting in place thereof
the word: — five, — so as to read as follows: — Section 9.
The governor, if he deems the public good so requires, may
offer a suitable reward of not more than five thousand dollars
in any one case to be paid by the commonwealth to any per-
son who, in consequence of such offer, apprehends, brings
back and secures a person who is convicted of or charged
with a felony, who has escaped from prison in the common-
wealth, or to any person who, in consequence of such offer,
apprehends and secures a person charged with such crime,
or for information that shall lead to the arrest and con-
viction of any person who has committed a felony, if the per-
son cannot be arrested and secured in the common course of
proceedings. If more than one claimant applies for the pay-
ment of such reward, the governor shall determine to whom it
shall be paid, and if to more than one person, in what pro-
portion to each, and his determination shall be final.
Approved May 7, 1947.
Chap.SQO -^N Act repealing certain provisions of law providing
FOR BILLS OF EXCEPTIONS IN PROBATE PROCEEDINGS.
Emergency
preamble.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 215. 5 9,
amended.
Whereas, The purpose of this act is to repeal certain pro-
visions of law which would otherwise take effect on July
first in the current year and the delayed taking effect of
this act would prevent the achievement of such purpose,
therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, nec-
essary for the immediate preservation of the public con-
venience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 9 of chapter 215 of the General Laws is hereby
amended by striking out the sentence added thereto by sec-
tion 1 of chapter 469 of the acts of 1945.
Approved May 7, 1947.
ChaV.SQl ^^ ■^^'^ REPEALING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF LAW PROVIDING
FOR BILLS OF EXCEPTIONS IN SUITS IN EQUITY.
Emergency Whcrcas, The purpose of this act is to repeal certain pro-
preambie. yisions of law wMch would otherwise take effect on July
first in the current year, and the delayed taking effect of
this act would prevent the achievement of such purpose,
therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, nec-
essary for the immediate preservation of the public con-
venience.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 231.
{ 96A.
repealed.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 96 A of chapter 231 of the General Laws, inserted
by section 1 of chapter 530 of the acts of 1945, is hereby
repealed.
Approved May 7, 19^7.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 362, 363. 353
An Act relative to the rank and qualifications of Cfia'p.SQ2
THE AIDES-DE-CAMP OF THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 33 of the General Laws is hereby amended by a l. (Ter.
striking out section 15, as appearing in section 1 of chapter etc., amended!
425 of the acts of 1939, and inserting in place thereof the
following section: — Section 15. The aides-de-camp of the Aides-de-
commander-in-chief shall consist of: one with the rank of "^"^P"
colonel or with corresponding naval rank, who shall be chief
of aides-de-camp, one with the rank of lieutenant colonel or
with corresponding naval rank, one with the rank of major
or with corresponding naval rank, three with the rank of
captain or with corresponding naval rank, all of whom shall
be exempt from the examinations required by this chapter,
and eight aides-de-camp to be detailed from the commis-
sioned officers of the organized militia, but not to be relieved
from duty with their organizations while serving in that
capacity.
In case of war, actual or threatened, the commander-in-
chief may appoint such additional aides-de-camp as the
service may require, with rank not higher than that of
colonel, and he may delegate to, or confer on, such aides-de-
camp such authority and duties as he deems proper.
The aides-de-camp, aforesaid, excepting the detailed aides-
de-camp, shall be commissioned and hold office until their
successors are qualified, but they may be removed at any
time by the commander-in-chief.
No person shall be eligible to appointment as such aide-
de-camp unless he shall have served at least one year in the
armed services of the United States or the organized militia
of the commonwealth. Approved May 7, 1947.
An Act amending the regulations for hunting on Qhav.ZQS
land owned or controlled by the commonwealth.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 89 of chapter 131 of the General Laws, as appear- g. l. (Ter.
ing in section 2 of chapter 599 of the acts of 1941, is hereby SciJ'ameAded®'
amended by striking out, in line 12, the words "or wild-
cats" and inserting in place thereof the words: — , wildcats,
woodchucks or skunks, — and by striking out, in line 22,
the word "reservations" and inserting in place thereof the
word: — recreation, — so as to read as follows: — Section nvmtmg on
89. No person shall hunt, or in any maimer molest or de- ?ion8/ltc!7*'
stroy, any bird or mammal within the boundaries of any regulated,
state reservation, park, common, or any land owned or
leased by the commonwealth or any political subdivision
thereof, or any land held in trust for public use, except that
the authorities or persons having the control and charge of
such reservations, parks, commons or other lands may, with
such limitations as they may deem advisable, authorize per-
354
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 364.
sons to hunt within said boundaries any of the unprotected
birds named in section fifty-three, or the fur-bearing mam-
mals mentioned in section sixty-eight, or foxes, weasels,
wildcats, woodchucks or skunks. Such an authorization
shall be by written license, revocable at the pleasure of the
authority or person granting it. The boards, officials and
persons having control and charge of such reservations, parks,
commons or lands owned or leased or held for public use
shall enforce this section.
This section shall not apply to state forests acquired un-
der section thirty or thirty-three of chapter one hundred
and thirty-two or any other provision of law, or to state
parks and reservations under the control of the division of
parks and recreation of the department. Nothing in this
section shall be deemed to prohibit the metropolitan district
commission from permitting the hunting of any bird or
mammal during the legal open season on the same in any
area under its control. Approved May 7, 1947.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 276,
new § lOlA,
added.
Uniform
blanks and
records for
probation
offices.
C/wi». 364 An Act providing for the establishment by the board
OF PROBATION OF UNIFORM FORMS OF BLANKS AND RECORDS
FOR USE BY DISTRICT COURT PROBATION OFFICES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 276 of the General Laws is hereby
amended by inserting after section 101, as amended, the
following section: — Section 101 A. The board of probation
shall establish uniform forms of blanks and records for use
in the probation offices of the district courts, and, upon re-
ceipt of competitive bids, shall order and maintain such
supply of said forms as it shall determine to be necessary to
meet the requirements of all such offices. The county com-
missioners of each county shall from time to time secure
from the board of probation forms for use by district court
probation offices in such county, in such quantities as shall
be determined by them and by said board. The actual ex-
pense of preparing such forms shall be apportioned by said
board among the several counties in proportion to the quan-
tities required by each, and the county commissioners of
each county shall audit the bills therefor and order payment
thereof. No forms of blanks and records other than those
established and furnished hereunder shall be used in such
probation offices unless approved by said board.
Section 2. Section 102 of said chapter 276, as appearing
in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by striking
out, in line 1, the words "The four preceding sections" and
inserting in place thereof the words : — Sections ninety-eight
to one hundred and one A, inclusive, — so as to read as
follows: — Section 102. Sections ninety-eight to one hun-
dred and one A, inclusive, shall not affect the authority of the
courts to require the keeping by their probation officers of
probation records in addition to those necessary to conform
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 276,
S 102,
amended.
Courts may
reqiiire pro-
bation officers
to keep
additional
records.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 365. 355
to forms of records and reports prescribed by the board of
probation nor the authority of the courts to approve expenses
and disbursements relating to the probation system.
Approved May 7, 1947.
An Act relative to appellate proceedings in suits in (Jfiav.SQd
EQUITY and in PROBATE CASES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows. •
Section 1. Section 24 of chapter 214 of the General Ed\2i4T"§24,
Laws, as appearing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended.'
amended by striking out, in line 3, the words "made before
any evidence is offered", — and by adding at the end the
following sentence: — The supreme judicial court may by
rule authorize and regulate the diminution or abbreviation
of the evidence and of the record to such parts thereof as
are really pertinent to the true issues involved in an appeal,
— so as to read as follows: — Section 24- Upon an appeal, t^^fj^^^^
the testimony of witnesses who have been examined orally upon appeal,
before a justice of either court shall, at the request of any
party, be reported to the full court. The courts shall pro-
vide by general rules for some convenient and effectual
means of having the same reported by the justice by whom
the case is heard or by a person designated by him for that
purpose. Except as provided in section one hundred and
twenty-five of chapter two hundred and thirty-one, no oral
evidence shall be exhibited to the full court, but the cause
shall be heard on appeal upon the same evidence as on the
original hearing. The supreme judicial court may by rule
authorize and regulate the diminution or abbreviation of the
evidence and of the record to such parts thereof as are really
pertinent to the true issues involved in an appeal.
Section 2. Said chapter 214 is hereby further amended g^l. (Ter.^ ^^
by striking out section 23, as amended by section 1 of chap- etc!, amended. '
ter 394 of the acts of 1945, and inserting in place thereof the
following section: — Section 23. The justice of either court f^^^^^ "^
by whom a decree was made, if a written request by any
party entitled to appeal therefrom is filed in the office of the
clerk of such court within ten days after such party has been
notified of the entry of the decree, shall report the material
facts found by him within thirty days after the filing of the
request as aforesaid or within such further time as the chief
justice of such court may grant, upon written request by
such justice within said thirty day period; provided, that
where such decree is entered upon an order made by a justice
other than the one entering the decree, such other justice
shall make the report of material facts requested under this
section. If no request for a report of material facts is so
filed, such report shall be in the discretion of the justice.
Such a request may be accompanied by a request for action
on rulings of law duly filed during the trial and in case of
such additional request exceptions may be taken to any
356 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 366, 367.
rulings or refusals to rule thereon within ten days after
notice of the action of the court thereon and a request for
action on such requested rulings may be made also within ten
days after notice of a report of material facts made by the
court in its discretion without previous request and excep-
tions may be taken as aforesaid within ten days after notice
of the action of the court. In either case the filing of such
requests after trial for action on rulings of law shall constitute
a waiver of the right to appeal under section nineteen. In
case exceptions are taken as herein provided, sections one
hundred and twenty-two and one hundred and twenty-three
of chapter two hundred and thirty-one shall be applicable.
Ed)'. 215' §11 Section 3. Section 11 of chapter 215 of the General
amended." ' Laws, as appearing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby
amended by striking out, in line 3, the word "four" and in-
serting in place thereof the word: — ten, — so as to read as
facts"^*^ °^ follows: — Section 11. The judge by whom an order, decree
or denial was made shall report the material facts found by
hira, on request of any party entitled to appeal therefrom
made within ten days after such party has notice of such
order, decree or denial ; otherwise such report shall be in the
discretion of the judge. Approved May 7, 1947.
Chap.ddQ -^N Act authorizing the sale of state forest produ(jts
BY THE COMMISSIONER OF CONSERVATION.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
y,i' (Ter. Section 34 A of chapter 132 of the General Laws, as ap-
§'3'4A, ' pearing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by
amended. adding at the end the following paragraph : —
woodf Umber. '^^^ commissioner may at any time sell wood, timber or
etc. ' ■ other products of the state forests as the economical man-
agement of said forests may require. All moneys received
under this section shall be paid into the state treasury.
Approved May 7, 19^7.
Chap. ^^7 An Act relative to the length of time after the ter-
mination OF MILITARY OR NAVAL SERVICE OF CERTAIN
PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES DURING WHICH THEY
MAY BE REINSTATED OR RE-EMPLOYED IN THEIR FORMER
OFFICES OR POSITIONS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The first paragraph of section 6 of chapter 708 of the acts
of 1941 is hereby amended by striking out, in line 6, the
words "one year" and inserting in place thereof the words:
— two years, — so as to read as follows: — Any person re-
ferred to in section one who was or shall be separated from
the service of the commonwealth or any political subdivi-
sion thereof while holding an ofiice or position not subject
to chapter thirty-one of the General Laws, shall, if he so
requests in writing to the appointing authority within two
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 368. 357
years after the termination of his said military or naval
service, be reinstated or re-employed in said office or posi-
tion; provided, that, in case he was appointed for a fixed
term, the term has not expired; and provided, further, that,
if so required by the appointing authorit}^, he files the cer-
tificate of a registered physician that he is not disabled or
incapacitated for performing the duties of the office or
position. Approved May 7, 1947 .
Chap.SQS
An Act relative to the hours of labor of women and
CHHiDREN employed IN THE PROCESSING OF FISH.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 56 of chapter 149 of the General Laws, as amended, g- l. (Ter
is hereby further amended by striking out the first sentence, etc!. ameAded^'
as most recently amended by chapter 161 of the acts of the
current year, and inserting in place thereof the following
sentence : — No child and no woman shall be employed or Hours of
permitted to work in, or in connection with, an}' factory or women""^
workshop, or any manufacturing, mercantile or mechanical chiidiei
establishment, telegraph office or telephone exchange, or
any express or transportation company, or any private
club, or any office, letter shop or financial institution, or
any laundry, hotel, manicuring or hair dressing establish-
ment, or any motion picture or other theatre or any other
place of amusement, or any garage, or any hospital in a
non-professional capacity, or be employed as an elevator
operator, or as a switchboard operator in a private exchange,
more than nine hours in any one day, and, except as to trans-
portation or telephone companies, and except as to hotels,
private clubs and places of amusement where the employ-
ment is determined by the department to be by seasons, and
except as to hotels where meals are served only during three
separate periods totalling not more than seven hours in any
one day and the employment is connected with the serving
of said meals, if the work so performed by such a child or
woman in one day is not continuous, but is divided into
two or more periods, the work of such child or woman shall
be so arranged that all such periods of work shall fall within
a period of not exceeding ten consecutive hours, except that
in the case of mercantile establishments such periods of
work may fall within a period of not exceeding eleven and
one half consecutive hours during a total of not more than
seven days in any calendar year of which six shall be six
week-days within a period of four weeks immediately pre-
ceding Christmas, and the seventh the Saturday immedi-
ately preceding Easter; and in no case shall the hours of
labor exceed forty-eight in a week, except that in manu-
facturing establishments or hotels where the employment is
determined by the department to be by seasons, the num-
ber of such hours in any week may exceed forty-eight, but,
except in the work of fish processing when necessary in the
358 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 369, 3?0, 371.
judgment of the commissioner, and then only during the
months of June, July, August, September and October,
shall not exceed fifty-two, provided that the total number
of such hours in any year shall not exceed an average of
forty-eight hours a week for the whole year, excluding Sun-
days and holidays; and if any child or woman shall be
employed or permitted to work in more than one such place,
the total number of hours of such employment shall not
exceed forty-eight hours in any one week.
Approved May 8, 19i7.
Chap.3Q9 An Act extending to certain students of medicine the
PRIVILEGE OF BECOMING REGISTERED AS QUALIFIED
PHYSICIANS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, any per-
son who was a resident of the commonwealth for a period of
five years prior to July first, nineteen hundred and forty-one,
who matriculated at any medical school in the common-
wealth prior to said date, and who has since received a degree
of doctor of medicine therefrom, shall be eligible to be an
applicant for registration as a qualified physician, shall be
examined for such registration by the board of registration
in medicine, and shall be subject to and have the benefit of
all pertinent provisions of law relative to such eligibility and
examination. Approved May 8, 194-7.
Chap. 370 An Act authorizing the city of Worcester to make cer-
tain EXPENDITURES TO PROPERLY COMMEMORATE THE
dedication and commissioning of the u. s. s.
"Worcester".
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The city of Worcester may appropriate a sum not exceed-
ing seventy-five hundred dollars for the purpose of providing
a suitable gift for the U. S. S. "Worcester" to properly com-
memorate the dedication and commissioning of the afore-
said ship. Approved May 8, 1947.
Chap. S71 An Act authorizing the county of dukes counts' to
BORROW MONEY FOR CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR WORK AT
the county AIRPORT AND ON HIGHWAY APPROACHES
THERETO.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The county commissioners of the county of
Dukes County may expend, for the purpose of providing
runways and parking areas and making necessary repairs at
the public airport operated by said county, a sum not ex-
ceeding five thousand dollars, and, for the construction and
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 372. 359
repair of highway approaches to said airport, a sum not ex-
ceeding seventy-five hundred dollars.
Section 2. For the purposes aforesaid, the treasurer of
said county, with the approval of the county commissioners,
may borrow upon the credit of the county such sums as may
be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, twelve thousand
five hundred dollars, and may issue notes of the county
therefor, which shall bear on their face the words, Dukes
County Airport and Highway Loan, Act of 1947. Each
authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan and such
loans shall be payable in not more than four years from their
dates. Such notes shall be signed by the treasurer of the
county and countersigned by a majority of the county com-
missioners. The county may sell said securities at public
or private sale upon such terms and conditions as the county
commissioners may deem proper, but not for less than their
par value. Indebtedness incurred hereunder shall, except
as herein provided, be subject to chapter thirty-five of the
General Laws.
Section 3. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance, during the current year, by the county commis-
sioners of the county of Dukes County, but not otherwise.
Approved May 8, 1947.
An Act redefining the boundary line between the Qfiaj) 372
TOWNS OF DENNIS AND HARW^ICH. ^'
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Chapter 599 of the acts of 1945 is hereby amended by
striking out section 2 and inserting in place thereof the
following: — Section 2. The following described line shall
hereafter be the dividing line between the towns of Dennis
and Harwich : — Beginning at the corner of Brewster, Dennis
and Harwich, a rough granite monument marked BDII
and situated in pine woods about 450 feet west of Francis
Washburn's cranberry bog (X-972,897.12 Y-260,265.58) ;
thence S 14°-24'-56" E 10,560.36 feet to a rough granite
monument marked D/H on the westerly side of Depot road
situated between Telegi'aph road and Division street
(X-975,526.15 Y-250,037.71); thence S 14°-23'-51" E
6,530.37 feet to a rough granite monument marked D/H
situated in the southerly side of Lower County road opposite
the southerly end of Division street (X-977, 150.04
Y-243,711.95); thence S 15°-09'-08" E 1,403.36 to witness
mark at corner 1, a rough granite monument marked D/H
and situated on the bank near high-water mark of Nantucket
sound, and about 275 feet southwest of the Hotel Belmont
(X-977,530.07 Y-242,308.59) ; thence S 15°-09'-08" E to
the true corner a point at low-water mark of the sound.
Approved May 8, 1947,
360
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 373.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 31, §43,
etc., amended.
Removal,
suspension,
reduction in
grade or
transfer of
certain
persons in
classified
public
service.
Chav.S7S An Act defining the rights of civil service employees
IN CASE OF THEIR DISCHARGE, REMOVAL, SUSPENSION,
LAYING OFF, TRANSFER OR LOWERING IN RANK OR COM-
PENSATION OR IN CASE OF THE ABOLITION OF THEIR OFFICES
OR POSITIONS.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Section 1. Chapter 31 of the General Laws is hereby
amended by striking out section 43, as amended, and in-
serting in place thereof the following section: — Section 43.
(a) Every person holding office or employment under
permanent appointment in the official or labor service of the
commonwealth, or of any county, city or town thereof,
shall have unlimited tenure of office or employment, sub-
ject to the provisions of this chapter and the rules made
thereunder. He shall not be discharged, removed, sus-
pended for a period exceeding three days, laid off, trans-
ferred from such office or employment without his consent,
lowered in rank or compensation, nor shall his office or
position be abolished, except for just cause and for reasons
specifically given him in writing, together with a copy of
sections forty-three and forty-five of this chapter. Before
any action affecting employment or compensation referred
to in the preceding sentence is taken, the officer or em-
ployee shall be given a full hearing before the appointing
authority, of which hearing he shall have at least three
days' written notice, exclusive of Sundays and holidays,
from the appointing authority otherwise expressly provided
in this chapter. Within two days, exclusive of Sundays and
holidays, after completion of said hearing, the appointing
authority shall give to the employee affected a written
notice of his decision, stating fully and specifically the
reasons therefor.
(b) If within five days after receiving written notice of
the decision of the appointing authority the person so dis-
charged, removed, suspended, laid off, transferred or lowered
in rank or compensation, or whose office or position was
abolished, shall so request in writing, he shall be given a
hearing before a member of the commission or some dis-
interested person designated by the chairman of the com-
mission. Said hearing shall be commenced in not less than
three nor more than ten days, and shall be completed within
thirty days, after the filing of such request, and the findings
shall be reported forthwith to the commission for action.
The decision of the commission shall be in writing and notice
thereof sent to all parties concerned within ten days after
the fifing of the report. If the commission finds that the
action of the appointing authority was justified, such action
shaU be affirmed; otherwise, it shall be reversed and the
person concerned shall be returned to his office or position
without loss of compensation. The commission may also
modify any penalty imposed by the appointing authority.
Hearings.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 373. 361
(c) Any hearing under this section shall, if either party Hearing may
concerned so requests in writing, be pubHc, and at any such ^® p^^^"^-
hearing the person concerned shall be allowed to answer
the charges preferred against him either personally or by
counsel. No such hearing shall be continued for a period
of more than thirty days except upon agreement of both
parties.
(d) The reasons, notices and answers and the order of fisSfcT ^o^urt
discharge, removal, suspension, layoff, transfer, lowering
in rank or compensation or abolition of the office or position,
and the facts as found by the commission, shall be subject
to judicial review by the district court within the judicial
district of which such person resides, as provided in section
forty-five.
(e) A temporary suspension for a period not exceeding Temporary
three days may be made only by the appointing authority ^"^p^'^^'""-
or by a subordinate to whom such authority has been dele-
gated, and may only be made pending a hearing, which
shall be held by the appointing authority within three days,
exclusive of Sundays and holidays. If the suspension was
found to be without just cause, the officer or employee so
suspended shall be deemed not to have been suspended
from the service, and he shall be returned to his former
office or position without loss of compensation. In the
event that the appointing authority finds just cause for
further action, he shall within two days, exclusive of Sun-
days and hohdays, after the hearing give notice in writing
to the suspended officer or employee, stating specifically
the reasons for such action, together with a copy of sections
forty-three and forty-five of this chapter, and shall send a
copy of such reasons forthwith to the director, together
with a request for the reinstatement of the officer or employee
to be effective at the expiration of the period of suspension.
If the officer or employee desires to appeal from this deci-
sion, paragraphs (6), (c) and (d) of this section shall apply.
(/) An officer or employee shall automatically be re- Automatic
instated at the end of the first period for which he was "-einatatement.
suspended. Any subsequent reiiistatement after suspension
shall be subject to the approval of the director, and, if
denied, an appeal may be taken to the commission as pro-
vided in section two (6). The notice required by para-
graph (a) of this section to be given to an employee whom
it is proposed to suspend after a prior suspension shall state
that his reinstatement after such suspension is subject to
the approval of the director. Whenever any hearing is
held by a member of the commission or some disinterested
person designated by the chairman of the commission, as
authorized by paragraph (b) of this section, such person
shall be paid a sum not to exceed twenty dollars per day;
and such compensation shall be in addition to any com-
pensation provided for in section two A of chapter thirteen.
Section 2. Section 46C of said chapter 31, as amended EdoJi!*"^'
by section 8 of chapter 704 of the acts of 1945, is hereby §46C, etc.,
' •' amended.
362 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 374.
further amended by inserting after the word "section" in
line 4 the words : — forty-three, so far as it relates to first
Right to suspensions, — so as to read as follows: — Section 46C. An
separation"'' officer Or employee of the commonwealth or of any city or
[eLOT^'" town who has been separated from the official or labor
service for any reason other than one specified in section
forty-three, so far as it relates to first suspensions, forty-
six G or forty-six H may, upon the request of the appointing
authority and with the approval of the director, be reinstated
in the same position or in a position in the same class and
grade as that formerly held by hun. If the director fails to
approve the reinstatement of such officer or employee within
thirty days after the request of the appointing authority,
the appointing authority or such officer or employee may
make a request for a hearing before the director. If the
separation from service of such an officer or employee was
due to illness, and the appointing authority fails to make a
request for reinstatement upon demand of such officer or
employee, the officer or employee may make a request for
a hearing before the director. In either case, the director
shall forthwith hold a hearing, hear all parties concerned,
and render his decision. Approved May 8, 1947.
C/iap. 374 An Act authorizing the city of newburyport to con-
vey CERTAIN PARK LAND LOCATED THEREIN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows. ■
Section 1. The city of Newburyport is hereby author-
ized to convey to A. & G. J. Caldwell, Inc. a certain parcel
of land at the easterly corner of "Cashman Park" (for-
merly called "Central Park"), being a pubHc park on the
southwesterly shore of the Merrimac river, containing ap-
proximately eighteen thousand two hundred and fifty square
feet, bounded as follows: — Southwesterly one hundred feet
by remaining land of the city of Newburyport; northwest-
erly one hundred and eighty feet, more or less, by remaining
land of said city; northeasterly by the Merrimac river one
hundred feet, more or less; and southeasterly by land of
said A. & G. J. Caldwell, Inc. one hundred and eighty-five
feet, more or less; reserving, however, to the city of New-
buryport the right to maintain the subsurface water drains
which now pass through the said premises to the Merrimac
river.
Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its accept-
ance by vote of the city council of said city, subject to the
provisions of its charter, but not otherwise.
Approved Maij 8, 1947.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 375, 376. 363
An Act further regulating the operation of recre- Qhav 375
ATIONAL CAMPS, OVERNIGHT CAMPS AND CABINS, AND ^'
TRAILER CAMPS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 27 of chapter 140 of the General Laws, as appear- g. l. (Ter.
ing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by add- amended!' ^ '"'
ing after the word ''twenty-eight" in line 2 the following
words: — , and every person who shall conduct, control,
manage or operate, directly or indu-ectly, any recreational
camp, overnight camp or cabin, or trailer camp, — so that
the first sentence shall read as follows : — Every innholder, Registers to
and every lodging house keeper required so to do under iMklepi^^d
section twenty-eight, and every person who shall conduct, ^f^ operators
control, manage or operate, directly or indirectly, any ree- ts^m^^w^ *
reational camp, overnight camp or cabin, or trailer camp, °*^'°^-
shall keep or cause to be kept, in permanent form, a register
in which shall be recorded the true name or name in ordi-
nary use and the residence of every person engaging or
occupying a private room averaging less than four hundred
square feet floor area, excepting a private dining room not
containing a bed or couch, or opening into a room contain-
ing a bed or couch, for any period of the day or night in
any part of the premises controlled by the licensee, together
with a true and accurate record of the room assigned to
such person and of the day and hour when such room is
assigned. Approved May 8, 1947.
An Act relative to the employment of persons to Chav 376
SERVE IN A confidential CAPACITY IN THE DEPARTMENT
OF BANKING AND INSURANCE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 7 of chapter 30 of the General Laws, as most g. l. (Ter.
recently amended by chapter 512 of the acts of 1941, is Si! amended,
hereby further amended by inserting after the word "com-
mission" in line 6 the words: — , each commissioner of the
department of banking and insurance, — so as to read as
follows: — Section 7. Each officer, board and commission Appointment
having supervision and control of an executive or adminis- "fo^ngden*-,,
trative department, including each commissioner of the com- emp^oyew! '*
mission on administration and finance and the officer in
charge of the division of personnel and standardization of
said commission, each commissioner of the department of
banking and insurance, the state superintendent of build-
ings, the alcoholic beverages control commission and the
state racing commission, but not including the several boards
serving in the division of registration of the department of
civil service and registration, may appoint and remove a
person to serve as a confidential secretary. Such appoint-
364 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 377, 378.
ment shall be in accordance with the provisions of sections
forty-five to fifty, inclusive, of this chapter and shall be
exempt from the provisions of chapter thirty-one.
Approved May 8, 1947.
Chap.S77 An Act relative to promotions to the office of sergeant
IN THE POLICE FORCE OF THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT
COMMISSION.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The metropohtan district commission shall
request the director of civil service to certify, for promotion
to the office of sergeant in the police force of said commis-
sion, the names of patrohnen, in order to fill existing vacancies
in said office.
Section 2. Said director of civil service, upon receipt of
the request for certification referred to in section one, shall
certify to said commission the names on the sergeant pro-
motional ehgible list pertaining to said police force, as ap-
pearing thereon on September seventeenth, nineteen hundred
and forty-six, and all extensions of said sergeant promo-
tional eligible list made by the director prior to said
September seventeenth, nineteen hundred and forty-six,
are hereby ratified.
Section 3. Said director of civil service, upon receipt of
any subsequent requisitions for sergeant in the poHce force
of the metropohtan district commission which are received
prior to the establishment of a new eligible list, shall certify
to said metropohtan district commission from the list es-
tablished as set forth in section two.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May 9, 19^7.
Chap. 37 S An Act authorizing the continued operation of motor
VEHICLES FOR THE CARRIAGE OF PASSENGERS FOR HIRE
BY CARRIERS HOLDING CERTAIN WAR EMERGENCY CERTIFI-
CATES, AND PROVIDING FOR THE CONTINUED CERTIFICATION
OF SUCH CARRIERS.
Emergency Whcveas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to
pream e. defeat its purposc, which is to make continuously available
the existmg carriage of passengers for hire by motor vehicle
under certain war emergency certificates, in the event of the
repeal, revocation and annulment of certain executive orders,
therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, neces-
sary for the immediate preservation of the pubhc con-
venience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Any common carrier who, at the time of the repeal, revo-
cation and annulment of executive orders numbered eleven
and seventy-six issued by the governor under chapter thir-
teen of the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-two or other
authority vested in him, is operating motor vehicles for the
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 379. 366
carriage of passengers for hire under the authority of a war
emergency certificate issued by the department of public
utilities under authority of said orders, is hereby authorized
to continue such operation for a period of six months there-
after, but shall be subject to such provisions of chapter one
hundred and fifty-nine A of the General Laws as are not
inconsistent herewith and to the conditions and restrictions
applicable to such war emergency certificate. Any such
carrier, within three months from the time of such repeal,
revocation and annulment and without complying with the
requirements of section one of said chapter one hundred
and fifty-nine A but otherwise conforming to such provisions
of said chapter as are not inconsistent herewith, may apply
to said department for a certificate that public convenience
and necessity require the operation of motor vehicles for the
carriage of passengers for hire over the route covered by
such war emergency certificate. Approved May 9, 1947.
An Act further regulatestg milk plants, receiving Qjiq/q 379
stations and pasteurization plants, shipping milk ^'
into or within the commonwealth.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 94 of the General Laws is hereby amended by g. l. (Ter.
striking out section 16K, inserted by chapter 542 of the acts ^tci! amended^'
of 1946, and inserting in place thereof the following sec-
tion:— Section 16K. The department of agriculture shall R^ies .
inspect milk plants and receiving stations, wherever located, ^'ww^ation.
and pasteurization plants outside the commonwealth, ship- **"•• °^ °^'''
ping milk into or within the commonwealth and, if the same
be found to be in compliance with all rules and regulations
relating thereto, shall approve them and shall issue permits
showing such approval. Every such permit shall expire on
the thirtieth day of June following its issue, and may be sus-
pended or revoked for the failure of the establishment to
which it was issued to comply with rules and regulations
relating thereto or for a violation, by such establishment, of
any law relating to milk intended for sale within the com-
monwealth. Upon the application of any city or town, said
department may delegate to the inspector of milk thereof
its authority to inspect milk plants, receiving stations and
pasteurization plants from which milk is shipped to such
city or town, and submit inspection reports to said depart-
ment, which reports shall form the basis of its issuance of
such permits. A pasteurization plant located outside the
commonwealth shall pay a fee of ten dollars for such a per-
mit, but permits shall be issued to milk plants and re-
ceiving stations without cost. If any city or town to the
milk inspector of which the power of inspection is delegated
under any provision of this section fails to enforce rules
and regulations established by the milk regulation board
and then in force, said delegation of authority shall forth-
with terminate. Approved May 9, 1947,
366 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 380, 381, 382.
Chap. SSO An Act to simplify procedure under the workmen's
COMPENSATION ACT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
EdV'iJl'' Chapter 152 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
new s 7a'. inserting after section 7, as appearing in the Tercentenary
^**^ tion Edition, the following section: — Section 7 A. In any claim
infi^r'^of'" for compensation, where the employee has been killed or is
employee. physically Or mentally unable to testify, it shall be pre-
sumed, in the absence of substantial evidence to the con-
trary, that the claim comes within the provisions of this
chapter, that sufficient notice of the injury has been given,
and that the injury or death was not occasioned by the wil-
ful intention of the employee to injure or kill himself or
another. Approved May 9, 1947.
Chap. SSI An Act authorizing the trustees of the soldiers' home
IN MASSACHUSETTS TO TRANSFER ALL ASSETS IN THE
"effects accounts" TO THE "LEGACY FUNd" OF SAID
HOME.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
All property included in the "effects accounts" of the
Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts and held under the control
and management of the trustees thereof shall, on and after
December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, be
transferred to the "legacy fund" of said Home, and there-
after shall be administered by said trustees in accordance
with the rules and regulations applicable to the control and
management of said "legacy fund".
Approved May 9, 1947.
Chap. SS2 An Act authorizing the board of state examiners of
plumbers to MAKE RULES GOVERNING THE EXAMINATION
OF APPLICANTS FOR PLUMBERS' LICENSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
G- L. (Ter Sectiou 4 of chapter 142 of the General Laws, as amended
etc.'. amended', by chapter 502 of the acts of 1946, is hereby further amended
by striking out the first sentence, as appearing in the Ter-
centenary Edition, and inserting in place thereof the fol-
J^^'^Mtion lowing sentence : — The examiners may make such rules
of plumbers, as they deem proper for the performance of their duties and
rules governing the quaUfications of applicants for ex-
amination, which shall take effect when approved by the
general court and by the department of public health.
Approved May 9, 1947.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 383. 367
An Act establishing non-partisan preliminary munici- (Jfidj) 333
PAL ELECTIONS IN THE CITY OF NORTH ADAMS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 148 of the acts of 1895, as amended,
is hereby further amended by inserting after section 4 the
eight following sections : — Section 4^ . On the third
Tuesday preceding every regular and special municipal
election at which any office is to be filled, there shall be held,
except as otheiivise provided in section four H, a preliminary
election for the purpose of nommating candidates to be
voted for at such regular or special election. No party or
pohtical designation or mark shall be printed on any ballot
used at any regular, special or preliminary election, and no
party or pohtical designation or mark, or anything showing
how any candidate was nominated or indicating his views
or opmions, shall be appended to the name of such candidate.
All candidates for nomination shall be nominated at large
from among the quaHfied voters of the city.
The polls at every regular, preliminary and special election
shall be open during such hours, conforming to the general
law relating to city elections, as the city council may desig-
nate.
Section Jf.B. Except as otherwise provided in section
four H there shall not be printed on the official ballot to be
used at any regular or special election the name of any per-
son as a candidate for any office unless such person has been
nominated at such a preliminary election for nomination
held as provided in sections four A to four H, inclusive.
There shall not be printed on the official baUot for use at
such preliminary election the name of any candidate for
nomination at such election, unless he shall have filed, within
the time limited by section four C, the statement and petition
therein described.
Section J^C. Any person who is qualified to vote for a
candidate for any elective municipal office and who is a
candidate for nomination thereto, shall be entitled to have
his name as such candidate printed on the official ballot
to be used at a preliminary election; provided, that before
five o'clock in the afternoon of the twenty-first day prior
to such preliminary election he shall file with the city clerk
a statement in writing of his candidacy, and with it the
petition of at least fifty but not more than two hundred
voters duly certified by the board of registrars to be quaUfied
voters of the city. Such petition must be filed with the
board of registrars for certification before five o'clock in the
afternoon of the seventh day before the time for filing the
same with the city clerk. Nomination papers shall be num-
bered by the board of registrars as received and shall be
certified in that order. Said statement and petition shall
be in substantially the following form: —
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 383.
Statement of Candidate.
I ( ), on oath declare that I reside at (number,
if any) on (name of street) in the city of North Adams: that I am a
voter therein, quaUfied to vote for a candidate for the hereinafter
mentioned office; that I am a candidate for the office of (name of
office) for (state the term) to be voted for at the preliminary election
to be held on Tuesday, the day of , nineteen him-
dred and , and I request that my name be printed as such
candidate on the official ballot for use at said preliminary election.
(Signed)
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. ss.
Subscribed and sworn on this day of ,
nineteen hundred and , before me,
(Signed)
Justice of the Peace,
(or Notary Public).
Petition accompanying Statement of Candidate.
Whereas (name of candidate) is a candidate for nomination for the
office of (state the office) for (state the term), we, the imdersigned,
voters of the city of North Adams, duly qualified to vote for a candi-
date for said office, do hereby request that the name of said (name of
candidate) as a candidate for nomination for said office be printed on
the official ballot to be used at the preliminary election to be held on
Tuesday, the day of , nineteen hundred
and
(Signature) (Residence Address) (Ward and Precinct)
Section 4D. Any nomination papers filed under section
four C bearing more than the maximum number of signa-
tures permitted thereby shall be invalid. No voter may sign
the nomination papers of more than one candidate for elec-
tion to the same office except where several persons are to
be elected to a board or municipal body, in which case no
voter may sign the nomination papers of more candidates
than he may vote to elect to such office. If a voter signs
nomination papers in excess of the foregoing, his signature
shall be invalid on all such papers except those first filed with
the board of registrars up to the number which he can
validly sign.
Section 4E. On the first day, other than Sunday or a
legal holiday, following the expiration of the time for filing
with the city clerk the above described statement and peti-
tion, the city clerk shall notify by mail each candidate for
nomination who has so duly qualified of the fact of his quali-
fication.
Such notice shall also state the time when and the place
where the city clerk will draw by lot the names of candidates
to determine their position on the ballot to be used at the
preliminary election. Such drawing shall take place at five
o'clock in the afternoon of the third day after the last day
for filing the petitions and statements with the city clerk.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 383. 369
At the di'awings for position on the ballot the candidates
shall be entitled to be present in person or by one repre-
sentative each. The city clerk shall then cause the ballots
which shall contain said names, in their order as drawn by
the clerk, and no others, with a designation of residence,
under the office and term of service therein for which they
are respectively candidates, to be printed, and the ballots
so printed shall be official and no others shall be used at the
preliminary election. Blank spaces shall be left at the end
of each list of candidates for nomination for the different
offices equal to the number to be nominated therefor, in
which the voter may insert the name of any person not
printed on the ballot for whom he desires to vote for nomina-
tion for such office. There shall be printed on such ballots
such directions as wOl aid the voter, as, for example: "vote
for one", "vote for two", and the like, and the ballots shall
be headed as follows : —
Official Preliminary Ballot,
Candidates for nomination for the oflBce of ( ) in the city
of North Adams at a preUminary election to be held on Tuesday, the
day of , nineteen hundred and , (The head-
ing shall be varied in accordance with the offices for which nominationa
are to be made.)
At such preliminary election, each voter may vote for
as many candidates for nomination to each office as there
are persons to be elected to such office at the ensuing munici-
pal election.
Except as herein otherwise provided, the form of ballots,
their preparation and number and the manner of conducting
the election shall, in the case of prehminary elections, be as
described in the General Laws relative to primaries and
elections in so far as the same may be applicable.
Section lyF. The election officers shall, immediately upon
the closing of the polls at preliminary elections, count the
ballots and ascertain the number of votes cast in the several
voting places for each candidate, and forthwith make return
thereof upon blanks to be furnished, as in regular elections,
to the city clerk, who shall canvass said returns and shall
forthwith determine and announce the result thereof.
Section 4G. The two persons receiving at a preliminary
election the highest number of votes for nomination for an
office shall, except as hereinafter provided and as provided
by section four H, be the sole candidates for that office whose
names may be printed on the official ballot to be used at the
regular or special election at which such office is to be ffiled,
and no acceptance of a nomination at a preliminary election
shall be necessary to its validity.
If two or more persons are to be elected to the same office
at such regular or special election, the several persons in
number equal to twice the number so to be elected receiving
at such preliminary election the highest number of votes for
nomination for that office shall, except as provided by sec-
370 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 384.
tion four H, be the sole candidates for that office whose
names may be printed on the official ballot.
If the preliminary election results in a tie vote among
candidates for nomination receiving the lowest number of
votes, which, but for said tie vote, would entitle a person
receiving the same to have his name printed upon the official
ballot for the election, all candidates participating in said
tie vote shall have their names printed upon the official
ballot, although in consequence there be printed thereon
candidates to a number exceeding twice the number to be
elected.
In the event of a vacancy for any reason after the pre-
liminary election, but prior to seven days before the regular
or special election, the city clerk shall substitute for such
name on the ballot to be used at such election the name of the
person having the next highest vote at the preliminary
election.
Section 4H. If, at the expiration of the time for filing
statements of candidates to be voted for at any preliminary
election, not more than twice as many such statements
have been filed with the city clerk for an office as there are
persons to be elected to such office, the candidates whose
statements have thus been filed shall be deemed to have
been nominated to said office, their names shall be printed
on the official ballot to be used at the succeeding regular or
special election, as the case may be, as candidates for such
office, the city clerk shall not print said names upon the
ballot to be used at said preliminary election and no other
nomination to said office shall be made. If in consequence
it shall appear that no names are to be printed upon the
official ballot to be used at any preliminary election, no pre-
liminary election shall be held.
Section 2. This act shall be submitted to the registered
voters of the city of North Adams at the regular municipal
election in said city to be held in the current year, in the form
of the following question, which shall be placed upon the
official ballot to be used at said election: — "Shall an act
passed by the general court in the year nineteen hundred and
forty-seven, entitled 'An Act establishing non-partisan pre-
liminary municipal elections in the city of North Adams',
be accepted?" If a majority of the votes in answer to said
question is in the affirmative, then this act shall thereupon
take full effect for the next regular municipal election in said
city and for all municipal elections in said city thereafter,
but not otherwise. Approved May 12, 1947.
Chap.SS4t An Act relative to the education of certain physi-
cally HANDICAPPED CHILDREN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Ed-tn.**^' Section 46A of chapter 71 of the General Laws, as most
§46A. etc., recently amended by chapter 357 of the acts of 1946, is
amended. hereby amended by striking out the last sentence and in-
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 385, 386. 371
serting in place thereof the three following sentences ; — On itemized
or before the fifteenth day of July in each year the town be^submitted
furnishing such instruction shall submit to the department ^gnt^^"^*"
an itemized statement of the following items of actual cost
of instruction to children confined in hospitals, sanitaria,
and similar institutions located therein for the preceding
school year: teachers, textbooks, supplies and general con-
trol. The department shall determine the reasonableness
of such cost, and shall, on or before the first day of Sep-
tember following, either notify said town that the cost is
approved, or shall send to the town its own determination
of reasonable cost. Such cost as approved or determined
shall be divided by the pupil days of instruction given, and
the result shall constitute the daily tuition for each pupil
to be paid by the town where the parent or guardian has a
legal residence to the town furnishing such instruction.
Approved May 12, 1947.
An Act making admissible in evidence in civil cases (Jf^aT) 385
CERTAIN PUBLICLY ISSUED COMPILATIONS OF FACTS AND ^'
STATISTICS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows. •
Section 1. Chapter 233 of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Ter.
amended by inserting after section 79 A, as amended, the ne1v^'§^79B
following section: — Section 79B. Statements of facts of added,
general interest to persons engaged in an occupation con- ^J^^f^^^tions
tained in a list, register, periodical, book or other compila- admissible
tion, issued to the public, shall, in the discretion of the court, chJii^c°a"s1>s"
if the court finds that the compilation is published for the
use of persons engaged in that occupation and commonly
is used and relied upon by them, be admissible in civil cases
as evidence of the truth of any fact so stated.
Section 2. This act shall take effect on September first Effective
in the current year. Approved May 12, 194-7. '^'^'^''■
An Act making the presumption of due care on the r»;,^^ ooa
PART OF A PERSON INJURED OR KILLED APPLICABLE TO (^V-^^^
ACTIONS FOR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 231 of the General Laws is hereby g l. (Xer
amended by striking out section 85, as appearing in the amende^d.' *"''
Tercentenary Edition, and inserting in place thereof the
following section: — Section 85. In all actions, civil or Contributory
criminal, to recover damages for injuries to the person or an^afcmative
property or for causing the death of a person, or conse- Jr^Smption
quential damages arising out of such injuries or death, the and burden
person injured or killed or the person chargeable with his °^ ^'^""'^'
conduct shall be presumed to have been in the exercise of
due care, and contributory negligence on his part shall be
372 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 387, 388.
an affirmative defence to be set up in the answer and proved
by the defendant.
Effective date. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect on September first
in the current year. Approved May 12, 1947.
Chap. SS7 ^^ ^^'^ RELATIVE TO THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE BRADFORD DURFEE TECHNICAL
INSTITUTE, AND OF THE NEW BEDFORD TEXTILE INSTITUTE,
AND AUTHORIZING EACH OF SAID BOARDS TO GRANT CERTAIN
DEGREES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Ed.\7lr§42, Chapter 74 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
etc.. amended! striking out section 42, as amended by section 1 of chapter
257 of the acts of 1946, and inserting in place thereof the
Certain following section: — Section 4^. The Bradford Durfee
institutes to tecluiical institute of Fall River and the New Bedford tex-
iMtftu^lona t^^^ institute shall be maintained by the commonwealth for
an£niay^^^ ^ the purpose of giving instruction in the theory and practical
arts of engineering, science and textile and kindred branches
of industry. The board of trustees of each of said institutes
may grant the degree of bachelor of science or other appro-
priate degrees to any person, either male or female, satis-
factorily completing the prescribed courses of instruction, if
and so long as the faculty, equipment and courses of in-
struction at such institute meet with the approval of the
board of collegiate authority. Approved May 12, 1947.
grant degrees.
Chap. SSS An Act amending the law relative to contributory
RETIREMENT OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
fa\' sill's Section 1. Subdivision (3) of section 3 of chapter 32 of
etc!, amended, the General Laws, as appearing in section 1 of chapter 658
of the acts of 1945, is hereby amended by striking out the
first sentence and inserting in place thereof the two follow-
Late entry ing scnteuces : — Notwithstanding his fiUng of a notice and
into member- ^g^j^gj. ^^^^^^ paragraph (6) of subdivision (2) of this sec-
tion, any employee who, having or having had the right to
become a member, failed to become or elected not to become
a member, may, not later than January first, nineteen
hundred and forty-nine or within one year from the last
day of the period during which he had the opportunity to
exercise said right, whichever is the later date, apply for
and be admitted to membership if under the maximum age
for his group on the date of his apphcation; provided, that
during his present period of service he had previously been
eligible for membership. No employee shall otherwise be
admitted to membership except by vote of the retirement
board of the system for which apphcation is made, and then
only if that board finds that his failure to become or his
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 388. 373
election not to become a member was caused by circum-
stances other than those generally applicable to employees.
Section 2. Paragraph (e) of subdivision (6) of said EdV'sI.^i's.
section 3, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting etc', 'further'
after the word "notwithstanding" in line 2 the words: — amended.
, no person who becomes a member under subdivision (3) of
this section, and, — so that said paragraph will read as
follows : —
(e) Anything in sections one to twenty-eight inclusive Certain
to the contrary notwithstanding, no person who becomes a to^Ikietfteci
member under subdivision (3) of this section, and no mem- ^I'P^fto
ber who is reinstated to or who re-enters active service as certain
provided for in paragraph (6), (c) or (d) of this subdivision, <=o"ditione.
or who transfers or re-establishes his membership as pro-
vided for in subdivision (8) of this section, shall be eligible
to receive a superannuation retirement allowance, an ordi-
nary disability retirement allowance or a termination re-
tirement allowance unless and until he shall have been in
active service for at least two consecutive years, including
any period or periods of leave of absence credited as member-
ship service, subsequent to the date of commencement of
his new employment, or unless, in the case of any member
who is reinstated to or who re-enters active service as pro-
vided for in paragraph (6) of this subdivision or who transfers
his membership as provided for in paragraph (8) (a) of this
section, he was eligible to receive a retirement allowance
under the provisions of section ten at the time of his last
separation from service.
Section 3. Paragraph (c) of subdivision (8) of said S\V IPlg
section 3, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding etc!. 'further'
at the end the following:— ; provided, that there shall be amended,
no such reimbursement if the two systems involved are the
state employees' retirement system and the teachers' retire-
ment system.
Section 4. Paragraph (a) of subdivision (1) of section 5 g. l. (Ter.
of said chapter 32, as so appearing, is hereby amended by ^tl, amended,
inserting after the word "service" in line 1 the words: —
or any member inactive on authorized leave of absence, —
so that the first sentence of said paragraph will read as
follows : — Any member in service or any member inactive Application,
on authorized leave of absence classified in either Group A
or Group B who has attained age fifty-five, upon his written
apphcation on a prescribed form filed with the board or
upon such an application by the head of his department
after a hearing, if requested, as provided for in subdivision (1)
of section sixteen and subject to the conditions set forth in
said section and in this section, shall be retired for super-
annuation as of a date which shall be specified in such
application and which shall be subsequent to but not more
than four months after the filing of such apphcation.
Section 5. Paragraph (a) of subdivision (2) of said gj^-^J^^g
section 5, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking etc;, 'further"
out, in Une 5, the words "and (iii)" and inserting in place ^'^^nded.
374
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 388.
Amount
payable to
Group A
other than
veteran.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 32, §5.
etc., further
amended.
Payments of
superannuation
retirement
allowance in
certain cases.
G. L. (Tcr.
Ed.), 32, § 6,
etc., amended.
Medical
examination
prior to
retirement in
certain cases.
thereof the words: — , (iii) and (iv), — so that the first
paragraph of said paragraph (a) will read as follows : — The
normal yearly amount of such allowance for any member
classified in Group A other than a veteran as defined in
section one shall, subject to the provisions of this section,
be equal to the aggregate of the amounts determined in
accordance with clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) of this para-
graph, reduced by one fourth of one per cent of such aggre-
gate for each full month by which his date of retirement
precedes the last day of the month in which he will attain
age sixty-five :
Section 6. Clause (ii) of said paragraph (a) of said sub-
division (2) of said section 5, as amended by section 6 of
chapter 403 of the acts of 1946, is hereby further amended
by inserting after the word "average" in line 3 the word: —
annual, — so as to read as foUows : —
(ii) An additional amount, if he has creditable service
for a period before July first, nineteen hundred and thirty-
seven, equal to two per cent of the average annual rate of
his regular compensation, not exceeding twenty-six hundred
dollars in any year, during the five-year period of his credit-
able service last preceding July first, nineteen hundred and
thirty-seven, multiplied by the number of years of such
creditable service after taking any creditable service for a
fractional part of a year to the nearest whole number of
twelfths of a year; provided, that if during all or part of
said five-year period of creditable service there was a de-
crease in the base rate of his regular compensation as a
general adjustment due to economic conditions, such addi-
tional amount may, at the option of the board, be computed
on any period of five consecutive years during the ten years
immediately preceding said date for which his average
annual rate of regular compensation was the highest; and
provided, further, that in determining such additional
amount the portion of the allowance included therein on ac-
count of any such creditable service due to prior service
shall not exceed one half of the average annual rate of his
regular compensation during such five-year period without
the limitation of twenty-six hundred dollars; and provided,
further, that any such additional amount shall in no event
be less than two fifths of the regular deductions, if any, of
such member made on account of regular compensation
received prior to July first, nineteen hundred and thirty-
seven; and
Section 7. Paragraph (a) of subdivision (3) of section 6
of said chapter 32, as amended by section 2 of chapter 603
of the acts of 1946, is hereby further amended by striking
out the word "board" in line 9 and inserting in place thereof
the word: — panel, — so that the first sentence of said para-
graph will read as follows: — No member shall be retired
for disability under the provisions of this section or of sec-
tion seven unless he has first been examined by a medical
panel and unless a majority of the physicians on such medi-
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 389. 375
cal panel shall, after such examination and after a review
of all of the pertinent facts in the case, certify to the board
in writing that such member is mentally or physically in-
capacitated for further duty and that such incapacity is
likely to be permanent, and, in any case involving a retire-
ment under section seven, the panel shall further state
whether or not the disability is such as might be the natural
and proximate result of the accident or hazard undergone
on account of which such retirement is claimed under said
section.
Section 8. Paragraph (g) of subdivision (1) of section 22 g l. (Xer.^
of said chapter 32, as appearing in said section 1 of said etc!, 'amended'.
chapter 658, is hereby amended by striking out the first
sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sen-
tence : — Any member in service or any member inactive Additional
on authorized leave of absence, may, before the date any authorized
retirement allowance becomes effective for him, pay into by members.
the annuity savings fund of the system in one sum, or in
instalments over a period of years, for the purpose of pro-
viding an additional annuity, such amount as he shall desig-
nate, subject to the limitation hereinafter specified in this
paragraph and subject to such terms and conditions as the
board may prescribe. Approved May 12, 1947.
An Act providing for additional toilets and for a Chap. S89
SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM FOR THE WALDEN POND STATE
RESERVATION.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of providing additional
toilets and constructing a sewage disposal system for the
Walden pond state reservation, the county commissioners
of Middlesex county, as trustees of said reservation, may
take by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine of the
General Laws, or may acquire by purchase or otherwise,
such land as may be necessary, and may construct thereon
or on the present reservation the necessary buildings and
sewage disposal system, and may furnish and equip the
same and do all things necessary for said purpose.
Section 2. For the purpose aforesaid, the county treas-
urer of said county, with the approval of the county com-
missioners, may borrow from time to time, on the credit of
said county, such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding,
in the aggregate, sixty thousand dollars, and may issue
bonds or notes of the county therefor, which shall bear on
their face the words Walden Pond State Reservation Loan,
Acts of 1947. Each authorized issue shall constitute a
separate loan, and such loan shall be payable in not more
than five years from their dates. Such bonds or notes shall
be signed by the treasurer of the county and countersigned
by a majority of the county commissioners. The county
rnay sell said securities at public or private sale upon such
376
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 390, 391.
terms and conditions as the county commissioners may deem
proper, but not for less than their par value. Indebtedness
incurred under this act shall, except as herein provided, be
subject to chapter thirty-five of the General Laws.
Section 3. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance, during the current year, by the county commis-
sioners of the county of Middlesex, but not otherwise.
Approved May 12, 1947.
Chap. 390 ^ ^^^ IMPOSING a tax on amounts, in excess of sixty-
five THOUSAND DOLLARS, WAGERED EACH DAY UNDER THE
PARI-MUTUEL OR CERTIFICATE SYSTEM OF WAGERING AT
HORSE AND DOG RACING MEETINGS HELD IN CONNECTION
WITH A STATE OR COUNTY FAIR, AND REGULATING THE
DISPOSITION OF THE MONEY SO RECEIVED.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section 5 of chapter 128A of the General
Laws, as amended, is hereby further amended bj^ inserting
after the fourth paragraph the following paragraph: —
Each person licensed to conduct a racing meeting in con-
nection with a state or county fair shall pay to the com-
mission, on the day following each day of such meeting, a
sum equal to three and one half per cent of so much of the
total amount deposited on the preceding day by patrons
so wagering at said meeting as exceeds sixty-five thousand
dollars, said three and one half per cent to be paid from
the fifteen per cent withheld, as provided in this section,
from the total amount wagered.
Section 2. Section 15 of said chapter 128A, as most
recently amended by section 12 of chapter 729 of the acts
of 1941, is hereby further amended by adding at the end
the following : — ; except that so nmch of such payments as
are made under section five by licensees conducting racing
meetings in connection with a state or county fair shall be
held as a separate fund for use for agricultural purposes at
said fairs. Approved May 12, 19/^7.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 128A. § S
etc., amended.
Tax on wagers
at race meets
connected
with state
and county
fairs.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 128A,
§ 15, etc.,
amended.
Chap
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 41. § 19,
etc., amended.
.\88istant
town clerk
not to be
under civil
service.
.391 -^^ ^^^ providing that assistant town clerks in
towns of twenty thousand inhabitants or more
shall not be under civil service.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 19 of chapter 41 of the General Laws, as most
recently amended by chapter 245 of the acts of 1945, is
hereby further amended by adding at the end the following:
— In towns having twenty thousand or more inhabitants
an assistant clerk appointed under authority of this section
shall not be subject to chapter thirty-one.
Approved May 12, 1947.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 392, 393. 377
An Act providing for the removal from civil service Chav.S92
OF THE OFFICE OF CHIEF, AND THE POSITIONS OF REGU-
LAR MEMBERS, OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OF THE TOWN
OF NANTUCKET.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 250 of the acts of 1936 is hereby
repealed, and the provisions of section 1 thereof shall no
longer apply to the office of chief of the fire department of
the town of Nantucket or to any incumbent of said office.
Section 2. The provisions of the civil service laws and
rules shall no longer apply to the positions of regular mem-
bers of the fire department of said town.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May 13, 1947.
An Act authorizing fraternal benefit societies to fhn^ 303
ADMIT to beneficial MEMBERSHIP FOR DEATH BENEFITS ^'
NOT EXCEEDING FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS PERSONS UNDER
FORTY YEARS OF AGE WITHOUT MEDICAL EXAMINATION
BY LEGALLY QUALIFIED PHYSICIANS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 31 of chapter 176 of the General Laws, as amended ^'^l. (Ter.
by section 7 of chapter 346 of the acts of 1945, is hereby §31.' etc'
further amended by inserting after the word "that" in line 7 '*""'"*^«'^-
the words: — any member of such society \mder forty years
of age who shall apply for a certificate providing for death
benefits not exceeding the total sum of five hundred dollars,
and, — so as to read as follows: — Section 31. Except as Beneticiai
provided in sections twenty-three to twenty-eight, inclu- '"ambers,
sive, any society may admit to beneficial membership any
person, not less than sixteen and not more than sixty years
of age, who has been examined by a legally qualified phy-
sician if the examination has been supervised and approved
in accordance with the by-laws of the society; provided, '^^^•^''Vion
that any member of such society under forty years of age who for members
shall apply for a certificate providing for death benefits not ""'^®'' ^''^^^•
exceeding the total sum of five hundred dollars, and any
member of such society who shall apply for a certificate
providing for benefits on account of disability from sickness
or injury, hospitalization, medical service or death by acci-
dent only, need not be required to pass a medical examina-
tion therefor. This section shall not prevent such society
from accepting general or social members.
Approved May 13, 1947.
378 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 394, 395, 396.
Chap.S94: An Act providing that persons receiving pensions or
RETIREMENT ALLOWANCES WHO ARE APPOINTED BY THE
GOVERNOR TO CERTAIN POSITIONS MAY RECEIVE COMPENSA-
TION THEREFOR.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Edo.'siil'oi, Section 91 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as most
etc., amended, recently amended by section 24 of chapter 670 of the acts
of 1941, is hereby further amended by adding at the end the
fecXTng following Sentence : — Notwithstanding the foregoing pro-
pension or visions of this section, a person who is appointed for a term
maT^cdve of ycars to a position by the governor with or without the
undM ceni?n ^^vice and consent of the council while receiving such a
conditions. pensiou or retirement allowance shall be paid the compensa-
tion attached to the position to which he is appointed ; pro-
vided, that he files with the treasurer of the governmental
unit paying such pension or allowance, a written statement
wherein he waives and renounces for himself, his heirs and
his legal representatives his right to receive the same, for
the period during which such compensation is payable.
Approved May IS, 1947.
Chap. 395 An Act authorizing the town of hanson to borrow
MONEY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND FURNISHING OF A
NEW SCHOOL BUILDING.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of constructing and origi-
nally equipping and furnishing a school building, the town
of Hanson may borrow, from time to time, within a period
of five years from the passage of this act, such sums as may
be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, one hundred
thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor,
which shall bear on their face the words, Hanson School
Loan, Act of 1947. Each authorized issue shall constitute
a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid in not more
than twenty years from their dates. Indebtedness incurred
under this act shall be in excess of the statutory limit but
shall, except as provided herein, be subject to chapter forty-
four of the General Laws, exclusive of the limitation con-
tained in the first paragraph of section seven thereof.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May U, 1947.
C/iaw. 396 An Act authorizing hampden savings bank to make
FURTHER investments IN THE PURCHASE AND IMPROVE-
MENT OF THE REAL ESTATE IN THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD
TO BE USED FOR THE TRANSACTION OF THE BUSINESS OF
SAID BANK.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Hampden Savings Bank, incorporated by
chapter ninety-eight of the acts of eighteen hundred and
fifty-two, as amended by chapter fifty-three of the acts of
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 397. 379
eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, subject to the approval
of the commissioner of banks, may invest in the purchase of
real estate in the city of Springfield and in the erection and
preparation of a suitable building or buildings on land so
purchased or in the alteration or renovation of any building
. located thereon, to be used in full or in part for the transac-
tion of its business, a sum not exceeding six hundred thou-
sand dollars.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May 14, 1947.
Chap.S97
An Act regulating the liberation into the wild of
pheasants and quail.
Whereas, The importation of pheasants and quail for Emergency
food and other purposes is being unduly delayed, therefore P'^ambie
this act is hereby declared to be an emergency law, neces-
sary for the immediate preservation of the public health and
convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 131 of the General Laws is hereby amended by g. l. (Ter.
striking out section 111, as most recently amended by chap- f iii/et^c'.,
ter 412 of the acts of 1946, and inserting in place thereof the amended."
following section: — Section 111. No person shall bring or Liberation
cause to be brought into the commonwealth any live bird pheMaLl"''
or mammal protected by this chapter, or any member of regulated,
the family sciuridae of the order rodentia, unless he first
obtains a permit so to do from the director, nor shall any
person liberate any bird or mammal, wild by nature, other
than birds used as decoys at the time of such liberation, ex-
cept in accordance with the provisions of an outstanding
permit issued to him. The director may issue such a permit
and may include therein reasonable conditions as to the im-
portation, inspection and liberation of said birds or mam-
mals; and he may at any time for cause revoke such a permit.
He may make, and may alter, amend or repeal, reasonable
rules and regulations relative to the issue of such permits
and to the importation, inspection and liberation of birds
and mammals which are wild by nature. Whoever violates
any condition of a permit granted hereunder shall be pun-
ished as provided in section one hundred and thirteen.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to allow the
liberation into the wild of any pheasant or quail unless it
shall have been certified by the department of agriculture
that it has either been individually tested within the pre-
ceding six months, or that the parent stock has been tested
within one year, and found free of salmonella pullorum as
required in the official Massachusetts pullorum passed grade
for poultry or any transmissible poultry disease by the vet-
erinary department of the Massachusetts state college, or
shall have been so certified by a corresponding oflBcial of
another state. The department of agriculture shall supply
the division with the name and address of persons whose
380 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 398, 399.
individual birds, or their parent stock, have met with the
above-mentioned requirements, whereupon such individual
birds and the offspring of such parent stock shall be eligible
for release without being subjected to an individual test;
provided, that they have not been confined for any period
on premises where untested birds or poultry are kept.
Any such bird or mammal which is brought into the com-
monwealth in violation of this section, or which is so brought
under authority of a permit granted hereunder and is found
upon inspection to be diseased, may be confiscated by any
officer empowered to enforce this chapter and shall be for-
feited to the commonwealth and shall be disposed of by the
director for the best interests of the commonwealth.
Approved May 14, 1947.
Chap,S9S An Act providing for the making and exhibiting of
A MODEL RELIEF MAP OF THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The metropohtan district commission is
hereby authorized and directed to have made by a compe-
tent expert a model relief map of the Battle of Bunker Hill,
showing in miniature detail the conditions as they existed
on June seventeenth, seventeen hundred and seventy-five,
including the lines of fortifications, vessels in the harbor and
the placement of troops, such map to be placed permanently
on exhibition in a proper case provided for that purpose in
the museum at the foot of the Bunker Hill Monument.
Section 2. The cost of making such model relief map
and case and all other expenses incurred in carrying out the
provisions of this act shall not exceed, in the aggregate,
twenty-five hundred dollars. Approved May 14, 1947.
Chap. 39^ An Act increasing the amount of reimbursement to be
PAID BY THE COMMONWEALTH IN PROVIDING HIGHER EDU-
CATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN OF MASSACHU-
SETTS MEN AND WOMEN WHO DIED IN THE MILITARY OR
NAVAL SERVICE OF UNITED STATES DURING ANY WAR OR
INSURRECTION, OR AS A RESULT OF SUCH SERVICE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Ed.V,'69r§7B, Section 7B of chapter 69 of the General Laws, inserted
etc.. amended.' by scctlon 1 of chapter 548 of the acts of 1946, is hereby
amended by striking out, in line 14, the word "two" and
inserting in place thereof the word : — three, — so that the
second paragraph will read as follows : —
Reimbursement Any child who is eligible under this section shall, upon
commonwealth, becoming a student in any state or county educational in-
stitution or other educational institution approved in writing
by the commissioner of education, be entitled to reimburse-
ment by the commonwealth, in an amount not to exceed
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 400. 381
three hundred and fifty dollars in any year, for expenses for
tuition, board and room rent, transportation, and books and
supplies necessary or incidental to his pursuit of study at
such educational institution. Such reimbursement shall
be made to such child, or his guardian, if any, on the presen-
tation of vouchers therefor approved by the said com-
missioner. Such payments shall continue for the benefit of a
child only during such time as he remains a student in good
standing in the institution in which he is enrolled, and in no
event shall any student receive the benefits provided by this
section for more than four years.
Approved Maij 14, 1947.
An Act relative to the salaries of the secretary and Qfidf) 4QQ
THE assistant SECRETARY TO THE JUSTICES OF THE MU- ^'
NICIPAL COURT OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section 49 of chapter 35 of the General Sj^iT^I-.Q
Laws, as most recently amended by section 1 of chapter 290 etc.", amended!
of the acts of the current year, is hereby further amended by
inserting after the word "Suffolk", the third time said word
occurs in the first sentence, the words : — , the secretary and
assistant secretary of the municipal court of the city of Bos-
ton, — so that said first sentence will read as follows : —
Every office and position whereof the salary is wholly pay- classification
able from the treasury of one or more counties, or from funds °\ ceitL\n
administered by and through county officials, excluding the county officers.
offices of county commissioners, the clerk and the assistant
clerks of the superior court for civil business in the county
of Suffolk, the clerk and assistant clerks of the superior court
for criminal business in the county of Suffolk, justices and
special justices of the district courts, the messenger of the
superior court in the county of Suffolk, the secretary and
assistant secretary of the municipal court of the city of
Boston, clerks and assistant clerks of the district courts
other than the clerks and assistant clerks of district courts
in the county of Suffolk except the municipal court of the
city of Boston, and other than the clerks and assistant clerks
of the central district court of Worcester, and excluding
trial justices, other offices and positions filled by appoint-
ment of the governor with the advice and consent of the
council, court officers appointed in Suffolk county under sec-
tion seventy of chapter two hundred and twenty-one, court
officers in attendance upon the municipal court of the city
of Boston, and probation officers, but including the officer
described in the first sentence of section seventy-six of said
chapter two hundred and twenty-one, shall be classified by
the board in the manner provided by sections forty-eight
to fifty-six, inclusive, and every such office and position, now
existing or hereafter established, shall be allocated by the
board to its proper place in such classification.
382
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 401.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 218.
new § 80A,
added.
Salaries to
be fixed by
justices.
Certain
salaries to
continue in
force, until,
etc.
Effective
date.
Section 2. Chapter 218 of the General Laws is hereby-
amended by inserting after section 80, as amended, the fol-
lowing section : — Section 80 A . The secretary and assist-
ant secretary of the municipal court of the city of Boston
shall receive from the county of Suffolk in full for all services
performed by them such salaries as shall be fixed by the
justices of said municipal court of the city of Boston, with
the approval of the justices of the supreme judicial court.
Section 3. The salaries of the secretary and assistant
secretary of the municipal court of the city of Boston in
force on the effective date of this act shall continue in force
until fixed as provided by section eighty A of chapter two
hundred and eighteen of the General Laws, inserted by
section two of this act.
Section 4, This act shall take effect on July first in the
current year. Approved May IJ)., 191f! .
ChapAOl An Act relative to the registration of new motor
vehicles while in transit by a transporter thereof.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 90. § 5,
etc., amended.
Registration
of new
motor
vehicles in
transit.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 90 of the General Laws is hereby
amended by striking out section 5, as amended by chapter
311 of the acts of the current year, and inserting in place
thereof the following section : — Section 6. Every manu-
facturer of or dealer in motor vehicles or trailers or motor
vehicle bodies or tops and every person engaged in the busi-
ness of repairing motor vehicles or trailers, instead of regis-
tering each such vehicle owned or controlled by him, and
every person engaged in the business of transporting or
delivering new motor vehicles not owned by him, may make
application for a general distinguishing number or mark,
and the registrar, if satisfied of the facts stated in the appli-
cation, may issue to the applicant a certificate of registra-
tion containing the name and business address of the appli-
cant and the general distinguishing number or mark assigned
to him, and made in such form and containing such further
information as the registrar may determine. All motor vehi-
cles or trailers owned or controlled by such manufacturer
of or dealer in motor vehicles or trailers or motor vehicle
bodies or tops, or by such person engaged in the business
of repairing motor vehicles or trailers, shall be regarded as
registered under such general distinguishing number or mark
until sold or let for hire or loaned for a period of five suc-
cessive days, and all new motor vehicles while being deliv-
ered under their own power by such person engaged in the
business of transporting and delivering such motor vehicles
not owned by him shall be regarded as registered under the
general distinguishing number or mark assigned to him ; pro-
vided, that in all cases aforesaid number plates as herein-
after provided are properly displayed thereon. The registrar
shall, upon payment of the fee provided in section thirty-
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 402. 383
three, furnish at his office to every manufacturer of or dealer
in motor vehicles or trailers or motor vehicle bodies or tops,
to every person engaged in the business of transporting or
deUvering new motor vehicles not owned by him, and to
every person engaged in the business of repairing motor
vehicles or trailers, whose vehicles are registered in accord-
ance with this section, such number of pairs of number plates
as he may request in writing of suitable design having dis-
played upon them the register number which is assigned to
the vehicles of such manufacturer, dealer or person, with a
different letter or letters or mark on each pair of number
plates, and, in addition, to every such person engaged in
the business of transporting or delivering new motor vehicles
not owned by him, the registrar shall furnish with each pair
of number plates a corresponding certificate of registration.
Number plates furnished hereunder shall, except as pro-
vided by section nine, be valid only for the year for which
they are issued. Every registration under this section shall
expire at midnight on December thirty-first of each year.
The word "dealer", for the purposes of the registration of
motor vehicles or trailers under any provision of this chap-
ter, may include, in the discretion of the registrar, a person
who is engaged in the business of financing the purchase of
or insuring motor vehicles, but only in respect to such vehi-
cles as such person may take in possession by foreclosure or
subrogation of title and all the provisions of this chapter
relating to certificates of registration of dealers shall apply
to certificates issued to such a person under this provision.
Section 2. Section 33 of said chapter 90, as amended, is g. l. (Ter.
hereby further amended by inserting after the word "regis- ^tl! 'amended,
trar" in line 75, as appearing in the Tercentenary Edition,
the following paragraph : —
For the registration of motor vehicles under the control ^ee.
of a person engaged in the business of transporting or de-
livering new motor vehicles not owned by him, including one
or more pairs of number plates and registration certificates
as requested in writing by the applicant for registration,
three dollars for the registration, and three dollars and fifty
cents for each pair of number plates and corresponding cer-
tificate of registration furnished by the registrar.
Section 3. This act shall take effect on January first, Effective date.
nineteen hundred and forty-eight.
Approved May I4, 1947.
An Act establishing the compensation of the state in- (Jfidrf 402
SPECTOR AND THE STATE ORDNANCE OFFICER. ^'
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 69 of chapter 33 of the General Laws, as appearing g. l. (Xer.
in section 1 of chapter 425 of the acts of 1939, is hereby ftc:! 'amended.
amended by striking out subsection (e) and inserting in
place thereof the following subsection : —
384
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 403, 404.
Salary of
state inspector
and state
ordnance
officer.
(e) The state inspector, state ordnance officer, and all
other state staff corps and departmental officers shall, under
the direction of the adjutant general, have such functions
and perform such duties as in general pertain to their re-
spective offices as prescribed in orders or regulations from
time to time by the commander-in-chief. Except when or-
dered on duty under section eleven, seventeen, eighteen,
nineteen or one hundred and five the state inspector and
state ordnance officer shall each receive an annual salary of
fifteen hundred dollars. Approved May 14, 1947.
ChapAOS An Act relative to the powers of non-profit hospital
SERVICE CORPORATIONS.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 176A, §3,
etc., amended.
Joint
administration
of business.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 176A,
§ 7, etc.,
amended.
Corporation
may invest
in real estate.
Title to real
estate
regulated.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section 3 of chapter 176A of the General
Laws, as amended by section 1 of chapter 312 of the acts of
1939, is hereby further amended by adding at the end the
following sentence: — Any corporation subject to this chap-
ter may contract with corporations formed under chapter
one hundred and seventy-six B or one hundred and seventy-
six C for the joint administration of their business.
Section 2. Section 7 of said chapter 176A, as amended
by section 4 of said chapter 312, is hereby further amended
by adding at the end the following sentence: — Such a cor-
poration may invest in real estate necessary for its con-
venient accommodation in the transaction of its business
in an amount not in excess of ten per cent of its invested
assets, including cash in banks.
Section 3. The title of any corporation subject to chap-
ter one hundred and seventy-six A of the General Laws to
any real estate held by it on the effective date of this act
in the city or town in which its principal office is located is
hereby validated and confirmed, subject, however, to ap-
proval by the commissioner of insurance as evidenced by a
certificate filed in his office. No such approval shall be
given unless the commissioner is satisfied that the best
interests of the subscribers will be served thereby. The com-
missioner may withdraw his approval.
Approved May 14, 1947.
C/iap. 404 An Act authorizing the city of pittsfield to lease to
THE UNITED STATES, FOR USE BY THE UNITED STATES
NAVY FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING AND MAINTAIN-
ING THEREON A NAVAL RESERVE ARMORY, A PORTION OF A
PUBLIC PARK IN SAID CITY KNOWN AS BURBANK PARK.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Pittsfield may, not later than
July first, nineteen hundred and forty-eight, lease to the
United States, for use by the United States navy for the pur-
pose of constructing and maintaining thereon a naval re-
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 404. 385
serve armory, the northeasterly portion of certain park land
owned by said city and known as Biirbank park, said por-
tion being bounded and described as follows : —
Beginning at a stone monument marked H standing in the
northerly line of a street known as the "Boulevard", said
stone monument being approximately a distance of seven-
teen hundred fifty (1,750.00) feet westerly from the westerly
hne of Onota Street; thence continuing N 67° 22' W a dis-
tance of four hundred (400.00) feet on the northerly line of
the Boulevard extended to a point; thence N 22° 30' E a
distance of eleven hundred sixty-three and forty hundredths
(1,163.40) feet to an iron pipe set in the northerly line of
said Burbank Park ; thence along the northerly line of Bur-
bank Park S 68° 15' E a distance of one hundred eighty-two
and twenty-two hundredths (182.22) feet to an iron pipe;
thence continuing along the northerly line of Burbank Park
S 67° 25' E a distance of two hundred seventeen and eighty
hundredths (217.80) feet to an iron pipe; thence along the
easterly line of said Burbank Park S 22° 30' W a distance
of eleven hundred sixty-six and forty hundredths (1,166.40)
feet to |the place of beginning, the same comprising an area
of approximately 10.70 acres.
Such lease shall be for one year and may be renewed
annually until the year nineteen hundred and sixty-seven.
The consideration for each annual lease shall be one dollar.
Any such lease shall become void if the United States fails
to use the leased property for the purpose of maintaining a
naval reserve armory and of conducting a training and recrea-
tional program appropriate to the maintenance of such an
armory. Each such lease shall contain an option for the
purchase of the leased property by the United States at a
price to be mutually agreed upon.
Section 2. In the event that the United States pur-
chases said property in accordance with the option contained
in the lease referred to in section one, jurisdiction over the
property described in said section one is hereby ceded to the
United States of America, but upon the express condition
that the commonwealth shall retain concurrent jurisdiction
with the United States of America in and over said lands, in
so far that all civil processes, and such criminal processes as
may issue under the authority of the commonwealth against
any person or persons charged with crimes committed with-
out said lands and all processes for collection of taxes levied
under authority of the laws of the commonv;ealth, including
the service of warrants, may be executed thereon in the same
manner as though this cession had not been granted; pro-
vided, that the jurisdiction in and over the lands above
described shall revert to and revest in the commonwealth
whenever such areas shall cease to be used for the purposes
set forth in section one. Approved May I4, 1947.
386
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 405, 406.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 271, new
§ 39 A, added.
Bribes in
certain
sporting
events
punished.
ChapAOd An Act imposing a penalty on persons who offer or
ACCEPT BRIBES IN CERTAIN ATHLETIC CONTESTS AND SPORT-
ING EVENTS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 271 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
inserting after section 39 the following section : — Section 39 A .
Whoever gives, promises or offers to any professional or
amateur baseball, football, hockey, polo, tennis or basket-
ball player or any boxer or any player who participates or
expects to participate in any professional or amateur game or
sport or any jockey, driver or groom or any person partici-
pating or expecting to participate in any horse race, includ-
ing owners of race tracks and their employees, stewards,
trainers, judges, starters or special policemen, or to any
manager, coach or trainer of any team or participant or
prospective participant in any such game, contest or sport,
any valuable thing with intent to influence him to lose, or
try to lose, or cause to be lost, or to limit his or his team's
margin of victory in, a baseball, football, hockey or basket-
ball game, boxing, tennis or polo match or a horse race or
any professional or amateur sport, or game, in which such
player or participant or jockey or driver, is taking part or
expects to take part, or has any duty or connection there-
with, or whoever, being a professional or amateur baseball,
football, hockey, basketball, tennis or polo player, boxer, or
jockey, driver, or groom or participant or prospective
participant in any sport or game or a manager, coach or
trainer of any team or individual participant or prospective
participant in any such game, contest or sport, solicits or
accepts any valuable thing to influence him to lose, or try to
lose, or cause to be lost, or to limit his or his team's margin
of victory in, a baseball, football, hockey or basketball game
or boxing, tennis or polo match, or horse race or any game
of sport in which he is taking part, or expects to take part,
or has any duty or connection therewith, shall be punished
by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by im-
prisonment for not more than two years, or both.
Approved May 14, 1947.
ChapAOQ An Act increasing the speed at which the operation
OF MOTOR vehicles SHALL BE CONSIDERED PRIMA FACIE
greater than REASONABLE AND PROPER.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 17 of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as amended
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 90, § 17,
etc., amended.
Over forty
miles per
hour prima
by section 4 of chapter 271 of the acts of 1932, is hereby
further amended by striking out, in line 7, as appearing in
the Tercentenary Edition, the word "thirty" and inserting
in place thereof the word : — forty, — so as to read as fol-
lows : — Section 1 7. No person operating a motor vehicle on
any way shall run it at a rate of speed greater than is reason-
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 407, 408. 387
able and proper, having regard to traffic and the use of the facie evidence
way and the safety of the pubUc. It shall be prima facie abie'^Jpeld""
evidence of a rate of speed greater than is reasonable and
proper as aforesaid if a motor vehicle is operated on any
way outside of a thickly settled or business district at a
rate of speed exceeding forty miles per hour for the distance
of a quarter of a mile, or inside a thickly settled or business
district at a rate of speed exceeding twenty miles per hour
for the distance of one eighth of a mile, or in any place
where the operator's view of the road traffic is obstructed
either upon approaching an intersecting way, or in traversing
a crossing or intersection of ways, or in going around a corner
or a curve in a way, at a rate of speed exceeding fifteen miles
per hour. No person shall operate a school bus at a rate of
speed exceeding thirty miles per hour, while actually en-
gaged in carrying school children.
Approved May I4, 1947.
An Act providing security of tenure for certain offi- ChapA07
CERS OF THE STATE POLICE FORCE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 9A of chapter 22 of the General Laws, as most EdV'2J^'
recently amended by chapter 175 of the acts of 1943, is § 9a' etc..
hereby further amended by adding at the end the following ^'ne"'^*'^-
paragraph : —
No officer appointed under this section shall be denied SriJaS""*"*^
re-enlistment if he has served satisfactorily for six years or
more; provided, that he has passed such physical examina-
tion as is prescribed by rules and regulations made here-
under. Any such officer who has so served shall be dis-
charged only after trial before a trial court to be designated
and appointed by the executive officer, with the approval of
the commissioner, or, on his own request, if deemed con-
sistent with the good of the service by the executive officer,
with the consent of the commissioner. Any person aggrieved
by such removal may, within sixty days after being notified
thereof, appeal to the district court within the judicial dis-
trict of which he resides, which court shall have full author-
ity to affirm or reverse the decision of the departmental trial
court and, if the removal is found to be without just cause,
the officer shall be reinstated forthwith without loss of com-
pensation. The decision of said district court shall be final.
Approved May I4, 1947.
An Act relative to the fees for the entry of cer- ChapAOS
TAIN actions in WHICH PERSONS NOT CLAIMING JOINTLY
have JOINED AS PARTIES PLAINTIFF.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section 4 A of chapter 231 of the General Ed.V.Mr'
Laws, inserted by section 1 of chapter 350 of the acts of l^f^^-^^^J'
1943, is hereby amended by inserting after the first sentence °'"°"
amended.
388
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 409.
Effective date.
the following sentence : — The fee for the entry of an action
in which persons, not asserting any right to recover jointly,
join as plaintiffs under this section shall be an amount equal
to the aggregate of the entry fees which would have been
required had separate actions been brought.
Section 2. This act shall take effect on September first
in the current year. Approved May 14, 1947.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 272, § 45,
etc., amended.
Persons
arrested for
drunkenness
may be
released in
certain cases.
C/iap. 409 An Act requiring the release of certain persons ar-
rested FOR drunkenness.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 272 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
striking out section 45, as amended by chapter 274 of the
acts of 1946, and inserting in place thereof the following
section : — Section 4^- Whoever arrests a person for drunk-
enness shall make a complaint against him therefor at the
next session of the court or of the trial justice having juris-
diction of the case; and such court or trial justice may
proceed to hear and to dispose of the same according to due
course of law; and may, if the accused has been released
under this section, order the issuance of a warrant for the
arrest, or a summons for the appearance, of the accused for
trial, or if the court is satisfied by the report of its probation
officer, or otherwise, or if the trial justice is satisfied upon
inquiry that the accused has not four times before been
arrested for drunkenness within a year, and that his written
statement hereinafter mentioned is true, the court or trial
justice may thereupon direct that the accused, if still in cus-
tody, be released without arraignment; and if not in cus-
tody, that further proceedings in the case be suspended or
that the complaint be dismissed.
A person so arrested may, after he has recovered from
his intoxication, make a written statement, addressed to the
court or trial justice having jurisdiction of his offence, giv-
ing his name and address, setting forth what persons, if any,
are dependent upon him for support, his place of employ-
ment, if any, and whether he has been arrested for drunk-
enness within the twelve months next preceding, and re-
questing to be released from custody; and may deliver said
statement to the officer in charge of the place in which he
is confined, who shall endorse thereon the name of the arrest-
ing officer, and if the arrest is made within the jurisdiction of
a trial justice, his opinion of the probable truth of said state-
ment for the use of such trial justice, and shall transmit the
same to such trial justice; and if the arrest is made within
the jurisdiction of a court having a probation officer, the
officer in charge of the place in which he is confined shall
transmit such statement to said probation officer. Said
probation officer, or his assistants, shall forthwith inquire
into the truth thereof and shall investigate the record of
said person as to previous similar offences, and, for the use
Persons so
arrested may
request in
writing to be
released from
custody.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 410, 411. 389
of the court having jurisdiction of the case, shall endorse
on such statement, with his signature, the result of his in-
vestigation. The officer for the time being in charge of the
place of custody in a town where no probation officer re-
sides forthwith may release, and elsewhere the probation
officer or assistant probation officer of the court having juris-
diction of the offence may direct the officer in charge of the
place of custody forthwith to release, and such officer so in
charge shall thereupon release, such arrested person pursu-
ant to his request; provided, that the officer so releasing
or directing the release believes that the person arrested
has given his true name and address, that he will appear
upon a summons, and that he has not four times before been
arrested for drunkenness within the preceding twelve months.
Approved May 16, 1947.
An Act making admissible evidence relating to the Q^dy 4^0
REPUTATION OF A PERSON IN A GROUP OF PERSONS WITH
WHOM HE HABITUALLY ASSOCIATES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follow s:
Section 1. Chapter 233 of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Ter.
amended by inserting after section 21, as appearing in the new'^^iik.
Tercentenary Edition, the following section: — Section 21 A. added.
Evidence of the reputation of a person in a group with the Reputation
members of which he has habitually associated in his work buL^ness
or business shall be admissible to the same extent and sub- admisgibfe
ject to the same limitations as is evidence of such reputation evidence.
in a community in which he has resided.
Section 2. This act shall take effect on September Effective date,
first in the current year. Approved May 16, 1947.
An Act providing for the dredging by the metropolitan (Jfiav 411
DISTRICT COMMISSION OF THE CHARLES RIVER FOR THE
PURPOSE OF PROVIDING ACCESS BY BOATS TO THE WHARF
LOCATED AT THE PARK ADJOINING THE GALEN STREET
BRIDGE IN THE TOWN OF WATERTOWN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The metropolitan district commission is hereby authorized
and directed to do such dredging work in the Charles river
near the park adjoining the Galen street bridge in the town
of Watertown as may be necessary to make the wharf
located at said park accessible to boats. For said purposes
said commission may expend not more than twenty-five
thousand dollars from the Charles River Basin Improvement
Fund (Storrow Fund). Approved May 16, 1947.
390
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 412, 413.
ChapA12 An Act relative to the retirement allowance of
CERTAIN OFFICERS OF THE DIVISION OF STATE POLICE IN
THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY RETIRED FOR MENTAL
OR PHYSICAL INCAPACITY IN LINE OF DUTY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Subdivision (2) (b) of section 26 of chapter 32 of the
General Laws, inserted by section 1 of chapter 658 of the
acts of 1945, is hereby amended by inserting after clause (ii)
the following clause : —
(iii) A yearly amount of additional pension at the rate
of two hundred and sixty dollars for each surviving un-
married child of such member under the age of eighteen or
over said age and physically or mentally incapacitated from
earning on and after the date such illness was incurred or
injury sustained. Such additional pension on account of
any such child shall be paid only so long as the remainder
of said retirement allowance is being paid and only so long
as such child survives, remains unmarried and is under the
age of eighteen or, if over said age, remains physically or
mentally incapacitated from earning.
Approved May 16, 1947.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 32, § 26,
etc., amended.
Additional
pension for
dependents.
ChavAlS An Act clarifying provisions of law relative to fire-
PROOF SHEDS ON PIERS AT THE PORT OF BOSTON.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 91A, § 4,
etc., amended.
Equipment,
etc., of certain
piers, etc.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section 4 of chapter 91A of the General
Laws, inserted by section 3 of chapter 619 of the acts of
1945, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 4, the words
"fireproof sheds" and inserting in place thereof the follow-
ing : — sheds having walls, frames, floors and roofs of metal
or other fire resistive materials, — so as to read as follows : —
Section 4. All piers and other similar structures built by the
Authority or by any predecessor under similar provisions of
earlier laws shall be equipped, either by the Authority or by
the lessees thereof, with sheds having walls, frames, floors and
roofs of metal or other fire resistive materials, railway tracks,
cranes, and other machinery and accommodations for the
convenient, economical, and speedy loading and discharge
of freight; and the Authority may acquire, hold, and operate
such lighters and other vessels as may be convenient and, in
the opinion of the Authority, needed for that purpose. The
Authority shall make such reasonable rules and regulations
and shall charge such reasonable rates for the use of such
structures and equipment as it may from time to time deem
wise.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May 19, 1947.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 414, 415, 416. 391
An Act relative to the refunding to william m. robin- ChapA14:
SON OF certain CONTRIBUTIONS PAID BY HIM INTO THE
STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM, AND RECLASSIFYING IN SAID
SYSTEM THE OFFICE OF CHIEF PAROLE OFFICER IN THE
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The state treasurer is hereby authorized and
directed to repay to William M. Robinson, formerly chief
parole officer in the department of correction, all contribu-
tions paid by him into the annuity savings fund of the state
retirement system after July twenty-first, nineteen hundred
and forty.
Section 2. The state retirement board is hereby author-
ized and directed to reclassify the position of chief parole
officer in the department of correction, formerly held by said
Robinson, so that said position will be classified in Group B
under said state retirement system as of the date of his re-
tirement, and to establish his retirement allowance, from the
time of his retirement, in the amount in which it would have
been established if his position were classified in said Group B
at the time of his retirement. Approved May 19, 1947.
An Act determining the rank of the adjutant general. Qfidj) 41 5
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 16 of chapter .33 of the General Laws, as amended, g. l. (Ter.
is hereby further amended by striking out subdivision (a), as ftc:! amended!
appearing in section 1 of chapter 425 of the acts of 1939,
and inserting in place thereof the following subdivision: —
(a) The state staff shall consist of one adjutant general, state staff.
with the rank of major general, who shall be the chief of the
state staff and shall be appointed from those persons who
are, or who previously have been, active commissioned oflS-
cers of the Massachusetts national guard with rank not lower
than that of lieutenant colonel, and such officers and enlisted
men of the state staff and detachment as the commander-in-
chief may from time to time prescribe.
Approved May 19, 1947.
An Act to allow credit under certain contributory phr,^ 41 «
retirement laws FOR CERTAIN TEACHING SERVICE REN- ^'^^P'^^^
DERED outside the COMMONWEALTH.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Subdivision (4) of section 3 of chapter 32 of the General g. l. (Ter.
Laws, as most recently amended by chapter 492 of the acts ftc.! amended,
of 1946, is hereby further amended by inserting after the
word "schools" in fine 6 the following: — or a state normal
school, teachers college or like institution or a college under
state supervision, — so that the first sentence will read as
392 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 417, 418.
Teacher's ^^^ foUows : — Any member of the teachers' retirement system,
of^tate""^ °" or any member of any other contributory retirement system
service.
who is employed in a teaching position or employed in the
department of education as supervisor of teachers or of edu-
cational methods in a school or college, who had rendered
service as a teacher in the public day schools or a state nor-
mal school, teachers college or like institution or a college
under state supervision of any other state for any previous
period, may, either before January first, nineteen hundred
and fifty-one, or within five years after becoming a member
or being reinstated as such, and before the date any retire-
ment allowance becomes effective for him, pay into the
annuity savings fund of the system in one sum, or in instal-
ments, upon such terms and conditions as the board may
prescribe, an amount equal to that which would have been
withheld as regular deductions from his regular compensation
for such previous period or most recent portion thereof as he
may elect, in no event aggregating more than ten years, had
such service been rendered in a public school of the common-
wealth and had he been a member of the teachers' retirement
system during the period the service was rendered, provided
that for such service which was rendered prior to July first,
nineteen hundred and fourteen, payment shall be made equal
to the regular deductions which would have been withheld
from his regular compensation if the teachers' retirement
system, as estabUshed by chapter eight hundred and thirty-
two of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen, had been in
effect during the period the service was rendered, and the
interest to July first, nineteen hundred and fourteen shall be
computed at the rate of three per cent.
Approved May 19, 194-7.
ChavA17 Aj^ Act relative to meetings and the choice of officers
OF the board of dental examiners.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
EdV 13^120 Chapter 13 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
etc., amended! striking out section 20, as amended by section 1 of chapter
550 of the acts of 1946, and inserting in place thereof the fol-
Meetings and lowing section : — Section 20. The board shall hold at least
bifa'rd" °^ ^^"^ two regular meetings in each year in Boston, and shall an-
nually choose from its own number a chairman and a secre-
tary. Approved May 19, 1947.
C/ia2).418 An Act providing that, except as therein provided, all
motor vehicles, in approaching or passing a school
BUS which has been stopped to allow passengers to
alight from or board the same, shall be brought to
a full stop.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Ed V 90 1' 14 Section 14 of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as amended
etc., amended! by chaptcr 166 of the acts of 1938, is hereby further amended
by striking out the third sentence and inserting in place
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 419. 393
thereof the following sentence : — In approaching and pass- vehicle must
ing a school bus which has been stopped to allow passengers proaching'a
to alight from or board the same, the person operating a ^^gXir^^n
motor vehicle shall, except when approaching such school paTseng^r"?
bus from the opposite direction on a divided highway, bring ^**''
such motor vehicle to a full stop immediately before passing
said school bus, and shall not thereafter proceed at a rate of
speed in excess of ten miles per hour while passing such school
bus; provided, that such school bus bears the words " School
Bus" in letters of such size and type as are visible at a dis-
tance of at least three hundred feet in the direction toward
which it is facing and in the reverse direction.
Approved May 19, 1947.
An Act establishing the byfield water district in the (7/5^71 41 9
town of newbury. ^'
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The inhabitants of the town of Newbury,
liable to taxation in said town and residing within the ter-
ritory comprised within the following boundary lines, to wit:
— Beginning at a point where the town boundary of West
Newbury and Newbury intersect at the northeast boundary
of Groveland at the extreme northwest corner of Newbury;
thence northeasterly along the boundary between Newbury
and West Newbury to the southeast corner boundary of
West Newbury to a point; thence southeasterly in a straight
line to a point in the westerly line of Newbury street (state
highway) at the center line of Parker river; thence easterly
and southerly along the center Une of Parker river to its
intersection with Mill creek to a point ; thence southeasterly
in a straight Hne to the boundary between Newbury and
Rowley at the west property line of the Boston and Maine
Railroad main line to a point ; thence westerly by the bound-
ary between Newbury and Rowley, said boundary being in
part the center Une of Mill creek, to the point of intersection
of the Rowley, Georgetown boundary ; thence northwesterly
by the boundary between Newbury, Georgetown and Grove-
land to the point of beginning, — shall constitute a water
district and are hereby made a body corporate by the name
of the Byfield water district, hereinafter called the district,
for the purpose of supplying themselves with water for the
extinguishment of fires and for domestic and other purposes,
with power to estabhsh fountains and hydrants and to re-
locate and discontinue the same, to regulate the use of such
water and to fix and collect rates to be paid therefor, and for
the purposes of assessing and raising taxes as provided herein
for the payment of such services, and for defraying the
necessary expenses of carrying on the business of said dis-
trict, subject to all general laws now or hereafter in force re-
lating to such districts, except as otherwise provided herein.
The district shall have power to prosecute and defend all
actions relating to its property and affairs.
394 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 419.
Section 2. For the purposes aforesaid, the district, act-
ing by and through its board of water commissioners herein-
after provided for, may contract with any municipaUty,
acting through its water department, or with any water
company, or with any other water district, for whatever
water may be required, authority to furnish the same being
hereby granted, and may lay water mains anywhere within
the town of Newbury for the purpose of securing said water
supply and, in addition or in the alternative, may take by
eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine or chapter
eighty A of the General Laws, or acquire by lease, purchase
or otherwise, and hold, the waters, or any portion thereof, of
any pond, spring or stream, or of any ground sources of
supply by means of driven, artesian or other wells, within
the town of Newbury not already appropriated for the pur-
poses of a public supply, and the water and fiowage rights
connected with any such water sources; and for said pur-
poses may take as aforesaid, or acquire by purchase or other-
wise, and hold, all lands, rights of way and other easements
necessary for collecting, storing, holding, purifying and pre-
serving the purity of the water and for conveying the same
to any part of said district; provided, that no source of
water supply or lands necessary for preserving the quahty of
the water shall be so taken or used without first obtaining
the advice and approval of the state department of public
health, and that the location and arrangement of all dams,
reservoirs, springs, wells, pumping, purification and filtration
plants and such other works as may be necessary in carrying
out the provisions of this act shall be subject to the approval
of said department. Said district may construct and main-
tain on the lands acquired and held under this act proper
dams, wells, springs, reservoirs, standpipes, tanks, pumping
plants, buildings, fixtures and other structures, including
also the estabhshment and maintenance of filter beds and
purification works or systems, and may make excavations,
procure and operate machinery and provide such other
means and appliances, and do such other things, as may be
necessary for the establishment and maintenance of com-
plete and effective water works; and for that purpose may
construct pipe lines, wells and reservoirs and establish pump-
ing works, and may construct, lay, acquire and maintain
aqueducts, conduits, pipes and other works under or over
any land, water courses, railroads, railways and pubHc or
other ways, and along such ways, within said town of New-
bury in such manner as not unnecessarily to obstruct the
same; and for the purposes of constructing, laying, main-
taining, operating and repairing such aqueducts, conduits,
pipes and other works, and for all proper purposes of this
act, the district may dig up or raise and embank any such
lands, highways, or other ways in such manner as to cause
the least hindrance to public travel on such ways; provided,
that the manner in which all things done upon any such way
shall be subject to the direction of the selectmen of the town
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 419. 395
of Newbury. Said district shall not enter upon, or construct
or lay any conduit, pipe or other works within the location of
any railroad corporation, except at such time and in such
manner as it may agree upon with such corporation or, in
case of failure so to agree, as may be approved by the de-
partment of pubUc utilities. Said district may enter upon
any lands for the purpose of making surveys, test wells or
pits and borings, and may take or otherwise acquire the right
to occupy temporarily any lands necessary for the construc-
tion of any work or for any other purpose authorized by this
act.
Section 3. Any person sustaining damages in his prop-
erty by any taking under this act or any other thing done
under authority thereof may recover such damages from the
district under said chapter seventy-nine or said chapter
eighty A; but the right to damages for the taking of any
water, water right or water source, or for any injury thereto,
shall not vest until water is actually withdrawn or diverted
under authority of this act.
Section 4. For the purpose of paying the necessary ex-
penses and UabiUties incurred under the provisions of this
act, other than expenses of maintenance and operation, the
district may borrow from time to time such sums as may be
necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, seventy-six thou-
sand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which
shall bear on their face the words, Byfield Water District
Loan, Act of 1947. Each authorized issue shall constitute a
separate loan, and such loans shall be payable in not more
than thirty years from their dates. Indebtedness incurred
under this act shall be subject to the provisions of chapter
forty-four of the General Laws pertaining to such districts.
Section 5. The district shall, at the time of authorizing
said loan or loans, provide for the payment thereof in ac-
cordance with section four; and, when a vote to that effect
has been passed, a sum which, with the income derived from
water rates, will be sufficient to pay the annual expense of
operating its water works and the interest as it accrues on
the bonds or notes issued as aforesaid by the district, and to
make such pajnnents on the principal as may be required
under the provisions of this act, shall without further vote
be assessed upon the district by the assessors of said town of
Newbury annually thereafter until the debt incurred by said
loan or loans is extinguished.
Section 6. Any land taken or acquired under this act
shall be managed, improved and controlled by the board of
water commissioners hereinafter provided for, in such man-
ner as they shall deem for the best interest of the district.
All authority vested in said board by this section shall be
subject to section nine.
Section 7. Whenever a tax is duly voted by said district
for the purposes of this act, the clerk shall send a certified
copy of the vote to the assessors of said town, who shall
assess the same on property within the district in the same
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 419.
manner in all respects in which town taxes are required by
law to be assessed; provided, that no estate shall be subject
to any tax assessed on account of the system of water supply
under this act, if, in the judgment of the board of water
commissioners hereinafter provided for, after a hearing, due
notice of which shall have been given, such estate is so situ-
ated that it will receive no aid in the extinguishment of fire
from the said system of water supply, or receive no benefit
in fire insurance grading therefrom, or both, or if such estate
is so situated that the buildings thereon, or the buildings that
might be constructed thereon, could not be supplied with
water from said system in any ordinary or reasonable man-
ner; but all other estates in said district shall be deemed to
be benefited and shall be subject to the tax. A certified list
of the estates exempt from taxation under this section shall
annually be sent by the board of water commissioners here-
inafter provided for to the assessors, at the same time at
which the clerk shall send a certified copy of the vote as
aforesaid. The assessment shall be committed to the town
collector, who shall collect said tax in the manner provided
by law for the collection of town taxes, and shall deposit the
proceeds thereof with the district treasurer for the use and
benefit of said district. Said district may collect interest on
overdue taxes in the manner in which interest is authorized
to be collected on town taxes.
Section 8. Any meeting of the vpters of the territory
included within the boundaries set forth in section one to be
held prior to the acceptance of this act, and any meeting of
the voters of the district to be held prior to the qualification
of a majority of the water commissioners, shall be called, on
petition of ten or more legal voters therein, by a warrant
from the selectmen of said town, or from a justice of the
peace, directed to one of the petitioners, requiring him to give
notice of the meeting by posting copies of the warrant in two
or more public places in the district seven days at least before
the time of the meeting. Such justice of the peace, or one
of the selectmen, shall preside at such meeting until a clerk
is chosen and sworn, and the clerk shall preside at such
meeting until a moderator is chosen. At any meeting held
hereunder prior to the acceptance of this act, after the choice
of a moderator for the meeting the question of the acceptance
of this act shall be submitted to the voters, and if it is ac-
cepted by a majority of the voters present and voting thereon
it shall thereupon take effect, and the meeting may then
proceed to act on the other articles in the warrant. After
the quaUfication of a majority of the water commissioners,
meetings of the district shall be called by warrant under
their hands, unless some other method be provided by by-law
or vote of the district.
Section 9. The district shall, after the acceptance of this
act as aforesaid, elect by ballot, either at the same meeting
at which this act shall have been accepted, or thereafter, at
an annual meeting or at a special meeting called for the
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 419. 397
purpose, five persons, inhabitants of and voters in said dis-
trict, to hold office, one until the expiration of five years, one
until the expiration of four years, one until the expiration of
three years, one until the expiration of two years, and one
until the expiration of one year, from the day of the next
succeeding annual district meeting, to constitute a board of
water commissioners; and at every annual district meeting
following such next succeeding annual district meeting one
such commissioner shall be elected by ballot for the term of
five years. The date of the next annual meeting shall be
fixed by by-law or by vote of the board of water commis-
sioners, but in no event shall it be later than fifteen months
subsequent to the date on which the water commissioners
were first elected. All the authority granted to said district
by this act, except sections four and five, and not otherwise
specifically provided for, shall be vested in said board of
water commissioners, who shall be subject, however, to such
instructions, rules and regulations as the district may by vote
impose. At the meeting at which said water commissioners
are first elected and at each annual district meeting held
thereafter, the district shall elect by ballot, each for a term
of one year, a clerk and a treasurer of the district. The treas-
urer shall not be a water commissioner and shall give bond to
the district in such an amount as may be approved by said
water commissioners and with a surety company authorized
to transact business in the commonwealth as surety. A ma-
jority of said water commissioners shall constitute a quorum
for the transaction of business. Any vacancy occurring in
said board from any cause may be filled for the remainder of
the unexpired term by said district at any legal meeting called
for the purpose. No money shall be drawn from the treasury
of the district on account of its water works except upon a
written order of said water commissioners or a majority of
them.
Section 10. Said commissioners shall fix just and equi-
table prices and rates for the use of water, and shall prescribe
the time and manner of payment. The income of the water
works shall be appropriated to defray all operating expenses,
interest charges and payments on the principal as they shall
accrue upon any bonds or notes issued under authority of
this act. If there should be a net surplus remaining after
providing for the aforesaid charges, it may be appropriated
for such new construction as said commissioners may recom-
mend, and in case a surplus should remain after payment for
such new construction the water rates shall be reduced pro-
portionately. If in any year there should be a deficiency of
revenue, the commissioners shall in the following year fix the
rate so as to meet such deficiency together with the estimated
operating costs including interest and debt. Said commis-
sioners shall annually, and as often as the district may re-
quire, render a report upon the condition of the works under
their charge, and an account of their doings, including an
account of receipts and expenditures.
398 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 419.
Section 11. The district may adopt by-laws, prescribing
by whom and how meetings of the district may be called,
notified and conducted; and, upon the application of ten or
more legal voters in the district, meetings may also be called
by warrant as provided in section eight. The district may
also establish rules and regulations for the management of
its water works, not inconsistent with this act or with any
other provision of law, and may choose such other officers
not provided for in this act as it may deem necessary or
proper. The district shall have all the rights and privileges
conferred by law upon water districts, so far as applicable.
Section 12. Whoever wilfully or wantonly corrupts, pol-
lutes or diverts any water obtained or supplied under this
act, or wilfully or wantonly injures any reservoir, well, stand-
pipe, aqueduct, pipe or other property owned or used by the
district for any of the purposes of this act, shall forfeit and
pay the district three times the amount of damages assessed
therefor, to be recovered in an action of tort, and upon con-
viction of any of the above wilful or wanton acts shall be
punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or
by imprisonment for not more than six months.
Section 13. Upon a petition in writing addressed to said
water commissioners requesting that certain real estate, ac-
curately described therein, located in said town and abutting
on said district and not otherwise served by a pubUc water
supply be included within the Umits thereof, and signed by
the owners of such real estate, or a major portion of such real
estate, said commissioners shall cause a duly warned meeting
of the district to be called, at which meeting the voters may
vote on the question of including said real estate within the
district. If a majority of the voters present and voting
thereon vote in the affirmative the district clerk shall within
ten days file with the town clerk of said town and with the
state secretary an attested copy of said petition and vote;
and thereupon said real estate shall become and be part of
the district and shall be holden under this act in the same
manner and to the same extent as the real estate described in
section one.
Section 14. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance by a majority vote of the voters of the territory in-
cluded within said district by section one present and vot-
ing thereon, by the use of the check list, at a district meeting
called in accordance with section eight, within four years
after its passage, but not otherwise.
Approved May 19, 1947.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 420, 421. 399
An Act authorizing the metropolitan district commis- Cha7)A20
SION TO continue CERTAIN CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO ^'
WITH THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE GENERAL
ELECTRIC COMPANY AND THE BETHLEHEM-HINGHAM SHIP-
YARD, INC.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The metropolitan district commission is
hereby authorized to continue to furnish water until March
thirty-first, nineteen hundred and forty-eight, to the Murphy
General Hospital in Waltham under the terms of a contract
with the United States of America dated January twentieth,
nineteen hundred and forty-four, and to the General Electric
Company, its successors or assigns, at Lynn under the terms
of a contract dated April sixth, nineteen hundred and fortj^-
three, and to continue to furnish sewage disposal facilities
until March thirty-first, nineteen hundred and forty-eight, to
the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., its successors or as-
signs, at Hingham under the terms of a contract dated Feb-
ruary eleventh, nineteen hundred and forty-three, all of said
contracts having been entered into under the authority of
Executive Order No. 24, dated June nineteenth, nineteen
hundred and forty-two, and Executive Order No. 43, dated
December fifth, nineteen hundred and forty-two, issued under
the emergency war-time powers of the governor.
Section 2. The said commission, with the approval of
the governor, is hereby authorized to enter into agreements
changing or modifying the contracts referred to in section
one and to enter into such other contracts with the United
States of America, the General Electric Company and the
Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., their successors or as-
signs, to furnish water or sewage disposal facilities as it may
deem necessary, but in no event shall the termination date
of any contract be later than March thirty-first, nineteen
hundred and forty-eight. Approved May 19, 19/^7.
An Act authorizing the ratification of a proposed com- ni^fj^ 401
pact between the commonwealth AND CERTAIN STATES ^'^ V-
SPECIFIED THEREIN, PROVIDING FOR ABATEMENT OF EX-
ISTING POLLUTION AND CONTROL OF FUTURE POLLUTION OF
INTERSTATE WATERS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The state planning board, on behalf of the
commonwealth, acting in accordance with the provisions of
chapter two hundred and seventy-eight of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and thirty-six, and subject to the approval of
the attorney general, is hereby authorized to enter into a
compact, substantially in the following form, with any one or
more of the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,
Rhode Island and Connecticut, and the general court hereby
approves and ratifies in advance such compact so entered
400 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 421.
into, such approval and ratification to be effective upon the
fiUng of a properly executed copy of such compact in the
office of the state secretary : —
NEW ENGLAND INTERSTATE WATEH POLLUTION CONTROL
COMPACT.
Whereas, The growth of population and the development
of the territory of the New England states has resulted in
serious pollution of certain interstate streams, ponds and
lakes, and of tidal waters ebbing and flowing past the bound-
aries of two or more states; and
Whei'eas, Such pollution constitutes a menace to the
health, weKare and economic prosperity of the people living
in such area; and
Whereas, The abatement of existing pollution and the con-
trol of future pollution in the interstate waters of New Eng-
land area are of prime importance to the people and can best
be accomplished through the co-operation of the New Eng-
land states in the establishment of an interstate agency to
work with the states in the field of pollution abatement ;
Now, therefore, the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massa-
chusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont do
agree and are bound as follows:
Article L
It is agreed between the signatory states that the provi-
sions of this compact shall apply to streams, ponds and lakes
which are contiguous to two or more signatory states or
which flow through two or more signatory states or which
have a tributary contiguous to two or more signatory states
or flowing through two or more signatory states, and also
shall apply to tidal waters ebbing and flowing past the
boundaries of two states.
Article II.
There is hereby created the New England Interstate Water
Pollution Control Commission (hereinafter referred to as the
commission) which shall be a body corporate and politic,
having the powers, duties and jurisdiction herein enumerated
and such other and additional powers as shall be conferred
upon it by the act or acts of a signatory state concurred in by
the others.
Article III.
The commission shall consist of five commissioners from
each signatory state, each of whom shall be a resident voter
of the state from which he is appointed. The commissioners
shall be chosen in the manner and for the terms provided by
law of the state from which they shall be appointed. For
each state there shall be on the commission a member repre-
senting the state health department, a member representing
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 421. 401
the state water pollution control board (if such exists), and,
except where a state in its enabling legislation decides that
the best interests of the state will be otherwise served, a
member representing municipal interests, a member repre-
senting industrial interests, and a member representing an
agency acting for fisheries or conservation.
Article IV.
The commission shall annually elect from its members a
chairman and vice chairman and shall appoint and at its
pleasure remove or discharge such officers. It may appoint
and employ a secretary who shall be a professional engineer
versed in water pollution and may employ such stenographic
or clerical employees as shall be necessary, and at its pleasure
remove or discharge such employees. It shall adopt a seal
and suitable by-laws and shall promulgate rules and regula-
tions for its management and control. It may maintain an
office for the transaction of its business and may meet at any
time or place within the signatory states. Meetings shall be
held at least twice each year. A majority of the members
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but
no action of the commission imposing any obhgation on any
signatory state or on any municipal agency or subdivision
thereof or on any person, firm or corporation therein shall be
binding unless a majority of the members from such signa-
tory state shall have voted in favor thereof. Where meetings
are planned to discuss matters relevant to problems of water
pollution control affecting only certain of the signatory states,
the commission may vote to authorize special meetings of the
commissioners of the states especially concerned. The com-
mission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and dis-
bursements and shall make an annual report to the governor
and the legislature of each signatory state setting forth in
detail the operations and transactions conducted by it pur-
suant to this compact, and shall make recommendations for
any legislative action deemed by it advisable, including
amendments to the statutes of the signatory states which
may be necessary to carry out the intent and purpose of this
compact. The commission shall not incur any obligations
for salaries, office, administrative, travefing or other expenses
prior to the allotment of funds by the signatory states ade-
quate to meet the same; nor shall the commission pledge
the credit of any of the signatory states. Each signatory
state reserves the right to provide hereafter by law for the
examination and audit of the accounts of the commission.
The commission shall appoint a treasurer who may be a
member of the commission, and disbursements by the com-
mission shall be vaHd only when authorized by the commis-
sion and when vouchers therefor have been signed by the
secretary and countersigned by the treasurer. The secretary
shall be custodian of the records of the commission with au-
thority to attest to and certify such records or copies thereof.
402 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 421.
Article V.
It is recognized, owing to such variable factors as location,
size, character and flow and the many varied uses of the
waters subject to the terms of this compact, that no single
standard of sewage and waste treatment and no single stand-
ard of quality of receiving waters is practical and that the
degree of treatment of sewage and industrial wastes should
take into account the classification of the receiving waters
according to present and proposed highest use, such as for
drinking water supply, industrial and agricultural uses, bath-
ing and other recreational purposes, maintenance and propa-
gation of fish life, shellfish culture, navigation and disposal
of wastes.
The commission shall establish reasonable physical, chem-
ical and bacteriological standards of water quality satisfac-
tory for various classifications of use. It is agreed that each
of the signatory states through appropriate agencies will pre-
pare a classification of its interstate waters in entirety or by
portions according to present and proposed highest use and
for this purpose technical experts employed by state depart-
ments of health and state water pollution control agencies
are authorized to confer on questions relating to classification
of interstate waters affecting two or more states. Each signa-
tory state agrees to submit its classification of its interstate
waters to the commission for approval. It is agreed that
after such approval all signatory states through their appro-
priate state health departments and water pollution control
agencies will work to establish programs of treatment of sew-
age and industrial wastes which will meet standards estab-
lished by the commission for classified waters. The commis-
sion may from time to time make such changes in definitions
of classifications and in standards as may be required by
changed conditions or as may be necessary for uniformity.
Article VI .
Each of the signatory states pledges to provide for the
abatement of existing pollution and for the control of future
pollution of interstate inland and tidal waters as described
in Article I, and to put and maintain the waters thereof in a
satisfactory condition consistent with the highest classified
use of each body of water.
Article VII.
Nothing in this compact shall be construed to repeal or
prevent the enactment of any legislation or prevent the en-
forcement of any requirement by any signatory state im-
posing any additional condition or restriction to further
lessen the pollution of waters within its jurisdiction. Noth-
ing herein contained shall affect or abate any action now
pending brought by any governmental board or body created
by or existing under any of the signatory states.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 421. 403
Article VIII.
The signatory states agree to appropriate for the salaries,
office, administrative, travel and other expenses such sum
or sums as shall be recommended by the commission. The
commonwealth of Massachusetts obligates itself only to the
extent of sixty-five hundred dollars in any one year, the state
of Connecticut only to the extent of three thousand dollars in
any one year, the state of Rhode Island only to the extent of
fifteen hundred dollars in any one year, and the states of
New Hampshire, Maine, and Vermont each only to the ex-
tent of one thousand dollars in any one year.
Article IX.
Should any part of this compact be held to be contrary to
the constitution of any signatory state or of the United
States, all other parts thereof shall continue to be in full
force and effect.
Article X.
The commission is authorized to discuss with appropriate
state agencies in New York state questions of pollution of
waters which flow into the New England area from New York
state or vice versa and to further the establishment of agree-
ments on pollution abatement to promote the interests of
the New York and New England areas.
Whenever the commission by majority vote of the members
of each signatory state shall have given its approval and the
state of New York shall have taken the necessary action to
do so, the state of New York shall be a party to this com-
pact for the purpose of controlling and abating the pollution
of waterways common to New York and the New England
states signatory to this compact but excluding the waters
under the jurisdiction of the interstate sanitation commis-
sion (New York, New Jersey and Connecticut).
Article XI.
This compact shall become effective immediately upon the
adoption of the compact by any two contiguous states of
New England but only in so far as applies to those states and
upon approval by federal law. Thereafter upon ratification
by other contiguous states, it shall also become effective as
to those states.
Section 2. Whenever the state planning board shall have
entered into the compact substantially in the form set forth
in section one with the duly authorized agency of any of the
states specified in said section, it shall file a certified copy of
such compact in the office of the state secretary and shall
notify the governor of its action. Such compact shall there-
upon become effective and operative as between the com-
monwealth and such other state or states, subject to the con-
sent of the Congress of the United States, which the governor
404 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 421.
shall take such steps as may be necessary to obtain. The
governor is hereby authorized and requested, upon receiving
notice of the filing of the required copy thereof in the office
of the state secretary, to notify forthwith the governors of
the specified states and the President of the United States,
that the commonwealth on its part has ratified and executed
said compact. The original notice of ratification received
from the governor or other duly authorized official of any
state joining in said compact shall be filed with the official
copy of said compact in the office of the state secretary, and
such notice, if any, as may be received from the President or
the Congress of the United States, signifying the consent of
the Congress to said compact, shall be filed in the same
manner.
Section 3. After the aforesaid compact shall become
effective and operative as provided in section two, the gov-
ernor, with the advice and consent of the council, shall desig-
nate or appoint four commissioners who, with the commis-
sioner of public health for the time being, shall represent the
commonwealth as members of the New England Interstate
Water Pollution Control Commission, hereinafter called the
commission. Any of the four commissioners so designated
or appointed may be state officials, and all shall be named
with due regard to interests concerned with interstate water
pollution problems. The terms of appointees who are not
salaried state officials shall originally be so arranged as to
expire in successive years, the longest term to be four years.
Thereafter appointments of such commissioners shall be for
terms of four years. Vacancies shall be filled for the re-
mainder of unexpired terms, in the same manner as original
appointments are made. The designations of state officials
other than the commissioner of public health, may be
changed whenever in the opinion of the governor such
change is desirable. Sections eight to twelve, inclusive, of
chapter thirty of the General Laws shall apply at all times
to commissioners who are not serving as salaried state officials
during their terms hereunder. Any commissioner who is a
state official may delegate from time to time a deputy or
other subordinate in his department to attend and partici-
pate in any meeting of or hearing by or other proceeding of
the commission, with authority to vote as the representative
of or substitute for said commissioner. The terms of com-
.missioners first appointed, who are not then holding salaried
state offices, shall be considered to have begun on the date
when the compact aforesaid shall become effective and op-
erative in accordance with section two.
Section 4. Each commissioner designated or appointed
by the governor who, while such commissioner, holds no
salaried state office, shall be paid by the commonwealth as
compensation the sum of thirty dollars for each day's service
performed in connection with his duties as such commis-
sioner, but not to exceed six hundred dollars in any fiscal
year. Such compensation shall be paid by the state treas-
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 421. 405
urer not oftener than once in two weeks, upon bills approved
by the chairman or vice chairman and the secretary of the
commission. All commissioners shall be entitled to their
actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties
as such.
Section 5. The commissioners on the part of the com-
monwealth shall obtain accurate accounts of all the commis-
sion's receipts and disbursements and shall report to the
governor and the budget commissioner annually on or before
the fifteenth day of September, setting forth in such detail as
the budget commissioner may require the transactions of the
commission for the fiscal year ending on the preceding June
thirtieth. They shall include in such report recommenda-
tions for any legislative action that the commission deems
advisable, including such amendments or additions to the
laws of the commonwealth as may be necessary or desirable
to carry out the intent and purposes of the New England
Interstate Water Pollution Control Compact among the
states joining therein. Approved May 19, 194-7.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Executive Department, State House,
Boston, June 4, 1947.
Honorable Frederic W. Cook, Secretary of the Commonwealth,
State House, Boston, Massachusetts.
Sir: — I, Robert F. Bradford, by virtue of and in accord-
ance with the provisions of the Forty-eighth Amendment to
the Constitution, "The Referendum II, Emergency Meas-
ures," hereby declare that in my opinion, the immediate
preservation of the public health, safety and convenience
requires that the law passed on the 19th day of May, entitled
"An Act Authorizing the Ratification of a Proposed Com-
pact Between the Commonwealth and Certain States
Specified Therein, Providing for Abatement of Existing
Pollution and Control of Future Pollution of Interstate
Waters," should take effect forthwith and that it is an
emergency law and that the facts constituting an emergency
are as follows:
An acute pollution problem has developed in the streams,
ponds, lakes and tidewaters of the Commonwealth of Mas-
sachusetts which are contiguous to or which flow through
two or more of the signatory states. It is urgent that the
provisions of this act become operative at once so that the
signatory states may expeditiously effect agreements which
will solve this problem.
Such a compact must be approved by the Congress of
the United States, and such approval will be obtained only
after the various signatory states have themselves ratified
the compact.
Very truly yours,
Robert F. Bradford,
Governor of the Commonwealth.
406 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 422, 423.
Office of the Secretary, Boston, June 4, 1947.
I hereby certify that the accompanying statement was
filed in this office by His Excellency the Governor of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts at two o'clock and twenty-
five minutes, p.m., on the above date, and in accordance
with Article Forty-eight of the Amendments to the Consti-
tution said chapter takes effect forthwith, being chapter four
hundred and twenty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred
and forty-seven.
Paul D. Howard,
Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth.
ChapA22 An Act relative to the disposition of sums accumulated
FOR THE PENSIONS OF CERTAIN PERSONS NOW OR FORMERLY
members of the boston RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions
of chapter thirty-two of the General Laws, as amended, sums
accumulated in the pension accumulation fund of the Boston
retirement system established under chapter five hundred
and twenty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
two and heretofore or hereafter transferred under para-
graph (e) of subdivision (2) of section twenty-eight of said
chapter thirty-two to the pension fund of the retirement
system which became operative in the city of Boston on
October first, nineteen hundred and forty-six, under said
chapter thirty-two, may, upon the retirement of the person
for whom said sums were so accumulated, be used for the
payment of the pension of such person in the proportion that
his creditable service as a member of the Boston retirement
system bears to his total creditable service when retired.
Section 2. This act shall take effect as of October first,
nineteen hundred and forty-six. Approved May 19, 1947.
ChavA2Z An Act to reclassify certain officials and employees
of the registry of motor vehicles under the state
retirement system.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Ed):32^h. Subsection (2) (g) of section 3 of chapter 32 of the Gen-
etc.', amended, eral Laws, as amended by section 1 of chapter 403 of the acts
of 1946, is hereby further amended by striking out para-
graph "Group B" and inserting in place thereof the follow-
ing paragraph : —
Group B. — Members of police and fire departments not
classified in Group A, members of the poUce force of the
metropolitan district commission, capitol police, conserva-
tion officers paid as such, district fire wardens, coastal war-
dens in the department of conservation, officials and em-
' ' Group
defined.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 424, 425, 426. 407
ployees of the registry of motor vehicles having poUce
powers, and employees of the commonwealth and of any
county, regardless of any official classification, whose regular
and major duties require them to have the care and custody
of prisoners or insane persons or of defective delinquents.
Approved May 20, 1947.
An Act relative to fair employment practices. Chav 424
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 4 of chapter 151B of the General Laws, inserted gj^-^^J^''^-
by section 4 of chapter 368 of the acts of 1946, is hereby § 4, etc., '
amended by adding at the end the following paragraph : — amended.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, inquiry as to
it shall not be an unlawful employment practice for any per- te1terln,^etc.
son, employer, labor organization or employment agency to
inquire of an apphcant for employment or membership as to
whether or not he or she is a veteran or a citizen.
Approved May 20, 1947.
not unlawful.
ChapA25
An Act relative to charges by the school committee
of the city of boston for admission to athletic
contests and games conducted by it.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows. •
Section 1. Chapter 295 of the acts of 1907 is hereby
amended by inserting after section 2 the following section : —
Section 2 A . Said committee may charge admission to athletic
contests and games conducted by it, including such contests
and games conducted on land under the control of the park
commission; but said city shall not on account of such
charge be liable for any injury, loss or damage suffered by any
person or property. Such admission charges shall be deemed
to be income collected for school purposes, except that one
third of all admission charges to such contests and games
conducted on land under the control of the park commission
shall be deemed to have been received by the park commission
and to be available for appropriation for its purposes.
Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance, during the current year, by vote of the city council
of said city, subject to the provisions of its charter, but not
otherwise. Approved May 20, 1947.
An Act providing for the computation of seniority of nhn^ 426
officers and employees in the official or labor ^'
service in certain cases.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 15D of chapter 31 of the General Laws, inserted g^^-^J^''-
by section 5 of chapter 704 of the acts of 1945, is hereby § isb. etc.,
Basis
seniority in
408 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 427.
amended by striking out paragraph 2 and inserting in place
thereof the following paragraph : —
2. In the event of a change of service, whether by ap-
case'of'trans- pointoient, proHiotion or transfer, of such an officer or em-
ployee from one department of the commonwealth to another
department thereof, from one department to another in the
same or another municipality, or from a municipaUty to the
commonwealth, or from the commonwealth to a municipality,
the length of his service shall be computed from the date of
said change until the completion of one year's service in the
position to which he is changed, upon the completion of
which the length of his service shall be again computed from
the same date from which computed immediately prior to
such change. Approved May 20, 1947.
ChapA27 An Act extending the powers of local boards of
APPEALS DURING THE PRESENT EMERGENCY.
prTfmbiT*^ Whereas, An acute shortage of housing exists in the Com-
monwealth and on account of such shortage many veterans
of World War II and other inhabitants of the Common-
wealth are unable to obtain homes for themselves and their
families and this shortage is likely to continue for a sub-
stantial period of time; and inability to obtain adequate
shelter will cause suffering and disease among such veterans
and their families and other inhabitants unless such shortage
is relieved at once, therefore this act is declared to be an
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public health and convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 592 of the acts of 1946 is hereby amended by
adding after section 2 thereof the following new section: —
Section 2 A. During the present emergency as defined in
section two and notwithstanding any provision of any
zoning ordinance or by-law to the contrary, a board of ap-
peals of a city or town referred to or appointed under section
thirty of chapter forty of the General Laws may also grant a
license, effective for a period of not more than five years, to
the owner of a building to install appurtenances and equip-
ment, such as cooking, heating or plumbing facilities, in
order to permit such buildings to accommodate more families.
Each such license shall require the owner to remove such
appurtenances and equipment at the end of the hcense period.
Before granting such a license a board of appeals shall require
the deposit of a bond, the amount of which shall not exceed
five times the estimated cost of such appurtenances and
equipment for the performance of the terms of the Hcense.
Approved May 22, 1947.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 428, 429. 409
An Act authorizing the town of oxford to borrow Cha'pA28
MONEY FOR HIGH SCHOOL PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purposes of acquiring land for and
constructing a high school building and originally equipping
and furnishing the same, the town of Oxford may borrow
from time to time, within a period of five years from the
passage of this act, such sums as may be necessary, not ex-
ceeding, in the aggregate three hundred thousand dollars,
and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on
their face the words, Oxford High School Building Loan, Act
of 1947. Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate ,
loan, and such loans shall be paid in not more than twenty
years from their dates. Indebtedness incurred under this
act shall be in excess of the statutory Hmit, but shall, except
as herein provided, be subject to chapter forty-four of the
General Laws, exclusive of the limitation contained in the
first paragraph of section seven thereof.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May 22, 19If7.
An Act to provide for an increase in payment for the (7/iai>.429
CARE OF INSANE PERSONS BOARDED OUT.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend Emergency
to defeat its purpose, which is to make certain that payments p''^*™^'*-
providing for the care of persons boarded out under the
existing temporary care law, which ceases to be operative on
June thirtieth in the current year, be continued.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section L Section 16 of chapter 123 of the General Laws, g. l. (Ter.
as most recently amended by section 1 of chapter 500 of the ftc^ ameAded^'
acts of 1939, is hereby further amended by striking out, in
line 9, the word " six " and inserting in place thereof the word :
— ten, — so as to read as follows: — Section 16. The super- Boarding
intendent of each state hospital may place at board in a "ersons"**"*'
suitable family or in a place in this commonwealth or else- re*g^au;d.
where any patient in such hospital who is in the charge of
the department and is quiet and not dangerous nor com-
mitted as a dipsomaniac or inebriate, nor addicted to the
intemperate use of narcotics or stimulants. The cost to the
commonwealth of the board of such patients supported at
the public expense shall not exceed ten dollars a week for
each patient. The department shall have the same au-
thority in the case of patients directly committed to it.
Section 2. This act shall take effect at the time when
chapter three hundred and twenty-four of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and forty-six ceases to be operative.
Approved May 22, 194?.
410 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 430, 431.
ChapASO An Act authorizing the Worcester street railway
COMPANY TO PAY A SUM OF MONEY TO THE CITY OF WORCES-
TER IN LIEU OF REMOVING THE ABANDONED TRACKS IN
SAID CITY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. In lieu of compliance with section eighty-six
of chapter one hundred and sixty-one of the General Laws,
requiring the removal of street railway tracks after their
abandonment, the Worcester Street Railway Company may
pay to the city of Worcester the sum of one hundred thou-
sand dollars, and the receipt by said city of said one hun-
dred thousand dollars shall relieve said company of all re-
quirements of said section relative to the removal of rails in
said city, and such rails shall thereupon become the property
of said city.
Section 2. The sum of one hundred thousand dollars,
when paid under authority of section one of this act, shall be
used by the city of Worcester only for the purpose of recon-
structing or resurfacing such streets, in which abandoned
tracks referred to in said section one are located, as the citj'
council of said city shall determine, but may be used in
whole or in part for the removal of said rails.
Approved May 22, 191^7.
ChapASl An Act relative to the effect of judgments by agree-
ment, WITHOUT A hearing ON THE MERITS, IN MOTOR
VEHICLE CASES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
EdT)' 23^' Section 1. Chapter 231 of the General Laws is hereby
§ 140A. etc., amended by striking out section 140A, inserted by section 1
amended. ^^ chapter 130 of the acts of 1932, and inserting in place
Judgment by thcrcof the following section: — Section 14OA. In an action
efJ.^To'^bar to to Tecovcr damages for injuries to person or property, or for
defendant etc death, or consequeutial damages, so called, sustained by
reason of a motor vehicle accident, a judgment entered
by agreement of the parties, without a hearing on the merits,
shall not operate as a bar to an action brought by a defendant
in the action in which such judgment was entered, unless
such agreement was signed by the defendant in person.
Effective date. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect on September first
in the current year and shall apply only to agreements for
judgment entered into on or after said date.
Approved May 22, 1947.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 432. 411
An Act incorporating as part of the general laws Cha'pA32
CERTAIN LAWS EXTENDING THE MINIMUM WAGE LAW, SO
CALLED, TO ADULT MALE PERSONS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The General Laws are hereby amended by o. l. (Ter.
striking out chapter 151, as amended, and as affected by ftci! 'amended,
chapter 545 of the acts of 1946, and inserting in place thereof
the following chapter : —
Chapter 151.
Minimum Fair Wages.
Section 1. It is hereby declared to be against public policy pubUc policy.
for any employer to employ any person in an occupation in
this commonwealth at an oppressive and unreasonable wage,
as defined in section two, and any contract, agreement or
understanding for or in relation to such employment shall be
null and void.
Section 2. The following words and phrases as used in Definitions,
this chapter shall have the following meanings, unless the
context clearly requires otherwise :
"Commission", the minimum wage commission which is
hereby estabUshed in the department of labor and industries,
but under the control of the commissioner of labor and in-
dustries, and which shall consist of the associate commis-
sioners of labor and industries, each of whom shall be entitled
to necessary traveling expenses.
"A directory order", an order the violation of which is
not subject to the penalties prescribed in subsection (2) of
section nineteen.
"A fair wage", a wage fairly and reasonably commensurate
with the value of the service or class of service rendered. In
estabUshing a minimum fair wage for any service or class of
service under this chapter the commissioner and the wage
board without being bound by any technical rules of evidence
or procedure (1) may take into account the cost of Hving and
all other relevant circumstances affecting the value of the
service or class of service rendered, (2) may be guided by like
considerations as would guide a court in a suit for the reason-
able value of services rendered where services are rendered
at the request of an employer in the absence of an express
contract as to the amount of the wage to be paid, and (3)
may consider the wages paid in the commonwealth for work
of like or comparable character by employers who volun-
tarily maintain minimum fair wage standards.
"A mandatory order", an order the violation of which is
subject to the penalties prescribed in subsection (2) of sec-
tion nineteen.
''An oppressive and unreasonable wage", a wage which is
both less than the fair and reasonable value of the services
rendered and less than sufficient to meet the minimum cost
of living necessary for health.
412
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 432.
Authority of
the commis-
sioner.
Duties of the
commissioner.
"Commissioner", the commissioner of labor and industries.
"Department", the department of labor and industries.
"Occupation", an industry, trade or business or branch
thereof or class of work therein in which any persons are
gainfully employed, but shall not include domestic service
in the home of the employer or labor on a farm.
"Wage board", a board created as provided in sections
four and five.
Section 3. The commissioner, or his authorized repre-
sentative, shall have full power and authority:
1. To investigate and ascertain the wages of persons em-
ployed in any occupation in the commonwealth ;
2. To enter the place of business or employment of any
employer of persons in any occupation for the purpose of
examining, inspecting and making a transcript of any and
all books, registers, pay-rolls, and other records of any em-
ployer of persons that in any way appertain to or have a
bearing upon the question of wages of any such persons and
for the purpose of ascertaining whether the orders of the
commissioner have been and are being complied with; and
3. To require from such employer full and correct state-
ments in writing when the commissioner, or his authorized
representative, deem necessary, of the wages paid to all per-
sons in his employ, such statements to be under oath or ac-
companied by a written declaration that they are made under
the penalties of perjury.
4. To carry out the provisions of this chapter.
Section 4- The commissioner shall have the power, and
it shall be his duty on the petition of fifty or more citizens of
the commonwealth, to cause an investigation to be made by
any of his authorized representatives, of the wages paid to
persons in any occupation in order to ascertain whether any
substantial number of persons in such occupation are re-
ceiving oppressive and unreasonable wages. If, on the basis
of information in the possession of the commissioner, with or
without a special investigation, he is of the opinion that any
substantial number of persons in any occupation or occupa-
tions are receiving oppressive and unreasonable wages, he
shall direct the commission to appoint a wage board to report
upon the estabUshment of minimum fair wage rates for such
persons in such occupation or occupations.
Section 6. A wage board shall be composed of not more
than three persons to represent the employers in any occu-
pation or occupations, an equal number of persons to repre-
sent the employees in such occupation or occupations, and
of not more than three disinterested persons to represent the
public, one of whom shall be designated by the commission
as chairman of the board. The commission shall appoint the
members of such wage board, the representatives of the em-
ployers and employees to be selected so far as practicable
from nominations submitted by employers and employees
in such occupation or occupations. Two thirds of the mem-
bers of such wage board shall constitute a quorum and the
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 432. 413
recommendations or report of such wage board shall require
a vote of not less than a majority of all its members. Mem-
bers of a wage board shall be entitled to compensation at the
rate of five dollars per day for each meeting attended by
them or each day actually spent in the work of the board.
They shall also be paid their reasonable and necessary travel-
ling and other expenses while engaged in the performance of
their duties. The commission shall make and establish from
time to time rules and regulations not inconsistent herewith
governing the selection of a wage board and its mode of pro-
cedure.
Section 6. The commissioner shall present to a wage Commissioner
board promptly upon its organization all the evidence and wa^ge question
information in his possession relating to the wages of per- ^°^^^^
sons in the occupation or occupations for which the wage
board was appointed and all other information which he
deems relevant to the establishment of a minimum fair wage
for such persons. The commission shall cause to be brought
before the board any witnesses whom it deems material. A
wage board may summon other witnesses or call upon the
commissioner to furnish additional information to aid it in
its deliberations.
Section 7. Within sixty days of its organization a wage Report of
board shall submit a report including its recommendations as ^comme^ndk-
to minimum fair wage rates for persons in the occupation or t'ons, etc.
occupations the wage rates of which the wage board was
appointed to investigate. If its report is not submitted within
such time the commission may constitute a new wage board.
A wage board may differentiate and classify employments in
any occupation according to the nature of the service rendered
and recommend appropriate minimum fair wage rates for
different classes of employment. A wage board may also
recommend minimum fair wage rates varying with localities
if in its judgment conditions make such local differentiation
proper and will not cause unreasonable discrimination against
any locality. A wage board may recommend a suitable scale
of rates for learners and apprentices in any occupation or
occupations, which scale of learners' and apprentices' rates
may be less than the regular minimum fair wage rates recom-
mended for experienced persons in such occupation or occu-
pations. In addition to its report a wage board may sep-
arately recommend such administrative regulations as it may
deem appropriate to safeguard the minimum fair wage rates
recommended in its report.
Section 8. A wage board shall submit its report and any Review of
proposed administrative regulations to the commission which [oard °^ ^^^^
shall within ten days thereafter accept or reject such report.
During such ten days the commission may confer with the
wage board which may make such changes in the report or
proposed administrative regulations as it may deem fit. If
the report is rejected the commission shall resubmit the
matter to the same wage board or to a new wage board. If o"findfnL°"
the report is accepted it shall be published, together with hearings. '
414
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 432.
Wages less
than mini-
mum allowed
in certain
cases.
Mandatory
order of the
commissioner.
such of the administrative regulations recommended by the
board and such amendments and rescissions thereof as the
commission may approve, and together with such additional
administrative regulations as the commission may deem
necessary or appropriate as a further safeguard to the
minimum fair wage rates. Such administrative regulations
may include among others regulations defining and govern-
ing learners and apprentices, their rates, number, proportion
or length of service, piece rates or their relation to time rates,
overtime or part-time rates, bonuses or special pay for special
or extra work, deductions for board, lodging, apparel or other
items or services supplied by the employer, and other special
conditions or circumstances ; and in view of the diversities and
complexities of different occupations and the dangers of eva-
sion and nulhfication, the commission may provide in such
regulations without departing from the basic minimum rates
recommended by the wage board such modifications or re-
ductions of or additions to rates in or for special cases or
classes of cases herein enumerated as it may find appropriate
to safeguard the basic minimum rates established. The
commission shall give notice of a public hearing, to be held
by it not sooner than fifteen nor later than thirty days after
such publication, at which all persons in favor of or opposed
to the recommendations contained in such report or to the
proposed administrative regulations may be heard. Within
ten days after such hearing the commission shall approve or
disapprove the report of the wage board. If the report is
disapproved the commission shall resubmit the matter to
the same wage board or to a new wage board. If the report
is approved the commission shall transmit it to the com-
missioner, who shall issue a directory order which shall define
minimum fair wage rates in the occupation or occupations
as recommended in the report of the wage board and such
directory order shall include the regulations as approved by
the commission.
Section 9. For any occupation for which minimum fair
wage rates have been established, the commission may cause
to be issued to any person, including a learner or apprentice,
whose earning capacity is impaired by age or physical or
mental deficiency or injury, a special license authorizing em-
ployment at such wages less than such minimum fair wage
rates and for such period of time as shall be fixed by the
commission and stated in the Ucense.
Section 10. If at any time after a directory minimum fair
wage order has been in effect for three months the commis-
sioner is of the opinion, that persistent non-observance of
such order by one or more employers is a threat to the main-
tenance of fair minimum wage rates in any occupation or
occupations, the commissioner may make such order manda-
tory and after such order is made mandatory it shall be
unlawful for any employer in said occupation to employ per-
sons for less than the rate of wage specified in said order in
the said occupation. The commissioner shall send by mail
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 432. 416
so far as is practicable to each employer in the occupation in
question a copy of the order, and each employer shall be
required to post a copy of said order in each room in which
persons affected by the order are employed.
Section 11. If the commissioner has reason to believe that Non-obsery-
1 • J. 1 • J • J. J X ance of order
any employer is not observmg any directory or mandatory by employer
order, the commissioner may, on fifteen days' notice, sum- "ub^u^hed in
mon such employer to appear before the commissioner to newspaper.
show cause why the name of such employer should not be ^ "'
published as having failed to observe the provisions of such
order. After a hearing and the finding of non-observance of
such order by the commissioner, he may cause to be published
in such newspaper or newspapers within this commonwealth
or in such other manner as he may deem appropriate, the
name of any such employer or employers as having failed in
the respects stated to observe the provisions of such order.
Neither the commissioner nor any authorized representative
of the commissioner nor any newspaper pubhsher, proprietor,
editor, or employee thereof shall be liable to an action for
damages for publishing the name of any employer as pro-
vided herein unless guilty of wilful misrepresentation.
Section 12. At any time after a minimum fair wage order Modification
has been in effect for one year or more, whether durmg such waS'^cJr'der'^'
period it has been directory or mandatory, the commissioner by wage board.
may on his own motion and shall on petition of fifty or more
citi25ens of the commonwealth reconsider the minimum fair
wage rates established therein and direct the commission to
reconvene the same wage board or appoint a new wage
board to consider and recommend whether and to what ex-
tent, if any, the rate or rates contained in such order should
be modified. Such report of such wage board shall be dealt
with in the manner prescribed in sections seven and eight;
provided, that if the order under reconsideration has thereto-
fore been made mandatory in whole or in part by the com-
missioner under section ten then the commissioner in making
any new order or confirming any old order shall have power
to declare to what extent such order shall be directory and to
what extent mandatory.
Section 13. The commission may at any time and from commission
time to time propose such modifications of or additions to ™der"?rit£it
any admmistrative regulations included in any directory or action of wage
mandatory order of the commissioner without reference to a """^ '
wage board, as the commission may deem appropriate to
effectuate the purposes of this chapter, provided such pro-
posed modifications or additions could legally have been in-
cluded in the original order, and shall give notice of a pubhc
hearing to be held by the commission not less than fifteen
days after such notice, at which hearing all persons in favor
of or opposed to such proposed modifications or additions
may be heard. Notice of such hearing shall be given by pub-
lication and in such other manner as the commission may de-
termine. After such hearing the commissioner may make
an order putting into effect such proposed modifications of
416
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 432.
Appeal to
court.
Register of
employees and
their wages.
Wage order
to be posted
by employer.
Questioning
permitted.
or additions to the administrative regulations as he deems
appropriate, and if the order of which the administrative
regulations form a part has heretofore been made mandatory
in whole or in part by the commissioner under section ten
then the commissioner in making any new order shall have
the power to declare to what extent such order shall be
directory and to what extent mandatory.
Section 14- Any person aggrieved by any decision of the
commissioner may bring a petition in the superior court
praying that such decision of the commissioner may be re-
viewed by the court, and, after such notice to the commis-
sioner as the court deems necessary, it shall review such
decision, hear the evidence and make such order approving,
in whole or in part, or setting aside, in whole or in part, the
decision appealed from as justice may require, and may refer
any matter or issue arismg in the proceedings to the commis-
sioner for further consideration. The filing of the petition
shall not stay proceedings upon the decision appealed from,
but the court may, on apphcation, after notice to the com-
missioner and for cause shown, grant a restraining order.
Upon any such petition the court may take evidence with-
out being bound by any technical rules of evidence or pro-
cedure, to the end that any evidence may be received which
the court considers probative.
Section 15. Every employer shall keep a true and ac-
curate record of the name, address and occupation of each
employee, of the amount paid each pay period to each em-
ployee, of the hours worked each day and each week by each
employee, and such other information as the commissioner
in his discretion shall deem material and necessary. Such
records shall be kept on file for at least one year after the
entry date of the record. Such records shall be open to the
inspection of the commissioner or his authorized representa-
tives at any reasonable time, and they shall have the right
to make a transcript thereof. Every employer shall furnish
to the commissioner, or his authorized representative, on
demand, a sworn statement of such record, and, if the com-
missioner shall so require, upon forms prescribed or approved
by him.
Section 16. Every employer subject to a minimum fair
wage order whether directory or mandatory shall keep a copy
of such order posted in a conspicuous place in every room in
which persons are employed. Employers shall be furnished
copies of orders on request without charge. The commis-
sioner may require each employer in any occupation subject
to this chapter to post notices of hearings of, and nomina-
tions for, wage boards, or orders which apply to such em-
ployer's employees, in such reasonable way or ways and for
such length of time as he may direct.
Section 17. Each employer shall permit any duly author-
ized officer or employee of the department to question any
employee of such employer in the place of employment and
during work hours in respect to the wages paid to and the
hours worked by employees.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 432. 417
Section 18. In the discharge of the duties prescribed by Powers of.
this chapter, any member of the commission or of a wage sio^n!"""™'^"
board shall have power to administer oaths, take depositions
similar to those in civil actions, and to require by summons
the attendance of witnesses, the production of books, papers,
documents and records, necessary or convenient to be used
in connection with the performance of his duties. Witnesses
summoned shall be paid the same fees as witnesses summoned
to appear before courts.
Section 19. (1) Any employer and his agent, or the officer Penalties
or agent of any corporation, who discharges or in any other empfoye^r*!^
manner discriminates against any employee because such
employee has served or is about to serve on a wage board or
has testified or is about to testify before any wage board or
in any other investigation or proceeding under or related to
this chapter or because such employer beHeves that said em-
ployee may serve on any wage board or may testify before
any wage board or in any investigation or proceeding under
this chapter shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty
nor more than two hundred dollars.
(2) Any employer or the officer or agent of any corpora-
tion who pays or agrees to pay to any employee less than the
rates applicable to such employee under a mandatory mini-
mum fair wage order shall be punished by a fine of not less
than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars or by imprison-
ment for not less than ten nor more than ninety days or by
both such fine and imprisonment, and each week in any day
of which such employee is paid less than the rate applicable
to him under a mandatory minimum fair wage order and
each employee so paid less shall constitute a separate offence.
(3) Any employer or the officer or agent of any corpora-
tion who fails to keep the records required under this chapter
or to furnish such records to the commissioner, or any au-
thorized representative of the commissioner upon request,
or who falsifies such records, or who fails to comply with any
requirement of the commissioner under the last sentence of
section sixteen, or who hinders or delays the commissioner or
any authorized representative of the commissioner in the
performance of his duties, or who refuses to admit, or locks
out, such commissioner, or such authorized representative
from any place of employment which he is authorized to in-
spect, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five
nor more than one hundred dollars, and each day of such
failure to keep such records or to furnish to the commissioner
or any authorized representative of the commissioner such
records or other information as may be required for the
proper enforcement of this chapter shall constitute a separate
offence.
(4) No person shall, for the purpose of evading this chapter, Agreement
establish any arrangement or organization in his business, by ^f chaptM^'°"
contract, lease or agreement, whether written or oral, whereby punished.
a person who would otherwise be his employee does not have
the status of such an employee. If the commissioner is of
the opinion that any person has established an arrangement
418
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 432.
Recovery in
civil action
by employe!
permitted.
Evidence of
establishment
of minimum
fair wage
rates.
Minimum
fair wage
law.
Incorporation
of chapter
545, Acts of
1946, into the
General Laws.
or organization in violation of this paragraph, after a pubUc
hearing, due notice whereof shall have been given, and at
which a reasonable opportunity to be heard has been afforded
to such person, he may order such person to cease and desist
from such violation; and such an order shall be subject to
review under section fourteen in the same manner and to the
same extent as any decision of the commissioner under this
chapter. Any person so ordered to cease and desist who fails
to comply therewith for thirty days after such order has been
served upon him shall be punished by a fine of not less than
one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not less than
ten nor more than ninety days, or by both such fine and
imprisonment.
Section 20. If any person is paid by an employer less
than the minimum fair wage to which such person is entitled
under or by virtue of a mandatory minimum fau- wage order
such person may recover in a civil action the full amount of
such minimum wage less any amount actually paid to him
or her by the employer, together with costs and such reason-
able attorney's fees as may be allowed by the court, and any
agreement between such person and the employer to work
for less than such mandatory minimum fair wage shall be
no defence to such action. At the request of any employee
paid less than the minimum wage to which he or she is en-
titled under a mandatory minimum fair wage order the com-
missioner may take an assignment of such wage claim in
trust for the assigning employee and may bring any legal
action necessary to collect such claim, and the employer
shall be required to pay the costs and such reasonable attor-
ney's fees as may be allowed by the court. The commissioner
shall not be required to pay a filing fee in connection with
any such action.
Section 21. In any prosecution under section nmeteen or
in any action or suit under section twenty, a copy of a man-
datory order covering any occupation, together with a cer-
tificate attesting the correctness of the copy and setting forth
that on the date of such certificate such order is in force,
bearing the signature of the commissioner attested by the
state secretary in accordance with section seventy-six of
chapter two hundred and thirty-three, shall be competent
evidence equally with the original order, and shall be prima
facie evidence that the provisions of this chapter relative to
the establishment of minimum fair wage rates in such occu-
pation were complied with prior to the making of such order,
and that such order has continued in full force and effect up
to the date of such certificate.
Section 22. This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as the minimum fair wage law.
Section 2. This act is enacted for the sole purpose of in-
corporating the provisions of chapter five hundred and forty-
five of the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-six as additions
to the General Laws and is to be construed as a continuation
of said provisions and not as a new enactment. This act
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 433, 434. 419
shall not be construed to abrogate or invalidate any proceed-
ings hitherto taken or pending on its effective date under the
provisions of chapter one hundred and fifty-one of the Gen-
eral Laws and its amendments as in effect from time to time
prior to said effective date, or to alter or modify the effect of
any decree or order made under such provisions, but all such
proceedings may be completed in accordance with said pro-
visions, and such decrees and orders shall continue to be in
full force and effect until expressly amended, modified or re-
voked in accordance with said chapter one hundred and
fifty-one, as appearing in section one of this act.
Approved May 22, 19J^7.
An Act to extend employment security benefits to in- QhavA^Z
DUSTRIAL INSURANCE AGENTS, SO CALLED.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Subsection (q) of section 6 of chapter 151A of the General Sj^- (JfJ-
Laws, as appearing in section 1 of chapter 685 of the acts of § e', etc.. '
1941, is hereby amended by adding at the end the following: amended.
— ; provided, that service performed by any agent selling
or servicing policies of industrial life insurance, as defined by
section one of chapter one hundred and seventy-five, and
employed by any life insurance company authorized to do
business in this commonwealth, whether his remuneration for
such service is by way of commission or otherwise, shall be
deemed employment within the provisions of this chapter ;
Approved May 22, 1947.
An Act further regulating appeals under the em- nhnr) 434
PLOYMENT security LAW FROM DISTRICT COURTS TO THE ^'
supreme JUDICIAL COURT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 42 of chapter 151A of the General Laws, as g. l. (Ter.
amended by section 6 of chapter 534 of the acts of 1943, is f 42\'e\^cl'^'
hereby further amended by striking out the next to the last amended.'
sentence and inserting in place thereof the six following sen-
tences : — An appeal may be taken from the decision of the Appeal from
single justice of the district court directly to the supreme tl^suprem^*
judicial court. Claim of appeal shall be filed in the office of judicial court.
the clerk of the district court within five days after notice of
such decision. If an appeal is claimed the appellant shall
within five days of the filing of the claim of appeal file a draft
report in conformity to the pertinent provisions of the rules
hereinafter referred to. The chief justice of the municipal
court of the city of Boston and the appellate divisions of the
district courts, acting jointly, shall by rule provide for the
form of such reports and shall make provision for the estab-
lishment of reports where the claim of report has been dis-
allowed by the single justice or he has failed to make a report.
The appeal shall not remove the proceeding, but only the
420 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 435, 436, 437.
question or questions to be determined. The completion of
such appeal shall be in accordance with section one himdred
and thirty-five of chapter two hundred and thirty-one.
Approved May 22, 19Jf7.
ChapAS5 An Act designating a part of united states route
ONE AS THE BLUE STAR MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follmvs:
Section 1. That portion of the highway route known as
United States Route 1 which is state highway shall hereafter
be designated and known by the additional name of the Blue
Star Memorial Highway.
Section 2. The state treasurer is hereby authorized to
receive, on behalf of the commonwealth, contributions of
money from individuals and organizations to be credited on
the books of the commonwealth to a fund to be known as
the Blue Star Memorial Highway Fund, and the department
of pubhc works is hereby authorized to so receive contribu-
tions of goods satisfactory to the department. The sums
so received by the state treasurer shall be expended upon
the order of the department of public works without specific
appropriation and the goods so received by the department
shall be used by the department, all for the purposes of
erecting, placing and maintaining along said state highway
suitable markers, tablets and ornamentation.
Approved May 22, 1947.
C/iap. 436 An Act authorizing the city of Northampton to retire
CHRISTOPHER ADAMS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of promoting the public
good and in consideration of his long and meritorious service,
the city of Northampton, acting by its board of aldermen
with the approval of the mayor, may retire Christopher
Adams, who has served the city faithfully as building inspec-
tor, on an annual pension of six hundred dollars, payable
monthly.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May 22, 1947.
ChavAS7 An Act to authorize the reduction of local taxes in
THE CURRENT YEAR.
Emergency Wkcrcas, The deferred operation of this act would tend
preamble. ^^ defeat its purpose, which is to furnish immediate au-
thority to adjust local tax rates, therefore it is hereby de-
clared to be an emergency law necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public convenience.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 438. 421
Re it enacted, etc., as follows:
In every city and town in which the assessors have fixed
the tax rate for the current year prior to the effective date
of this act, without deducting as estimated receipts the full
amount of income and corporation tax distributions certified
in the original estimate of the commissioner of corporations
and taxation under section twenty-five A of chapter fifty-
eight of the General Laws and in his supplementary estimate
of May sixth in the current year, the rate as originally fixed
maybe re-computed and reduced.
Upon the re-computation of the tax rate as provided by
this act the assessors shall prepare a revised tax list and
revised warrant which shall be committed to the collector
of taxes. Such list and warrant shall be in substitution for
the original list and warrant if a list and warrant had been
previously issued and the liability of the collector shall be
limited to the amounts stated in such revised list and
warrant.
In the event that tax bills or notices have been issued and
the tax rate is re-computed revised bills or notices which
shall be in substitution for original bills or notices shall be
prepared and issued.
In each city or town in which the tax rate has been reduced
as aforesaid each person who has paid his tax as originally
assessed shall be entitled to a refund of the difference between
the amount of the tax so paid and the amount of the tax
computed at the reduced tax rate.
Except as provided herein the provisions of chapters
fifty-nine and sixty of the General Laws shall apply to taxes
re-computed and reduced as provided by this act.
Approved May 22, 1947.
An Act for the regulation of the common and town Chav 438
LANDINC PLACES IN THE TOWN OF DARTMOUTH.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows. •
Section 1. The inhabitants of the town of Dartmouth
shall have jurisdiction over all common and town landings
therein, with power to govern, control and regulate them in
such manner as will keep them free from encumbrances;
and for that and other purposes mentioned in this act make
such by-laws and adopt such rules and regulations not in-
consistent with the laws of the commonwealth as they shall
deem proper to carry into effect the provisions of this act.
The selectmen of said town shall have the immediate custody
of said landings and the duty of enforcing such by-laws, rules
and regulations as shall be made or adopted by the town.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May 22, L9 47.
422 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 439, 440.
ChapAd9 An Act relative to the holding of property by the
LOWELL TEXTILE INSTITUTE BUILDING ASSOCIATION AND THE
LEASING OF CERTAIN STATE LAND TO SAID CORPORATION.
Emergency Wkeveas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to
pream e. defeat its purposc, which in part is to provide urgently needed
dormitory facilities for students at the Lowell Textile
Institute, therefore it is hereb}^ declared to be an emergency
law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Lowell Textile Institute Building Associa-
tion, incorporated by section one of chapter four hundred and
twenty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-six,
is hereby authorized to hold, for the purposes set forth in said
chapter, real and personal estate to an amount not exceeding
five hundred thousand dollars, in addition to the amount of
real and personal estate which may be held by said corpora-
tion under authority of said chapter.
Section 2. The trustees of Lowell Textile Institute may,
in the name of and for the commonwealth, lease to said
Lowell Textile Institute Building Association for an addi-
tional term all or any part of the land in the city of Lowell
now leased to said corporation by an indenture of lease made
as of March first, nineteen hundred and forty-seven between
said trustees acting in the name of and for the common-
wealth as lessor and said corporation as lessee, and approved
by the governor and council March twelfth, nineteen hun-
dred and forty-seven, such additional term to commence on
the expiration of said indenture of lease made as of March
first, nineteen hundred and forty-seven. Any such lease for
an additional term shall provide that the parcel thereby
leased shall be used by the lessee solely as a site for the con-
struction by said lessee, and the maintenance, of dormitories,
commons or other buildings for the use of the Lowell Textile
Institute. Such lease shall not require the approval of the
governor and council. Nothing contained in this section
shall be construed as limiting or restricting the powers con-
ferred upon said trustees by section six of said chapter four
hundred and twenty-eight. Approved May 22, 1947.
ChapA4iO An Act relative to the contribution rate of a suc-
cessor EMPLOYING unit UNDER THE EMPLOYMENT SE-
CURITY LAW.
Emergency Whcveas, Neccssary readjustments in the contribution
rates of successor employing units under the employment
security law have been too long delayed and the deferred
operation of this act would further delay the making of such
readjustments, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emer-
gency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the
public convenience.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 440. 423
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section 14 of chapter 151A of the General ^j^lJf^'
Laws, as amended, is hereby further amended by striking §"14,' etc., '
out subsection (c), as most recently amended by chapter 360 ^'^^'^'^'"^■
of the acts of 1946, and inserting in place thereof the follow-
ing subsection : —
(c) For the purpose of determining the benefit wage ratio Contributions
of an employing unit not previously subject to this chapter empKT"^
which has or shall become subject to this chapter by reason ii°'ts.
of having taken over and continued in the same trade or busi-
ness all of the employing enterprises of an employer or em-
ployers, the contribution record of the predecessor employers
and the record of workers' benefit wages which were charged
or would have been charged to the predecessor employers,
if no transfer of the employing enterprises had occurred,
shall cease to be the records of the predecessor employers
and shall become part of the records of the successor em-
ploying unit, if the successor employing unit shall have given
to the director notice of the transfer of the employing enter-
prises and a guaranty of payment of all contributions required
of the predecessor employers in the form and manner pre-
scribed by the director; provided, that if the successor em-
ploying unit is a receiver, trustee, executor, administrator
or other officer under designation or approval of a court for
the purposes of carrying on pending liquidation or reor-
ganization as such, he shall not be required to guarantee
payment of the contributions required of his predecessor
employer.
Any successor employing unit which shall have filed the
required notice and guaranty v/ith the director shall receive
the benefit of this subsection from the date of the transfer
of the employing enterprises, or from the first day of the
quarter which shall have begun not more than five months
before the required notice and guaranty shall have been
filed with the director, whichever shall have occurred the
later; provided, nevertheless, that a successor employing
unit which has or shall become subject to this chapter by
virtue of having taken over the employing enterprises of
two or more employers, in connection with the consolidation
of such employers into the successor employing unit, shall
receive the benefit of this subsection only from the first day
of January following its filing of the required notice and
guaranty with the director, and in the interim shall make
contributions at the rate of two and seven tenths per cent.
The provisions of this subsection shall not authorize the
refund of any moneys except in accordance with section
eighteen; but where a successor employing unit which files
the required notice and guaranty has paid contributions at a
higher rate than required under the provisions of this sub-
section, the director shall issue to such employer credit
memoranda against future contributions. Such credit
memoranda shall be personal to the employer to whom issued
424
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 441, 442.
and shall not be assigned or encumbered, or be subject to
trustee or mesne process.
The provisions of this subsection shall not apply where
an employer acquires the employing enterprises of another
employing unit.
Section 2. Notwithstanding the contrary provisions of
section one of this act, any successor employing unit which
shall have filed with the director of the division of employ-
ment security prior to or within three months after the ef-
fective date of this act the notice and guaranty referred to in
subsection (c) of section fourteen of chapter one hundred
and fifty-one A of the General Laws, as amended by said
section one, shall receive the benefit of said section one from
January first, nineteen hundred and forty-six, or from the
date of the transfer of the employing enterprises, whichever
date is the later. Approved May 22, 1947.
ChapA4:l An Act relative to the disposition of certain property
LEFT UNCLAIMED IN THE POSSESSION OF CERTAIN COMMON
CARRIERS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follow s:
Section 1. Chapter 135 of the General Laws is hereby
amended by striking out section 1, as appearing in the Ter-
centenary Edition, and inserting in place thereof the follow-
ing section: — Section 1. Common carriers engaged in the
transportation of passengers may sell baggage left unclaimed
in their possession for a period of one hundred and twenty
days at public auction, after publication of notice of such
sale once a week for five successive weeks in a newspaper
published in the city or town where said sale is to take place.
The net proceeds of such sale, after deducting storage and
other charges and all expenses of the sale, shall be paid over
to the commonwealth.
EdV ilr §§ -> Section 2. Sections 2 to 4, inclusive, of said chapter 135
io4,'inV.,' " are hereby repealed. Approved May 22, 1947.
repealed
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 135, § 1,
amended.
Coninion
carriers may
.sell unclaimed
baggage, etc.
C7iap.442 An Act authorizing the installation and operation of
PARKING METERS IN CITIES AND TOWNS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 40 of the General Laws is hereby
amended by adding after section 22 the following section: —
Section 22 A. Any cit}^ or town, for the purpose of enforcing
its ordinances, by-laws and orders, rules and regulations re-
lating to the parking of vehicles on ways within its control
and subject to the provisions of section two of chapter eighty-
five, may appropriate money for the acquisition, installa-
tion, maintenance and operation of parking meters, or by
vote of the city council or of the town may authorize a board
or officer to enter into agreement for such acquisition, in-
G. I-. (Tor.
Ed.), 40, new
§ 22A, added.
Cities and
towns may
install parkinfi
meters.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 443. 425
stallation or maintenance of parking meters; provided, that
the city of Boston, for the purpose of enforcing the rules and
regulations adopted by the Boston Traffic Commission under
chapter two hunched and sLxty-three of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-nine, may appropriate money for the
acquisition, installation, maintenance and operation of park-
ing meters, or, by vote of the city council of said city, subject
to the provisions of its charter, may authorize the Boston
Traffic Commission to enter into agreements for the acquisi-
tion, uistallation or maintenance of parking meters. An
agreement for the acquisition or installation of parking
meters may provide that payments thereunder shall be made
over a period not exceeding five years without appropria-
tion, from fees received for the use of such parking meters
notwithstanding the provisions of section fifty-three of chap-
ter forty-four. Such fees shall be established and charged at
such rates that the revenue therefrom shall not exceed in the
aggregate the necessary expenses incurred by such city or
town for the acquisition, installation, maintenance and op-
eration of parking meters and the regulation of parking and
other traffic activities incident thereto.
Section 2. Section 2 of chapter 85 of the General Laws, g. l. (Ter.
as appearing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended fj^ended.^ ^'
by adding after the word "devices" in line 7 and in line 13,
in each instance, the words: — or parking meters, — so that
the second and third sentences will read as follows : — No Parking
such signs, lights, markings, signal systems or devices or Sate'high-
parking meters shall be erected or maintained on any state ^egukted
highway by any authority other than said department except
with its written approval as to location, shape, size and color
thereof and except during such time as said approval is in
effect. No rule, regulation, order, ordinance or by-law of a
city or town hereafter made or promulgated relative to or in
connection with such signs, lights, markings, signal sj'^stems
or devices or parking meters on any way within its control
shall take effect until approved in writing by said department
or be effective after said approval is revoked.
Approved May 22, 1947.
An Act providing for the appointment of an equity fhnjy 44Q
CLERK OF THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF P- O
MIDDLESEX.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 221 of the General Laws is hereby amended by g. l. (Tor.
inserting after section 6, as appearing in the Tercentenary Mj^ iddVlT'
Edition, the following section: — Section OA. The justices Equi't " ci Jrk
of the superior court may appoint, for a term of three years fo^'ivriddifsex
from the date of such appointment, one of the assistant autWe'ti'"'"*'
clerks for the county of Middlesex, appointed under section
four or section five, as the equity clerk of the superior court
for said county, who shall perform the duti(>s of clerk per-
426 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 444, 445, 446.
taining to the equity proceedings in said court, and shall re-
ceive from said county, in addition to the salary paid to him
as an assistant clerk under section four or section five, as the
case may be, such sum as shall be fixed by the county per-
sonnel board. Approved May 22, 1947.
ChapA4A An Act extending hospital benefits to veterans of
CERTAIN CAMPAIGNS AND OF THE MEXICAN (VERA CRUZ)
EXPEDITION.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
EdV nr§ 1 Section 1 of chapter 115 of the General Laws, as appearing
etc., 'araeAded! iu sectiou 1 of chapter 584 of the acts of 1946, is hereby
amended by inserting after paragraph 6 of the definition of
"Veteran" the following paragraph: —
Definition. 7. With relation only to hospital benefits available under
this chapter, the First Nicaraguan, Haitian, Dominican,
Yangtze River, Second Yangtze Valley, and Second Nica-
raguan campaigns, and the Mexican (Vera Cruz) expedition.
Approved May 22, 1947.
ChapA4:6 An Act relative to the appropriation of money by the
TOWN OF TISBURY FOR ADVERTISING THE TOWN AND FOR
PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENTS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 111 of the acts of 1910 is hereby
amended by striking out section 1 and inserting in place
thereof the following section : — Section 1 . The town of
Tisbury may, by a two thirds vote, at an annual or special
town meeting, after due legal notice thereof in the warrants
under which said meetings are called, appropriate annually a
sum not exceeding three thousand dollars for the purpose of
advertising the advantages of the town and for providing
amusement or entertainments of a public character.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May 24, 1947.
ChapA4iQ An Act providing for the more particular certifi-
cation OF NAMES OF NOMINATORS UPON NOMINATION
PAPERS USED IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND DISPENSING
WITH THE REQUIREMENT THAT SUCH CERTIFICATION BE
SWORN TO.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section 53 of chapter 486 of the acts of
1909, as most recently amended by section 1 of chapter 472
of the acts of 1941, is hereby further amended by striking
out all following the form of acceptance of nomination by
the nominee, and inserting in place thereof the following: —
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 447.
427
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Boston,
19
SUFFOLK, SS.
The undersigned, being the circulator or circulators of this paper,
severally certify, xinder the pains and penalties of perjury, that the
persons whose names are written upon the lines the numbers of which
appear opposite our signatures below, signed the same in person.
Names and Addresses of Persons
CIRCULATING THIS PaPBR.
Numbers of Lines upon which appear
Signatures as to which Cektipication
Name.
Address.
is made herebt.
The signature of any nominator which is not so certified shall not
be counted in determining the number of nominators.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May 24, 1947.
An Act prohibiting the publication of the substance (Jhny aa'j
OF DEBATES IN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BOSTON. ^'
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 486 of the acts of 1909 is hereby
amended by striking out section 29, as amended by sec-
tion 1 of chapter 185 of the acts of 1934, and inserting in
place thereof the following section : — Section 29. Within
ninety days after the passage of this act and thereafter there
shall be published at least once a week and distributed and
sold under the direction of the mayor and on terms to be
fixed by the city council and approved by the mayor a paper
to be known as the "City Record." All advertising with
reference to the sale of property for non-payment of taxes
shall appear exclusively in the City Record. All other ad-
vertising, whether required by law or not, with reference
to the purchase or takuig of land, contracts for work,
materials or supplies, and the sale of bonds, shall appear in
said paper, and in such newspaper or newspapers as the
mayor, in his discretion, may order; a list of all contracts of
428 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 448, 449.
one thousand dollars or more, as awarded, with the names of
bidders, and the amount of the bids; appomtments by the
mayor; and changes in the number and compensation of
employees in each department, shall be published in the
City Record. Failure to pubhsh in such newspaper or
newspapers as the mayor may order shall not invalidate any
purchase, contract or sale made or action taken by the city.
The proceedings of the city council and school committee
together with all communications from the mayor, shall be
published in the City Record; provided, that the substance
of debates by and among the members of the city council
shall not be so published or published elsewhere at the
expense of said city.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May 24, 1947.
C/ia29.448 An Act increasing the number of trustees of deerfield
ACADEMY.
^rTambk"^ IF/iergas, One of the principal purposes of this act is to
make its provisions available for use at the annual election
of the corporation referred to therein which occurs in the
very near future and the deferred operation of this act
would defeat such purpose, therefore it is hereby declared
to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preser-
vation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 62 of the acts of the year 1796 is hereby amended
by striking out section 4th, as amended or affected by
chapter 1 of the acts of the year 1829, and inserting in place
thereof the following section: — Section 4th. ^ And be it
further enacted that the number of trustees of said corpora-
tion hereafter shall not at any one time be more than twenty,
nor less than nine, five of whom shall constitute a quorum
for the transaction of business; and vacancies in the num-
ber of trustees of the corporation occurring from time to
time hereafter shall be filled by the remaming trustees.
Approved May 24, 1947.
Chap. ^9 An Act relative to the closing of certain courts and
of certain county offices on SATURDAYS.
Eme^ency Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would in
pream e. ^^^ defeat its purposc, which is to make it possible for cer-
tain courts and certain county offices to be closed on Satur-
days, commencing with the month of June in the current
year, therefore this act is hereby declared to be an emergency
law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows. •
EdVsI^lie Section 1. Chapter 34 of the General Laws is hereby
amended. ' amended by striking out section 16, as appearing in the
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 449. 429
Tercentenary Edition, and inserting in place thereof the
following section: — Section 16. Except as otherwise pro- commissioners
vided by law, all offices under the jurisdiction of the com- ci^gg^^^^ty"
missioners shall be open to the public for the transaction of offices on
business daily on days other than Saturdays, Sundays and ^^*"^'^*y^-
legal holidays for such hours as may be set by the commis-
sioners, except that, if the convenience of the public so
requires, the commissioners may keep any office under their
jurisdiction open on any Saturday, not a legal hohday, and
give any employee required to work on such Saturday equiva-
lent time off without loss of compensation. When the day
or the last day for the performance of any act, including
the making of any payment or tender of payment, author-
ized or required to be performed at such an office falls on a
Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, the act may be performed
on the next succeeding business day.
Section 2. Chapter 36 of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Xer.
amended by striking out section 11, as so appearing, and amenl^^^*'
inserting in place thereof the following section : — Section Registries
11. Every register shall keep in his registry all books, rec- may close on
ords, deeds and papers belonging thereto, and shall keep ^^^^'^^y^-
the office open a fixed number of hours daily on days other
than Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, for receiving and
recording papers, except that, if the convenience of the pub-
lic so requires, a register may keep his registry open on any
Saturday, not a legal holiday, for said purposes during such
hours as he may determine. Office hours heretofore fixed
in the respective counties shall continue until changed by
order of the county commissioners. Notice thereof shall be
given by posting the same in conspicuous places upon or
near the entrance door and upon the walls or counters in
each registry. The provisions of section nine of chapter
four shall apply in the case of the closing of a registry on
any Saturday to the same extent as if such Saturday were
a legal holiday.
Section 3. Section 1 of chapter 185 of the General g. l. (Ter.
Laws, as amended, is hereby further amended by striking Sil'ame^nded!
out the paragraph contained in lines 51 to 55, inclusive, as
appearing in the Tercentenary Edition, and inserting in
place thereof the following paragraph : —
The court shall have jurisdiction throughout the com- courts to
monwealth, shall always be open, except on Saturdays, f°l^^ ^
Sundays and legal holidays, and shall have a seal with which
all orders, processes and papers made by or proceeding from
the court and requiring a seal shall be sealed; provided,
that, if the convenience of the public so requires, the court
shall be open on such Saturdays, not legal holidays, and dur-
ing such hours thereof, as the judges thereof may determine.
Its notices, orders and processes may run into any county
and be returnable as it directs.
Section 4. Chapter 215 of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Xer.
amended by striking out section 58, as so appearing, and amended' ^ ^**
inserting in place thereof the following section: — 'Sedf on ^^1,^^^ ^^,^,^3
430
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 460.
closed on
Saturdays.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 213, § 4.
amended.
Courts may
open on
Saturdays
under certain
conditions.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 220, {
amended.
District
courts ex-
cepted.
Effective date.
58. The probate court shall be open daily on days other
than Saturdays, Sundays and legal hohdays, for hearings,
matters in equity, proceedings in contempt and for making
orders and decrees in matters before them, except that, if
the convenience of the public so requires, a court shall be
open on any Saturday, not a legal holiday, for said purposes
during such hours as the judge or judges thereof may de-
termine. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, the
times of hearings shall be discretionary with the judges of
said courts.
Section 5. Chapter 213 of the General Laws is hereby
amended by striking out section 4, as so appearing, and in-
serting in place thereof the following section: — Section 4-
The courts shall always be open in every county and the
business thereof, or of the justices thereof, may be transacted
at any time ; but such business shall not, except as provided
in section six of chapter two hundred and twenty, be trans-
acted on Saturday or Sunday or on a legal holiday unless it
relates to an application which, in the opinion of the justice
to whom it is made, is of pressing necessity; provided, that,
if the convenience of the public so requires, either court shall
be open for the transaction of business on such Saturdays,
not legal holidays, and during such hours thereof, as the
chief justice thereof may determine.
Section 6. Chapter 220 of the General Laws is hereby
amended by striking out section 6, as so appearing, and in-
serting in place thereof the following section : — Section 6.
Courts shall not be open on Sunday or a legal holiday, and
courts, other than district courts, shall not be open on Sat-
urday, except as otherwise provided by law or except for
the purpose of instructing or dischar^ng a jury, receiving
a verdict or adjourning; but this section shall not prevent
the exercise of the jurisdiction of any magistrate in criminal
cases to preserve the peace or arrest offenders. The provi-
sions of section nine of chapter four shall apply in the case
of the closing of a court on any Saturday to the same ex-
tent as if such Saturday were a legal holiday.
Section 7. This act shall take effect on June first in the
current year. Approved May 24, 1947.
ChapA50 An Act amending the law relative to children con-
clusively PRESUMED TO BE DEPENDENT UPON A DE-
CEASED employee, UNDER THE WORKMEN'S COMPENSA-
TION LAW.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 32 of chapter 152 of the General Laws is hereby
amended by striking out paragraph (c?), as appearing in the
Tercentenary Edition, and inserting in place thereof the
following paragraph : —
(d) Children under the age of sixteen years (or over said
age but physically or mentally incapacitated from earning)
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 162. § 32
amended.
Dependents.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 451, 452, 453. 431
upon a parent who was at the time of his death legally bound
or ordered by law, decree or order of court or other lawful
requirement to support such children although living apart
from such child or children. Approved May 24, 1947.
An Act providing for the establishment and carrying (JJidj) 451
out by the metropolitan district commission of a
winter sports program at fellsmere pond on fells-
way EAST IN THE CITY OF MALDEN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The metropolitan district commission is hereby author-
ized and directed to establish and carry out a winter sports
program at Fellsmere pond located on Fellsway East in the
city of Maiden. For said purposes, said commission may
expend such sums as may be appropriated therefor, which
shall be included in the amounts to be assessed upon the
metropolitan parks district for maintenance of reservations.
Approved May 24, 1947.
An Act to ratify, approve and confirm the action of (jhr,^ 459
THE TOWN OF WINTHROP IN REIMBURSING ITS TOWN TREAS- ^'
URER FOR CERTAIN MONEYS PAID TO THE TOWN BY HIM.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1 . For the purpose of promoting the public good
and encouraging dependable citizens to assume the respon-
sibilities of public office, the action of the town of Winthrop
taken at its annual town meeting in the current year relative
to the reimbursement of the town treasurer, George W.
Downie, in the sum of thirty-three hundred and sLxty-eight
dollars for moneys paid to the town by him to restore funds
removed from the treasurer's office without his fault, and
such reimbursement, is hereby ratified, approved and con-
firmed.
Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its accept-
ance by the town of Winthrop at its next annual town meet-
ing, but not otherwise. Approved May 24, 1947.
An Act further regulating the retirement of certain ChavAbZ
INCAPACITATED VETERANS. ^'
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section 56 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, g. l. (Ter.
as amended, is hereby further amended by striking out, in ^tc'^'amended
lines 21 and 22, the words "five hundred" and inserting in
place thereof the words : — one thousand, — so that the
first paragraph will read as follows : — A person who has Retirement
served in the army, navy or marine corps of the United States iated*''*""
in the Spanish war or Philippine insurrection between April
twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and July
432
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 454.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 32, § 57,
etc., amended.
Retirement
after ten
years' service.
fourth, nineteen hundred and two, or in the world war be-
tween April sixth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, and No-
vember eleventh, nineteen hundred and eighteen, and has
been honorably discharged from such service or released
from active duty therein, in sections fifty-six to sixty, inclu-
sive, called a veteran, who is in the service of the common-
wealth, or of any county, city, town or district thereof, shall
be retired, with the consent of the retiring authority, if in-
capacitated for active service, at one half of the highest regu-
lar rate of compensation, including any allowance for main-
tenance, payable to him while he was holding the grade held
by him at his retirement, and payable from the same source;
provided, that he has been in the said service at least ten
years, has reached the age of fifty, and has a total income
from all sources, exclusive of such retu-ement allowance and
of any sum received from the government of the United
States as a pension for war service, not exceeding one thou-
sand dollars.
Section 2. Section 57 of said chapter 32, as amended, is
hereby further amended by striking out, in line 14, the words
"five hundred" and inserting in place thereof the words: —
one thousand, — so as to read as follows : — Section 57. A
veteran who has been in the service of the commonwealth, or
of any county, city, town or district thereof, for a total period
of ten years, may, upon petition to the retiring authority,
be retu'ed, in the discretion of said authority, from active
service, at one half of the highest regular rate of compensa-
tion, including any allowance for maintenance, payable to
him while he was holding the grade held by him at his re-
tirement, and payable from the same source, if he is found
by said authority to have become incapacitated for active
service; provided, that he has a total income, from all
sources, exclusive of such retirement allowance and of any
sum received from the government of the United States as a
pension for war service, not exceeding one thousand dollars.
Approved May 24, 1947.
ChavA54: An Act to permit state funds to be used in the main-
tenance OF TOWN WAYS, OTHER THAN STATE HIGHWAYS,
CONSTRUCTED IN WHOLE OR IN PART WITH STATE MONEY.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 81. § 25,
amended.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 25 of chapter 81 of the General Laws, as appearing
in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by adding
at the end of the first sentence the following : — , except as
otherwise provided in section twenty-six of this chapter and
in paragraph 2 (a) of section thirty-four of chapter ninety, —
Maintenance SO that Said first sontcnce will read as follows : — When any
ways'^'improved public Way has been constructed or improved in whole, or in
by state part, with money furnished by the commonwealth, and the
way is not laid out as a state highway, the town in which the
way lies shall thereafter keep and maintain in good repair
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 455, 456, 457. 433
and condition that part of the way which has been so con-
structed or improved ; and the expense thereof shall be borne
by the town or county, or both, as may be agreed upon at
the time such construction or improvement is undertaken,
except as otherwise provided in section twenty-six of this
chapter and in paragraph 2 (a) of section thu'ty-four of chap-
ter ninety. Approved May £4, 1947.
An Act regulating the admissibility of certain evi- p^ . -_
DENCE IN workmen's COMPENSATION CASES. L Hap. ^00
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 152 of the General Laws is hereby amended by q. l. (Ter.
inserting after section 7A, inserted by chapter 380 of the Edo. is^.^^ew
acts of 1947, the following section: — Section 7B. In any g. ^^^^^^^^^
claim for compensation by an employee which is denied by mints by* ^"
an insurer or self-insurer, no statement in writing signed by a!E8rbie"as
the claimant concerning the facts out of which the claim l^'i'^^^j^^ "^^^^^
arose, given by such claimant or a person in his behalf to conditions,
such insurer or self-insurer or to an agent or attorney of such
insurer or self-insurer shall be admissible in evidence or re-
ferred to at the hearing of any such claim or in any proceed-
ing connected therewith, unless a copy of such statement has
been furnished to the claimant, or to a person acting in his
behalf, or to his attorney, within ten days after a written
request therefor. Approved May ^4, 1947.
An Act providing for the establishment, equipment ^, . _^
AND maintenance BY THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COM- ^/i^P.^OO
MISSION OF A PARK IN THE MAGAZINE BEACH SECTION OF
THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The metropolitan district commission is hereby authorized
to construct, equip and maintain a park in that portion of
the property owned by said commission in the city of Cam-
bridge, bounded easterly by Brookline street, southerly
by Memorial drive, westerly by Magazine street and northerly
by Granite street. For said purposes, said commission may
expend such sums as may be appropriated therefor.
Approved May 24, 1947.
An Act authorizing the payment of salaries to the pi^^j^ 4^7
MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OP THE CITY OF SPRING- ^'''^P-^'^'
FIELD.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Notwithstanding the existing provisions of
the charter of the city of Springfield, the city council of said
city may, by a two thirds vote of all its members, taken by a
434
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 458, 459.
call of the yeas and na}^, establish a salary for its members,
not exceeding five hundred dollars each per annum.
Section 2. This act shall be submitted for acceptance to
the registered voters of the city of Springfield at its biennial
municipal election in the current year in the form of the fol-
lowing question, which shall be placed upon the official
ballot to be used at said election: — "Shall an act passed by
the general court in the current year, authorizing the city
council of this city to establish, by a two thirds vote of all
its members, a salary for its members not exceeding five
hundred dollars each per annum, be accepted?" If a ma-
jority of the votes cast on said question is in the affirma-
tive, this act shall take full effect on the first Monday of
January in the year nineteen hundred and forty-eight; other-
wise it shall have no effect. Approved May £4, 1947.
ChapA5S A.N Act relative to the aiding of blind persons by the
DIVISION OF THE BLIND.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 69. § 23,
etc., amended.
Helping blind
by lending
books, etc.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 23 of chapter 69 of the General Laws, as amended,
is hereby further amended by inserting after the word "as-
sistance" in fine 5, as appearing in chapter 526 of the acts
of 1943, the words: — , including the furnishing of medical
care, — so that the first paragraph will read as follows : —
The director may ameliorate the condition of the blind by
devising means to facilitate the circulation of books, by pro-
moting visits among the aged or helpless blind in their homes,
by aiding individual blind persons with money or other as-
sistance, including the furnishing of medical care, or by any
other method he may deem expedient; provided, that con-
tributions by the division for aid to any blind person shall
be based on the needs of the recipient, with a minimum of
forty dollars per month, less whatever resources he may have.
Approved May 24, 1947.
ChapA59 An Act increasing fees for physicians authorized to
MAKE mental EXAMINATIONS IN CERTAIN PRISONS.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 123,
§ 102, etc„
amended.
Fee for
examination
of:
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 102 of chapter 123 of the General Laws, as
amended, is hereby further amended by striking out in line 3
of the paragraph inserted by chapter 226 of the acts of 1938
the word "four" and inserting in place thereof the v/ord: —
five, — so that said paragraph will read as follows : —
The person who makes such examination of a prisoner
hereunder shall, if he is not a salaried officer of the depart-
ment, receive five dollars for each examination and twenty
cents for each mile travelled one way which shall be paid
from the annual appropriation of the institution in which
the prisoner is examined. Approved May 24, 1947.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 460, 461. 435
An Act relative to the operation of the offices of (Jfidq) ^QQ
CLERKS OF DISTRICT COURTS ON SATURDAYS WITH RE- ^'
DUCED PERSONNEL.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would in Emergency
part defeat its purpose, which is to make it possible to oper- p'"*''^'"'^'''-
ate the offices of clerks of district courts on Saturdays with
reduced personnel, commencing with the month of June in
the current year, therefore this act is hereby declared to be
an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preserva-
tion of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section 15 of chapter 218- of the General g^L.^Ter ^^^
Laws, as most recently amended by section 1 of chapter etc!, 'amended'.''
347 of the acts of 1939, is hereby further amended by in-
serting after the word "open" in line 12 the words: — , and
may authorize such clerks to operate their offices on Satur-
days with reduced personnel, — so that the first paragraph
will read as follows: — The justices of the district courts, District
other than the municipal court of the city of Boston, with oSte°'^^th
the approval in each instance of the administrative commit- reduced per-
tee of the district courts, and the justices of the municipal latS^days.
court of the city of Boston in their sole discretion, shall pre-
scribe the times for holding civil and criminal trials in their
respective courts except where such times are estabhshed
by law, and the hours when their respective courts shall
open for the transaction of business, and shall also prescribe
reasonable daily office hours for the clerks of their respective
courts, during which hours the offices of such clerks shall
be open, and may authorize such clerks to operate their
offices on Saturdays with reduced personnel. Such hours
shall be fixed with reference to the business of said courts
and the convenience of the public and of attorneys, and
notice thereof shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the
offices of the respective clerks. Clerks shall also keep their
offices open whenever the court so orders.
Section 2. This act shall take effect on June first in the Effective date.
current year. Approved May 27, 1947.
An Act relative to the approval of proposed chart- C/iap. 461
TABLE CORPORATIONS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 180 of the General Laws is hereby amended by g. l. (Ter.
striking out section 6, as appearing in the Tercentenary Edi- fmendM?.' ^ °'
tion, and inserting in place thereof the following section: —
Section 0. Before approving the articles of organization of Approval of
a charitable corporation the commissioner of corporations chaSlbie
and taxation shall refer such articles to the department of corporations.
public welfare, which shall immediately make an investi-
gation as to the applicants for incorporation and as to the
436 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 462.
purposes thereof, and any other material facts relative
thereto, including facts as to the present need for such an
organization at the time and place and with respect to the
special circumstances set forth in such articles, and shall
give such applicants a public hearing, notice of which shall
be published once a week for three successive weeks in some
paper published in the county where the corporation is to
have its principal office or rooms, and if said office or rooms
are to be in Boston, in some Boston daily paper, the last
publication to be at least three days before the day set for
the hearing, and shall forthwith, upon approval or disap-
proval of its advisory board, report to the commissioner of
corporations and taxation all the facts ascertained by it. If
it appears to him from said report or otherwise that the
probable purpose of the formation of the proposed corpora-
tion is to cover any illegal business, or that the persons
applying for incorporation are not suitable persons, from
lack of financial ability or from any other cause, he shall,
or if the advisory board disapproves the application he may,
refuse to approve such articles of organization. If he refuses,
the applicants may appeal to the superior court, which shall
hear the case and finally determine whether or not the
articles of organization shall be approved.
Approved May 27, 1947.
ChapAQ2 An Act exempting persons employed in a confidential
CAPACITY IN CERTAIN STATE DEPARTMENTS, AND CERTAIN
PERSONS SERVING IN THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, FROM THE
LAW PROHIBITING THE PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION TO
FORMER PUBLIC EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE BEEN RETIRED.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
EdVsIl'gi Section 91 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as most
etc., 'amended! recently amended by chapter 394 of the acts of the current
year, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word
"people" in line 14, as appearing in section 24 of chapter
670 of the acts of 1941, the words: — , or for service as a
member of the executive council after having been chosen
or appointed under the provisions of Article XXV of the
Amendments to the Constitution of the commonwealth, or
for service in a confidential capacity under section seven
of chapter thirty in the executive department, or in the
department of the state secretary, the state treasurer, the
state auditor or the attorney general; provided, that there
shall be deducted from the compensation for the services
of any person employed in a confidential capacity as afore-
said an amount equal to the retirement allowance or pension
received by him, — so that the first sentence will read as
Pena^nwa follows : — No person while receiving a pension or retire-
paid for ^ ment allowance from the commonwealth or from any county,
.sprvieea. ^j^^ ^^, ^q^j^^ except teachcrs who on March thirty-llrst,
nineteen hundred and sLxteen, were receiving annuities not
exceeding one hundred and eighty dollars per annum, shall.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 463, 464. 437
after the date of the first payment of such pension or allow-
ance, be paid for any service rendered to the commonwealth
or any county, city, town or district, except upon his return Exceptions,
and restoration to active service as ordered by the appropriate
retirement board after re-examination in case of retirement
for disability, for jury service, or for service rendered in an
emergency under section sixty-eight, sixty-nine or eighty-
three, or for service in a public office to which he has there-
after been elected by direct vote of the people, or for service
as a member of the executive council after having been chosen
or appointed under the provisions of Article XXV of the
Amendments to the Constitution of the commonwealth, or
for service in a confidential capacity under section seven of
chapter thirty in the executive department, or in the depart-
ment of the state secretary, the state treasurer, the state
auditor or the attorney general; provided, that there shall
be deducted from the compensation for the services of any
person employed in a confidential capacity as aforesaid an
amount equal to the retirement allowance or pension re-
ceived by him. A-p-proved May 27, 1947.
ChapAQZ
An Act relative to determination of fees for the
registration of certain motor vehicles and trailers.
Be it enacted, etc., as foUoios:
Subdivision (6) of the paragraph inserted in section 33 of Sj^' ^0^533
chapter 90 of the General Laws by section 1 of chapter 409 etc!, 'amended!
of the acts of 1935, as most recently amended by section 3
of chapter 595 of the acts of 1945, is hereby further amended
by striking out the last sentence and inserting in place thereof
the following sentence : — The registrar of motor vehicles weight and
may establish rules for determining the weight of such vehicle ''^p*'^'*^-
and its maximum carrying capacity, and he may in his dis-
cretion use the maker's weight with due allowance for extras.
Approved May 27, 1947.
An Act authorizing the town of agawam to appro- nhnv) 4fi4
PRIATE THE SURPLUS SOLDIERS' BONUS FUND, SO CALLED, ^'
FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING A VETERANS MEMO-
RIAL PARK IN SAID TOWN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Agawam is hereby authorized
to appropriate all moneys received by said town from the
commonwealth under the provisions of chapter four hun-
dred and eighty of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
four, known as the surplus soldiers' bonus fund, for the pur-
pose of establishing a veterans memorial park on land therein
donated by Wilson-Thompson Post No. 185, Inc., The
American Legion, Department of Massachusetts, and located
on Springfield street, between Taft and McKinley streets.
The moneys appropriated under authority of this act may
be used for filling, draining and landscaping said land and
438 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 465.
the erection thereon of a memorial to the residents of said
town who served in the armed forces of the United States in
World War I.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May 28, 1947.
ChapAQb An Act relative to the acquisition of additional
WATER SUPPLY BY THE TOWN OF MARION.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purposes set forth in chapter two
hundred and sixty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and
seven, the town of Marion may take by eminent domain
under chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws, or acquire
by lease, purchase, gift, devise or otherwise, use and hold,
the waters or any portion thereof, of any pond, brook,
spring or stream or of any ground water sources, by means of
driven, artesian or other wells or filter galleries within an
area of the town of Rochester, not more than eight thousand
feet from the boundary between the towns of Marion and
Rochester, not already appropriated for purposes of public
water supply, and the water rights connected therewith, and
also for said purposes the town of Marion may take by emi-
nent domain under said chapter seventy-nine or acquire by
lease, purchase, gift, devise or otherwise, and hold, all lands,
rights of way and other easements within the town of Roch-
ester necessary for collecting, storing, holding, using, puri-
fying and treating such water, and protecting and preserv-
ing the purity thereof, and for conveying the same to a
connection with its mains in the town of Marion, and doing
all things necessary and incidental thereto and therewith;
provided, that no source of water supply and no lands nec-
essary for protecting and preserving the purity of the water
shall be taken or used under the authority of this act without
first obtaining the advice and approval of the state depart-
ment of public health, and that the location and arrange-
ment of all dams, reservoirs, wells or filter galleries, filtration
and pumping plants, or other works, necessary in carrying
out the provisions of this act shall be subject to the approval
of said department. The town of Marion may construct
and maintain on the lands acquired and maintained under
this act proper dams, wells, reservoirs, pumping and filtra-
tion plants, buildings, standpipes, tanks, fixtures and other
structures, including also purification and treatment works,
the construction and maintenance of which shall be subject
to the approval of said department of public health. The
town of Marion may enter upon any lands for the purpose
of making surveys, test wells or pits and borings, and may
take or otherwise acquire the right to occupy temporarily
any lands necessary for the construction of any work or for
any other purpose authorized by this act.
The town of Marion may construct, lay, repair and main-
tain, conduits, pipes and other works on and over any lands,
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 465. 439
water courses, public or other ways, and along any such way,
in the town of Rochester in such manner as to carry out the
purposes of this act; and for the purpose of constructing,
laying, repairing and maintaining apparatus and laying and
repairing conduits, pipes and other works, and for all other
purposes of this act necessary and incidental thereto and
therewith, the town of Marion may enter upon and dig up or
raise and embank any such lands, highways or other ways
in such manner as to permit public travel thereon; pro-
vided, that the town of Marion shall restore, to as good
condition as they formerly were in, any ways so dug up.
The town of Marion shall pay all damages sustained by any
person in consequence of any negligent act upon the part of
said town of Marion, its agents or employees, under this act.
Section 2. If the town of Marion shall construct and
lay aqueducts, conduits or pipes in said town of Rochester
as herein authorized, said town of Marion shall furnish water
for the extinguishment of fires to said town of Rochester
from such hydrants as said towns may agree upon along the
pipe lines of said town of Marion constructed and main-
tained under this act and water for domestic and other pur-
poses to such inhabitants of the town of Rochester as reside
within the vicinity of said pipe lines, at such rates and
under such terms as the parties may mutually agree. In
case of failure to agree as to the price for water furnished, or
the manner or location of construction or location of hy-
drants, the department of public utilities, upon petition of
either town, or of any aggrieved inhabitants of the town of
Rochester, shall determine the price and the manner and
location of construction or location of hydrants, and such
determination shall be final.
Section 3. The town of Rochester or any person or
corporation injured in his or in its property by any action
of the town of Marion or its board of water commissioners
taken under authority of this act may pursue its or their
remedies for alleged damages against said town of Marion
under said chapter seventy-nine.
Section 4. Property acquired or held by the town of
Marion within the town of Rochester under this act shall be
exempt from taxation by the town of Rochester so long as
said property is used for the purpose of public water supply
and distribution system as herein provided.
Section 5. Nothing in this act shall limit the right of
the town of Rochester heretofore granted or which may
hereafter be granted to the town of Rochester to supply
itself and its inhabitants with water from any source within
the limits of the town of Rochester including any sources of
water supply which may be developed by the town of
Marion under this act; provided, that such acts by the town
of Rochester shall not interfere with such water supply as
may be required by the town of Marion.
Section 0. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May 29, 19%7.
440
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 466.
ChapAQ6 ^.n Act establishing tup: Massachusetts public build-
ing COMMISSION AND DEFINING ITS POWERS AND DUTIES,
AND ABOLISHING THE EMERGENCY PUBLIC WORKS COM-
MISSION.
Emergency
preamble.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 6, § 17.
etc., amended.
Massachusetts
public building
commission
created.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 6, §§ 61
and 62, added.
Massachusetts
public building
commission,
members of,
terms of, etc.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to
defeat its purpose, which is to make immediately operative
the broader powers vested in the new commission hereby
created and thereby to aid in the long-range planning and to
examine and synchronize the capital needs of the various
departments and the benefits to be derived therefrom by the
commonwealth, therefore it is hereby declared to be an
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public convenience and necessity.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section 17 of chapter 6 of the General Laws,
as most recently amended by section 1 of chapter 612 of the
acts of 1946, is hereby further amended by inserting after
the word ''Authority" in line 10 the following: — , the
Massachusetts public building commission, — so as to read
as follows: — Section 17. The armory commission, the art
commission, the commission on administration and finance,
the commissioner of veterans' services, the commissioners on
uniform state laws, the public bequest commission, the state
ballot law commission, the board of trustees of the Soldiers'
Home m Massachusetts, the milk regulation board, the alco-
holic beverages control commission, the state planning board,
the trustees of the state library, the state racing commission,
the Greylock reservation commission, the Port of Boston
Authority, the Massachusetts public building commission,
the Massachusetts fair employment practice commission, the
outdoor advertising authority and the Massachusetts aero-
nautics commission shall serve under the governor and coun-
cil, and shall be subject to such supervision as the governor
and council deem necessary and proper.
Section 2. Said chapter 6 is hereby further amended by
adding after section 60, inserted by section 2 of said chapter
612, under the caption, Massachusetts public building
COMMISSION, the two following sections : — Section 61 . There
shall be a commission, to be known as the Massachusetts
public building commission. The commission shall consist
of five members, to be known as commissioners. Four of
said members shall be residents of the commonwealth ap-
pointed by the governor, with the advice of the council, one
of whom shall be designated, from time to time, as chairman
by the governor. The fifth member shall be the chairman of
the commission on administration and finance, ex officio.
The term of office of an appointed member shall be for four
years, and until the qualification of his successor. The action
of a majority of the commissioners shall constitute action
of the commission; and, whenever any action is required to
be in writing, such writing shall be sufficient when signed by
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 466. 441
a majority of the commissioners. One or two vacancies in
the commission shall not impair the right of the remaining
members to exercise all the powers of the commission.
Each appointive member of the commission shall receive
as compensation for each day's attendance at meetings of the
commission the sum of thirty dollars; provided, that the
total amount paid hereunder to any such member shall not
exceed three thousand dollars in any fiscal year; and each
member shall also be entitled to expenses actually and neces-
sarily incurred by htm in the performance of his duties.
The commission shall be provided with suitable offices in
the state house or elsewhere in the city of Boston.
Section 62. The commission shall employ a director who Director aud
shall be the chief engineer and the executive officer of the pioyees™'
commission, and, subject to its supervision and control, shall
administer the duties imposed upon the commission. The
commission may employ such assistants, engineers, super-
visors, inspectors, experts, clerks and other employees as it
may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of chapter
ninety-two A. All officers and employees of the commission,
other than persons temporarily employed under section one
of said chapter ninety-two A, shall ha subject to chapter
thirty-one and the rules and regulations made thereunder.
Section 3. The General Laws are hereby amended by g. l. (Xer.
inserting after chapter ninety-two, as amended, the follow- ^hapter^92A,
ing chapter : — added.
Chapter 92A.
Massachusetts Public Building Commission.
Section 1 . The Massachusetts public building commis- program of
sion, established under section sixty-one of chapter six, in pi'ojects.
this chapter referred to as the commission, shall prepare and
maintain a long-range program of projects. For the pur- "Project"
poses of this chapter, the word "project" shall mean projects defined,
which may be undertaken by the commonwealth for the
construction of buildings and appurtenant structures, facili-
ties and utilities, including alterations or additions to existing
buildings and appurtenant structures, facilities and utilities,
shall refer only to such projects as shall be financed, in whole
or in part, by special appropriations, by bond issue or by
federal funds, or by any combination thereof, and shall not
include any project estimated to cost less than five thousand
dollars. Each department, office, board and commission of
the commonwealth which proposes to undertake any such
project shall prepare and submit to the commission, at such
times and in such form as the commission may require, its
requests for such projects. The commission shall study the
requests thus submitted, may develop projects of its own
(provided, that no mone}'' shall be expended for preliminary
plans without the approval of the department, office, board
or coiTimission for which such project is prepared) and the
commission shall submit to the budget commissioner, an-
442
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 466.
Plans and
specifications.
Plans and
specifications
to be approved
by commis-
sion.
Federal
assistance
regulated.
Commission
may apply
for federal
nually on or before the fifteenth day of September, a report
containing a list of all such projects so requested and its
recommended long-range program for construction of such
projects. Said report shall show the estimated cost of each
item as recommended therein. The commission shall cause
to be made preliminary plans and descriptive specifications,
sufiicient for a careful estimate by a competent expert, and
for this purpose may employ temporarily such architects,
engineers, contractors and consultants as it deems necessary
and may expend such sums as may be appropriated therefor.
The provisions of this chapter relative to the preparation
and filing of the preliminary plans and specifications herein
referred to shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements for
the preparation and filing of preliminary studies and general
specifications as set forth in section seven of chapter twenty-
nine; provided, that copies of said plans and specifications
shall be filed in the office of the officer having in charge such
construction or alterations and shall not be changed or
amended thereafter except with the written approval of
such officer as provided in said section seven.
No plans, other than preliminary plans, shall be prepared
until a special appropriation has been made therefor or for
such project, or until federal funds or federal assistance have
been made available as provided in section three or four.
Section 2. No obligation shall be incurred or payment
made for the preparation of plans or specifications for any
project defined in section one without the approval of the
commission, and no construction of any such project shall
be undertaken until plans, specifications and contracts there-
for shall have been approved by the commission, and no
alterations to said plans, specifications or contracts shall be
made without like approval. The commission may, from
time to time, examine the quality of construction of any
project for which the commission has approved the plans,
specifications and contracts and may require that the work
be performed in compliance with said plans, specifications,
contracts and approved alterations thereto.
Section 3. The commission, with the approval of the
governor, upon recommendation of the commission on ad-
ministration and finance, may accept on behalf of the com-
monwealth any federal funds or federal assistance, or both,
for financing the cost of such plans and specifications as the
commission may deem necessary in order to carry out any
provision of this chapter.
Section 4- If federal appropriations are authorized for
aiding in the construction of state projects, the commission,
with the approval of the governor, upon recommendation of
the commission on administration and finance, may make
applications for federal funds or federal assistance, or both,
and, with the approval of the governor, accept any such
federal funds or federal assistance, or both, in the name of
the commonwealth. Such projects shall be carried out in'^all
respects subject to the provisions of the appropriate federal
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 467. 443
law providing for construction of such projects, and the rules
and regulations made pursuant thereto, and to such terms,
conditions, rules and regulations, not inconsistent with such
federal laws, rules and regulations, as said commission may
establish, with the approval of the governor, to ensure the
proper execution of said projects.
Section 5. The commission may request and shall receive other depart-
from the several offices, departments, boards and commis- ^ate^o assist
sions of the commonwealth such assistance as it may require commission.
in carrjdng out the purposes of this chapter.
Section 4. Of the appointive members of the Massa- Appointive
chusetts public building commission first appointed under ^rm^o"'
this act, one shall be appointed for a term of one year, one
for a term of two j-ears, one for a term of three years and one
for a term of four years.
Section 5. Each of the employees of the emergency Employees of
public works commission, as existing immediately prior to pubUc^works
the effective date of this act, is hereby transferred to the '''"{^"'^^f °"
service of the Massachusetts public building commission ferrtfd toTJm-
out prejudice.
which he may be entitled, and shall continue to hold the
equivalent office or position then held by him, and he shall
be subjected to a non-competitive qualifying examination
for such office or position by the division of civil service. If
he passes said examination, he shall be certified for said
office or position and shall be deemed to be permanently ap-
pointed thereto without serving any probationary period,
and his tenure of office shall be unlimited, subject, however,
to chapter thirtj^-one of the General Laws and the rules and
regulations made thereunder.
Section 6. The existence of the emergency public works Emergency
commission, established by section one of chapter three hun- ^om^s'Ii^Jn "
dred and sixty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and terminated,
thirty-three, as most recently extended by section three of
chapter five hundred and seventeen of the acts of nineteen
hundred and forty-three, is hereby terminated. All of the
powers, duties and obligations of the emergency public works
commission are hereby transferred to and shall be exercised
and performed by the Massachusetts public building com-
mission, but only in so far as necessary to exercise such powers
and duties in order to complete such obligations already
incurred, whether to be performed presently or hereafter.
Approved May 29, 1947.
An Act relative to information to be filed with (>/j^^^ 457
boards of retirement of contributory retirement "'
systems of governmental units by employees of
such units.
Be it enacted, etc., as follow s:
Section 18 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appear- g. l. (Ter.
ing in section 1 of chapter 658 of the acts of 1945, is hereby S:!'amended'.
444
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 468.
Filing of
certain
statements
or records
by members.
Penalty for
failure to
file.
amended by striking out subdivision (1) and inserting in
place thereof the following subdivision : —
(1) Any employee or member upon request from the
board shall file with it such written statement or certified
record or copy thereof as shall be required by the provisions
of sections one to twenty-eight, inclusive, or by rules and
regyilations of the board consistent with law. If the board is
satisfied that there has been unreasonable delay in the filing
of any such required statement or record, it shall so notify
in writing such employee or member and the head of his
department. If within thirty days thereafter the board has
not received such required statement or record, it shall so
notify in writing the head of such department and the treas-
urer of the governmental unit in which such employee or
member is employed. Upon the receipt of such latter notice
by the head of his department, such employee or member
shall be suspended from service without compensation and
such suspension shall remain in force until such required
statement or record is so filed; provided, that in the case of
any employee or member subject to the provisions of chap-
ter thirty-one, the pertinent provisions of sections forty-
three and forty-five thereof shall apply. Any member at-
taining the maximum age for his group during a period of
suspension as above set forth shall be retired for superannu-
ation but shall receive no retirement allowance until he has
complied with the request of the board. No member shall
be entitled to voluntary retirement or to a return of his
accumulated total deductions during the period of any such
suspension. Approved May 29, 1947.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 33, § 49,
etc., amended.
Unauthc
drilling.
ChapAQS An Act extending to certain organizations of vet-
erans THE BENEFITS OF CERTAIN LAWS AFFECTING VET-
ERANS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 33 of the General Laws is hereby
amended by striking out section 49, as most recently amended
by chapter 246 of the acts of the current year, and inserting
in place thereof the following section : — Section 19. Except
as provided in section fifty, no body of men, except the or-
ganized militia, the troops of the United States, and the
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachu-
setts, shall maintain an armory, or associate together at any
time as a company or organization, for drill or parade with
firearms, or so drill or parade; nor shall any city or town
raise or appropriate money toward arming, equipping, uni-
forming, supporting or providing drill rooms or armories for
any such hodj of men; provided, that associations wholly
composed of soldiers honorably discharged from the military
service of the United States maj'- parade in public with
arms, upon the reception of any regiment or company of
soldiers returning from said service, and for escort duty at
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 468. 445
the burial of deceased soldiers, with the written permission
of the mayor of the city or selectmen of the cit}^ or town
where they desire to parade; that students in educational
institutions where militarj' science is a prescribed part of
the course of instruction or members of schools for military
instruction conducted with the approval of the commander-
in-chief may, with the consent of the commander-in-chief,
drill and parade with firearms in public, under the super-
intendence of their instructors or teachers; that foreign
troops whose admission to the United States has been con-
sented to by the United States government may, with the
consent of the commander-in-chief, drill and parade with
firearms in public; that any body of men may, with the
consent of the commander-in-chief, drill and parade in pub-
lic with any harmless imitation of firearms approved by the
adjutant general; that regularly organized posts of the
Grand Army of the Republic, The American Legion, Vet-
erans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Disabled Ameri-
can Veterans, Department of Massachusetts, and Jewish
War Veterans of the United States, and of the American
Veterans of World War II, AMVETS — Department of
Massachusetts, and of the La Legion Franco-Americaine
des Etats-LTnis d'Amerique and of the Italian-American
World War Veterans of the United States, Inc., and of the
United American Veterans of the United States of America,
Inc., and of the PT Veterans Association, Inc., and of the
American Portuguese War Veterans Association, regularly
organized camps of the United Spanish Vv'ar Veterans, regu-
larly organized detachments of the Marine Corps League,
regularly organized chapters of the Yankee Division Veter-
ans Association, the American Veterans' Committee, Inc.,
and the Massachusetts State Guard Veterans and regularly
organized garrisons of the Army and Navy Union, U. S. A.,
and regTilarly organized units thereof may drill and parade
with firearms in public, imder the supervision of their duly
authorized officers; that the Kearsarge Association of Naval
Veterans, Inc., may at any time parade in public their color
guards of not more than twelve men armed with firearms;
that the Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, the Order of the Founders and Patriots of
America, the Massachusetts Society of the Sons of the
American Revolution, the Society of the Sons of the Revo-
lution in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, The Society
of the War of 1812 in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
(Incorporated), and regularly organized branches of any of
said societies, may at any time parade in public their uni-
formed color guards of ten men with firearms; that regu-
larly organized camps or other duly organized units of the
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War may at any time
parade in public their color guards, escorts, and firing par-
ties with firearms, but no such camp or other organized
unit shall at any time so parade more than sixteen men;
that any organization heretofore authorized by law may
446
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 468.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 40, § 5,
etc., amended.
Cities and
towns may
appropriate
money for
certain
veteran
organizations
for certain
purposes.
parade with side-arms; and that any veteran association
composed wholly of past members of the militia of the com-
monwealth may maintain an armory for the use of the
organizations of the militia to which its members belonged;
provided, that such drill or parade is not in contravention
of the laws of the United States.
Section 2. Section 5 of chapter 40 of the General Laws
is hereby amended by striking out clause (12), as most re-
cently amended by chapter 144 of the acts of the current
year, and inserting in place thereof the following clause : —
(12) For erecting headstones or other monuments at the
graves of persons who served in the war of the revolution,
the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, the Seminole war,
the Mexican war, the war of the rebellion or the Indian wars
or who served in the military or naval service of the United
States in the Spanish American war or in World war I or
in World war II, or who served in the military service of the
commonwealth in time of war; for acquiring land by pur-
chase or by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine,
purchasing, erecting, equipping or dedicating buildings, or
constructing or dedicating other suitable memorials, for the
purpose of properly commemorating the services and sacri-
fices of persons who served as aforesaid; for the decoration
of the graves, monuments or other memorials of persons
who served as aforesaid and the proper observance of Me-
morial Day and other patriotic holidays under the auspices
of the following : — local posts of the Grand Army of the
Republic, United Spanish War Veterans, The American
Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States and
Jewish War Veterans of the United States, and of the Ameri-
can Veterans of World War II, AMVETS — Department
of Massachusetts and of the La Legion Franco-Americaine
des Etats-Unis d'Amerique, and of the Italian-American
World War Veterans of the United States, Inc., and of the
American Portuguese War Veterans Association, local chap-
ters of the Disabled American Veterans of the World War
and of the American Veterans' Committee, Inc., local units
of the Massachusetts State Guard Veterans, Kearsarge Asso-
ciation of Naval Veterans, Inc., local garrisons of the Army
and Navy Union of the United States of America, local
chapters of the Massachusetts Society of the Sons of the
American Revolution, local detachments of the Marine Corps
League, local clubs of the Yankee Division Veterans Asso-
ciation, local camps or other duly organized units of the
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War or local tents of
The Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, and
The Society of the War of 1812 in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts (Incorporated); or for keeping in repair
graves, monuments or other memorials erected to the mem-
ory of such persons or of the firemen and policemen of the
town who died from injuries received in the performance of
their duties in the fire or police service or for decorating the
graves of such firemen and policemen or for other memorial
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 468. 447
observances in their honor. Money appropriated in honor
of such firemen may be paid over to, and expended for such
purposes by, any veteran firemen's association or similar
organization.
Section 3. Section 9 of said chapter 40 is hereby amended g-^l- ^Jer.^
by striking out the first paragraph, as most recently amended etc., 'amended.
by section 3 of chapter 409 of the acts of 1946, and inserting
in place thereof the following paragraph : — A city or town Headquarters
may, for the purpose of providing suitable headquarters for veterlT'"^
a post or posts of The American Legion and of the Veterans organizationB.
of Foreign Wars of the United States and for a chapter or
chapters of the Disabled American Veterans of the World
War and for a post or posts of the Jewish War Veterans of the
United States and for a post or posts of the Italian- American
World War Veterans of the United States, Inc. and for a
post or posts of La Legion Franco-Americaine des Etats-
Unis d'Amerique, and for a post or posts of the American
Portuguese War Veterans Association and for a chapter or
chapters of the Military Order of the Purple Heart and for
a detachment or detachments of the Marine Corps League
and for a post or posts of the American Veterans of World
War II, AMVETS — Department of Massachusetts, lease
for a period not exceeding five years buildings or parts of
buildings which shall be under the direction and control of
such post or posts, or chapter or chapters, or detachment or
detachments subject to regulations made in cities by the
mayor with the approval of the council and in towns by
vote of the town, and for said purposes a town with a valua-
tion of less than five million dollars may annually appro-
priate not more than two thousand dollars; a town with
a valuation of five million dollars but not more than twenty
million dollars may annually appropriate not more than
three thousand dollars; a town with a valuation of more
than twenty million dollars but not more than seventy-five
million dollars may annually appropriate not more than
four thousand dollars; a town with a valuation of more
than seventy-five million dollars but not more than one
hundred and fifty million dollars may annually appropriate
not more than five thousand dollars; and a town with a
valuation of more than one hundred and fifty million dollars
may annually appropriate five thousand dollars for each one
hundred and fifty million dollars of valuation, or fraction
thereof. The city council of a city may, by a two thirds
vote, appropriate money for armories for the use of the state
militia, for the celebration of holidays, for the purpose of
providing or defraying the expenses of suitable quarters for
posts of the Grand Army of the Republic, including the
heating and lighting of such quarters, and for other like
public purposes to an amount not exceeding in any one year
one fiftieth of one per cent of its valuation for such year.
Section 4. Chapter 266 of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Ter.
amended by striking out section 70, as most recently amended ett! amended"'
by section 4 of said chapter 409, and inserting in place thereof
448
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 469.
Unlawful
use of
insignia.
the following section: — Section 70. Whoever, not being a
member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the
United States, the Grand Army of the Republic, the Sons
of Union Veterans of the Civil War, the Woman's Relief
Corps, the Union Veterans' Union, the Union Veteran
Legion, the Military and Naval Order of the Spanish-Ameri-
can War, the United Spanish War Veterans, the American
Officers of the Great War, the Veterans of Foreign Wars of
the United States, the Military Order of Foreign Wars of
the United States, the Disabled American Veterans of the
World War, the Yankee Division Veterans' Association, The
American Legion, the Army and Navy Union, U. S. A., the
American Veterans of World War II, AMVETS, the Ameri-
can Veterans' Committee, Inc., the La Legion Franco-
Americaine des Etats-Unis d'Amerique, the Italian-Ameri-
can World AVar Veterans of the United States, Inc., the PT
Veterans Association, Inc., the American Portuguese War
Veterans Association, or the Marine Corps League, wilfully
wears or uses the insignia, distinctive ribbons or member-
ship rosette or button thereof for the purpose of represent-
ing that he is a member thereof shall be punished by a fine
of not more than twenty dollars or by imprisonment for not
more than one month, or both. Approved May 29, 1947.
Chap
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 35, § 49,
etc., amended.
Certain oflfices
to be classi-
fied by the
board.
Stenographers
included.
.469 An Act relative to establishing salaries of official
stenographers and compensation of additional ste-
nographers and temporary stenographers of the
superior court in the county of suffolk.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section 49 of chapter 35 of the General Laws,
as most recently amended by section 1 of chapter 400 of the
acts of the current year, is hereby further amended by strik-
ing out the first sentence and inserting in place thereof the
following sentence : — Every office and position whereof the
salary is wholly payable from the treasury of one or more
counties, or from funds administered by and through county
officials, excluding the offices of county commissioners, the
clerk and the assistant clerks of the superior court for civil
business in the county of Suffolk, the clerk and assistant
clerks of the superior court for criminal business in the county
of Suffolk, official stenographers, additional stenographers
and temporary stenographers of the superior court in the
county of Suffolk, justices and special justices of the district
courts, the messenger of the superior court in the county of
Suffolk, the secretary and assistant secretary of the munici-
pal court of the city of Boston, clerks and assistant clerks of
the district courts other than the clerks and assistant clerks
of district courts in the county of Suffolk except the munici-
pal court of the city of Boston, and other than the clerks
and assistant clerks of the central district court of Worcester,
and excluding trial justices, other offices and positions filled
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 469. 449
by appointment of the governor with the advice and con-
sent of the council, court officers appointed in Suffolk county
under section seventy of chapter two hundred and twenty-
one, court officers in attendance upon the municipal court
of the city of Boston, and probation officers, but including
the officer described in the first sentence of section seventy-
six of said chapter two hundred and twenty-one, shall be
classified by the board in the manner provided by sections
forty-eight to fifty-six, inclusive, and every such office and
position, now existing or hereafter established, shall be allo-
cated by the board to its proper place in such classification.
Section 2. Chapter 221 of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Xer.
amended by striking out section 91, as appearing in the amended.' ^ ^^'
Tercentenary Edition, and inserting in place thereof the
following section : — Section 91 . In any county having a salaries and
population of more than two hundred thousand, official ofTtenoTra°"
stenographers, other than additional stenographers, ap- phers in the
• X J u xi! • i.- e i-t. ■ J. u 11 • superior court.
pomted by the justices of the superior court shall receive
salaries to be paid by the respective counties, which, except
in the case of Suffolk county, shall be established in accord-
ance with sections forty-eight to fifty-six, inclusive, of chap-
ter thirty-five. Other official stenographers, and all addi-
tional stenographers and temporary stenographers shall
receive from the county in which they are employed, on the
order of the presiding justice, compensation for each day's
actual and necessary attendance which, except in the case
of Suffolk county, shall be established as aforesaid; and if
the service is rendered outside the county in which the
stenographer resides or has his usual place of business, the
justice shall allow him in addition to such compensation his
reasonable and actual expenses for transportation, food and
lodging. The stenographer appointed under section eighty-
two for the county of Nantucket shall be allowed in addi-
tion thereto the sum of eighteen dollars for each sitting as
compensation for time consumed in traveling.
Section 3. Said chapter 221 is hereby further amended SjV-^T"-
by inserting after section 91 the following section: — Sec- new'soiA,
Hon 91 A. Official stenographers appointed under section ^'^'^^'^^
eighty-two for the superior court in the county of Suffolk compensation
shall receive from said county such salaries as shall be estab- of stenog-
lished from time to time by the justices of the superior court, Le'^tixed by
with the approval of the justices of the supreme judicial ^upe^orwun
court. Additional stenographers appointed under said sec-
tion eighty-two and temporary stenographers appointed
under section eighty-three, in attendance on the superior
court in the county of Suffolk, shall receive from said
county, upon the order of the presiding justice, compen-
sation established by the justices of the superior court,
with the approval of the justices of the supreme judicial
court, for each day's actual and necessary attendance.
Section 4. The salaries of official stenographers, addi-
tional stenographers and temporary stenographers for the
superior court in the county of Suffolk in force on the effec-
450 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 470, 471, 472.
tive date of this act shall continue in force until established
under section ninety-one A of chapter two hundred and
twenty-one of the General Laws,
aifcf IftTr ^"^""^ Section 5. The salaries of official stenographers under
January 1, Said sectiou uiuety-one A, when first established thereunder,
^^'^^' shall be effective from and after January first, nineteen hun-
dred and forty-seven. Approved May 29, 1947.
ChapA70 An Act providing for the purchase by the department
OF conservation of certain forest fire fighting
equipment.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The department of conservation is hereby authorized and
directed to purchase two one and one half ton heavy duty,
fully equipped forest fire fighting trucks. Said trucks shall
be allocated for forest fire districts eight and nine, located
west of the Connecticut river. Approved May 29, 1947.
Chap. A71 An Act relative to the establishment and maintenance
AT THE MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STA-
TION OF A DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY DEALING WITH THE
CAUSES, PREVENTION AND REMEDIES OF DISEASES OF
DOMESTIC ANIMALS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Edn'rV^' Chapter 75 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
§ 16A, "etc., striking out section 16A, as amended by section 21 of chap-
amended. ^^^ g^^ ^^ ^j^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^iq currcut year, and inserting in place
laiTomtorv thereof the following section: — Section 16 A. The trustees
ettabLhed. shall establish and maintain at said station a diagnostic
laboratory for the purpose of the provisions of clause First
of section seventeen relative to domestic animals. Experi-
ments may be conducted at said station in co-operation with
Massachusetts dairy farmers to control and eliminate the
disease of mastitis. For the purpose of the collection and
laboratory examination of milk samples to eliminate mastitis,
in the conduct of such work, a fee not exceeding twenty-five
cents for each sample tested may be charged. The director
shall accept samples of milk for test collected by the depart-
ment of agriculture and may accept samples from such other
qualified persons as he may approve for the collection of
such samples. Approved May 29, 1947.
ChapA72 An Act changing the title of certain guards at the
PUBLIC WORKS building IN BOSTON TO PUBLIC WORKS
BUILDING POLICE AND ESTABLISHING THEIR POWERS AND
DUTIES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
G. L. (Ter. SECTION 1. ScctioD 4 of chapter 16 of the General Laws, as
amended.^ "' appearing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 473. 451
by inserting after the word "employees", in line 8, the fol-
lowing: — , including public works building police, — so as
to read as follows: — Section 4- The commissioner shall be commissioner,
the executive and administrative head of the department. du^|"^°*^
He shall approve ail contracts made by the department, and
may require any of the expenditures of the department to be
submitted to him for approval. Except as otherwise ex-
pressly provided, the concurrence of at least a majority of
the commissioner and associate commissioners shall be neces-
sary in every official act of the department. The com-
missioner may appoint and remove such officials and em-
ployees, including public works building police, as the work
of the department may require. He may from time to time
assign to such officials and employees such duties as the work
of the department may require, except where especially as-
signed by law.
Section 2. The title of the guards now serving at the Public works
public works building in Boston is hereby changed to public p^J^"^
works building police.
Section 3. Said chapter 16 is hereby further amended %^\^ iKew
by adding at the end, under the heading public works § s. added-
BUILDING POLICE, the following section: — Section 8. The ^^^fj^''"'"''^
commissioner shall take proper care to prevent any trespass pdice^^their
on, or injury to, the pubHc works building; and if any such dutie"*"'^
trespass or injury is committed he shall cause the offender to
be prosecuted therefor. For any criminal offence com-
mitted in any part of said public works building or the
grounds appurtenant thereto the commissioner and his pub-
lic works building police shall have the same power to make
arrests as the state police officers. An officer of the public
works building police may, upon view of any misdemeanor
committed in his presence, while on duty in said building,
arrest any person seen committing such misdemeanor. The
commissioner may arm his public works building police.
Officers of the public works building police shall, while on
duty, wear and display a metallic badge bearing the seal of
the commonwealth and the words "Public Works Building
Police". The commissioner shall be responsible for the fit-
ness and good conduct of all such police officers.
Approved May 29, 1947.
An Act authorizing the city of newburyport to use ChapA7S
certain park land for veterans' housing purposes
and to lay out and sell building lots for a nomi-
NAL consideration TO CERTAIN VETERANS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1, The city of Newburyport is hereby author-
ized to use land in the southeasterly part of said city,
known as the South End Ball Park, for veterans' housing,
said land being bounded and described as follows: — south-
westerly four hundred and twenty-five feet, more or less, by
the division line between Newburyport and Newbury and
452 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 474.
by the end of South Pond street in Newbury ; southerly two
hundred and twenty feet, more or less, by Withington street
and by lands of Pearson and Leavitt; easterly three hun-
dred and fifty feet, more or less, by lands of Bean, Welch,
Furlong and Bean; and northerly five hundred and fifty
feet, more or less, by lands of Gould, Kelly, Murphy, Brown,
Taylor and the end of South Pond street in Newburyport.
Section 2. The city may appropriate money to be ex-
pended under the direction of the mayor for the purpose of
subdividing such land into parcels of adequate size for house
lots, laying out ways, and installing public utilities as deemed
necessary or advisable. The mayor may sell lots so laid out
at public or private sale to any person who served in the
armed forces of the United States in World War II and
who has been discharged or released from such service un-
der conditions other than dishonorable. Such sale may be
made for a nominal consideration after the grantee agrees
to spend or cause to be spent in the construction or recon-
struction of a building for dwelling purposes, within such
period after the grant, not exceeding eighteen months, as
may be fixed by the mayor, such sum as shall be deter-
mined by the mayor. Any sale made under the authority of
this act shall be upon the express condition that if the
agreed sum is not spent upon such construction or recon-
struction within the time specified, title shall forthwith
revert to the city.
Section 3. This act shall take full effect upon its accept-
ance during the current year by vote of the city council of
the city of Newburyport approved by the mayor, but not
otherwise. Approved May 29, 1947.
ChapA74: An Act authorizing the town of wayland to borrow
MONEY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purposes of acquiring land for and
constnicting one or more school buildings, or constructing
additions to existing school buildings, and of originally equip-
ping and furnishing the same, the town of Wayland may
borrow from time to time, within a period of five years
from the passage of this act, such sums as may be neces-
sary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, four hundred thousand
dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall
bear on their face the words, Wayland School Building Loan,
Act of 1947. Each authorized issue shall constitute a sepa-
rate loan, and such loans shall be paid in not more than
twenty years from their dates. Indebtedness incurred un-
der this act shall be in excess of the statutory limit, but
shall, except as herein provided be subject to chapter forty-
four of the General Laws, exclusive of the limitation con-
tained in the first paragraph of section seven thereof.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May 29, 19^7,
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 475, 476. 453
An Act authorizing the county of essex to reimburse ChapA75
HARRY D. THOMPSON OF BOXFORD FOR MONEYS EXPENDED
BY HIM IN SETTLING CERTAIN LAW SUITS ARISING FROM
THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES AS COUNTY DOG OFFICER.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of discharging a moral ob-
ligation, the county of Essex is hereby authorized to pay
from the dog fund of Essex county four hundred dollars to
reimburse Harry D. Thompson of Boxford for moneys ex-
pended by him in the settlement of two law suits brought
against him arising from the performance of his duties as
county dog officer for said county.
Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its accept-
ance by the county commissioners of Essex county, but not
otherwise. Approved May 29, 1947.
An Act authorizing the town of provincetown to con- ChapA7Q
struct and operate a system of sewers.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Provincetown, hereinafter
called the town, may lay out, construct, maintain and oper-
ate a system or systems of main drains and common sewers
for a part or the whole of its territory, with such connections
and other works as may be required for a system of sewage
disposal, and may construct such sewers or drains in said
town as may be necessary, and, for the purpose of provid-
ing better surface or other drainage, may make, lay and
maintain such drains as it deems best; and, for the purposes
aforesaid, the town may, within its limits, make and main-
tain subdrains.
Section 2. The town may make and maintain, in any
way therein where main drains or common sewers are con-
structed, such connecting drains, subdrains and sewers
within the limits of such way as may be necessary to con-
nect any estate which abuts upon the way.
Section 3. The town may, at the meeting when this act
is accepted, vote that the selectmen shall act as a board of
sewer commissioners. If the town does not so vote at said
meeting, the town shall elect by ballot, at any town meet-
ing not later than the second annual meeting after the
commencement of construction hereunder of a system of
sewerage and sewage disposal, a board of three sewer
commissioners who shall be citizens of the town, to
hold office, if elected at an annual meeting, one until the
expiration of one year, one until the expiration of two years,
and one until the expiration of three years, from such annual
town meeting, and until their successors are qualified, or,
if elected at a special meeting, one until the expiration of
one year, one until the expiration of two years, and one
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until the expiration of three years, from the next succeeding
annual town meeting, and until their successors are quali-
fied, and thereafter, at each annual town meeting when the
term of a member expires, the town shall elect one member
of the board to serve for three years and until his successor
is qualified. Any selectman shall be eligible to election to
said board. In either case, whether the town votes that its
selectmen shall act as a iDoard of sewer commissioners or
elects a board of sewer commissioners, the town may at any
time thereafter, by any or all the methods permitted by
general law, provide for the election of a board of three
sewer commissioners, or that the selectmen may act as a
board of sewer commissioners, as the case may be.
Section 4. Said board of sewer commissioners, acting
for and on behalf of said town, may take by eminent do-
main under chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws, or
acquire by purchase or otherwise, any lands, water rights,
rights of way or easements, public or private, in said town,
necessary for accomplishing any purpose mentioned in this
act, and may construct such main drains and sewers under or
over any bridge, railroad, railway, boulevard or other public
way, or within the location of any railroad, and may enter
upon and dig up any private land, public way or railroad loca-
tion, for the purpose of laying such drains and sewers and
of maintaining and repairing the same, and may do any
other thing proper or necessary for the purposes of this act;
provided, that they shall not take in fee any land of a rail-
road corporation, and that they shall not enter upon or
construct any drain or sewer within the location of any rail-
road corporation except at such time and in such manner
as they may agree upon with such corporation, or, in case
of failure to agree, as may be approved by the department
of public utilities.
Section 5. Until the board of sewer commissioners has
first been elected as provided in this act or the selectmen
have first been authorized by vote to act as such board, as
the case may be, but not in any event later than the second
annual meeting after the commencement of the work of con-
struction authorized hereby, the town may carry on such
work by a duly authorized committee of the town. The
committee shall serve without pay and shall have all the
powers and authority given to the board of sewer commis-
sioners in this act or by general law. Whenever the phrase
"said board of sewer commissioners" or "said board" here-
inafter occurs, it shall mean and include the board of sewer
commissioners, the selectmen acting as such or the commit-
tee of the town provided for in this section, as the case may be.
Section 6. Any person injured in his property by any
action of said board of sewer commissioners under this act
may recover damages from said town under said chapter
seventy-nine.
Section 7. The town shall, by vote, determine what
proportion of the cost of said system or systems of sewerage
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and sewage disposal the town shall pay; provided, that it
shall pay not less than one fourth nor more than two thirds
of the whole cost. In providing for the pa>Tnent of the re-
maining portion of the cost of said system or systems or for
the use of said system or systems, the town may avail itself of
any or all of the methods permitted by general laws, and the
provisions of said general laws relative to the assessment, ap-
portionment, division, reassessment, abatement and collec-
tion of sewer assessments, to liens therefor and to interest
thereon shall apply to assessments made under this act,
except that interest shall be at the rate of six per cent per
annum. At the same meeting at which it determines the
proportion of the cost which is to be borne by the town, it
may by vote determine by which of such methods the re-
maining portion of said cost shall be provided for. The col-
lector of taxes of said town shall certify the payment or pay-
ments of such assessments or apportionments thereof to the
sewer commissioners, or to the selectmen acting as such, who
shall preserve a record thereof.
Section 8. For the purpose of paying the necessary ex-
penses and liabilities incurred under this act, the town may
from time to time, within five years after the passage of this
act, borrow such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding,
in the aggregate, three hundred thousand dollars, and may
issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face
the words, Provincetown Sewerage Loan, Act of 1947. Each
authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan and such
loans shall be payable in not more than thirt}^ years from
their dates. Indebtedness incurred under this act shall be
in excess of the statutory limit, but shall, except as provided
herein, be subject to chapter forty-four of the General Laws.
Section 9. The receipts from sewer assessments and from
payments made in lieu thereof shall be applied to the pay-
ment of charges and expenses incident to the maintenance
and operation of said system of sewerage and sewage disposal
or to the extension thereof, to the payment of interest upon
bonds or notes issued for sewer purposes or to the payment or
redemption of such bonds or notes.
Section 10. Said board of sewer commissioners may an-
nually appoint a clerk and may appoint a superintendent of
sewers who shall not be a member of the board, and shall
define their duties. It may remove the clerk or superintend-
ent at its pleasure. Said board may, in its discretion, pre-
scribe for the users of said sewer systems such annual rentals
or charges based on the benefits derived therefrom as it may
deem proper, subject, however, to such rules and regulations
as may be fixed by vote of the town.
Section 11. All contracts made by the board of sewer
commissioners shall be made in the name of the town and
shall be signed by the board, but no contract shall be made
or obligation incurred by said board for any purpose in
excess of the amount of money appropriated by the__ town
therefor.
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Section 12. Said board may, from time to time, pre-
scribe rules and regulations for the connection of estates
and buildings with main drains and sewers, and for inspection
of the materials, the construction, alteration and use of all
connections and drains entering into such main drains or
sewers, and may prescribe penalties, not exceeding twenty
dollars, for each violation of any such rule or regulation.
Such rules and regulations shall be published at least once
a week for three successive weeks in some newspaper pub-
lished in the town of Provincetown, if there be any, and if
not, then in some newspaper published in the county of
Barnstable, and shall not take effect until such publications
have been made.
Section 13. No act shall be done under authority of
the preceding sections except in the making of surveys
and other preliminary investigations, until the plans for
said system of sewerage and sewage disposal have been
approved by the state department of public health. Upon
application to said department for its approval, it shall
give a hearing, after due notice to the public. At such
hearing, plans showing in detail all the work to be done in
constructing said system of sewerage and sewage disposal
shall be submitted for approval by said department.
Section 14. This act shall take full effect upon its
acceptance by vote of a majority of the voters of said town
voting thereon at a town meeting called for the purpose
within two years after its passage, but not otherwise.
No expenditure shall be made and no liability incurred
hereunder until such acceptance.
Approved May 29, 1947.
ChavAll An Act increasing the pension portion of the retire-
ment ALLOWANCE FOR CERTAIN RETIRED MEMBERS OF
THE CITY OF EVERETT RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Any provision of chapter two hundred and
twenty-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-
three, as amended, or of any other general or special law
relative to the retirement system of the city of Everett, to
the contrary notwithstanding, the retirement allowance of
each employee of said city who was retired prior to January
first in the current year shall be adjusted from and after the
effective date of this act so that the pension portion of such
retirement allowance on account of membership service
shall be equivalent to the annuity as provided in subsection
(2) of section six of said chapter two hundred and tw^enty-
three, as amended.
Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance, during the current year, by vote of the city council
of the city of Everett, subject to the provisions of its charter,
but not otherwise. Approved May 29, 19^7.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 478, 479. 457
An Act to validate appropriations voted by the town QJkit) 478
of arlington to indemnify ernest r. brooks and
carl e. barstow for services rendered said town.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The action of the town of Arlington at the annual town
meeting in nineteen hundred and forty-seven in appropri-
ating money to indemnify Ernest R. Brooks and Carl E.
Barstow, members of the board of health, for services
rendered in nineteen hundred and forty-two, nineteen hun-
dred and forty-three and nineteen hundred and forty-six, to
the dental clinic and as health physician, respectively, is here-
by ratified and made valid, notwithstanding the failure of the
town to comply with the provisions of section four A of chap-
ter forty-one of the General Laws. Approved May 29, 19Jt.7 .
An Act to extend the powers of cities and towns Qhav 479
AND to assist HOUSING AUTHORITIES IN PROVIDING ^'
housing for VETERANS OF WORLD WAR II.
Whereas, An acute shortage of housing exists in many of ^^'^^^^11''^'
the cities and towns of the commonwealth and on account ^'^*""°
of such shortage many veterans of World War II are unable
to obtain shelter for themselves and their families, and this
shortage is likely to continue for a substantial period of time ;
and inability to obtain adequate shelter will cause suffering
and disease among such veterans and their families unless
such shortage is relieved, and this condition has created a
public exigency making the provision of housing for veterans
by the commonwealth and its municipalities, as provided
by this act, an immediate public necessity; therefore, this act
is declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immedi-
ate preservation of the public health and convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section 6 of chapter 372 of the acts of 1946 is
hereby amended by striking out paragraphs (2) and (3) and
inserting in place thereof the two following paragraphs : —
(2) Selling parcels to corporations and individuals gen-
erally, at reasonable rates on condition that the purchaser
agree to erect single-family, two-family or multi-family resi-
dences on such parcels within a specified time, and offer to
sell or rent such residences to veterans at reasonable rates.
(3) Constructing single-family, two-family or multi-fam-
ily residences on such parcels, suitable for dwelling units for
veterans, and renting such dwelling units to veterans at
reasonable rates; provided, that after the termination of
the present emergency, as defined in section two, and no
later than one year after such termination, unless the state
board of housing shall approve a postponement to a later
date or dates, such residences shall be offered for sale at
the fair market value thereof and disposed of as rapidly as
is consistent with sound business judgment. An urban re-
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development corporation established under chapter one hun-
dred and twenty-one A of the General Laws may purchase
such residences from a city or town. No such construction
shall be undertaken under this paragraph unless the state
board of housing shall have approved the plans and layout,
the estimated cost, the proposed method of financing and
a detailed estimate of expenses and revenue. A city or town
may sell a single-family or two-family residence to a veteran
or veterans prior to the termination of the present emer-
gency with the approval of the state board of housing. A
city or town may grant to a veteran or veterans leasing a
single-family or two-family residence under this paragraph
an option to purchase said residence at the time when it is
required to be offered for sale, or at an earher date with the
approval of the state board of housing at the actual cost
thereof, and may agree that the rentals paid by him or
them, to the extent that they exceed his or their propor-
tionate share of the cost of operating the development in
which the residence is located, including insurance, interest
on money borrowed and repairs but not including an allow-
ance for depreciation, or an amount equivalent to taxes, if
such property were not tax exempt, from the date of such
agreement until the option is exercised, shall be deemed
payments on account of the purchase price. Every offer
of sale shall be at a minimum price fixed by the state board
of housing and every sale shall be subject to the approval
of said board. Any sale, lease or tenancy under this act
may be made or created by the housing authority, board or
officer authorized to carry out the provisions of this act on
behalf of such city or town without the necessity of public
auction and without the necessity of any other action on
behalf of such city or town, any other provision of law to
the contrary notwithstanding. The provisions of section
twenty-six U of chapter one hundred and twenty-one of the
General Laws, inserted by section one of chapter five hun-
dred and seventy-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and
forty-six, appUcable to the housing authority law and to
housing authorities, shall, so far as apt, be apphcable to
this act and to housing authorities, boards and oflScers
authorized to carry out the provisions of this act. The real
estate and tangible personal property of a city or town
acquired, held or constructed under this act shall be deemed
to be public property used for essential public and govern-
mental purposes and shall be exempt from taxation and
from betterments and special assessments. A city or town,
with the approval of the state board of housing, may sell
or otherwise dispose of any land acquired by it for the pur-
f)Oses of this act which it determines is in excess of or no
onger required for such purposes.
Whenever a housing authority has acquired the location
of a proposed project for the clearance of a sub-standard
area for providing low-rent housing for famihes of low in-
come under the pertinent provisions of chapter one hundred
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 479. 459
and twenty-one of the General Laws, and has not com-
pleted such housing on such location during a period of not
less than four years after the acquisition of the major por-
tion thereof, the city or town in which such location is situ-
ated may take such location by eminent domain for the
purposes of this section, but the provisions of chapter one
hundred and twenty-one of the General Laws relating to
the construction of buildings shall remain apphcable to any
housing erected thereon under this section.
Section 2. Said chapter 372 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 7 and inserting in place thereof the
following section : — Section 7. No expenditure shaU be
made by any city or town, or by a housing authority, board
or officer acting as agent for such city or town, in carrying
out the provisions of section four or section six, of more
than one thousand dollars in any year without the approval
of the state board of housing. No action shall be taken by a
city or town under section six unless, upon apphcation by
such city or town to the state board of housing, said board
determines that an acute shortage of housing exists in such
city or town; that veterans are unable to obtain shelter for
themselves and their famihes regardless of their abihty to
pay for the same ; that this shortage is not being relieved by
the ordinary operations of private enterprise and that it is
unHkely that it will be reheved within a reasonable period
of time; and that for such reasons a condition of pubUc
exigency, emergency and distress exists in such city or town
which can be relieved only by action of such city or town un-
der section six. Upon such apphcation by a city or town
said board may hold a pubhc hearing in such city or town
at which any inhabitant or other person subject to taxation
in such city or town shall have a reasonable opportunity to
present facts and arguments in favor of or against the
granting of the apphcation. The decision of the board
upon the apphcation shall be final.
Section 3. Said chapter 372 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 8 and inserting in place thereof the
following section : — Section 8. In carrying out the pro-
visions of this act, any city or town in which a housing
authority has been organized under chapter one hundred
and twenty-one of the General Laws shall use such housing
authority as its agent, and all moneys appropriated under
this act or received by such city or town for the purposes of
this act from any source shall, except as provided in section
eight B of this act, be paid to the treasurer of the authority,
and shall be disbursed by him subject to section twenty-six
U of said chapter one hundred and twenty-one. In any other
city or town, the city council, or the town at its annual town
meeting or at a special meeting called for the purpose, shall
designate the board or officer to carry out the provisions of
this act, or may establish a new board or office for the pur-
pose. Where no housing authority has been organized the
funds available for the purpose of this act shall be in the
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custody of the city or town treasurer but shall be kept
separate from other funds. All moneys received from the
operation of this act shall be available for the purposes
thereof and used in accordance with any agreement duly
entered into with the United States government or any
authorized agency thereof, the provisions of section fifty-
three of chapter forty-four of the General Laws to the
contrary notwithstanding.
Section 4. Said chapter 372 is hereby further amended
by inserting after section 8 the four following sections : —
Section 8 A. Nothing in section eight shall prevent the use
by a city or town of the services of its own appropriate
agencies, officers and employees in the laying of sewers, the
construction of ways and other pubhc works, in the grading
and improvement of the land or in other work of a similar
nature, in connection with a housing development under this
act. If a city or town determines to use the services of its
own appropriate agencies as hereinbefore provided, the
officer in charge of each such agency shall make a written
estimate of the amount that will be required for the pro-
posed work, and shall submit such estimate to the housing
authority. Upon approval by the housing authority of such
estimates, the authority may advance to the treasurer of the
city or town the amounts so estimated and approved and the
amounts advanced shall be set up on the books of the city or
town to the credit of the appropriate agency and may be
expended only for the purposes specified in the estimates, not-
withstanding the provisions of section fifty-three of chapter
forty-four of the General Laws. Upon the completion of
the work the agency shall prepare and shall submit to the
housing authority a report in detail of all expenditures so
made. Any balance of the amount advanced remaining
unpaid shall be repaid to the housing authority and any
deficiency shall be paid to the city by the housing authority.
The action of any housing authority in advancing its funds
for work done prior to the effective date of this section in the
manner provided therein is hereby ratified, confirmed and
validated.
Section 8B. In any city or town in which there is a housing
authority, and it has been determined to undertake a project
for providing shelter for veterans under section six, if such
project will involve the construction of sewers, streets, side-
walks and other public utilities for the use of or in connection
with such project, such city or town, instead of proceeding
in the manner provided in section eight A, may divide the
amount appropriated for the project, and so much as is re-
quired for such public utilities shall be appropriated, used
and expended in the same manner as money appropriated
for the same purposes for general public use ; and the balance
only shall be paid over to the housing authority.
Section SC. Whenever a housing authority has received
money appropriated by a city or town for the development
and construction of a project for providing shelter for veterans
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under paragraph (3) of section six and has constructed such
a project and rented dweUing units therein to veterans, it
shall repay to the city annually the excess, if any, of the
receipts derived from said property over the expenses for the
operation and maintenance thereof, including in such ex-
penses a reasonable allowance for reserves for repairs,
maintenance and replacements not exceeding ten per cent
of the gross rents of the first year's occupancy and for va-
cancy and collection losses not exceeding three per cent of
such gross rents.
Section 8D. The audit of the accounts of cities and towns
provided for by sections thirty-five, thirty-six and forty of
chapter forty-four of the General Laws shall include an audit
of the accounts of every housing authority relating to work
performed under section six when the treasurer of such au-
thority has received funds from the city or town in ac-
cordance with section eight.
Section 5. Said chapter 372 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 9 and inserting in place thereof the
following section : — Section 9. The authority, board or
officer authorized by a city or town to carry out the provi-
sions of this act shall, subject to the approval of the state
board of housing, determine reasonable rates for rents and
prices to be charged to veterans under paragraphs (c) and
{d) of section four, and under paragraph (3) of section six,
which shall be no higher than the limits imposed by any
applicable federal or state regulation. In such determination
the cost of the property or services sold, rented or furnished,
the price of similar property or services in the open market,
the value thereof to the veteran purchasing or renting the
same and the ability of veterans generally to pay therefor
may all be considered. Unusual factors due to the present
emergency itself may be disregarded. Any person aggrieved
by the determination of reasonable rates by a city or town
under paragraph (1) of section six or by a corporation or
individual under paragraph (2) of section six, or ten taxable
inhabitants of such city or town, may appeal to the state
board of housing from such determination within ten days
after it has been made, and the decision of such board upon
questions of fact shall be final.
Section 6. Section 10 of said chapter 372 is hereby
amended by striking out in line 6 the word "fifteen" and
inserting in its place the word : — twenty, — so that the
second sentence will read as follows: — Each authorized
issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall
be paid in not more than five years from their dates, except
that loans for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of
section six shall be paid in not more than twenty years from
their dates.
Section 7. Said chapter 372 is hereby further amended
by inserting after section 10 the following section : — Section
lOA. When any city or town, which has appropriated and
expended money for the purpose of a project for providing
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shelter for veterans under section six, has incurred debt to
meet the expenses thereby incurred, and has sold any of the
real estate acquired for such purpose before all of such debt
has become due or has been paid, the proceeds of such sale
shall be used only for the purpose of providing shelter for
veterans under section six or for meeting obligations incurred
in connection with or arising out of such project; and if the
amounts so received are in excess of the obligations currently
due, the excess shall be set aside for payments of obhgations
not yet matured, if any there are, and shall be used only for
meeting such obhgations. Such excess in any city or town
may be invested in the manner provided and subject to the
conditions set forth in section fifty-four of chapter forty-
four of the General Laws. The excess if any, remaining,
after all such obligations are paid or provided for shall be
available for appropriation by the city or town for any
lawful purpose.
Section 8. Said chapter 372 is hereby further amended
by adding at the end the two following sections : — Section
12. When any city or town, which has appropriated and
expended money for the purpose of providing shelter for
veterans under section six in the manner authorized by
paragraph (3) thereof at any time after the twenty-third
day of May in the year nineteen hundred and forty-six, has
disposed of all the residences erected in accordance with
said paragraph, and has incurred a loss as a result of such
undertaking, computed by deducting from all of the amounts
expended or with respect to which obhgations have been
incurred the total amount received as rental, the proceeds
of sale or in any other manner arising out of the undertak-
ing, the commonwealth shall reimburse such city or town
to the extent of fifty per cent of such loss, as certified by
the state board of housing and the comptroller to the
state treasurer; provided, that the total reimbursement
hereunder to any city or town shall not exceed one tenth of
the total amounts expended by said city or town or with
respect to which said city or town has incurred obligations
under section six. No city or town shall be entitled to any
reimbursement from the commonwealth under this section
until it has submitted to the comptroller itemized accounts
and vouchers showing definitely the amounts expended and
the amounts received in connection with such undertaking,
nor shall any money be paid out of the state treasury under
this section until said vouchers and accounts have been
approved by the state board of housing and the comptroller,
nor unless said expenditure shall have been duly authorized
or ratified, and approved by the state board of housing.
Section IS. The veterans' services fund, established by
section one of chapter six hundred and eight of the acts of
nineteen hundred and forty-six, shall be used, subject to
appropriation, to meet the payments by the commonwealth
to cities and towns in accordance with section twelve.
Approved June 8, 1947.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 480, 481. 463
An Act authorizing expenditures by the metropolitan ChavASO
DISTRICT COMMISSION FOR CERTAIN PLAYGROUND AND ^^'
recreational purposes IN CONNECTION WITH THE MAIN-
TENANCE OF THE CHARLES RIVER BASIN AND THE ESPLA-
NADE THEREOF.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of equipping the play areas
established under chapter three hundred and sLxty-one of the
acts of nineteen hundred and forty-sLx, and of purchasing
sails for certain boats owned by the metropolitan district
commission and used for recreation purposes on the Charles
river basin, said commission may expend from the Charles
River Improvement Fund, so called, in addition to the
amount authorized to be expended by said chapter, not more
than five thousand dollars.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved June 4, 1947.
An Act relative to the acquisition of additional water ChavASl
supply by the town of scituate.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 263 of the acts of 1943 is hereby
amended by inserting after section 3 the two following sec-
tions : — Section 3 A . For the purposes set forth in said
chapter three hundred and ninety-one, and in order to furnish
water to the town of Norwell and to its inhabitants for the
extinguishment of fires and for domestic and other purposes,
the town of Scituate, acting by and through its board of
water commissioners, may take by eminent domain under
chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws, or acquire by
lease, purchase, gift, devise or otherwise, and hold, the waters
or any portion thereof, of any pond, brook, spring or stream
or of any ground water sources, by means of driven, artesian
or other wells or filter galleries, within the town of Norwell
not alread}^ appropriated for purposes of public water supply,
and the water rights connected with any such water sources;
and also for said purposes the town of Scituate may take by
eminent domain under said chapter seventy-nine, or acquire
by lease, purchase, gift, devise or otherwise, and hold, all
lands, rights of way, and other easements for collecting,
storing, holding, purifying and treating such water, and pro-
tecting and preserving the purity thereof and for conveying
the same to a connection with its mains in the town of
Scituate; provided, that no source of water supply and no
lands necessary for protecting and preserving the purity of
the water shall be taken or used under authority of this act
without first obtaining the advice and approval of the de-
partment of public health, and that the location and arrange-
ment of all dams, reservoirs, wells or filter galleries, filtration
and pumping plants or other works necessary in carrying out
464 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 481.
the provisions of this act shall be subject to the approval of
said department; and provided, further, that no source of
water supply and no lands or other property shall be taken
or otherwise acquired or held by the town of Scituate within
the town of Norwell under authority of this section except
pursuant to and in conformity with an agreement or agree-
ments to be entered into as hereinafter set forth, or, in the
event of failure to agree occasioned as hereinafter set forth,
except pursuant to and in conformity with a determination
by the department of public utilities made as hereinafter
provided. The town of Norwell and the town of Scituate,
each acting by its board of water commissioners, shall have
authority to enter into an agreement or agreements from
time to time among other things (a) specifying the area or
areas in the town of Norwell within which the town of
Scituate may make takings or otherwise acquire property
under this section, (6) providing against depletion of the
Norwell water supply below the needs of the town of Norwell
and the needs of its inhabitants, (c) providing for the sale
and rates of sale of water to the inhabitants of Norwell and
to the town of Norwell for the extinguishment of fires, and
resale by the town of Norwell in the event that it constructs
its own water distribution system, and (d) providing for an
option or options by Norwell to purchase from Scituate from
time to time any part or all of the water supply system owned
by Scituate within the town of Norwell, such option or
options to be exercised by the board of water commissioners
of Norwell subject to ratification by a majority of the voters
of the town of Norwell present and voting at a town meeting
at which the voting list shall be used. The attestation of a
majority of said board of water commissioners of the town
of Norwell on any instrument of taking, deed or other docu-
ment shall be conclusive evidence that the instrument of
taking, deed or other document is executed pursuant to and
in conformity with an agreement or agreements entered into
between the town of Norwell and the town of Scituate here-
under. In the event the instrument of taking, deed, or other
document is entered into or executed pursuant to determina-
tion of the department of public utilities as hereinafter pro-
vided, there may be attached to said instrument of taking,
deed or other document and recorded or filed therewith a
copy of said determination of the department of public
utilities. The town of Scituate may construct and maintain
on the lands acquired and held under this act proper dams,
wells, reservoirs, pumping and filtration plants, buildings,
standpipes, tanks, fixtures and other structures, including
also purification and treatment works, the construction and
maintenance of which shall be subject to the approval of said
department of public health.
The provisions of section three relating to appeal to the
department of public utilities shall not apply to a failure
of said towns to agree as to the area or areas of Norwell
within which Scituate may take or otherwise acquire and
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 482. 465
hold property under this section or the terms and conditions
thereof, but in heu of such appeal and upon such failure to
agree, if occasioned by the unreasonable or arbitrary act or
failure to act of either town, the department of public utili-
ties shall on petition of the aggrieved town determine the
area or areas of the taking or takings or other acquisition
and the terms and conditions thereof. Any such determi-
nation shall be subject to appeal to the supreme judicial
court under section five of chapter twenty-five of the Gen-
eral Laws.
In the event that provision is made under any agreement
or agreements entered into under this act for the purchase
or an option to purchase by Norwell of any part or all of
the water system constructed or maintained by Scituate in
Norwell and said towns are unable at the time of said pur-
chase or the exercise of said option to agree upon the pur-
chase price, either town may petition the department of
public utilities for a determination of the price to be paid
pursuant to said agreement. The determination of the de-
partment on any such petition shall be subject to review by
the supreme judicial court under said section five of said
chapter twenty-five.
Section SB. Property acquired or held by the town of
Scituate within the town of Norwell under this act shall be
exempt from taxation by the town of Norwell so long as said
property is used for the purposes of a public water supply
and distribution system hereunder.
Section 2. Section 4 of said chapter 263 is hereby
amended by striking out, in the last line, the word "sec-
tion" and inserting in place thereof the words: — act, and
for such purposes may borrow money in accordance with
the provisions of chapter forty-four of the General Laws.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved June 4, 1947.
An Act relative to chartered and special buses, so Cha7)AS2
CALLED.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend Emergency
to defeat its purpose, which is to clarify immediately cer- p'"'"'*'"*''''-
tain provisions of law relating to chartered and special buses,
so called, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency
law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section L Chapter 159A of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Ter.
amended by striking out section 11 A, as most recently ffi^^e?^*
amended by chapter 480 of the acts of 1941, and inserting amended. "
in place thereof the following section: — Section 11 A. No chartered and
person shall operate any motor vehicle carrying eight or ^e'^uj'^t^jj'*®^'
more persons, including the driver, upon any public way in "^^^^
charter service, as hereinafter defined, unless he shall have
466
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 482.
"Charter
service"
defined.
" Special
service"
defined.
Rules and
regulations.
Minimum
mileage rates.
obtained from the department a license to engage in the
business of rendering such service and certifying that the
rendering of such service is consistent with the pubhc in-
terest and that the appUcant is fit, wilHng and able properly
to perform such service. ''Charter service" is hereby de-
fined as the transportation of gi-oups of persons assembled
by someone other than the carrier, under contract for the
exclusive use of certain equipment for the duration of a
particular trip or tour and in such a manner as not to be
subject to section one. The department may, after public
hearing, grant or refuse to grant a license to engage in the
business of rendering charter service, and may, after notice
and hearing, suspend or revoke such a license for cause.
Any such license shall remain in force, except while so sus-
pended, until so revoked.
No person shall operate any motor vehicle upon any pub-
lic way in special service, as hereinafter defined, unless he
shall have obtained from the department a permit to render
such special service, certifying that the rendering of such
special service is consistent with the public interest. "Spe-
cial service" is hereby defined as the transportation, by
motor vehicle over a route other than one certified to the
applicant under section seven, for any special purpose, event
or occasion or series of events or occasions, of a number of
passengers to whom the carrier itself has sold or intends to
sell tickets for transportation service, whether such tickets
are for transportation alone or are in the form of combina-
tion tickets. The department may grant or refuse to grant
a permit for such special service, upon application, after
not less than seven days' notice by mail directed to such
holders of certificates issued under section seven of this
chapter serving the cities or towns of origin and destination
named in such apphcation as might, m the judgment of the
department, be interested in such operations. In the event
that the department considers that any objection filed with
it before the return date warrants further consideration, it
shall hold such hearing on such notice as it may require,
and shall thereupon grant or refuse to grant such permit.
Such permit shall be granted only to the holder of a license
issued under this section authorizing him to engage in the
business of rendering charter service and the department
may, after notice and hearmg, revoke such permit for cause.
Such special service shall not be subject to section one.
The department may make suitable and reasonable rules,
orders and regulations covering the operation of motor ve-
hicles both under section one and in such charter service or
special service, and may revise, alter, amend or annul the
same. The department shall also establish minimum mile-
age rates for any such charter service or special service
operated in intrastate commerce within the commonwealth,
and may revise, alter, amend or annul such rates, and in
determining such rates the department shall consider as
part of the rate base the elements of waiting service and
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 483. 467
type of equipment employed. The terms charter service
or special service shall not include the operation of a motor
vehicle actually used for the transportation of school chil-
dren under a contract with a municipaUty or municipal
board or the operation of sightseeing automobiles licensed
under chapter three hundred and ninety-nine of the acts of
nineteen hundred and thirty-one.
Sections six, eight, nine, eleven, thirteen, fourteen and
fifteen shall apply to the operation of charter service under
a license issued under this section or to special service under
a permit issued under this section, but vehicles for which
vehicle permits have been issued under section eight and
drivers who hold drivers' licenses under section nine shall not
be required to have additional vehicle permits and drivers'
licenses for operation in charter service or special service.
Section 2. All licenses for charter service or special
service granted by the department of public utilities, prior
to the effective date of this act, under section eleven A of
chapter one hundred and fifty-nine A of the General Laws,
as then in effect, shall remain in full force and effect as to
charter service until suspended or revoked.
Approved June 4> 1947.
An Act providing for the withholding of certain ChavA83
AMOUNTS FROM THE SALARIES OR WAGES OF PUBLIC OFFI-
CERS and employees, in compliance WITH THE TERMS
OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF THE UNITED STATES,
AND OTHERWISE AIDING IN THE COLLECTING OF TAXES FROM
SUCH PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to Emersency
defeat one of its principal purposes, which is to avoid inter- preamble.
ruption of compliance with the internal revenue code of the
United States with respect to the withholding of required
amounts from the salaries or wages payable to officers and
employees of the commonwealth and its political subdivisions,
such compliance now being required by Executive Order
No. 83 issued by the governor on December seventh, nine-
teen hundred and forty-five, this act is hereby declared to be
an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation
of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 58 of the General Laws is hereby o. l. (Ter.
amended by inserting after section 28, under the heading fi^28A^an'd''
PROVISIONS IN AID OF THE COLLECTION OF CERTAIN TAXES, 28B, added.
the two following sections: — Section 28 A. The state treas- withholding
urer and other officials having charge of the payment of sal- orenTio^er
aries and wages by the commonwealth and its political of the com-
subdivisions, respectively, to officers and employees thereof "'°'^'^'^^^^^-
are hereby authorized, empowered and directed to withhold
such amount of the salaries or wages of each such officer or
employee as may be required by the provisions of the internal
468 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 484.
revenue code of the United States, as from time to time
amended, and to transmit and pay the amount so withheld
to the government of the United States in accordance with
said provisions,
withheld to be Section 28 B. The state treasurer and other officials hav-
made known ing chargc of the payment of salaries and wages by the
to employee, commonwcalth and its political subdivisions, respectively, to
officers and employees thereof are hereby authorized, em-
powered and directed to furnish to each such officer or em-
ployee in respect of his employment during any calendar
year, on or before January thirty-first of the succeeding year,
a written statement showing the name and address of, and
the salary or wages paid to, such officer or employee during
such calendar year, and the amount of the federal tax de-
ducted and withheld under the internal revenue code, as
from time to time amended, in respect of such salary or
wages, and a copy thereof to the commissioner of internal
revenue, or his successor, and to the commissioner of corpora-
tions and taxation.
Ed^'6p§34 Section 2. Section thirty-four of chapter sixty-two of
repealed'. ' the General Laws, as appearing in the Tercentenary Edition,
is hereby repealed. Approved June 4, 1947.
ChapAS4: An Act further providing suitable recognition of
CERTAIN residents OF MASSACHUSETTS WHO SHALL HAVE
served in THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES
DURING WORLD WAR II.
?™ambre^^ Wkeretts, The deferred operation of this act would tend to
defeat its purpose, which is to provide prompt recognition of
Massachusetts residents who died while members of the
armed forces of the United States in active service during
World War II, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emer-
gency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the
public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 731 of the acts of 1945 is hereby amended by in-
serting after section 3 A, inserted by section 3 of chapter 581
of the acts of 1946, the following section: — Section SB. In
the case of the decease of any person who died while in active
service, there shall be paid, subject to, and in the manner
provided by, section three, sums, in addition to the sums
otherwise provided by this act, as follows: —
(1) Two hundred dollars in cases where the deceased died
during the first six months of active service but served no
part thereof in Alaska or in any place outside the continental
limits of the United States.
(2) One hundred dollars in cases where the deceased died
after performing more than six months of active service but
served no part thereof in Alaska or in any place outside the
continental limits of the United States.
Approved June 4, 1947.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 485. 469
An Act to allow employers a deduction from taxable QJidj) 485
INCOME FOR payments MADE FOR THE BENEFIT OF EM- ^'
PLOYEES TO A TRUST FORMING PART OF A PENSION, AN-
NUITY, DISABILITY, DEATH BENEFIT, PROFIT-SHARING, OR
STOCK BONUS PLAN OF THE EMPLOYER; TO EXEMPT EM-
PLOYEES FROM INCOME TAX WITH RESPECT TO SUCH PAY-
MENTS; AND TO EXEMPT FROM INCOME TAX THE INCOME
OF A TRUST FORMING PART OF SUCH A PLAN.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to Emergency
defeat one of its purposes, which is to encourage the early preamble,
formation of trusts for the benefit of employees, therefore it
is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the
immediate preservation of the pubHc convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Clause (a) of section 6 of chapter 62 of the o. l. (Ter.
General Laws, as appearing in the Tercentenary Edition, f^ende^d.^ ^'
is hereby amended by adding at the end the following sen-
tence : — Such expenses shall include payments made by an Expenses.
employer within the year to a trust forming part of a pen-
sion, annuity, disability, death benefit, profit-sharing or
stock bonus plan of such employer, the income of which
trust is exempt under subsection (j) of section eight.
Section 2. Section 8 of said chapter 62, as amended, is g. l. (Ter.
hereby further amended by adding at the end the two fol- ^t^-^'^^^nded
lowing clauses : —
(i) Payments made by an employer to a trust forming Trust forming
part of a pension, annuity, disability, death benefit, profit- pension%tc.,
sharing or stock bonus plan of such employer, the income j.^g^'^^f^j,"
of which is exempt under clause 0) and which, except for the *""""" '°"*
provisions of this clause, might be deemed to be taxable
income of the employee in the year in which such payment
is made, but nothing contained in this clause shall exempt
from taxation amounts distributed by such, a trust.
(j) Income of a trust forming part of a pension, annuity, income from
disability, death benefit, profit-sharing or stock bonus plan pa"rfif°p?n-^
of an employer for the exclusive benefit of some or all of his ?^°?' ?*^-.
employees or their beneficiaries, to which contributions are pensions/"
made by such employer or employees, or both, for the pur-
pose of distributing to such employees or their beneficiaries
the corpus and income of the fund accumulated by the trust
in accordance with such plan, it being impossible under the
trust instrument, at any time prior to the satisfaction of all
liabilities with respect to employees and their beneficiaries
under the trust, for any part of the corpus or income to be,
within the taxable year or thereafter, used for, or diverted to,
purposes other than for the exclusive benefit of his em-
ployees or their beneficiaries.
Section 3. This act shall apply with respect to income Application.
received in fiscal years ending during the calendar year nine-
teen hundred and forty-six and all subsequent years.
Approved June 4, 1947.
470
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 486, 487.
ChavASQ An Act relating to certain findings by a local plan-
ning BOARD OR THE STATE PLANNING BOARD AS CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT TO LAND ASSEMBLY AND REDEVELOPMENT
PROJECTS UNDER THE HOUSING AUTHORITY LAW.
Emergency
preamble.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 121.
§ 26KK, etc.,
amended.
Approval of
housing board,
regulated.
Whereas, An acute shortage of housing exists in the com-
monwealth, and inability to obtain adequate shelter will
cause suffering and disease among veterans of World War II
and their famiUes and others unless such shortage is relieved,
therefore this act is declared to be an emergency law necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public health and
convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 26KK of chapter 121 of the General Laws, as ap-
pearing in section 1 of chapter 574 of the acts of 1946, is
hereby amended by striking out the second paragraph and
inserting in place thereof the following paragraph : —
The housing board shall not approve any land assembly
and redevelopment project unless the planning board, es-
tablished under the provisions of section seventy or section
eighty-one A of chapter forty-one for the city or town where
the project area is located, shall have found and the housing
board shall have concurred in such finding, or, if no planning
board exists in such city or town, unless the state planning
board shall have found and the housing board shall have
concurred in such finding, that (a) the project area would not
by private enterprise alone, and without the aid sought by
the housing authority from the federal government or other
subsidy, be made available for development or redevelop-
ment, (b) the proposed land uses and building requirements
in the project areas in the locality where the project area is
located will afford maximum opportunity to privately
financed development or redevelopment consistent with the
sound needs of the locahty as a whole, (c) the redevelopment
plan is based upon a local survey and conforms to a compre-
hensive plan for the locahty as a whole, and (d) the financial
plan is sound. The housing board shall, within thirty days
after submission of the application, give written notice to
the authority of its decision with respect to such project.
Approved June 4, 1947.
ChapAS7 An Act to extend the powers of urban redevelop-
ment CORPORATIONS.
Emergency
preamble.
Whereas, The continuing acute shortage of housing,
particularly for families of veterans of World War II, is
endangering the health of such families and constitutes a
menace to the health, safety, morals, welfare and comfort
of the inhabitants of the commonwealth; and
Whereas, The full benefits of federal legislation relating
to loans insured or guaranteed by the federal government
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 487. 471
are not now available to urban redevelopment corporations.,
this act is declared to be an emergency law, necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public health and con-
venience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section 7 of chapter 121A of the General g^L. (Xer.
Laws, inserted by section 1 of chapter 654 of the acts of § 7, kc..
1945, is hereby amended by striking out the first two para- '=^™'^"^''d-
graphs and inserting in place thereof the two following
paragraphs : —
No more than such proportion of the estunated cost of a Powers of
project, not exceeding ninety per cent thereof, as the housing deveropment
board will approve, shall be raised by borrowing the same, '■orporationa.
and the remainder of such estimated cost and such addi-
tional capital as the housing board has required or approved,
unless provided by grants or gifts, shall be raised by sub-
scription to or sale of the capital stock of the corporation.
No such corporation shall enter upon the construction of a
project until the full amount to be paid for its capital stock
as above determined has been received by the corporation
in cash or in property as hereinafter provided, or, with the
approval of the housing board, in services or materials or
contracts for services or materials. Any such corporation
may issue such stock as may be required by any federal
agency, instiTimentality or officer as a condition to loans
secured by mortgages insured or guaranteed by the federal
government or any agency or instrumentality thereof. The
stock of such a corporation shall first be offered to the owners
of the real estate within the location of the project and each
owner may subscribe to said stock in an amount not in
excess of the value less encumbrances of his real estate within
such location and may pay his subscription by a deed of his
said real estate, to be held in escrow by the housing board
until the full amount of the capital has been raised. The
valuation of said real estate for the purposes of this section
shall be determined by agreement, subject to the approval
of the housing board, and if the parties cannot agree upon
the valuation, it shall be determined by the housing board.
If the owner is dissatisfied with the amount so offered, his
deed shall be returned to him and his subscription shall be
cancelled, but his right to subscribe to the stock in cash if
he so elects and his right to recover the value of his land in
the appropriate proceedings if taken by eminent domain by
the corporation shall not be impaired by his action under
this section.
So much of the stock as has not been subscribed for by
the owners of the real estate within thirty days after it has
been offered to them shall be issued to the persons who
signed the agreement of association, in proportion to but
not in excess of their respective subscriptions and any
remaining stock shall be offered to the general public.
Section 2. Section 12 of said chapter 121A, as so in- g. l. (Ter.
^ ' Ed.). 121A.
472 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 488.
§ 12, etc., serted, is hereby amended by inserting at the end the follow-
amended. ing paragraph : —
tk)^ma7°'^'** Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter,
borrow on any such corporation may borrow on mortgages insured or
™nder*clrtain guaranteed by the federal govermnent or any agency or
conditions. instrumentaUty thereof to the extent permitted by the
federal government or such agency or instrumentality, and
may issue such stock, enter into such agreements or perform
such acts as may be required by the federal government
or its agency or instrumentality in connection with such
insurance or guarantee. Approved June 4, 1947.
Chap ASS An Act authorizing and regulating the exchange of
RECIPROCAL OR INTER-INSURANCE CONTRACTS IN THE
COMMONWEALTH AND PROVIDING FOR THE TAXATION
THEREOF.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows :
Ed.h'iTsr Section 1. Chapter 175 of the General Laws is hereby
§§ siA to 94M. amended by inserting after section 94 the 13 following sec-
^ * .' . tions, under the heading, reciprocal insurance exchanges :
— ASec^fow 94 A. The following words and phrases, as used
in sections ninety-four B to ninety-four M, inclusive, or
elsewhere in this chapter, or in chapter one hundred and
fifty-two, shall, unless the context otherwise requires or a
different meaning is specifically prescribed, have the follow-
ing meanings :
"Attorney in fact", an individual, partnership or corpora-
tion acting under power of attorney as the representative of
the subscribers in the exchange of reciprocal or inter-insurance
contracts and matters incident thereto.
"Subscribers", the participants or policyholders, who
have given to an attorney in fact a power of attorney giving
authority to obligate them separately and severally, as
specified therein, in the exchange of reciprocal or inter-
insurance contracts.
"Exchange", an aggregation of individuals, partnerships
or corporations, herein called subscribers, who or which,
under a common name, exchange contracts of insurance on
the reciprocal or inter-insurance plan through the office of
an attorney in fact, being the place where contracts of
insurance are issued.
"Domestic exchange", an exchange located in the com-
monwealth.
"Foreign exchange", an exchange located outside the
commonwealth.
For the purposes of sections ninety-four A to ninety-four
M, inclusive, "Guaranty fund", with respect to exchanges,
shall have the same meaning as "Guaranty capital" as re-
quired of mutual companies; provided, that a "Guaranty
fund", as required in said sections, shall be maintained in
the same amounts and be subject to the same laws with
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 488. 473
regard to impairment as required of "Guaranty capital"
in the case of domestic mutual companies; and "Guaranty
fund" with respect to foreign exchanges, shall have the same
meaning as "Guaranty capital", as required of foreign
mutual companies; provided, that a "Guaranty fund" as
required in said sections, shall be maintained in the same
amounts and be subject to the same laws with regard to
impairment as required of "Guaranty capital" in the case
of foreign mutual companies.
Section 9IfB. Individuals, partnerships and corporations individuals,
of this commonwealth designated in section ninety-four A ^fc*"^"y'^^'
as subscribers are hereby authorized to exchange reciprocal exchange
or inter-insurance contracts with each other or with individu- contracts,
als, partnerships and corporations of other states and coun-
tries, providing indemnity among themselves from any loss
or damage caused by any of the hazards specified in section
forty-seven of this chapter and in chapter one hundred and
fifty-two, which any one stock or mutual fire or liability
insurance company or association is now or may hereafter
be authorized to transact, except the following clauses speci-
fied in said section forty-seven; Fourth, Tenth, Eleventh,
Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fifteenth and Sixteenth, subject to
sections ninety-four A to ninety-four M, inclusive. A fire
exchange shall not transact the business of liability insur-
ance and a liabilitj^ exchange shall not transact the business
of fire insurance, except that a liability exchange may trans-
act the business of fire and theft insurance incidental to full
automobile coverage; provided, that it maintains a surplus
to policyholders, including any guaranty fund, of not less
than one million dollars as provided in section fifty-four B.
Such contracts may be executed by an attorney in fact duly
authorized and acting for such subscribers. The principal
office of the attorney in fact shall be maintained at such
place as is designated by the subscribers in the power of
attorney.
Section 94C. Domestic exchanges may be organized by Domestic
three or more individuals, residents of the commonwealth, how'fomed.
or partnerships or corporations doing business therein, who tfon/®^"'""
shall apply to the commissioner for a preliminary certificate,
in such form as he may prescribe, authorizing the applicants
or their duly authorized representatives to solicit subscribers
under the proposed name of the exchange designated in the
application for the preliminary certificate. No preliminary
certificate shall be issued until a copy of the form of sub-
scription agreement and of the receipt to be issued in connec-
tion therewith have been filed with, and approved by, the
commissioner. All moneys collected from such subscribers
to such domestic exchange shall be held in trust in a bank
approved by the commissioner upon the condition that such
money so deposited shall not be withdrawn except with the
written approval of the commissioner. Upon the issuance
to such an exchange of a certificate of authority to transact
business, the commissioner shall release such money on
474
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 488.
Requirements
for a domestic
exchange to
transact
business.
deposit to the exchange, but, if such certificate of authority
to transact business is not issued within one year from the
date of the prehminary certificate, such money on deposit
shall, under the direction of the commissioner, be refunded
in full to the subscribers.
Section 94D. A domestic exchange, in order to obtain a
certificate of authority to transact business, shall file with
the commissioner an application therefor, accompanied by
a declaration signed and sworn to by its attorney in fact,
setting forth : —
(a) The name or designation under which the reciprocal or
inter-insurance contracts are to be issued, which shall not be
so similar to the name of any other insurance company as
hkely to be mistaken for it, and which, as to domestic ex-
changes, shall be subject to the approval of the commissioner.
(6) The location of the office or offices from which such
contracts are to be issued.
(c) The classes of insurance to be written.
(d) An exact copy of the form of agreement or policy con-
tracts to be used in the exchanging of the insurance pro-
vided for.
(e) An exact copy of the form of power of attorney au-
thorizing the attorney in fact to effect the exchanging of in-
surance provided for and which as to domestic exchanges,
shall be subject to the approval of the commissioner.
(/) The name of the attorney in fact; provided, that the
commissioner shall not issue a certificate of authority to
transact business to a domestic exchange until he is satisfied,
by such examination as he may make and such evidence as
he may require, that the attorney in fact is competent, of
good repute and intends in good faith to act as attorney in
fact for subscribers at said exchange and has adopted a
proper system of accounting and employed a competent ac-
countant, a competent claim manager and a competent and
experienced underwriter; and provided, further, that if the
commissioner is of the opinion that the granting of such a
certificate of authority to transact business to any domestic
exchange would, in any case, be prejudicial to the public
interest, he may, in his discretion, refuse to issue it.
(g) That a fund of at least two hundred thousand dollars
is in the possession of the attorney in fact or trustees duly
authorized for that purpose as a surplus fund for the carry-
ing out of reciprocal or inter-insurance contracts executed by
said attorney in fact, said fund to be in cash or invested in
such securities as are specified or referred to in sections
sixty-three, eighty and ninety for the investment of the sur-
plus of mutual companies.
(h) That, except as to the kinds of insurance hereinafter
specifically mentioned in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this
subdivision, applications have been made for insurance upon
at least one hundred separate risks aggregating not less than
two and one half million dollars represented by executed
contracts or bona fide applications to become concurrently
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 488. 475
effective upon the issuance of a certificate of authority to
transact business.
(a) That, in the case of employers' liabiUty or workmen's
compensation insurance, appUcations have been made for
insurance upon at least one hundred separate risks covering
a total annual pay roll of not less than two and one half
million dollars, represented by executed contracts or bona
fide applications to become concurrently effective upon the
issuance of a certificate of authority to transact business,
and arrangements satisfactory to the commissioner for re-
insurance in the manner required for domestic mutual com-
panies under section ninety-three have been made, except
that a domestic exchange may, for this purpose, reinsure
under the provisions of either section twenty or section
ninety-four J.
(h) That, in the case of automobile insurance, whether
written by an exchange writing automobile insurance only or
in conjunction with other risks on any of the coverages per-
mitted for any one stock or mutual insurance company,
applications have been made for insurance upon at least
one thousand motor vehicles, represented by executed con-
tracts or bona fide applications to become concurrently effec-
tive upon the issuance of a certificate of authority to transact
business, the premiums on which shall amount to not less
than one hundred thousand dollars, and, in the case of do-
mestic exchanges, that a deposit of not less than two hundred
thousand dollars has been made with the state treasurer in
the manner provided for domestic mutual companies under
section ninety-three.
(c) That, in the case of an exchange to be authorized to
transact business under clause Fifth of section forty-seven,
arrangements for its protection from extraordinary losses
caused by any one disaster have been made by reinsurance
as provided in section twenty or section ninety-four J.
(i) That every subscription for insurance in the list filed
with the commissioner is genuine and that all premium de-
posits paid thereon have actually been paid to the attorney
in fact in full in cash.
(j) That the attorney in fact will execute no contracts of
insurance save upon the express condition that the commis-
sioner shall be the attorney for each subscriber to receive
service of process in any action or proceeding against the
subscriber, nor unless the subscriber shall have authorized
the attorney in fact to designate the commissioner for serv-
ice of process and shall have ratified any prior designations
or appointments for service of process.
This declaration shall be accompanied by a power of at-
torney executed by the attorney in fact, constituting and
appointing the commissioner or his successor the true and
lawful attorney of the subscribers upon whom all lawful proc-
ess in an action or legal proceeding against them may be
served, which shall be in the form prescribed by and shall
be subject to the provisions of clause Third of section one
476
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 488.
Foreign
exchanges
may be
licensed to
do business
under certain
conditions.
hundred and fifty-one except that the power of attorney
therein provided shall be executed in the manner provided
in this subsection in the case of exchanges.
The service of such process shall be made as provided in
said clause Third of said section one hundred and fifty-one
and notice of legal process shall be given to the exchange by
the commissioner in the manner provided for notice to for-
eign companies under section one hundred and fifty-four. In
case the attorney in fact for an exchange is a corporation, the
application, declaration and power of attorney for service
of process provided for in this section shall be signed and
sworn to by said corporate attorney in fact by an executive
officer thereof duly authorized thereto under its corporate
seal.
Section 94E. Foreign exchanges may apply for a license
to transact business in the commonwealth in the manner set
forth in section ninety-four D, with the following exceptions
and additions : —
(a) A declaration setting forth that it has funds neces-
sary to meet the financial requirements of a foreign mutual
company transacting the same classes of business as pro-
vided in subdivision numbered (3) of clause Second of sec-
tion one hundred and fifty-one, and, in the case of an ex-
change writing non-assessable policies, that it has complied
with the financial requirements of section one hundred and
fifty-two A.
(6) Instead of that portion of the declaration under sec-
tion ninety-four D which is required by clause (g) thereof,
there shall be filed a declaration setting forth that there is
in the possession of the attorney in fact, or trustees duly
authorized for that purpose in accordance with the laws of
the state where the exchange is located, and available for
the payment of losses, funds in the amount required by
section ninety-four H, either in cash or invested as required
by the laws of the state where the exchange is located.
(c) That, except as to the kinds of insurance hereinafter
specifically mentioned, instead of that portion of the decla-
ration under said section ninety-four D which is required
by clause (/i) thereof, the attorney in fact shall file a state-
ment that the exchange has at least one hundred subscribers
with insurance in force aggregating not less than two and
one half million dollars; provided, that, in the case of em-
ployers' liability or workmen's compensation insurance, the
statement shall set forth that the exchange has at least one
hundred subscribers with insurance in force covering a total
annual pay roll of not less than two and one half million dol-
lars; and provided, further, that, in the case of automobile
insurance, the statement shall set forth that there is in force
insurance covering at least one thousand motor vehicles, the
premiums on which shall amount to not less than one hun-
dred thousand dollars.
(d) The attorney in fact shall file a financial statement
under oath in form prescribed by section twenty-five.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 488. 477
(e) The attorney in fact shall file a certificate from the
proper official of the state where the exchange is located,
showing that all provisions of law applicable thereto have
been complied with and that authority has been given to
transact the classes of business which are sought to be trans-
acted in the commonwealth.
(/) The attorney in fact shall file an agreem.ent that no
class of business shall be transacted in the commonwealth
at such exchange which cannot be transacted by a domestic
exchange.
Section 94F. The commissioner shall examine the appli- o°^™i.X""
cation and declaration and all documents filed in connection to issue license.
therewith; and, if he is satisfied that they comply with the
law and that the allegations of fact contained therein are
true, he shall issue to the attorney in fact a license to trans-
act business, authorizing him to execute for the subscribers
under the name designated, such contracts of reciprocal or
inter-insurance as are authorized by this chapter, which
license shall be subject to section five.
Section 94G. The attorney in fact shall execute no in- No insurance
surance contract with any subscriber unless the subscriber executed ^untfi
shall have agreed that, except as hereinafter provided, in 4"*!'"^^°'''^''
case the funds on hand are not sufficient to meet the losses, fulfilled.
he will, upon demand, pay to the attorney in fact an amount
at least equal to and in addition to the current annual pre-
mium deposit called for by his contract, which liability shall
endure as long as there are outstanding any claims on con-
tracts issued while he was a subscriber. The total amount
of the contingent liability of the subscriber shall be plainly
and legibly stated upon each policy. Any domestic ex-
change meeting the financial requirements imposed on mu-
tual companies transacting the same classes of business
under section eighty-five A and section ninety-three F and
which has made the deposit with the state treasurer re-
quired thereunder, may issue non-assessable policies. Any
foreign exchange meeting the financial requirements imposed
on foreign mutual companies transacting the same classes
of business under section one hundred and fifty-two A may
issue non-assessable policies. The provisions of this section
relating to contingent liability of subscribers shall not apply
to any such non-assessable policies.
Section QJ^H. There shall be maintained at all times in Assets,
the hands of the attorney in fact, or trustees duly authorized 8ur"iu8!'etc.
for that purpose, assets in cash or securities equal to all
outstanding claims and liabilities, including a reserve lia-
bility on contracts in force, that is premium reserve, calcu-
lated on the same basis as for mutual companies transacting
the same kinds of business. There shall also be maintained
as a surplus any additional sum necessary to meet the
standards of solvency required of mutual companies trans-
acting the same kinds of business which, in the case of
exchanges, shall in no event be less than two hundred
thousand dollars. Such surplus shall, in the case of a do-
478
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 488.
Annual
report.
Contracts
of reciprocal
insurance,
exchange, etc.
subject to
this chapter.
mestic exchange, be in cash or invested according to the
laws apphcable to the investment of the surplus of mutual
companies transacting the same kinds of business. The
attorney in fact or the subscribers may make deposits to
maintain the surplus at the required amount, which shall
be made upon condition that they shall not be repaid to the
depositor until such time as repayment thereof will not
reduce the surplus below the required am.ount. Exchanges
shall be subject to section five, section twenty-three A and
section one hundred and fifty-six A.
Section 941. Every attorney in fact shall make an
annual statement in accordance with section twenty-five
and shall be subject to the penalties provided by section
twenty-six of this chapter and section six of chapter two
hundred and sixty-eight. The attorney in fact shall not be
required to furnish the names and addresses of any sub-
scribers except in the case of an unpaid final judgment.
Exchanges shall be subject to section four with respect to
examination by the commissioner.
Section 94J. Contracts of reciprocal or inter-insurance
and the exchanging thereof and exchanges, attorneys in
fact and other representatives of the subscribers shall be
subject to the provisions of this chapter unless said pro-
visions and their context clearly show that said provisions
were not intended to apply to the plan and method of ex-
changing reciprocal or inter-insurance contracts; provided,
that section seventy-five shall not be interpreted to apply
to the attorney in fact. Sections one hundred and sixty-two
to one hundred and seventy-seven D, inclusive, shall apply
to the representatives of exchanges; provided, that an
attorney in fact, or, if the attorney in fact is a corporation,
an officer thereof, may, without a license as agent, act for
such exchange in the negotiation of any contracts of in-
surance, which it may lawfully make, or in the negotiation
of the continuance or renewal of such contracts. Exchanges
authorized to transact the business of workmen's compensa-
tion insurance in the commonwealth shall be subject to
the provisions of sections fifty-two to sixty-five M, inclusive,
of chapter one hundred and fifty-two unless said provisions
and their context clearly show that said provisions were not
intended to apply to the plan and method of exchanging
reciprocal or inter-insurance contracts; provided, that a
foreign exchange may elect to come under either section
fifty-seven or sections sixty-one and sixty-two of said chap-
ter one hundred and fifty-two; and provided, further, that
all such exchanges shall be members of and participate in
the non-stock pool. The attorney in fact and subscribers
shall be subject to section twenty and section twenty-one of
this chapter with regard to the limit on a single risk; pro-
vided, that, in the case of an exchange whose attorney in
fact shall have filed with the commissioner an affidavit
that he is unable to procure in companies admitted to do
business in the commonwealth the reinsurance necessary to
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 488. 479
protect the property or interests of the subscribers, credit
for reinsurance as provided in section twenty in the reduc-
tion of the reserve or other habihty to be charged to the
ceding company shall be given, if the attorney in fact,
acting for the subscribers, shall reinsure in any company
authorized to transact business in another state or territory
of the United States conforming to the same standard of
solvency which would be required of such company if, at
the time such reinsurance is effected, it were authorized to
transact business in the commonwealth, or in a foreign
company formed under the laws of any govermnent or state
other than the United States or any of the United States,
if it has been admitted to transact business in one or more
states or territories continuously for ten or more years and
in addition thereto has appointed trustees, who are citizens
or corporations of the United States, to hold funds in trust
for the benefit of its policyholders and creditors in the
United States in an amount of not less than fifty milUon
dollars.
Section 94K. An advisory committee or other similar Exchange
committee or board, composed of not less than three sub- esubUsh an
scribers, shall be elected or appointed by each exchange in ^^^^^^^^
the manner provided by the power of attorney, which *'°"'°"
committee or board shall have the authority and duties
provided therein.
Section 94L. A true copy of the power of attorney exe- power of
cuted by any subscriber shall be furnished him by the at- attorney,
torney in fact at the time of the signing thereof.
Section 94.M. All unused or unabsorbed portions of Unused
premium deposits at exchanges returned or credited to sub- dep^alt™
scribers shall be subject to all provisions of this chapter and
chapter one hundred and fifty-two relating to the payment
of dividends by mutual companies including therein the
provisions of sections eighty, one hundred and thirteen B,
one hundred and eighty-two, one hundred and eighty-three
and one hundred and eighty-four of this chapter and section
fifty-three of said chapter one hundred and fifty-two relating
to rates of return, classifications and rebates, except that the
amount of the unused or unabsorbed portion of the premium
deposit credited or returned to the subscriber shall be de-
termined under the terms and conditions of the power of
attorney or svibscriber's agreement.
Section 2. Section 25 of said chapter 175, as amended, ^j^- IJ^\ 25.
is hereby further amended by striking out the sentence con- etc, 'amended.'
tained in the paragraph entitled "Forms B and C. — Com-
panies Not Elsewhere Provided for and United States
Jiranches of Companies of Foreign Countries", and inserting
in place thereof the following sentence : — The form of return Return, form
required from mutual companies, from United States branches
of companies of foreign countries, from reciprocal exchanges,
and from all other companies except those hereinbefore pro-
vided for and except life and those reporting under chapter
one hundred and seventy-six or one hundred and seventy-
480
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 488.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 175.
§ 99, etc.,
amended.
Modification
of form.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 63, new
§ 29B. added.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 155, new
§ 12B, added.
Any corpora-
tion may be a
subscriber.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 223,
new § 8A,
added.
Actions
against
subscribers.
eight, shall be the same as outlmed above, with such modifi-
cations as the commissioner may deem necessary to make
the foregoing form applicable to the business of such com-
panies.
Section 3. Section 99 of said chapter 175, as amended,
is hereby further amended by inserting after clause Ninth
the following clause : —
Tenth. A reciprocal or inter-insurance exchange may with
the written approval of the commissioner add to or modify
the said standard form with respect to any provisions re-
quired by the plan of reciprocal insurance or inter-insurance.
Section 4. Chapter 63 of the General Laws is hereby
amended by inserting after section 29A, inserted by sec-
tion 6 of chapter 387 of the acts of 1946, the following sec-
tion: — Section 29B. Every attorney in fact of a reciprocal
or inter-insurance exchange defined in section ninety-four A
of chapter one hundred and seventy-five and authorized to
transact business in the commonwealth under the provisions
of sections ninety-four A to ninety-four M, inclusive, of
said chapter, shall be subject to the provisions of sections
twenty-two to twenty-nine, inclusive, unless said provisions
and their context clearly show that said provisions were not
intended to apply to the plan and method of exchanging
reciprocal or inter-insurance contracts; provided, that the
word "premiums" in section twenty-two and section twenty-
three shall, with respect to reciprocal or inter-insurance ex-
changes, mean "premium deposits"; and provided, further,
that in section twenty-four, as most recently amended by
section 3 of chapter 721 of the acts of 1945, the word "premi-
ums", in line 5, shall be construed to mean, when applied to
reciprocal or inter-insurance exchanges, premium deposits
credited or returned to subscribers.
Section 5. Chapter 155 of the General Laws is hereby
amended by inserting after section 12 A, as amended, the
following section: — Section 12B. Any corporation or-
ganized or to be organized under the laws of the common-
wealth shall have full power and authority to participate
as a subscriber in the exchanging of insurance contracts
specified in section ninety-four B of chapter one hundred
and seventy-five. The right to participate in the exchanging
of such contracts shall be deemed to be incidental to the
purposes for which such corporation was organized, and as
much granted as the rights and powers expressly conferred.
Section 6. Chapter 223 of the General Laws is hereby
amended by inserting after section 8, as appearing in the
Tercentenary Edition, the following section : — Section 8 A .
Transitory actions by or against the subscribers to a recipro-
cal or inter-insurance exchange defined in section ninety-four
A of chapter one hundred and seventy-five and authorized to
transact business in the commonwealth under said chapter
may be brought as provided in clause (2) or clause (4) of
section eight, as the case may be, and for such purposes the
subscribers shall be deemed a company or association.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 489. 481
Section 7. Said chapter 223 is hereby further amended gj^^J^new
by inserting after section 19, as so appearing, the following § i9A, added,
section: — Section 19 A. Actions shall be brought by or Name under
against the subscribers of a reciprocal or inter-insurance ex- ^acU3*sued
change defined in section ninety-four A of chapter one hun- ^cUons**''*
dred and seventy-five and authorized to transact business
in the commonwealth under said chapter in the name or
designation under which the contracts are issued by the at-
torney in fact without a recital of the names of the several
subscribers.
Section 8. Said chapter 223 is hereby further amended ^dV^J^new
by inserting after section 39A, as so appearing, the following § ssb, added.
section: — Section SOB. In an action against the subscribers service of
of a reciprocal or inter-insurance exchange defined in section p'"'"'®^^-
ninety-four A of chapter one hundred and seventy-five and
authorized to transact business in the commonwealth under
said chapter, service may be made upon the attorney in fact
of such subscribers, as defined in said section ninety-four A,
if a domestic exchange, as so defined, instead of on the com-
missioner of insurance under clause Third of section one
hundred and fifty-one of said chapter one hundred and
seventy-five.
Section 9. Section 1 of chapter 152 of the General Laws g. l. (Ter.
is hereby amended by inserting after subsection (7A), in- ^ttj'ame^nded.
serted by chapter 437 of the acts of 1941, the following
subsection : —
(7B) ''Insurer" and "insurance company" shall include Term;*in-
within their meaning a reciprocal or inter-insurance ex- definek.^*""
change.
Section 10. Section 1 of said chapter 175, as amended, g. l. (Ter. ^
is hereby further amended by striking out the paragraph etc!, amended!
defining "Company" and inserting in place thereof the fol-
lowing paragraph : —
"Company", all corporations, associations, partnerships "Company"
or individuals engaged as principals in the business of in- ^^^'^^d-
surance including reciprocal exchanges as defined (as "Ex-
change", "Domestic Exchange" or "Foreign Exchange") in
section ninety-four A. Approved June 4, 1947.
An Act authorizing the town of watertown to reim- Phn'Q Ago
BURSE ANTONIO LEONE FOR MEDICAL EXPENSES INCURRED ^'
BY HIM ON ACCOUNT OF INJURIES SUSTAINED BY HIS SON
IN THE PLAY AREA OF THE EAST JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
For the purpose of discharging a moral obligation, the
town of Watertown may appropriate and pay to Antonio
Leone the sum of two hundred and eighty-eight dollars and
fifty cents to reimburse him for expenses of medical care
incurred by him on account of injuries sustained on May
fifteenth, nineteen hundred and forty-six by his minor son,
Salvatore Leone, in the play area of the East Junior High
School in said town. Approved June 4, 1947.
482 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 490, 491, 492.
ChapA90 An Act providing for the improvement of the alewife
FISHERY IN THE TOWN OF WEYMOUTH.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The department of conservation is hereby authorized and
directed to make such improvements at the alewife fishery
in the town of Weymouth as may be necessary or desirable.
For said purposes there may be allowed and paid out of the
state treasury, subject to appropriation, the sum of thirty-
five hundred dollars; provided, that no part of said amount
shall be expended until the town of Wejonouth shall have
paid into the state treasury the sum of twenty-five hundred
dollars for said improvements. Approved June 4, 1947.
ChapA91 An Act providing for the establishment and mainte-
nance BY THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COMMISSION OF A
PLAY'GROtTND IN THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE.
Be it enacted, etc., as foUoivs:
The metropolitan district commission is hereby author-
ized and directed to establish and maintain a children's
playground on or near the property known as the Alewife
Brook parkway in the city of Cambridge. For the purposes
of this act, said commission may expend such sums as may
be appropriated therefor, which shall be included in the
amounts to be assessed upon the metropolitan parks district
for maintenance of reservations. Approved June 4, 1947.
Chap. 492 An Act relative to the abatement of smoke nuisances.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 651 of the acts of 1910,
as amended, is hereby further amended by striking out the
paragraph defining "Stack" and inserting in place thereof
the following paragraph : —
"Stack" means any chimney, smoke stack or other struc-
ture whether of brick, metal or other material intended for
the emission of smoke. Smoke-jacks on locomotive engine
houses shall be deemed stacks.
Section 2. Said section 1 of said chapter 651 is hereby
further amended by adding at the end the following para-
graph : —
Class VII includes all stacks on locomotive engine houses.
Section 3. The first paragraph of section 2 of said chap-
ter 651, as amended by chapter 140 of the acts of 1938, is
hereby further amended by striking out, in line 16, the word
"twenty" and inserting in place thereof the word: — fifteen,
— and by inserting after the figure VI in line 17 the follow-
ing: — ; or for more than ten minutes in any one hour from
stacks of Class VII, — so as to read as follows : — The emis-
sion of smoke of a degree of darkness or density equal to No, 2
of the chart or greater, for more than six minutes in any one
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 492. 483
hour from stacks of Class I; or of a degree equal to No. 2
of the chart or greater, for more than six minutes in any one
hour, but not exceeding during said six minutes a degree
equal to No. 3 of the chart or greater, for more than three
minutes from stacks of Class II ; or of a degree equal to No. 2
of the chart or greater, for more than twenty-five minutes in
any one hour, but not exceeding during said twenty-five min-
utes a degree equal to No. 3 of the chart or greater for more
than five minutes from stacks of Class III; or of a degree
equal to No. 3 of the chart or greater for more than three
minutes in any one hour from stacks of Class IV; for more
than five minutes in any one hour from stacks of Class V;
and for more than fifteen seconds in any one period of five
minutes from stacks of Class VI; or for more than ten min-
utes in any one hour from stacks of Class VII, is hereby
prohibited.
Section 4. The last paragraph of said section 2, as
amended by section 1 of chapter 50 of the General Acts of
1915, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 3,
the word "ten" and inserting in place thereof the word: —
five, — by striking out, in line 5, the word "round" and in-
serting in place thereof the words : — locomotive engine, —
and by striking out, in said line 5, the word "fifteen" and
inserting in place thereof the word: — ten, — so as to read
as follows : —
And provided, further, that stacks of locomotives, moving
trains of six cars or more, be permitted to emit smoke in any
five-minute period for five seconds in excess of that already
provided for in this act, and that stacks of Class VI, in and
about locomotive engine houses, may emit smoke for ten
minutes during the period when the fire is being built, or re-
built after cleaning. The number of minutes or seconds
during which smoke may be emitted in any period as provided
in this section shall be deemed to mean the aggregate number
of minutes or seconds, and such minutes or seconds need no*
be consecutive.
Section 5. Chapter 140 of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Ter.
amended by inserting after section 13 IC, under the existing aew'^^tsiD,
heading smoke nuisance, the following section: — Section added.
131D. Steam locomotives may emit smoke of darkness or f^^'^^^^^-^.gg
density equal to No. 3 of the Ringelmann Smoke Chart or °°°™°''^^
greater for a period not exceeding fifteen seconds in a five-
minute^ period. Steam locomotives moving trains of six cars
or more may be permitted to emit smoke in any five-minute
period for five seconds in excess of that already provided for
in this section. The number of seconds during which smoke
may be emitted in any period as provided in this section shall
be deemed to mean the aggregate number of seconds and such
seconds need not be consecutive. No. 3 smoke in this sec-
tion shall mean smoke equal to No. 3 of the Ringelmann
Smoke Chart as heretofore published and used by the
United States Bureau of Mines. The emission by steam
locomotives of smoke subject to this section for a period ex-
484 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 493, 494.
ceeding that authorized hereby is hereby declared to be a
nuisance. This section shall take effect in any city or town,
other than one mentioned in chapter six hundred and fifty-
one of the acts of nineteen hundred and ten, as amended,
which accepts the same by a vote of the city council or of
the voters of the town at an annual town meeting.
Ed^' il"' Section 6. Said chapter 140 is hereby further amended
§ 136, ' by striking out section 136, as appearing in the Tercentenary
amended. Edition, and inserting in place thereof the following section :
Penalty. — SecHoTi 136. Whocver commits the nuisance defined in
section one hundred and thirty-one D or section one hundred
and thirty-two, or suffers the same to be committed on any
premises owned or occupied by him, or in any way partici-
pates in committing the same, shall be punished by a fine of
not more than one hundred dollars for each week during any
part of which such nuisance exists. This section shall not
apply to any person who commits such a nuisance, or suffers
the same to be committed, while acting as an employee.
Section 7. If the city of Springfield votes to accept sec-
tion one hundred and thirty-one D of chapter one hundred
and forty of the General Laws, inserted by section five of
this act, in the manner provided by said section one hundred
and thirty-one D, so much of chapter two hundred and thirty-
six of the acts of nineteen hundred as relates to the emission
of smoke by steam locomotives in said city shall no longer
apply thereto. Approved June 4, 1947.
ChapA9S An Act increasing the amounts of certain annuities
PAYABLE BY CERTAIN CITIES AND TOWNS UNDER SPECIAL
LAW TO THE WIDOWS OF FORMER POLICEMEN AND FIREMEN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follow s:
Section 1. Annuities payable to the widows of former
pohcemen and firemen of a city or town under the pro-
visions of any special or general law may be increased but
not to exceed the sum of one thousand dollars in all cases
where a less amount is specified in such special law.
Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance, in the case of a city, by vote of the city council,
subject to the provisions of its charter, and, in the case of a
town, by vote of the town at a town meeting, but not other-
wise. Approved June 4, 1947.
ChapA94i An Act to release certain interests or rights affect-
ing LAND ON BOYLSTON, BERKELEY, PROVIDENCE AND
clarendon STREETS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follow s:
Section 1. Subject to the rights, if any there be, of parties
other than the commonwealth, the commonwealth hereby
releases the parcel of land in Boston bounded as follows, viz. :
northerly by Boylston street, easterly by Berkeley street,
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 495. 485
southerly by Providence street, and westerly by Clarendon
street, from whatever interest or right it may have in the
operation and effect of the provisions, stipulations, agree-
ments and restrictions heretofore imposed on said lands by
its deeds, such release to be effective in the manner and at
the time specified in section two.
Section 2. Such release shall become effective upon the
recording of a written agreement in the registry of deeds for
Suffolk county signed by, or in behaff of, each of the owners
of land on either side of Boylston street between Berkeley
street and Clarendon street, and approved in writing by the
attorney general as being in compliance with this section,
providing: First: That the owner of each of the several
parcels of such land, for himself, as owner of his particular
parcel of land, and for his heirs, executors, administrators,
successors and assigns, releases the commonwealth from all
claims and demands, if any such there be, by reason of the
release by the commonwealth provided for in this act. Sec-
ond: That the owner of each of the several parcels of land
on the southerly side of Boylston street between Berkeley
and Clarendon streets, for himself, as owner of his particular
parcel of land, and for his heirs, executors, administrators,
successors and assigns, agrees that no building or portion of
a building shall be constructed on his said land within twenty-
five feet of the southerly side of Boylston street after the
release provided for in section one becomes effective unless
the front wall thereof on Boylston street shall (a) be even
with the southerly line of said street as it existed on January
first, nineteen hundred and forty-seven; and (&) be at least
thirty feet in height above the level of Boylston street where
it adjoins said land.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved June 4, 1947.
An Act authorizing the department of public works ChapA95
TO convey to EVERETT R. GEORGE A CERTAIN PARCEL
OF LAND IN THE CITY OF NEWBURYPORT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The department of public works, acting for
and in the name and behalf of the commonwealth, is hereby
authorized to sell and convey to Everett R. George of
Salisbury, for the sum of one hundred dollars, a certain
triangular lot of land lying between Auburn street and the
state highway known as the Newburyport turnpike in the
city of Newburyport and abutting on other property of
said George. Said triangular lot contains approximatel}^
eleven hundred square feet of land and is bounded and
described as appears on plan entitled "Newburyport,
Newburyport Cut-off, Oct. 1938, scale I" = 40', Approved
E. F. Copell, Traffic Engineer"; said property having been ta-
ken in fee by eminent domain by the commonwealth for high-
way purposes. Said property shall be conveyed by a deed or
486 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 496.
deeds approved as to form by the attorney general, which
deed or deeds shall contain a provision that no building
shall be erected or maintained thereon, nor shall any ob-
struction of the view between Auburn street and said state
highway be erected or maintained thereon.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved June 4, 1947.
ChapA9Q An Act to authorize the town of norwell to supply
ITSELF AND ITS INHABITANTS WITH WATER.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Norwell, hereinafter referred to
as said town, may supply itself and its inhabitants with
water for the extinguishment of fires and for domestic and
other purposes; and may establish fountains and hydrants,
relocate or discontinue the same, and may regiilate the use
of such water and fix and collect rates to be paid for the use
of the same.
Section 2. For the purposes aforesaid, said town, acting
by its board of water commissioners hereinafter provided
for, may contract with any other municipality, acting by
its water department, or with any water company, or with
any water district, for whatever water may be required,
authority to furnish the same being hereby granted, and
may lease, or take by eminent domain under chapter seventy-
nine of the General Laws, or acquire by lease, purchase or
otherwise, and hold, the waters, or any portion thereof, of
any pond, brook, spring or stream or of any ground water
sources, by means of driven, artesian or other wells or filter
galleries, within the limits of said town, not already appro-
priated for purposes of public water supply, and the water
rights connected with any such water sources ; and also for
said purposes may take by eminent domain under said
chapter seventy-nine, or acquire by lease, purchase or
otherwise, and hold, all lands, rights of way and other
easements necessary for collecting, storing, holding, purify-
ing and treating such water and protecting and preserving
the purity thereof and for conveying the same to any part
of said town; provided, that no source of water supply and
no lands necessary for protecting and preserving the purity
of the water shall be taken or used without first obtaining
the advice and approval of the department of public health,
and that the location and arrangement of all dams, reser-
voii-s, wells or filter galleries, filtration and pumping plants
or other works necessary in carrying out the provisions of
this act shall be subject to the approval of said department;
and said town may acquire by lease, purchase or otherwise
any appliances, works, tools, machinery and other equip-
ment that may be necessary or expedient in carrying out
the provisions of this act. Said town may construct and
maintain on the lands acquired and held under this act
proper dams, wells, reservoirs, pumping and filtration
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 496. 487
plants, buildings, standpipes, tanks, fixtures and other
structures, including also purification and treatment works,
the construction and maintenance of which shall be subject
to the approval of said department of public health, and
may make excavations, procure and operate machinery,
and provide such other means and appliances and do such
other things as may be necessary for the establishment and
maintenance of complete and effective water works; and
for that purpose may construct, lay and maintain aqueducts,
conduits, pipes and other works, under or over any lands,
water courses, railroads, railways and public or other ways,
and along any such way, in said town in such manner as
not unnecessarily to obstruct the same ; and for the purposes
of constructing, laying, maintaining, operating and repair-
ing such conduits, pipes and other works, and for all other
proper purposes of this act, said town may dig up or raise;
and embank any such lands, highways or other ways in
such manner as to cause the least hindrance to public travel
thereon; provided, that all things done upon any such way
shall be subject to the direction of the selectmen of said town.
Said town shall not enter upon, construct or lay any con-
duits, pipes or other works within the location of any rail-
road corporation except at such time and in such manner
as it may agree upon with such corporation, or, in case of
failure so to agree, as may be approved by the department
of public utilities. Said town may enter upon any lands for
the purpose of making surveys, test pits and borings, and
may take or otherwise acquire the right to occupy tempo-
rarily any lands necessary for the construction of any works
or for any other purpose authorized by this act. For the
purposes of this act, said town of Norwell may also, by
action of its board of water commissioners ratified by a
majority of its voters present and voting thereon at a tov/n
meeting at which the voting list shall be used, acquire by
purchase from the town of Scituate any part or all of the
water supply and distribution system which may hereafter
be developed and held by the town of Scituate within the
town of Norwell.
Section 3. The land, water rights and other property
taken or acquired under this act, and all works, buildings
and other structures erected or constmcted thereunder,
shall be managed, leased, improved and controlled by the
board of water commissioners hereinafter provided for, in
such manner as they shall deem for the best interest of said
town. The board of water commissioners may establish
rules and regulations for the management of its water works,
not inconsistent with this act or with any other provisions
of law.
Section 4. Any person or corporation injured in his or
its property by any action of said town or board under this
act may recover damages from said town under said chapter
seventy-nine; provided, that the right to damages for the
taking of any water, water source or water right, or any
488 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 496. '
injury thereto, shall not vest until the water is actually
withdrawn or diverted by said town under authority of this
act.
Section 5. Said town, for the purpose of paying the
necessary expenses and liabilities incurred or to be incurred
under this act, other than expenses of maintenance and
operation, may issue from time to time bonds or notes to an
amount not exceeding, in the aggregate, two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars, which shall bear on their face the
words. Town of Norwell Water Loan, Act of 1947. Each
authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such
loans shall be payable in not more than thirty years from
their dates. Indebtedness incurred under the provisions of
this act shall be outside the limit for water debt as fixed for
water supply loans by chapter forty-four of the General
Laws but otherwise shall be subject to the applicable pro-
visions of said chapter.
Section 6. Said town shall, at the time of authorizing
said loan or loans, provide for the payment thereof in ac-
cordance with section five; and, when a vote to that effect
has been passed, a sum which, with the income derived from
the water rates, will be sufficient to pay the annual expense
of operating its water works, and the interest as it accrues
on the bonds or notes issued as aforesaid, and to make such
payments on the principal as may be required under this
act, shall without further vote be assessed by the assessors
of said town annually thereafter in the same manner as other
ta.xes, until the debt incurred by the said loan or loans is
extinguished.
Section 7. Whoever wilfully or wantonly corrupts,
pollutes or diverts any of the waters taken or held under
this act, or injures any structure, work or other property
owned, held or used by said town under the authority and
for any of the purposes of this act, shall forfeit and pay to
said town three times the amount of damages assessed there-
for, to be recovered in an action of tort ; and upon conviction
of any one of the above wilful or wanton acts shall be pun-
ished by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars or by
imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
Section 8. The selectmen of said town shall serve as
water commissioners until the election and qualification of
water commissioners. Whenever the phrase "board of
water commissioners" or "board" or "commissioners"
occurs in this act it shall mean and include the board of water
commissioners or the selectmen acting as such, as the case
may be. Said town may, at an annual town meeting or at
any special meeting held not less than thirty days prior to
an annual town meeting, vote to elect at the next annual
town meeting a board of three water commissioners; and
if the town so votes it shall at such next annual town meeting
elect by ballot three persons to hold office as members of
said board for one, two and three years, respectively, from
such meeting, and until their successors are qualified; and
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 496. 489
thereafter at each annual town meeting the town shall elect
one such member to hold office for three years and until his
successor is qualified. All the authority granted to said town
by this act, except sections five and six, and not otherwise
specially provided for, shall be vested in said board of water
commissioners, who shall be subject, however, to such in-
structions, rules and regulations as said town may impose by
its vote. A majority of said commissioners shall constitute
a quorum for the transaction of business. After the election
of a board of water commissioners under authority of this
section, any vacancy occurring in said board from any cause
may be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term by said
town at any legal town meeting called for the purpose. Any
such vacancy may be filled temporarily in the manner pro-
vided by section eleven of chapter forty-one of the General
Laws, and the person so appointed shall perform the duties
of the office until the next annual meeting of said town or
until another person is qualified.
Section 9. Said commissioners shall fix just and equi-
table prices and rates for the use of water, and shall pre-
scribe the time and manner of payment. The income of
the water works shall be appropriated to defray all operat-
ing expenses, interest charges and payments on the principal
as they accrue upon any bonds or notes issued under author-
ity of this act. If there should be a net surplus remaining
after providing for the aforesaid charges, it may be appro-
priated for such new construction as the water commission-
ers, with the approval of said town, may determine upon,
and in case a surplus should remain after payment for
such new construction the water rates shall be reduced pro-
portionately. Said commissioners shall armually, and as
often as said town may require, render a report upon the
condition of the works under their charge, and an account
of their doings, including an account of the receipts and
expenditures. All authority vested in said commissioners by
the foregoing provisions of this section and by section three
shall be subject to the provisions of section eight.
Section 10. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance by a majority of the voters of the town of Nor well
present and voting thereon at a town meeting called for the
purpose within four years after its passage, but not other-
wise; but the number of meetings so called in any year
shall not exceed three. Approved June 4, 1947.
490
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 497, 498, 499.
ChavA97 An Act providing that veterans who are not over
FIFTY YEARS OF AGE AND ARE OTHERWISE QUALIFIED
SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR APPOINTMENT AS TEACHERS IN
STATE AIDED APPROVED VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS,
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 74 of the General Laws, as amended, is hereby
further amended by inserting after section 24 the following
section: — Section 24A. Any veteran, as defined in section
twenty-one of chapter thirty-one, who is not over fifty years
of age and is otherwise qualified, shall be ehgible for appoint-
ment as a teacher in state aided approved vocational schools.
Approved June 4, 19^7.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 74, new
§ 24A, added.
Certain
veterans may
be appointed
teachers in
certain state
schools.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 160,
§ 147,
amended.
Gates, etc.,
at crossings.
ChapA9S An Act relative to the installation, maintenance and
OPERATION OF PROTECTIVE DEVICES AT RAILROAD GRADE
CROSSINGS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 160 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
striking out section 147, as appearing in the Tercentenary
Edition, and inserting in place thereof the following sec-
tion: — Section 147. Where a railroad and a pubhc way or
travelled place cross at the same level, the department, after
notice to the interested parties and a hearing, may order
the crossing to be protected by gates, flagman, flashing Ught
signals or such other protective measures as the department
determines the better security of human life or the con-
venience of pubhc travel requires, and the railroad corpora-
tion operating the railroad over the crossing shall install,
maintain and operate the protection in comphance with
such order. The cost of installing, maintaining and operat-
ing such protection shall be borne by the railroad, except
that a city or town may, by agreement subject to the ap-
proval of the department, contribute toward the cost thereof,
and the department of public works, if the crossing and its
approaches are in direct continuation or a part of a state
highway, may, by agreement subject to like approval, con-
tribute toward the cost thereof in behalf of the common-
wealth. Approved June 4, 1947.
Cha7)A99 An Act relative to the keeping and maintenance of
PUBLIC warehouses.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 105 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
inserting after section 2B, inserted by section 1 of chapter 122
of the acts of 1935, the following section: — Section 2C.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this chapter,
persons, or corporations estabhshed under the laws of, and
having their places of business within, the commonwealth,
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 105, new
§ 2C, added.
Public ware-
housing with-
out license
permitted
under certain
cuuditions.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 500, 501. 491
may keep and maintain a public warehouse on the premises
of any other person or corporation for the storage therein,
under contract, of goods, wares and merchandise of such
other person or corporation, without being Ucensed under
this chapter. Approved June 4, 1947.
An Act relative to payments by the commonwealth in Chap. 500
REIMBL'RSEMENT FOR THE COST OF CERTAIN SHORE PROTEC-
TIVE WORK IN THE TOWN AND COUNTY OF BARNSTABLE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the
amount of reimbursements to be paid by the commonwealth
under chapter seven hundred and thirty-four of the acts of
nineteen hundred and forty-five shall not exceed eighty
thousand dollars, and such reimbursements shall be restricted
to the work of building structures to protect the coast line
from damage by the sea, which work was undertaken or
contracted for after September fourteenth, nineteen hundred
and forty-four, and prior to July twenty-fifth, nineteen hun-
dred and forty-five, and was completed prior to December
thirty-first, nineteen hundred and forty-six.
Approved June 4, 1947.
Chap.501
An Act authorizing municipalities to establish and
maintain and operate airports as joint enterprises.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 90 of the General Laws is hereby amended by g. l. (Ter.
inserting after section 51M, inserted by chapter 332 of the f 5m!^a(Wed.
acts of the current year, the following section : — Section 51 N. cities and
Two or more municipalities, by vote of the city council in a e°^biiXa
city with the approval of the mayor or by vote of a town joint airport,
meeting in a town, may agree to establish, maintain and
operate an airport as a joint enterprise, in this section re-
ferred to as a joint airport. For the purposes of this section,
the foregoing authorization, in so far as it relates to the
establishment of a joint airport, shall be deemed also to
authorize the acquisition, construction, enlargement and
improvement thereof, including other action involving capital
expenditures in connection with such an airport, all of which
action shall be comprehended within the meaning of the
words "establish", "establishing" and "establishment", and
such authorization, in so far as it relates to the maintenance
and operation of such an airport, shall be deemed also to au-
thorize the regulation, protection, policing, alteration or re-
pair thereof, including other action involving expenditures,
other than capital expenditures, in connection with such an
airport, all of which action shall be comprehended within
the meanbig of the words "maintain and operate", "main-
taining and operating" and "maintenance and operation".
Within thirty days after such votes have been passed the
492
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 501.
Joint airport
commission.
Officers.
Interest of
each munici-
pality.
mayor and city council of cities and selectmen of towns which
have so voted shall meet and draft a tentative agreement
covering the contemplated action or actions. Said tentative
agreement when completed shall be submitted and may be
resubmitted to the director of accounts in the department of
corporations and taxation for approval as to its financial
provisions and to the commission for approval as to its other
provisions. The agreement, as approved by the commission
and said director, shall become effective when agreed to by
the mayor and city council of each such city and the town
meeting of each such town. Any reference in this section to
the mayor of a city shall, in case of a city having a Plan E
form of government, be deemed to refer to its city manager.
In addition to the provisions covering the requirements
contained in this section, such an agreement shall include,
but shall not be hmited to, provision for the following : —
1. Establishing a joint airport commission for the purpose
of exercising as agent all of the powers relative to the joint
airport granted to each participating municipality, specifying
the terms of office and compensation of each member of such
a commission.
2. Choice by the joint airport commission of officers of the
joint enterprise including a treasurer who may be treasurer
of one of the participating municipahties and who shall be
custodian of the joint airport fund and shall deposit with
the director of accounts a bond running to such municipalities
with a surety company authorized to transact business in the
commonwealth as surety, for the faithful performance of his
duties as treasurer of the joint enterprise, in such form and
upon such conditions as said director may require. Said
director shall cause an audit to be made of the accounts of
the joint enterprise and may cause subsequent audits to be
made of such accounts annually, and for this purpose he and
his duly accredited agents shall have access to all necessary
books, papers and records. Upon completion of such audit,
copies of the report thereof shall be sent to the treasurer of
the joint enterprise and to the mayor, selectmen, and city or
town clerk of each participating municipality.
3. Establishing a joint airport fund into which there shall
be deposited the proportionate share of the cost and expenses
incident to the establishing, maintaining and operating of the
joint airport, all revenues obtained from or on account of the
joint airport and all federal, state and other contributions or
loans and from which disbursement shall be made by order
of the joint airport commission.
4. Specifying the proportionate interest of each participat-
ing municipality in the joint airport and its proportionate
share of the cost and expenses and indebtedness incident to
the establishing, maintaining and operating thereof, which
proportionate interest and share shall be determined on the
basis of the taxable valuations of said municipalities as last
established by the general court as a basis for state and
county taxes or on any other basis agreed upon.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 501. 493
5. Terminating the joint enterprise and liquidating its Termination,
affairs.
6. Amending the agreement, provided that any amend- Amendments,
ment thereof providing for the enlargement of the joint air-
port or any alteration or improvement thereof involving
capital expenditures shall become effective only when agreed
to by the mayor and city council of each participating city
and the town meeting of each participating town.
The joint airport commission from time to time shall AppropriationB
determine the amounts necessary to be raised to establish
the joint airport and shall apportion the balance needed,
over and above the amount available for such purposes in
the joint airport fund, among the several participating
municipalities on the basis set forth in the agreement and
shall promptly thereafter notify said municipalities of such
apportionment by sending notice to the mayor, in the case
of a city, and to the selectmen, in the case of a town. There
shall be no referendum to the voters on any action taken
under this paragraph by the legislative body of any par-
ticipating municipality. In case any such municipality fails
to pay over to the treasurer of the joint enterprise the amount
of its apportionment within the time specified in the agree-
ment for such payment, the treasurer of such municipality
shall forthwith certify such amount to the board of assessors
of his municipahty who shall include such amount in the tax
levy next following the certification, and the amount when
raised shall be paid over by the treasurer of such munici-
pality to the treasurer of the joint enterprise.
The joint airport commission shall determine the amounts
necessary to be raised to maintain and operate the joint
airport and shall apportion the balance needed, over and
above the amount available for such purposes in the joint
airport fund, among the several participating municipalities
on the basis set forth in the agreement and shall promptly
thereafter notify the treasurers of said municipalities of
such apportionment. Every treasurer so notified shall,
annually in December, certify the amount of such appor-
tionment to the board of assessors of his municipality, who
shall, unless funds are available from appropriations or
otherwise, include such amount in the tax levy of the fol-
lowing year, and the amount of such apportionment shall
be paid over by the treasurer of such municipality to the
treasurer of the joint enterprise within the time specified in
the agreement for such payment.
Action by a participating municipality in establishing,
maintaining and operating a joint airport shall be authorized
to the same extent and subject to the same provisions of
law as in the case of like action by such municipality inde-
pendently with respect to an airport, except as otherwise
provided in this section and except that the joint airport
commission is authorized to acquire property by eminent
domain, purchase or otherwise for purposes of the joint
airport in the names of the participating municipalities
494
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 502, 503.
but only within the territorial limits of such municipalities,
and each of such municipalities shall have the same interest
in the property so acquired that it has in the joint airport
under the agreement. Approved June 6, 1947.
Chap. 502 A-N Act confirming the right of recovery of damages
BY PERSONS WHOSE PROPERTY HAS BEEN TAKEN OR IN-
JURED IN connection with THE RELOCATION OF THE
STATE HIGHWAY IN THE TOWNS OF WEYMOUTH AND HING-
HAM AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW BRIDGE OVER THE
WEYMOUTH BACK RIVER.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The termination of executive order number thirty-four
shall in no way affect the rights, existing at the time of such
termination, of any persons to recover damages, as provided
therein. Approved June 6, 1947.
Chap.503 An Act further regulating standards for schools
AND COLLEGES OF PHARMACY.
Emergency
preamble.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 112,
§ 24B, etc.,
amended.
Standards
for schools
and colleges
of pharmacy.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to
defeat its purpose, which is to elevate at once the standards
of pharmacy in the commonwealth and thereby to promote
the public safety and the pubhc health, therefore it is hereby
declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immedi-
ate preservation of the public health, safety and convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 112 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
striking out section 24B, inserted by chapter 194 of the acts
of 1946, and inserting in place thereof the following section :
— Section 24B. The board and the commissioner of educa-
tion shall forthwith establish standards to be met by schools
or colleges of pharmacy and when, in the opinion of the
board and the commissioner, such standards have been met
by any school or college of pharmacy, a certificate of approval
shall be awarded to such approved school or college of phar-
macy; provided, that if at any time such approved school or
college of pharmacy has, in the opinion of the board and said
commissioner, lowered its standards below that established
by the board and said commissioner, such certificate, after
notice and hearing, may be revoked by the board and said
commissioner. No person, school or college of pharmacy or
other institution of learning shall estabhsh, conduct or offer
any course in pharmacy for residents or non-residents of the
commonwealth unless and until such course meets the stand-
ards established by the board and said commissioner under
authority of this section. Whoever violates any provision of
this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than one
hundred nor more than one thousand dollars, or by imprison-
ment for not more than one year, or both.
Approved June 7, 1947.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 504, 505. 495
An Act relative to the authority of domestic life Chap. 604:
INSURANCE COMPANIES TO ACQUIRE AND HOLD AND TO
IMPROVE REAL PROPERTY FOR HOUSING PROJECTS AND TO
OPERATE AND MAINTAIN SUCH PROJECTS.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to Emergency
defeat its purpose, which in part is to enable domestic life '^'"'^'^ "'
insurance companies immediately to help alleviate the
housing shortage, therefore this act is declared to be an
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public health and convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 175 of the General Laws is hereby amended by g. l. (Ter.
striking out section 66A, as amended by section 1 of chapter f teA.^etc.,
605 of the acts of 1945, and inserting in place thereof the amended,
following section : — Section 66 A . Any domestic life com- Domestic life
pany may purchase, lease or acquire by gift or otherwise companies
and hold without any limitation of time, any real property, jf^f^fgj^P®''''*''
or any interest therein, in any state of the United States in projects,
which it is authorized to transact business, and may use
such property, as well as any other real property, owned,
held or leased by it, for a housing project designed to provide
accommodations for twenty-five or more families. Such
company may use existing structures, may erect or cause to
be erected new stmctures, may use any combination of ex-
isting stractures and new structures and may maintain, re-
pair, alter, demolish and reconstruct such structures. The
word "structures", as used in this section, shall include
apartment or tenement buildings, and dwelling houses, and
buildings or accommodations for retail stores, shops, offices
and such other community services as the company may
deem proper and suitable for the convenience of the tenants
and occupants of such structures, but shall not include hotels.
Such a company may collect and receive rents or income
from, and may manage, lease, mortgage, sell and convey the
whole or any part of such property. No real property shall
be purchased, leased, held or improved under this section if
any such cost or value, or the cost of the improvements
thereon, or all of them, as the case may be, on the date of
such purchase, lease or acquisition, plus the book value on
said date of all real property held by the company, exceeds
twenty per. centum of its assets. Approved June 7, 1947.
An Act authorizing the town of colrain to borrow Chap. 505
MONEY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of acquiring land and con-
structing and originally equipping and furnishing a school
building, the town of Colrain may borrow, from time to
time, within a period of five years from the passage of this
act, such sums of money as may be necessary, not exceeding.
496
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 506.
in the aggregate, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dol-
lars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor which shall bear
on their face the words, Colrain School Loan, Act of 1947.
Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and
such loans shall be paid in not more than twenty years
from their dates. Indebtedness incurred under this act
shall be in excess of the statutory limit but shall, except as
provided herein, be subject to chapter forty-four of the
General Laws, exclusive of the limitation contained in the
first paragraph of section seven thereof.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved June 7, 1947.
Chav 506 ^^ ^^'^ relative to actions for death and injuries
Emergency
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 229, § 1.
etc., amended.
Damages for
death from a
defective way.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 229, § 2,
etc., amended.
Damages for
death by
negligence of i
common
carrier, etc.
RESULTING IN DEATH.
Whereas, The purpose of this act is to make certain per-
fecting changes in chapter 614 of the acts of 1946 relative
to actions for death and injuries resulting in death and the
deferred operation of this act would delay the accomplish-
ment of such purpose, therefore this act is hereby declared
to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate pres-
ervation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 229 of the General Laws,
as appearing in section 1 of chapter 614 of the acts of 1946,
is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 8 and 9, the
words "with reference to the degree of culpability of the
defendant and", — so as to read as follows: — Section 1. If
the life of a person is lost by reason of a defect or want of
repair of, or a want of a sufficient railing in or upon, a way,
causewaj^ or bridge, the county, city, town or person by
law obliged to repair the same shall, if it or he had previous
reasonable notice of the defect or want of repair or want of
railing, be liable in damages not exceeding one thousand
dollars, to be assessed with reference to the pecuniary loss
sustained by the parties entitled to benefit hereunder and
recovered in an action of tort commenced within one year
after the injury causing the death by the executor or ad-
ministrator of the deceased person, to be distributed, one
half to the surviving wife or husband and one half to the
children of the deceased dependent upon him for support at
the time of his death, or, if there are no such dependent
children, to the surviving wife or husband, or, if there is no
surviving wife or husband, to the next of kin.
Section 1A. Said chapter 229 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 2, as most recently amended by sec-
tion 1 of chapter 614 of the acts of 1946, and inserting in
place thereof the following section : — Section 2. If the
proprietor of a common carrier of passengers, including a
corporation operating a railroad, street railway or electric
railroad, by reason of his or its negligence, or wilful, wanton
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 506. 497
or reckless act, or by reason of the unfitness or negligence,
or the wilful, wanton or reckless act, of his or its agents or
servants while engaged in his or its business, causes the
death of a passenger, or of a person in the exercise of due
care who is not a passenger or in his or its employment or
service, or if any person other than such a common carrier,
except as provided in section one, so causes the death of a
person in the exercise of due care who is not in his or its
employment or service, he or it shall be liable in damages,
in an amount not less than two thousand nor more than
fifteen thousand dollars, to be assessed with reference to the
pecuniary loss sustained by the parties entitled to benefit
hereunder and recovered by the executor or administrator
of the deceased person in an action of tort, commenced
within two years after the injury causing the death and also
within the time set forth in sections four and ten of chapter
two hundred and sixty in the case of any cause of action
subject to said sections, and distributed one half to the surviv-
ing wife or husband and one half to the children of the de-
ceased dependent upon him for support at the time of his
death, or, if there are no such dependent children, to the
surviving wife or husband, or, if there is no surviving wife
or husband, to the next of kin.
Except as otherwise provided in chapter one hundred
and fifty-two, an employer shall be liable in damages for
the death of an employee in every case where such employer
is liable for the injury causing the death or would have been
liable therefor had it not resulted in instantaneous death,
in an amount not less than two thousand nor more than
fifteen thousand dollars, to be assessed, recovered and
distributed in the manner provided in this section, subject,
however, to all the provisions of section six of chapter one
hundred and fifty-three relative to notice to the employer
of the time, place and cause of injury, and the time within
which the action to recover damages for death shall be
commenced.
Section 2. Said chapter 229 is hereby further amended ej^-^JI'sg
by striking out section 6, as most recently amended by etc!, amended',
section 3 of said chapter 614, and inserting in place thereof
the following: — Section 6. In any action for death brought Count for
under section two or five A, damages for the injury from s^lrlng^
which the death resulted iriay be recovered under a separate
count, but any sum so recovered shall be held and disposed
of by the executors or administrators as assets of the estate
of the deceased. In any action to recover damages for an
injury resulting in death, damages for such death may be
recovered under a separate count in the same manner as in
the case of a separate action under section two or five A and
subject to all provisions of law otherwise applicable to such
action.
Section 3. Said chapter 614 of the acts of 1946 is hereby l^^^^^^' ^ "
further amended by striking out section 7 and inserting in "'^^'^ ^
place thereof the following section: — Section 7. This act AppUcation
498
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 506.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 152,
§ 68, etc.,
amended.
Application of
certain other
laws.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 153, § 6,
etc., amended.
Notice of
injury.
O. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 160,
§232,
amended.
Liability for
damages in
case of coUi-
aion at grade
(To.ssing.
shall take effect on January first, nineteen hundred and
forty-seven, and shall apply only to deaths resulting from
injuries or accidents occurring on or after said date.
Section 3A. The provisions of section three shall not
affect any right of action which accrued prior to the effective
date of this act.
Section 4. Section 68 of chapter 152 of the General
Laws, as amended by section 11 of chapter 529 of the acts
of 1943, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 2,
the words "four and seven to ten, inclusive," and inserting
in place thereof the words : — two and five A, — so as to
read as follows: — Section 68. Chapter one hundred and
fifty-three and sections two and five A of chapter two hun-
dred and twenty-nine shall not apply to employees of an
insured person or a self-insurer, nor to laborers, workmen or
mechanics employed by the commonwealth or any county,
city, town or district subject to sections sixty-nine to seventy-
five, inclusive, who are entitled to the benefits provided
by said sections, while this chapter is applicable thereto.
Section 5. Section 6 of chapter 153 of the General
Laws, as amended by chapter 387 of the acts of 1935, is
hereby further amended by striking out the first sentence
and inserting in place thereof the following sentence: —
No action for the recovery of damages for injury under sec-
tion one of this chapter and no action against an employer
under section two or five A of chapter two hundred and
twenty-nine for the death of an employee shall be maintained
unless notice of the time, place and cause of the injury is
given to the employer within sixty days, and the action is
commenced within one year, after the accident which causes
the injury or death.
Section 6. Section 232 of chapter 160 of the General
Laws, as appearing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby
amended by striking out, in lines 8, 9, 10 and 11, the words
"or to a fine recoverable by indictment as provided in section
three of chapter two hundred and twenty-nine, or, if the life
of a person so injured is lost, to damages recoverable in tort,
as provided in said section three" and inserting in place
thereof the words: — or, if the Hfe of a person so injured is
lost, to damages recoverable in tort, as provided in section
two of chapter two hundred and twenty-nine, • — so as to
read as follows: — Section 232. If a person is injured in his
person or property by collision with the engines or cars or
rail-borne motor cars of a railroad corporation at a crossing
such as is described in section one hundred and thirty-eight,
and it appears that the corporation neglected to give the
signals required by said section or to give signals by such
means or in such manner as may be prescribed by orders of
the department, and that such neglect contributed to the
injury, the corporation shall be liable for all damages caused
by the collision, or, if the life of a person so injured is lost,
to damages recoverable in tort, as provided in section two
of chapter two hundred and twenty-nine, unless it is shown
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 507, 508. 499
that, in addition to a mere want of ordinary care, the person
injured or the person who had charge of his person or prop-
erty was, at the time of the collision, guilty of gross or wilful
negligence, or was acting in violation of the law, and that
such gross or wilful negligence or unlawful act contributed
to the injury.
An Act relative to the sale and conveyance by the Chap. 607
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL OF THE OLD PROVINCE
HOUSE ESTATE, SO CALLED.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to Emergency
defeat its purpose, which is to enable The Massachusetts p''®-'"'^'*'-
General Hospital to sell and convey the Old Province House
estate without delay, therefore it is hereby declared to be
an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation
of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The Massachusetts General Hospital, incorporated by an
act passed February twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and
eleven, is hereby authorized to sell and convey the estate
commonly called the Old Province House, granted to it by
said act, and any condition or restriction on the sale and
conveyance of said estate prescribed by said act, or by any
act or resolve in amendment thereof or in addition thereto,
is hereby removed. Approved June 7, 1947.
An Act providing for safety instructors in the regis- Chap. 50S
TRY OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND AUTHORIZING THE EXERCISE
OF CERTAIN POLICE POWERS BY SUCH SAFETY INSTRUCTORS
AND BY SUPERVISING INSPECTORS IN SAID REGISTRY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 29 of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as most Ed.\9or§29,
recently amended by chapter 146 of the acts of 1938, is etc!, 'amended!
hereby further amended by striking out the first four sen-
tences and inserting in place thereof the four following
sentences : — The registrar shall appoint competent persons Registmr 9f
to act as investigators, examiners and safety instructors, to^app^lu"'"^^
may remove them for cause, and may define their duties, ^^[f ^ iuBtnu-
He may also appoint, and for cause remove, a deputy regis-
trar, an assistant to the registrar, hearings officers and super-
vising inspectors with power to hold hearings, and may
delegate to such deputy, assistant, hearrngs^ officers and
supervising inspectors the performance of any duty imposed
upon the registrar by any provision of this chapter. Pie
may establish a section for the inspection of motor vehicles
used for the transportation of property with reference to
all poHce requirements, including equipment and weight of
loads. Said supervising inspectors with power to hold hear-
ings, investigators, examiners and safety instructors, with
500 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 509, 510.
respect to the enforcement of the laws relating to motor
vehicles, shall have and exercise throughout the common-
wealth all the powers of constables, except the service of
civil process, and of pohce officers, including the power to
arrest any person who violates any provision of this chapter,
and they may serve all processes lawfully issued by the
courts, the department in the exercise of its functions under
this chapter or the registrar. Approved June 7, 1947.
Chav.609 An Act relative to the qualifications of members of
THE BOARD OF REGISTRATION OF BARBERS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
EdV i3*'§ 39 Section 1. Section 39 of chapter 13 of the General
etc.', amended! Laws, as amended by section 1 of chapter 385 of the acts of
1941, is hereby further amended by adding at the end of the
first sentence the words : — and at least one of whom shall
Board^o^^regie- be a mastcr barber, — so as to read as follows : — Section
barbers, mem- 89. There shall be a board of registration of barbers, in
ficatiol''s!^ltc. this section and in sections forty and forty-one called the
board, to be appointed by the governor, with the advice and
consent of the council, and to consist of three members,
citizens of the commonwealth, each of whom shall be a
practising barber and shall have had five years of practical
experience as a barber in this commonwealth prior to his
original appointment and shall have been actively engaged
in the occupation of barbering in this commonwealth for
not less than six months during the twelve months immedi-
ately prior to such appointment, and at least one of whom
shall be a journeyman barber and at least one of whom shall
be a master barber. No two members of the board shall,
while in office, be engaged in practising the occupation of
barbering in the same town. As the term of oflSce of a mem-
ber expires, his successor shall be appointed by the governor,
with like advice and consent, to serve for three years. The
governor may also, with hke advice and consent, fill any
vacancy in the board for the unexpired portion of the tenn.
Section 2, Nothing in this act shall be deemed to affect
the term of office of any member of the board of registration
of barbers in office upon the effective date thereof.
Approved June 7, 1947.
Chap. 510 An Act authorizing the city of woburn to pay a sum
OF MONEY TO JOHN A. AKESON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of discharging a moral
obUgation, the city of Woburn may pay to John A. Akeson
the sum of fourteen hundred dollars for work done by him
at Woodbrook cemetery under a written contract with said
city, which contract is legally unenforceable because it was
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 511, 512. 501
not formally approved by the mayor of said city as required
by law.
Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance by the city council of said city, subject to the pro-
visions of its charter, but not otherwise.
Approved June 7, 1947.
An Act relative to the registration of certain vet- Chap,5ll
ERANS OF WORLD WAR II AS PHARMACISTS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1 of chapter 272 of the acts of 1946 is hereby
amended by adding at the end the words : — , except that
any such veteran who is eligible to take the examination
for such registration during the year nineteen hundred and
fortj^-seven shall also be eligible to take such examination
during the year nineteen hundred and forty-eight without
being a graduate of such an approved school or college of
pharmac3% — so as to read as follows : — Section 1 . The
provisions of section twenty-four of chapter one hundred
and twelve of the General Laws, as most recently amended
by section one of chapter five hundred and two of the acts
of nineteen hundred and forty-five, which provide that an
applicant for registration as a pharmacist shall be a gradu-
ate of a school or college of pharmacj^ approved by the board
of registration in pharmacy and the commissioner of edu-
cation, upon such provisions becoming effective, shall not
apply to a person who shall have served in the armed forces
of the United States during World War II and shall have
received a discharge or release, other than a dishonorable
one, from such service; provided, that he is a graduate of
a school or college of pharmacy approved by said board and
the United States Veterans Administration, except that any
such veteran who is eligible to take the examination for
such registration during the year nineteen hundred and
forty-seven shall also be eligible to take such examination
during the year nineteen hundred and forty-eight without
being a graduate of such an approved school or college of
pharmacy. Approved June 7, 1947.
An Act authorizing the county commissioners of essex Chav. bl2
county to complete ADDITIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS TO
THE POWER PLANT AT THE ESSEX COUNTY TUBERCULOSIS
HOSPITAL.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The county commissioners of Essex county
are hereby authorized to raise and expend a sum not ex-
ceeding fifty thousand dollars for the purpose of completing
the additions and improvements to the power plant at the
Essex County Tuberculosis Hospital in Middleton, said
amount being in addition to the amounts authorized by
502 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 513.
cliapter two hundred and twenty-seven of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and forty-six and chapter two hundred and
seventy-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-
seven.
Section 2. The county commissioners of said county,
with the consent of the governor, shall take any and all
steps necessary from time to time to enable Essex county
to secure any federal grant or subsidy.
Section 3. To provide funds for completing the addi-
tions and improvements hereinbefore authorized, the treas-
urer of Essex county, with the approval of the county com-
missioners, may borrow from time to time on credit of the
county such sums, not exceeding, in the aggregate, fifty
thousand dollars, as may be necessary, and may issue bonds
or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the words,
Essex County Tuberculosis Hospital Loan, Act of 1947.
Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan and
such loans shall be payable in not more than ten years from
their dates. Such bonds or notes shall be signed by the
treasurer of said county and countersigned by a majority of
said county commissioners. Said county may sell said secu-
rities at public or private sale upon such terms and condi-
tions as said county commissioners may deem proper, but
not for less than their par value. Indebtedness incurred
under this act shall, except as herein provided, be subject to
chapter thirty-five of the General Laws. Any sums received
from the federal government for the purposes of this act
may be applied toward payment either of the expenditures
authorized by section one of this act or of the principal of
the bonds or notes hereby authorized. All sums necessary
to meet interest payments on notes or bonds issued under
this act and payments on account of principal as the same
mature shall be assessed upon the cities and towns consti-
tuting the hospital district in the same proportion and to-
gether with other assessments made under section eighty-five
of chapter one hundred and eleven of the General Laws.
Section 4. This act shall take full effect upon its accept-
ance, prior to December thirty-first in the current year, by
the count}^ commissioners of the county of Essex, but not
otherwise. Approved June 7, 1947.
Chap. 51S An Act establishing a state commission, to be known
AS THE COMMISSION ON ALCOHOLISM, AND DEFINING ITS
POWERS AND DUTIES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
G. L. (Tcr. Section L Section 17 of chapter 6 of the General Laws,
Sc.J'ameUId. as most recently amended by section 1 of chapter 466 of the
acts of the current year, is hereby further amended by in-
serting after the word "authority", the second time such
word occurs, the words : — , the commission on alcoholism,
officCTs°to — ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^ follows: — Section 17. The armory com-
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 514. 503
mission, the art commission, the commission on administra- serve under
tion and finance, the commissioner of veterans' services, the founciL"^ '*"'
commissioners on uniform state laws, the public bequest
commission, the state ballot law commission, the board of
trustees of the Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts, the milk
regulation board, the alcoholic beverages control commission,
the state planning board, the trustees of the state librarj',
the state racing commission, the Greylock reservation com-
mission, the Port of Boston Authority, the Massachusetts
public building commission, the Massachusetts fair employ-
ment practice commission, the outdoor advertising authority,
the commission on alcoholism and the Massachusetts aero-
nautics commission shall serve under the governor and
council, and shall be subject to such supervision as the gov-
ernor and council deem necessarj^ and proper.
Section 2. Said chapter 6 is hereby further amended by g. l. (Ter.
adding after section 62, inserted by section 2 of said chapter § es; added!
466, under the heading commission on alcoholism, the fol-
lowing section: — Section 63. There shall be a commission, Commission
to be known as the commission on alcoholism, to consist of members"*'^'"'
five members, to be appointed by the governor, with the °fa'jigp'atio„g
advice and consent of the council, for four year terms. At etc.
least two members of the commission shall be members
of the medical profession, and one of the members shall
have had training as a psychiatrist. The commission shall
make a continuous study of methods for treating alcoholism
and of other factors relating to the problem of alcoholism in
the commonwealth. The commission may require of any
department, commission, board or officer of the common-
wealth which has or can obtain information in relation to
the subject matter of its study, such assistance as may be
helpful to it. The commission shall report annually to the
general court and to the governor its findings and recom-
mendations. The members of the commission, except as
hereinafter provided, shall receive no compensation for their
services, but shall receive their necessary expenses incurred
in the discharge of their official duties. The commission
may appoint a secretary, who may be one of its members,
and he shall receive such salary as the commission, with the
approval of the governor and council, may fix. Persons em-
ployed by the commission shall be exempt from the provisions
of chapter thirty-one, except that if a person under civil serv-
ice is transferred to a position under the commission, he shall
continue to be subject to said provisions.
Approved June 7, 1947.
An Act relative to the fellows of the American a(!Ad- C}ifW.5\4:
EMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 4 of chapter 46 of the acts of 1779, as most recently
amended by chapter 255 of the acts of 1931, is hereby further
amended by striking out all after the word "disfranchise-
504
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 515.
ment" in line 9, — so as to read as follows: — Section 4-
That the fellows of the said academy may from time to time
elect such persons to be fellows thereof as they shall judge
proper; and that they shall have full power and authority
from time to time to suspend, expel or disfranchise any
fellow of the said academy who shall by his conduct render
himself unworthy of a place in that body, in the judgment
of the academy; and also to settle and establish the rules,
forms and conditions of election, suspension, expulsion and
disfranchisement. Approved June 7, 1947.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 130,
§ lOOB, etc.,
amended.
Taking of
striped bass,
regulated.
Chap. 515 An Act relative to the protection of striped bass.
Emergency Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend
preamble. ^.^ defeat its purpose, which in part is to protect striped bass
during the current season; therefore, it is hereby declared
to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preserva-
tion of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 130 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
striking out section lOOB, inserted by section 2 of chapter
264 of the acts of 1945, and inserting in place thereof the
following section: — Section lOOB. No person shall take,
or attempt to take, with or by the use of a net, seine or any
other contrivance of anj^ kind or description, except hook
and line, any striped bass within the jurisdiction of the
commonwealth; provided, that it shall not be a violation
of this section for any person to take striped bass by means
of such seine, net or other contrivance, while fishing for
other fish for the catching of which the use of such seine, net
or other contrivance is permitted, if such striped bass is
immediately returned to the waters from which taken; and
provided, further, that this section shall not affect the taking
of such fish in fish traps authorized under authority of sec-
tion twenty-nine, but such traps msiy be examined by the
director, or some person thereunto authorized by him in
writing, and if it appears, after such examination, that such
trap is constructed or operated for the primary purpose of
taking striped bass, the director, after a hearing, may in
writing order the licensee to alter the construction or opera-
tion of such trap, and any licensee who fails to so alter such
trap within forty-eight hoiu's after notice therefor has been
received shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hun-
dred dollars for each day or part thereof that such trap re-
mains in operation contrary to such order. Whoever violates
any provision of this section for which no other penalty is
provided shall be punished by imprisonment for sixty days
or by a fine of not less than five hundred nor more than one
tliousand dollars, or by both such imprisonment and fine.
Approved June 10, 1947.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 516, 517. 505
An Act relative to sentences to the reformatory for (7/iap.516
WOMEN FOR ADULTERY.
Be it enacted, etc., as foUoivs:
Chapter 279 of the General Laws is hereby amended by g. l. (Ter.
striking out section 18, as appearing in the Tercentenary ^^^ndld.' ^ ^^'
Edition, and inserting in place thereof the following section :
— Section 18. A female sentenced to the reformatory for Term of
women for larceny, or any felony except adultery, ma}^ be reformatory
held therein for not more than five j^ears unless she is sen- for women.
tenced for a longer term, in which case she may be held
therein for such longer term; if sentenced to said reformxa-
tory for any other offence, including adultery, she may be
held therein for not more than two years.
Approved June 10, 1947.
An Act providing for the reception in certain state Chap. 517
INSTITUTIONS UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH
OF CERTAIN MENTALLY ILL CHILDREN.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloius:
Chapter 123 of the General Laws is hereby amended by g. l. (Ter.
mserting after section 86 the following section: — Sec- '^^^•^'^l^}^^
tion 86 A. The superintendent of any of the state institu- added.
tions mentioned in section twenty-five which has been or certain
hereafter may be designated by the department as an insti- ^bled'' ^
tution to receive and care for mentally ill children under the Ce'recefv^'"'
age of sixteen m.ay, at his discretion, receive from any part '" certain
of the comm.onwealth any child under sixteen who is deemed Lstftutions.
by him to be suffering from psychosis, neurosis, psycho- *'*'^-
neurosis, behavior disorder, or other mental disability, upon
written application made therefor by the parent, guardian,
or natural guardian, or person having custody, of such child.
Such application, attested and sworn to, shall be accom-
panied by a certificate of a physician, qualified as provided
in section fifty-three, that such person is suffering from men-
tal disability and, in the opinion of the physician, is a fit
subject for said hospital. The physician who makes said
certificate shall have examined such child, whose admission
is sought, within five days of the signing and making oath to
the certificate. No child who is feeble-minded and a proper
subject for admission or transfer to a state school, as pro-
vided in section forty-five, forty-seven, sixty-six or sixty-six A
shall be eligible for admission to a state hospital; provided,
that if a child is received for care under this section and is
deemed by the superintendent not to be a proper person for
further care in the institution, he shall be discharged forth-
with, and the person who signed the original application
shall immediately remove such child.
No person received under this section shall be detained
beyond his sixteenth birthday, unless he shall have been
legally committed to such institution, and no such person
506 Acts, 1947. --- Chaps. 518, 519.
shall be detained more than seven days after the applicant for
his admission has filed with the said superintendent written
notice of his intention or desire to have the patient released
from the institution; provided, that, if the condition of such
patient at the time his release is sought is deemed by the
superintendent to be such that further hospital care is neces-
sary, because the patient is mentally ill and could not be
discharged from the institution with safety to himself and
others, said superintendent, after receipt of a request for
discharge, shall forthwith cause application to be made for
the patient's commitment as mentally ill, and during the
pendency of such application may detain him under the
written application for commitment hereinbefore referred to.
The superintendent of a state hospital designated by the
department may also, at his discretion, receive and detain
for observation, study and treatment, for a period not to
exceed sixty days, nor beyond the sixteenth birthday, any
such person under the age of sixteen, from any part of _ the
commonwealth, upon written application and as provided
for in the first paragraph. Approved June 10, 1947.
Chap. 518 An Act authorizing the city of Worcester to reim-
burse THE pastor of SAINT ANN's CHURCH IN SAID CITY
FOR EXPENSES INCURRED IN THE OPERATION OF A CHILD
CARE CENTER.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of discharging a moral obli-
gation, the city of Worcester may pay to the pastor of Saint
Ann's Church a sum not exceeding thirteen hundred and
seventy-six dollars to reimburse him for expenses in furnish-
ing, repairing and operating quarters in the Academy of the
Sacred Heart as a child care center in the city of Worcester
from June, nineteen hundred and forty-three, to March,
nineteen hundred and forty-six.
Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its accept-
ance by vote of the city council of said city during the cur-
rent year, subject to the provisions of its charter, but not
otherwise. Approved June 10, 1947.
Chap. 519 An Act temporarily reviving john b. finney co. for
certain PURPOSES.
Emergency Whercos, The deferred operation of this act would delay
pream e. ^^^^ transfer of a certain common carrier certificate by the
corporation revived thereby and it is essential that such
transfer be effected as soon as possible ; therefore it is hereby
declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
John B. Finney Co., a corporation dissolved by section
one of chapter one hundred and forty-eight of the acts of
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 520. 507
nineteen hundred and thirty-eight, is hereby revived and
continued, but not subsequent to October thirty-first in the
current year, for the sole purpose of transferring a certificate
issued to it by the department of pubUc utiHties to operate
as an irregular route common carrier.
Approved June 11, 1947.
An Act relative to entry into, and withdrawal from, Chap. 620
MEMBERSHIP IN THE STATE-BOSTON RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The retirement system which became op-
(U'ative in the city of Boston on October first, nineteen hun-
dred and forty-six, under chapter thirtj^-two of the General
Laws, in so far as said system relates to said city, shall be
known as the State-Boston retirement system; and the
retirement board of said sj'-stem shall be known as the Boston
retirement board. The Boston retirement system referred
to in this act is the retirement system established under chap-
ter five hundred and twenty-one of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-two, as amended.
Words and plirases used in this act, unless a different
meaning is plainly required by the context, shall have the
meanings defined in said chapter thirty-two.
Section 2. Any employee of the city of Boston or of the
county of Suffolk who, being covered by any other pension
or retu'ement law of this commonwealth, whether general
or special, became on or as of October first, nineteen hun-
dred and forty-six, a member of the State-Boston retirement
system by failure to file or election not to file with the
Boston retu-ement board on or before December thirtieth,
nineteen hundred and forty-six, on a prescribed form a
notice of his election not to become a member and a dulj'-
executed waiver of all present and prospective benefits which
might otherwise accrue to him if he became a member, may,
not later than January fu'st, nineteen hundred and forty-
nine, file such a notice and waiver and thereupon all his
rights in the State-Boston retirement system shall cease and
the pension or retirement law or laws previously applicable
to him shall again apply and his rights thereunder shall be
restored without impairment; provided, that no such notice
shall be received or be of any effect after an application for
disability retirement.
Section 3. Any employee of said city or county who on
January first, nineteen hundred and fortj^-seven, was a mem-
ber of the Boston retirement system may, not later than
Januar\' first, nineteen hundred and forty-nine, become a
member of the State-Boston retirement system by filing with
the Boston retirem.ent board on or before said January first,
nineteen hundred and forty-nine an application on a pre-
scribed form for m.embership in the State-Boston retirement
system ; provided, that within three months after filing such
application he pays in one sum the make-up payments
508 Acts. 1947. — Chaps. 521, 522.
specified in subdivision (3) of section three of said chapter
thirty-two.
Section 4. Any employee of said cit}^ or county who on
January first, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, was neither
a member of the Boston retirement system nor a mem.ber
of the State-Boston retirement system may, within three
years from the effective date of this act, become a member
of the State-Boston retirement system, subject to the pro-
visions of said subdivision (3) of said section three of said
chapter thirty-two, by filing with the Boston retirement
board on or before the expiration of said three years an appli-
cation on a prescribed form for membership in the State-
Boston retirement system.
Section 5. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of general or special law, on January third, nineteen hun-
dred and forty-nine membership in the State-Boston retire-
ment system and the Boston retirement system shall be
definitely determined with respect to persons in the employ
of the city of Boston and the county of Suffolk on said date
and they shall thereafter have no right of late entry into, or
withdrawal from, the State-Boston retirement system, except
as provided in section four of this act.
Section 6. This act shall take eftect upon its passage.
Approved June 11, 1947.
Chap.521 ^^ ^^^ '^o authorize the county of franklin to use
FUNDS IN THE POST WAR REHABILITATION FUND FOR REPAIRS
ON STILLWATER BRIDGE IN THE TOWN OF DEERFIELD.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section L The county of Franklin is hereby authorized
to use three thousand dollars of the funds in the county
treasury appropriated in nineteen hundred and forty-five for
a post war rehabilitation fund for repairs on Stillwater
bridge, over the Deerfield river, in the town of Deerfield.
The amount hereby authorized ma^/ be used in conjunction
with funds provided by the department of public works and
the town of Deerfield in the manner provided by chapter
ninety of the General Laws.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved June 11, 1947.
Cha'p.522 ^^ ^^'^ relative to the due date of local TAXES on
REAL ESTATE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Ed.h .59r§ 57. Section 1. Section 57 of chapter 59 of the General Laws,
etc., amended! as amended, is hereby further amended by striking out the
first two sentences, as appearing in section 1 of chapter 258
of the acts of 1941, and inserting in place thereof the two
Seal taxes'^ follov/ing scntenccs: — Except as otherwise provided, bills
on real and for real estatc and personal property taxes shall be sent out
personal
property.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 523, 524. 609
not later than June fourteenth of each year and shall be due
and payable in every city, town and district in which the
same are assessed, in the case of real estate taxes, on July
first of each year and, in the case of personal property taxes,
in two equal installments, on July first and on October first
of each year. Interest shall be paid at the rate of four per
cent per annum on all real estate and personal property
taxes remaining unpaid after November first of the year in
which they are payable, computed from October first of such
year.
Section 2. This act shall apply only to taxes assessed Application.
in the year nineteen hundred and forty-eight and thereafter.
Approved June 11, 1947.
An Act to authorize the town of barnstable to lease C hap. 52S
OR GRANT TO THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
CERTAIN PARK LAND FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE MASSA-
CHUSETTS MARITIME ACADEMY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The town of Barnstable may by vote at a town meeting
authorize the park commissioners of said town to lease or
grant to the commonwealth of Massachusetts for its use for
the purposes of the Massachusetts maritime academy the
northerly half portion of its public park land located in the
village of Hyannis between Ocean street and Lewis bay and
next adjacent to land of the commonwealth formerly known
as Camp Howes. Sections seven and eight of chapter forty-
five of the General Laws shall not be applicable to such land
so long as the same is used by the commonwealth for pur-
poses of said academy. Approved June 11, 1947.
Chap.524:
An Act to further insure the collection of the al-
coholic BEVERAGES EXCISE AND TO IMPOSE ADDITIONAL
penalties IN CONNECTION WITH VIOLATION OF PROVI-
SIONS RELATING TO THE LIQUOR CONTROL LAW.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 21 of chapter 138 of the General Laws, as amended, gj^- (Jl'-, gi
is hereby further amended by striking out the paragraph etc!, 'amended.'
added by chapter 394 of the acts of 1939, and inserting in
place thereof the two following paragraphs : —
The commissioner ma}'- require any licensee subject to Bond to be
this section to furnish a bond running to the commonwealth ^'® '
for the term of the license, in a penal sum determined, and
in a form approved, by the commissioner, executed by the
licensee as principal and by a surety companj^ authorized
to do business in the commonwealth as surety, and condi-
tioned upon the payment of the excise imposed by this sec-
tion upon such licensee.
Any person who shall knowingly purchase, sell or possess Penalty for
any alcoholic beverages or alcohol not manufactured in or uq°uor °° °^
510 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 525, 526.
imported into the commonwealth by a Hcensed manufac-
turer or a holder of a wholesaler's and importer's license for
the sale and importation thereof or a licensee under section
seventy-six, or a railroad or car corporation or the owner
or operator of any vessel or shipping company licensed under
section thirteen, or a person holding a permit for importa-
tion under section twenty-two A, or any person specifically
exempted by section two, shall, in addition to any other
penalties provided for violation of any provision of this
chapter, be subject to a fine equal to double the amount
of the excise which would have been payable by a licensee
subject to this section if such alcoholic beverages or alcohol
had been imported or sold by such licensee. The state police
and all local police authorities shall have authority to en-
force, and shall, at the request of the commissioner or his
duly authorized agent, enforce the provisions of this para-
graph. Approved June 12, 1947.
Chap. 525 An Act authorizing the appropriation of money by
TOWNS FOR THE PAYMENT OF REASONABLE EXPENSES IN-
CURRED BY OR IN BEHALF OF CERTAIN INJURED SCHOOL
CHILDREN.
prTambK^ Whevetts, The deferred operation of this act would tend
to defeat its purpose, which is to authorize without delay
the appropriation of money by municipalities for the pay-
ment of expenses incurred by or in behalf of certain injured
school children, therefore it is hereby declared to be an
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation
of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Ed^)"40^§5 Section 5 of chapter 40 of the General Laws, as amended,
etc., amended, ig hereby further amended by inserting after clause (40), in-
serted by chapter 185 of the acts of 1937, the following
clause : —
Expenses of (40A) For the payment, by providing insurance coverage
Tafured or Otherwise, of the reasonable hospital, medical and surgi-
chudreii ^^^ cxpeuscs incurred by or in behalf of any student in any
included. of its public schools by reason of injuries sustained by him
or her while participating, or practising or training for
participation, in any game, meet or contest conducted or
held as a part of or in connection with the physical educa-
tion or athletic training program of its school department.
Money so appropriated shall be expended under the direc-
tion of the school committee. Approved June 13, 1947.
Chap.52Q An Act to extend the time counties, cities, towns
AND districts MAY INCUR DEBT TO SECURE THE BENE-
FITS PROVIDED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO ASSIST
THEM IN PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS.
Eme^ency Whcreas, The deferred operation of this act would tend
to defeat its purpose, which is to make available without
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 527, 528. 511
interruption to counties, cities, towns and districts financial
assistance by the federal government for public work proj-
ects, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency
law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 6 of chapter 74 of the acts of 1945 is hereby
amended by striking out, in line 3, the word "forty-seven"
and inserting in place thereof the word: — forty-nine, — so
as to read as follows : — Section 6. Loans by counties,
cities, towns and districts may be authorized under the
provisions of this act until July first, nineteen hundred and
forty-nine. Approved June 13, 1947.
An Act postponing the taking effect of a law further Chap. 527
REGULATING THE TIME OF PAYMENT OF THE SALARIES OF
CERTAIN OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE COMMON-
WEALTH.
Whereas, The principal purpose of this act is to postpone Emergency
the taking effect of certain provisions of law contained in p'"*^'''"^'^-
section 1 of chapter 580 of the acts of 1946, and the delayed
taking effect of this act would prevent the achievement of
such purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emer-
gency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the
public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 580 of the acts of 1946 is hereby amended by
striking out section 3 and inserting in place thereof the fol-
lowing section: — Section 3. Section one of this act shall
not take effect until July first, nineteen hundred and forty-
eight. Approved June 13, 1947.
An Act relative to the retirement system for em-
ployees OF the city OF NEWTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Section 1. Section 2 of chapter 355 of the acts of 1928
is hereby amended by striking out subsection (2) and insert-
ing in place thereof the following: —
(2) "Employee", any person who is regularly employed
in the service of, and whose salary or compensation is paid
by, the city, except teachers in the public schools as defined
by section one of chapter thirty-two of the General Laws.
In all cases of doubt the retirement board shall decide who
is an employee within the meaning of this act.
Section 2. Subsection (15) of said section 2 of said
chapter 355 is hereby amended by adding at the end the
following: — If a general employee who has been employed
by the city as a lineman in the maintenance or construction
of electric power lines, poles or wire circuits for a period
Chap.528
512 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 528.
covering fifteen years of creditable service is later otherwise
employed by the city at an average regular compensation
during his remaining creditable service which is lower than
his average regular compensation during his last five years
of creditable service as such lineman, his retirement allow-
ance upon retirement for superannuation or ordinary dis-
ability shall be determined as if he had received such larger
compensation during such remaining creditable service and
as if deductions had been made on the basis thereof.
Section 3. Said section 2 of said chapter 355 is hereby
further amended by adding at the end the following sub-
sections : —
(19) " General employee ", any official or general employee
including clerical, administrative and technical workers,
laborers, mechanics and all others not otherwise classified.
(20) "Fireman", any member of the fire department of
the city.
(21) "Policeman", any member of the police department
of the city.
(22) "Veteran", any person who has served in the armed
forces of the United States, or in any corps or unit auxiliary
thereto for women, in time of war or insurrection and whose
last discharge therefrom was honorable; but excluding per-
sons who served in the United States coast guard auxiliary,
or temporarily in the United States coast guard reserve.
(23) "Four per cent contributor", any member who does
not elect, on or before the first day of July, nineteen hundred
and forty-seven, to have the deductions withheld from his
regular compensation increased to five per centum of such
compensation.
(24) "Five per cent contributor", any employee who is a
member on the first day of July, nineteen hundred and forty-
seven, who elects, on or before that date, to have the deduc-
tions withheld from his regular compensation increased to
five per centum of such compensation, and anj^ employee who
becomes a member after the first day of July, nineteen hun-
dred and forty-seven.
Section 4. Section 4 of said chapter 355 is hereby
amended by striking out subsection (1) and inserting in place
thereof the following : —
(1) The membership of the retirement system shall be
constituted as follows: —
(a) All persons who become employees and, except as
otherwise provided in the last sentence of subsection (2) of
section nine, all employees who enter or re-enter the service
of the cit}^ on or after the day the retirement system becomes
operative may become members of the retirement system on
their own application, and all such employees who shall
complete one year of service thereafter and disability bene-
ficiaries restored to active service to whom the provisions of
subsection (3) of said section nine apply shall become mem-
bers of the retirement system.
(b) All employees who are not members on the first day
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 528. 513
of July, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, shall become
members as of the first day of July, nineteen hundred and
forty-seven, unless on or before a date not more than sixty
days thereafter, to be set by the retirement board, any such
employee shall file with the retirement board on a form pre-
scribed by the board a notice of his election not to be cov-
ered in the membership of the system and a duly executed
waiver of all present and prospective benefits which would
otherwise inure to him on account of his participation in the
retirement system.
(c) An employee who is covered by any other pension or
retirement law of the commonwealth on the date when this
retirement system becomes operative shall not be considered
to have become a member of this retirement system unless
said employee shall then or thereafter make written applica-
tion to join this system, but no such employee shall receive
credit for prior service unless he make such application for
membership within one year from the date this retirement
system becomes operative.
(d) All waivers and renouncements of benefits of any other
pension or retirement system given pursuant to paragraph
(c) of subsection (1) of this section by any person or persons
are hereby declared to be void and of no legal effect.
Section 5. Said section 4 of said chapter 355 is hereby
further amended by striking out subsection (4) and inserting
in place thereof the following: —
(4) It shall be the dut}'- of the head of each department to
submit to the retirement board a statement showing the
name, title, compensation, duties, date of birth and length
of service of each member of his department, and such in-
formation regarding other employees therein as the retire-
ment board may require. The retirement board shall then
place each member in one of the following groups: —
Group 1. General employees.
Group 2. Firemen and policemen.
Or in any other group of not less than two hundred and
fifty persons which may be hereafter recommended by the
actuary on the basis of service and mortality experience,
and approved by the retirement board to cover all or part
of any group or groups previously created or any additional
classes of employees. When the duties of a member so re-
quire, the retirement board may reclassify him in and transfer
him to another group.
Section 6. Section 5 of said chapter 355 is hereby
amended by adding at the end the following subsection: —
(6) Anything to the contrary in this chapter notwith-
standing, any five per cent contributor shall be entitled to
full credit for service rendered prior to the date of his be-
coming a member provided that within five years after such
date and before the date any retirement allowance becomes
effective for him he shall have paid into the annuity savings
fund of the system in one sum, or in instalments, upon such
terms and conditions as the board may prescribe, make-up
514 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 528.
payments of an amount equal to that which would have been
withheld as regular deductions from his regular compensa-
tion had he joined the system at his earliest opportunity,
together with regular interest. Upon the completion of such
make-up payments such member shall be entitled to all
creditable service to which he would have been entitled had
he joined the system when first eligible to become a member.
In the event any retirement allowance becomes effective for
him before the completion of such make-up payments, such
member shall, in addition to credit for his actual member-
ship service, be entitled to credit for that proportion of his
service rendered prior to the date of his becoming a member
which the total amount of his make-up payments actually
made, together with regular interest thereon to the date his
retirement allowance becomes effective, bears to the total
amount of what his make-up payments, together with regu-
lar interest thereon to such latter date, would have been
had he made payment thereof in one sum on such latter
date. Any benefit resulting from credit for service rendered
prior to the date of last becoming a member to which the
member is entitled under this subsection (6), shall be deemed
to be an excess benefit payable from the special reserve fund.
Section 7. The first paragraph of subsection (1) of sec-
tion 6 of said chapter 355 is hereby amended by striking out,
in line 1, the word "member" and inserting in place thereof
the words: — four per cent contributor, — and by inserting
after the word "sixty" in line 2 the words: — and any five
per cent contributor in service who shall have attained age
fifty-five, — so as to read as follows:— (1) Any four per
cent contributor in service who shall have attained age sixty
and any five per cent contributor in service who shall have
attained age fifty-five shall, either upon his own written ap-
plication or that of the head of his department, be retired
for superannuation not less than thirty nor more than ninety
days after the filing of such application. A member whose
retirement is applied for by the head of his department shall
be entitled to a notice of such application and to a hearing
before the retirement board, provided he requests such hear-
ing in writing within ten days of the receipt of such notice;
and unless the retirement board finds, on hearing, that the
member is able to properly perform his duties and files a
copy of its findings with the head of his department, the
retirement shall become effective thirty days from the time
of the filing of such finding.
Section 8. Subsection (2) of said section 6 of said chap-
ter 355, as amended by chapter 109 of the acts of 1930, is
hereby further amended by striking out, in lines 1 and 2,
the words "member of the retirement system" and insert-
ing in place thereof the words : — four per cent contributor,
— so as to read as follows: — (2) Upon retirement for super-
annuation a four per cent contributor shall receive a retire-
ment allowance consisting of: —
(a) An annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 528. 515
of his accumulated deductions at the time of his retirement,
and
(6) A pension equal to the annuity allowable at age sixty,
computed on the basis of contributions made prior to the
attainment of age sixty, and
(c) If he has a prior service certificate in full force and
effect an additional pension which is the actuarial equiva-
lent of twice the pension which would have been payable on
account of the accumulated deductions which would have
resulted from contributions made during the period of his
creditable prior service rendered both before and after age
sixty had the system then been in operation.
The total pension of any member payable under the pro-
visions of this section shall not, however, exceed one half of
his average annual regular compensation during the five
years immediately preceding his retirement, nor shall the
total pension of any member who has fifteen or more years
of total creditable service be less than an amount which,
added to his annuity, shall make his total retirement allow-
ance equal to three hundred dollars per annum.
Section 9. Said section 6 of said chapter 355 is hereby
further amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection : —
(3) Upon retirement for superannuation a five per cent
contributor shall receive the retirement allowance described
below, but not less in the case of a member retiring after
the attainment of age sixty than he would have received
had he been a four per cent contributor.
(a) If the member is a general employee, not a veteran,
the retirement allowance shall consist of the aggregate of
clauses (i) and (ii) of this paragraph (a), reduced by one
fourth of one per centum of such aggregate for each full
month by which the date of retirement precedes the last day
of the month in which he will attain age sixty-five :
(i) Two fifths of the deductions (excluding any additional
contributions under paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of sec-
tion fifteen made from regular compensation subsequent
to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, plus
one fifth of the first seven hundred and fifty dollars of the
sum of such deductions made before and after the aforesaid
date;
(ii) For creditable service prior to July first, nineteen
hundred and thirty-seven, two per centum of average regu-
lar compensation, not exceeding twenty-six hundred dollars
in any year, during the last five years of creditable service
preceding July first, nineteen hundred and thirty-seven,
multiplied by the number of years of such service; provided,
however, that in determining such allowance the proportion
thereof on account of creditable service prior to July first,
nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, shall not exceed one
half of such average annual regular compensation without
the limit of twenty-six hundred dollars in any year;
(6) If the member is a fireman or a policeman, not a
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veteran, the retirement allowance shall be equal to that of
a general employee had such general employee continued in
service for a further five year period, not beyond age seventy,
at an annual rate of regular compensation equal to his aver-
age regular compensation during the last five years of cred-
itable service preceding actual retirement, and had deduc-
tions been made during such period on that basis.
(c) If the member is a veteran, the retirement allowance
shall be equal to the amount otherwise payable to a member
of his group not a veteran under paragraph (a) or para-
graph (6) of this subsection (3), plus one fifth, but not in
excess of three hundred dollars, of the retirement allowance
he would have received under paragraph (a) of this subsec-
tion (3) as a general emploj^ee, not a veteran.
(d) Anything in this subsection (3) to the contrary not-
withstanding, the retirement allowance shall not exceed four
fifths of the average regular compensation during the five
year period of creditable service subsequent to June thir-
tieth, nineteen hundred and thirty-two, for which such
average was the highest.
Section 10. Subsection (1) of section 7 of said chapter
355 is hereby amended by inserting after the word "service"
in line 3 the words : — , or any five per cent contributor
who is a veteran and has had ten or more years of creditable
service completed prior to the attainment of age fifty-five,
— so as to read as follows: — (1) Upon the application of
a member in service or of the head of his department, any
member who has had twenty or more years of creditable
service, or any five per cent contributor who is a veteran
and has had ten or more years of creditable service com-
pleted prior to the attainment of age fifty-five, may be re-
tired by the retirement board, not less than thirty and not
more than ninety days next following the date of filing such
application, on an ordinary disability retirement allowance;
provided, that the city physician, after a medical examina-
tion of such member, shall certify that such member is
mentally or physically incapacitated for the further per-
formance of duty, that such incapacity is likely to be perma-
nent, and that such member should be retired.
Section 11. Subsection (2) of said section 7 of said chap-
ter 355 is hereby amended by striking out, in line 1, the
word "member" and inserting in place thereof the words:
— four per cent contributor, — so as to read as follows : —
(2) Upon retirement for ordinary disability a four per
cent contributor shall receive a service retirement allowance
if he has attained age sixty; otherwise he shall receive an
ordinary disability retirement allowance consisting of : —
(a) An annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of
his accumulated deductions at the time of his retirement, and
(6) A pension of ninety per centum of the pension that
would have been provided by the city for the member had
he remained without further change of compensation in the
service of the city until he reached age sixty and then retired.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 528. 517
Section 12. Said section 7 of said chapter 355 is hereby
further amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection : —
(3) Upon retirement for ordinary disability before attain-
ing age fifty-five if not a veteran, or at any age if a veteran,
a five per cent contributor shall receive a retirement allow-
ance as described below, but not less than the retirement
allowance payable to a four per cent contributor.
(a) The ordinary disability retirement allowance payable
to a five per cent contributor, not a veteran, shall be equal
to the allowance payable to a member of his group under
subsection (3) of section six upon retirement for superannua-
tion at age fifty-five on the basis of creditable service at the
date of his ordinary disability retirement.
(6) The ordinary disability retirement allowance payable
to a five per cent contributor who is a veteran shall be the
sum of an annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of
his accumulated deductions, plus a pension equal to one half
of his regular compensation for the last twelve months pre-
ceding retirement during which he received regular compen-
sation; provided, however, that if he has attained age fifty-
five, such retirement allowance shall not be less than the
retirement allowance which he would receive under sub-
section (3) of section six if he were retired thereunder for
superannuation, nor in any case shall it exceed four fifths of
his average regular compensation during the five year period
of creditable service subsequent to June thirtieth, nineteen
hundred and thirty-two, for which such average was the
highest.
Section 13. Section 8 of said chapter 355 is hereby
amended by striking out subsection (2) and inserting in place
thereof the following : —
(2) Upon retirement for accidental disability a four per
cent contributor shall receive a service retirement allowance
if he has attained age sixty, a five per cent contributor who
is a general employee shall receive a service retirement al-
lowance if he has attained age seventy, and a five per cent
contributor who is a fireman or policeman shall receive a
service retirement allowance if he has attained age sixty-
five; otherwise the member shall receive an accidental dis-
ability retirement allowance consisting of :
(a) An annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of his
accumulated deductions at the time of his retirement; and
(6) A pension equal to one half of the average rate of his
regular annual compensation for the year immediately pre-
ceding the date of the accident.
Section 14. Said subsection (2) of said section 8 of said
chapter 355 is hereby further amended by adding at the end
the following new paragraph : —
(c) An additional pension, if the member was a five per
cent contributor, which shall be equal to two hundred and
sixty dollars for each living child of such member who is
under age eighteen, or who is over said age and who, on the
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date of the member's accidental disability, was unmarried
and mentally or physically incapacitated, in the opinion
of the retirement board, from earning, to continue only
while such child is under age eighteen, or, if over said age,
remains unmarried and mentally or physically incapacitated
from earning; provided, however, that the amount payable
under this paragraph (c) shall not increase the total allow-
ance to more than the average rate of the member's regular
annual compensation for the year immediately preceding the
date of the accident.
Section 15. Section 10 of said chapter 355 is hereby
amended by adding at the end, under the caption termina-
tion RETIREMENT ALLOw^ANCE, the following new sub-
section : —
(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of
this section ten and provided no payment of accumulated
deductions is made under the provisions of said subsection,
if, after twenty or more years of creditable service prior to
the attainment of age fifty-five, the services of a five per
cent contributor are terminated, then such member shall,
upon his own written application to the retirement board, be
retired on a termination retirement allowance to become
effective on the date set by the member but not less than
thirty days after the filing of such application, or, if no such
application is filed, upon attaining age seventy if he is a
general employee or upon attaining age sixty-five if he is a
fireman or policeman, unless prior to such time his accuniu-
lated deductions have been paid as provided in subsection
(1) of this section ten. Such a member shall receive the
retirement allowance upon retirement for superannuation
payable under subsection (3) of section six to a general em-
ployee, determined on the basis of his creditable service to
the date of termination of his service and on the basis of
his age when the retirement allowance becomes effective,
except that age fifty-five shall be used when the retirement
allowance becomes effective before age fifty-five in the case
of a member who leaves the service involuntarily without
fault on his part in the opinion of the retirement board.
Section 16. Section 11 of said chapter 355 is hereby
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graphs : —
(d) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section,
in the case of the accidental death of a five per cent con-
tributor the child or children entitled to payment under
subsection (b) of this section after the death or remarriage
of the member's widow shall include any living unmarried
child who is over age eighteen and mentally or physically
incapacitated, in the opinion of the retirement board, from
earning. If no payee as hereinbefore provided in this sec-
tion survives such member, or if he is survived only by a
dependent parent or parents and payments to them cease,
the pension hereinabove provided in this section shall be
paid to a dependent unmarried or widowed sister with whom
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 528. 519
such member was living at the time of his death, to contimie
while she is unmarried and dependent.
(e) In addition to the pension hereinabove provided in
this section, a pension equal to two hundred and sixty dol-
lars shall be paid to each living child of such member who is
under age eighteen, or who is over said age and who, at the
time of the member's death, was unmarried and mentally
or physically incapacitated, in the opinion of the retirement
board, from earning, to continue only while such child is
under age eighteen, or, if over said age, remains unmarried
and mentally or physically incapacitated from earning;
provided, however, that such additional amounts of pen-
sion shall not increase the total allowance to more than the
average regular annual compensation received by the de-
ceased member for the j^ear preceding the date of the ac-
cident.
Section 17. The fourth paragraph of section 12 of said
chapter 355 is hereby amended by striking out the period at
the end thereof and inserting in place thereof the following:
— ; or, — so as to read as follows: —
Option 3. — Upon his death, one half his lesser retirement
allowance shall be continued throughout the life of and paid
to such person having an insurable interest in his life as he,
or if he be an incompetent then his wife, or if he have no
wife, his conservator or guardian, shall have nominated by
written designation, duly acknowledged and filed with the
retirement board at the time of his retirement; or
Section 18. Said section 12 of said chapter 355 is
hereby further amended by adding at the end the following
new paragraph : —
Option 4- — Upon his death, some other lesser retirement
allowance shall be continued throughout the life of and paid
to such person having an insurable interest in his life as he,
or if he be an incompetent then his wife, or if he have no
wife, his conservator or guardian, shall have nominated by
written designation, duly acknowledged, and filed with the
retirement board at the time of his retirement.
Section 19. Section 13 of said chapter 355 is hereby
amended by inserting after the word "disability" in line 4
the words : — , except amounts paid or payable as funeral
expenses, — so as to read as follows: — Section 13. Any
amounts paid or payable by the city under the provisions of
the workmen's compensation law to a member or to the de-
pendents of a member on account of death or disability,
except amounts paid or payable as funeral expenses, shall
be offset against and payable in lieu of any benefits payable
out of funds provided by the city under the provisions of this
act on account of the death or disability of a member. If the
value of the total commuted benefits under the workmen's
compensation law is less than the reserve on the pension
otherwise payable under this act, the value of such com-
muted payments shall he deducted from such pension re-
serve and such benefits as may be provided by the pension
520 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 528.
reserve so reduced shall be payable under the provisions of
this act.
Section 20. Section 14 of said chapter 355 is hereby-
amended by striking out subsection (2) and inserting in
place thereof the following : —
(2) (o) As the term of office of the member mentioned
in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) above expires, his suc-
cessor shall be appointed for a term of three years and until
the qualification of his successor. On a vacancy occurring
in this position, for any cause other than the expiration of
a term of office, a successor to the person whose place has
become vacant shall be appointed for the unexpired term
in the same manner as above provided.
(b) As the term of office of the member referred to in
paragraph (c) of subsection (1) above, who is a member of
the retirement system, expires, then his successor shall be
elected for a term of three years and until the qualification
of his successor, by the other members of the retirement
system in accordance with regiilations promulgated by the
mayor. On a vacancy occurring in this position, for any
cause other than the expiration of a term of office, a suc-
cessor to the person whose place has become vacant shall be
elected for the unexpired term in the same manner as above
provided.
Section 21. The first paragraph of section 15 of said
chapter 355 is hereby amended by striking out, in line 3,
the word "five" and inserting in place thereof the word: —
six, — and by inserting after the words "the Pension Re-
serve Fund" in line 5 the words: — , the Special Reserve
Fund, — so as to read as follows : — All of the assets of the
retirement system shall be credited, according to the pur-
pose for which they are held, to one of the following six funds,
namely, the Annuity Savings Fund, the Annuity Reserve
Fund, the Pension Accumulation Fund, the Pension Reserve
Fund, the Special Reserve Fund or the Expense Fund.
Section 22. Subsection (1) of said section 15 of said
chapter 355 is hereby amended by striking out paragraph
(a) and inserting in place thereof the following: —
(a) The Annuity Savings Fund shall be the fund to which
shall be paid the deductions from the compensation of mem-
bers. On or after the first day of July, nineteen hundred
and forty-seven, the treasurer of the city shall withhold five
per centum of the regular compiensation due on each pay
day to all employees who are members of this retirement
system, except that no member who had contributed at four
per centum to such date shall contribute at five per centum
unless, on or before the first day of July, nineteen hundred
and forty-seven, he elects to contribute at five per centum
in order to secure the increased benefits paj'-able to five per
centum contributors. The various amounts so withheld
shall be transferred immediately thereafter to the retire-
ment system and credited to the accounts of the respective
members so contributing, and shall be paid into and become
a part of said Annuity Savings Fund.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 528. 521
Section 23. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of said
section 15 of said chapter 355 is hereby amended by strik-
ing out, in line 7, the words "as follows: — " and inserting
in place thereof the words : — as if all members were four
per cent contributors, — so as to read as follows : —
(a) The Pension Accumulation Fund shall be the fund
into which shall be accumulated all reserves for the pay-
ment of all pensions and other benefits payable from con-
tributions made by the city, and from which shall be paid
all pensions and other benefits on account of members with
prior service credit. Contributions to and payments from
the Pension Accumulation Fund shall be made as if all
members were four per cent contributors.
Section 24. Paragraph (g) of said subsection (3) of said
section 15 of said chapter 355 is hereby amended by insert-
ing after the word "allowance" in line 3 the words: — and
those payable from the Special Reserve Fund, — so as to
read as follows : —
(g) All pensions, and benefits in lieu thereof, with the
exception of those payable on account of members who
receive no prior service allowance and those payable from
the Special Reserve Fund, payable from contributions of
the city, shall be paid from the Pension Accumulation
Fund.
Section 25. Subsection (4) of said section 15 of said
chapter 355 is hereby amended by inserting after the word
"thereof" in line 3 the words: — , with the exception of
those payable from the Special Reserve Fund, — so as to
read as follows : —
(4) The Pension Reserve Fund shall be the fund from
which shall be paid the pensions to members not entitled
to credit for prior service and benefits in lieu thereof, with
the exception of those payable from the Special Reserve
Fund. Should such a beneficiary, retired on account of
disability, be restored to active service with a compensa-
tion not less than his average regular compensation for the
year preceding his last retirement, the pension reserve thereon
shall be transferred from the Pension Reserve Fund to the
Pension Accumulation Fund. Should the pension of a dis-
ability beneficiary be reduced as a result of an increase in
his earning capacity, the amount of the annual reduction
in his pension shall be paid annually into the Pension Accu-
mulation Fund during the period of such reduction.
Section 26. Said section 15 of said chapter 355 is hereby
further amended by inserting after subsection (5), under
the caption special reserve fund, the following new sub-
section:—
(6) The Special Reserve Fund shall be the fund in which
contributions by the city shall be paid to provide the amounts
by which the benefits payable to five per cent contributors
exceed those which would have been paid had all members
continued as four per cent contributors, and from which
such excess benefits shall be paid. Such excess benefits
shall not be included in the pensions or the liabilities therefor
522 Acts, 1947. —Chap. 529.
under any other fund. As long as full appropriations are
made by the commonwealth in respect of its employees, and
full benefits are payable, under the provisions of chapter
thirty-two of the General Laws as it read on the effective
date of this paragraph, the city shall pay into the Special
Reserve Fund each year contributions which shall be suf-
ficient, when combined with the amount, if any, in the Special
Reserve Fund, to provide the excess benefits payable there-
from during such year. Said contributions shall be added
to the appropriations provided for in subsection (7) of this
section, and any such contributions required prior to receipt
of the amounts under the first regular appropriation after
the first day of January, nineteen hundred and forty-seven,
or required on account of insufficient estimates of the appro-
priation required in any year, shall be paid into the Special
Reserve Fund by special appropriations to said fund. In
lieu of the contributions to the Special Reserve Fund as
hereinabove required, the city may make contributions to
said fund sufficient to accumulate the actuarial reserves re-
quired to assure the payment of the excess benefits payable
as provided in this paragraph.
Section 27. The designation of the last subsection of
said section 15 of said chapter 355 is herebv changed from
(6) to (7).
Section 28. This act shall take effect on July first, nine-
teen hundred and forty-seven. Approved June 13, 19J{.7.
Chap.529 An Act providing for the acquisition of land and the
CONSTRUCTION OF AN ADDITIONAL FENCE ALONG PORTIONS
OF THE BANKS OF THE NEPONSET RIVER IN THE HYDE PARK
AND MATTAPAN DISTRICTS OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of protecting the lives of
children in the area specified below and to prevent further
loss of life by drowning among the children of the Hyde Park
and Mattapan districts of the city of Boston, the metro-
politan district commission is hereby authorized and directed
to complete the erection of a suitable protective fence along
portions of the banks of the Neponset river in said districts
as follows : — On the westerly bank from Fairmount avenue
in the Hyde Park district to a point approximately three
hundred feet northerly therefrom; from the junction of
West street and the Neponset river at the Harlow Coal and
Lumber Yard in a northerly direction to the Tileston and
Hollingsworth Paper Mill at a point opposite Reddy avenue
in said Hyde Park; from the Edgewater drive flood wall
near the junction of Osceola street and Edgewater drive to
a point eighteen hundred feet westerly therefrom in said
Hyde Park district; and from the end of the present fence
near Riverdale road in the Mattapan district to a point three
hundred and fifty feet westerly of Duxbury road connecting
to an existing fence.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 530, 531, 532. 523
Section 2. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions
of this act, the commission may acquire by purchase, or take
by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine of the Gen-
eral Laws, such lands, and such rights and easements therein,
as it may deem necessary. For the aforesaid purpose, said
commission may expend such sums as may be appropriated
therefor. Approved June 13, 1947.
An Act repealing certain provisions of law regulating Chap. 530
ADVANCES TO THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COMMISSION.
Be it enacted, etc., as f allows. •
Section ninety-nine of chapter ninety-two of the General ej^^T'^^oq
Laws, as appearing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby repealed'.
repealed. Approved June 13, 1947.
An Act prohibiting the allowance and acceptance of Chav.dSl
REBATES OF PREMIUMS ON CERTAIN POLICIES OF INSURANCE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 184 of chapter 175 of the General Laws, as amended g l. (Ter.
bj^ chapter 103 of the acts of 1937, is hereby further amended §'i84/e\^c'.,
by striking out the first sentence and inserting in place ''n^ended.
thereof the following sentence : — Sections one hundred and .Marine
eighty-two and one hundred and eighty-three shall apply to polkfer^
all kinds of insurance, including contracts of corporate excepted.
suretyship, except insurance of vessels or craft, their cargoes,
marine builders' risks, marine protection and indemnity, or
other risks commonly insured under marine, as distinguished
from inland marine, insurance policies.
Approved June 13, 1947.
An Act further defining the rights, powers and Chav.b32
DUTIES of the port OF BOSTON AUTHORITY PERTAINING
TO THE ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN WATERFRONT PROPER-
TIES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend Emergency
to defeat its purpose, which is to make immediately opera- p''*'^"^'''*'-
tive the powers vested in the Port of Boston Authority and
to aid in the development of the Port of Boston, therefore
this act is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 714 of the acts of 1941 is hereby
amended by striking out section 1 and inserting in place
thereof the following section: — Section 1. Subject to the
conditions imposed in this section, the Port of Boston Au-
thority, in this act referred to as the Authority, successor,
by virtue of the provisions of section five of chapter six
hundred and nineteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and
524 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 532.
forty-five, to the rights, powers and duties hereunder origi-
nally vested in the department of public works, for the
purpose of improving the pier facilities in the Port of Boston,
is hereby authori2;ed to acquire by purchase or otherwise, or
take by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine or
eighty A of the General Laws, property of the Boston and
Maine Railroad being that portion of the property known
as the Mystic wharves lying easterly of Chelsea street and
now known and more particularly numbered as piers 46,
47, 48, 49 and 50 together with such lands on the westerly
side of said Chelsea street as may be necessary for the
construction of a ramp or ramps, and other accessories, all
to such extent as may be necessary to develop a waterfront
terminal with highway and railroad connections on said
property and may construct a pier thereon substantially in
the location of said piers 46 and 47, but extending a distance
of not more than two hundred feet beyond any line Hmiting
structures in tidewater heretofore estabUshed, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, with sheds, tracks,
roadways and appurtenances, and may dredge berths and
approaches thereto and provide such other accessories as it
may deem desirable; provided, that nothing shall be done
under this act unless and until the Authority is satisfied that
labor and materials are available for the performance of
the work provided for by this act; and provided, further,
that no construction, to be paid for from the proceeds of
the bond issue hereby authorized, shall be done unless the
Authority shall have first executed a written contract,
approved by the governor, with a responsible party provid-
ing for the lease of said property, the minimum require-
ments of which shall be at a rate sufficient to amortize sixty
per cent of the actual cost to the commonwealth of the
facilities included in the lease, over a period not to exceed
twenty years, which contract may provide that at the
expiration of the term of the lease it may, at the option of
the lessee, be renewed for a further period of twenty years.
The cost of acquiring and developing such property with
the faciUties hereinbefore specified shall not exceed six
million dollars.
Section 2. Said chapter 714 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 2 and inserting in place thereof the
following section : — Section 2. To meet the expenditures
necessary in carrying out the provisions of this act, the state
treasurer shall, upon request of the Authority, issue and
sell at public or private sale bonds of the commonwealth,
registered or with interest coupons attached, as he may
deem best, to an amount to be specified by the Authority
from time to time, but not exceeding, in the aggregate, the
sum of four million seven hundred thousand dollars. All
bonds issued by the commonwealth as aforesaid shall be
designated on their face "Boston Harbor Terminal Facilities
Loan, 1941, 1947" and shall be on the serial payment plan
for such maximum term of years, not exceeding twenty
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 533. 525
years, as the governor may recommend to the general
court pursuant to section 3 of Article LXII of the Amend-
ments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth, the ma-
turities thereof to be so arranged that the amount payable
each year, other than the final year, shall be as nearly equal
as in the opinion of the state treasurer it is practicable to
make them. Said bonds shall bear interest semi-annually
at such rate as the state treasurer, with the approval of the
governor, shall fix.
Section 3. Said chapter 714 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 3 and inserting in place thereof the
following section : — Section S. The Authority may tem-
porarily employ such engineering, clerical and other assist-
ants as it deems necessary for the purpose of carrying out
any work for which loans referred to in this act are author-
ized, and chapter thirty-one of the General Laws and the
rules made thereunder shall not apply to persons so tempo-
rarily employed. All persons employed under authority of
this section shall be residents of the commonwealth.
Section 4. Expenditures authorized by this act, in
excess of the amount authorized by section one of said
chapter seven hundred and fourteen prior to its amendment
by this act, may be made from the funds provided by sec-
tion ten of chapter sLx hundred and nineteen of the acts of
nineteen hundred and forty-five, and such excess expendi-
tures may, by authority hereby granted, exceed the Umitation
prescribed by said section ten as to the amount of expendi-
tures or commitments that may be made under said chapter
six hundred and nineteen. Ay-proved June 16, J 947.
An Act requiring the city of everett to repay to Chap.5SS
CERTAIN PERMANENT MEMBERS OF ITS POLICE DEPART-
MENT THE CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY THEM TO THE CON-
TRIBUTORY RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF SAID CITY, AND ES-
TABLISHING THE RETIREMENT RIGHTS OF SUCH MEMBERS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The retirement board of the city of Everett
is hereby authorized and directed to repay to Frank J.
Digby, Charles E. Grace, Hubert E. Gregoire, William K.
Jancsy, Bernard P. Kane, Henry F. Fitzgerald, Elwin T.
Kelliher, John W. LeCornec, Francis L. Mitchell, John H.
MacDonald, William J. McLaughlin, Michael J. O'Donnell,
Charles H. O'Neil and Thomas J. O'Neil, Jr., all permanent
police officers of said city, all deductions withheld from their
wages as such police officers on account of the membership
of each of the aforesaid police officers in the contributory
retirement system, and the names of said police officers shall
be stricken from the rolls of the retirement board of said
city as members of said retirement system. Each of the
aforesaid police officers shall be entitled to the benefits of
f)ension or retirement allowances provided for police ofiicers
526 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 534.
under sections eighty-three to ninety A, inchisive, of chapter
thirty-two of the General Laws.
Section 2. Nothing in this act shall affect any retire-
ment rights which any police officer mentioned in section
one may have under the law relating to the retirement of
veterans in the public service.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved June 17, 1947.
Chap. 534: A-n Act relative to furnishing the administrator of
veterans' affairs with certain information con-
cerning facilities available for the training and
education of returning world war II veterans.
Whereas, Provision should be made immediately so that
certain information now furnished by the commonwealth to
the federal government under a certain executive order
concerning facilities \vithin the commonwealth for the train-
ing and education of returning World War II veterans should
continue to be furnished under statutory provisions, there-
fore this act is hereby declared to be an emergency law,
necessary for the immediate preservation of the public con-
venience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The commissioner of labor and industries is
hereby authorized and directed to compile and furnish to
the administrator of veterans' affairs a list of the industrial
establishments within the commonwealth which are quali-
fied and equipped to furnish apprentice training to persons
eligible to receive the same under the provisions of Part
VIII of Title II of Public Law 346, Seventy-eighth Con-
gress, chapter 268, Second Session, entitled "An Act to pro-
vide Federal Government Aid for the Readjustment in
Civilian Life of Returning World War II Veterans", and of
any amendments thereof or additions thereto, and the board
of collegiate authority of the department of education is
hereby authorized and directed to compile and furnish to
said administrator a list of the educational and training in-
stitutions, including industrial establishments, within the
commonwealth which are qualified and equipped to furnish
any form of education or training, except apprentice train-
ing, to persons eligible to receive the same under the pro-
visions of said federal act and of any such amendments or
additions.
Section 2. Section 5 of chapter 552 of the acts of 1946
is hereby repealed, but the legality of any act lawfully done
pursuant to said section five prior to such repeal shall in
no way be affected by such repeal.
Approved June 17, 1947.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 535. 527
An Act further regulating the construction of cer- Chap. 5S5
TAIN MAIN AND PARTICULAR SEWERS IN THE EASTERLY
SECTION OF THE CITY OF MELROSE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 471 of the acts of 1945 is hereby
amended by adding after section 1 the four following sections:
— Section lA. The aldermen may, from time to time, by
order authorize the construction of any portion of the system
of main drains and common sewers referred to in section one
and may state in such order that betterments are to be as-
sessed therefor upon the several estates embraced in the
area included in the plan referred to in said section one, or
such portion thereof, as they deem will receive benefit or
advantage therefrom, other than the general advantage to
the community. An order under this section which states
that betterments are to be assessed shall contain a descrip-
tion sufficiently accurate for identification of the area which
it is expected will receive such benefit or advantage, and shall
refer to a plan of such area, and shall contain a schedule of
all the estates affected thereby. Such order, plan and
schedule shall be recorded within thirty days from the adop-
tion of the order in the Middlese.x South Registry of Deeds.
Section IB. Subject to the provisions of section one A,
the aldermen may order the construction of a pumping sta-
tion, trunk sewer and other works essential to the disposal
of sewage from the entire area embraced in the plan referred
to in section one, and take by eminent domain under chapter
seventy-nine of the General Laws, or authorize the purchase
of, land, water rights, rights of way or easements necessary
therefor, and may assess betterments therefor in the manner
hereinbefore provided. The engineer and superintendent of
public works shall keep an accurate account of the cost of
such construction, including damages or amounts paid for
such takings or purchases, and shall, forthwith following the
completion thereof, prepare and record in a book kept for
the purpose schedules showing the amounts which may be
assessed, subject to the provisions of section one, upon the
several estates in such area in the proportion in which they
will receive particular benefit or advantage therefrom.
Section IC. Whenever a sewer, other than a particular
sewer, constructed in such area into which any estates em-
braced therein may be directly drained is completed, the en-
gineer and superintendent of public works shall forthwith
determine the cost thereof and the amounts which may be
assessed, in the manner provided by section one, upon the
several estates which will receive particular benefit or ad-
vantage therefrom, and shall add thereto such amounts in-
cluded in the schedules referred to in section one B as relate
to such estates. He shall certify such amounts to the board
of aldermen and said board shall forthwith assess the same
upon such estates. Notwithstanding the provisions of sec-
tion twelve of chapter eighty of the General Laws, liens for
528 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 536.
assessments under this section shall take effect forthwith
following certification thereof by the aldermen to the as-
Section ID. Any provision of general or special law, or of
any ordinance of the city of Melrose, to the contrary not-
withstanding, in connection with any hearing required to be
held prior to the passage of an order authorizing the con-
struction of a sewer under this act, the preparation of a
schedule of estimated betterments for the information of
owners of estates affected thereby shall not be required.
Section 2. Said chapter 471 is hereby further amended
by inserting after section 3 the following section: — Section
3 A . If land which is subject to a lien for an assessment made
under this act is subsequently divided by sale, mortgage,
partition or otherwise and such division has been duly re-
corded in the registry of deeds, the assessors, before the land
has been advertised for sale for non-payment of the assess-
ment, may, or upon written request of the owner or mort-
gagee of a portion thereof, accompanied by a plan sufficient
for the identification of the division of the whole estate, with
the names of the different owners thereof, shall, divide said
assessment or the amount thereof remaining unpaid, and
the costs and interest accrued thereon, among the several
parcels into which the land has been divided, assessing upon
each parcel the part of the original assessment remaining
unpaid proportionate to the special benefit received by such
parcel from the improvement. After such assessment has
been so divided, only the part of the assessment, interest and
costs assessed upon each parcel shall constitute a lien upon
such parcel. At least seven days prior to making such divi-
sion the assessors shall send by registered mail to all owners
of any interest in the land assessed, whose addresses are
known to them, a notice of their intention to make such
division and of the time appointed therefor, unless such no-
tice has been waived. A person aggrieved by any action of
the assessors under this section shall have the same remedy
as a person aggrieved by the refusal of the mayor and alder-
men to abate an assessment.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved June 17, 1947.
Chap. 53d An Act relative to counsel fees in the probate courts.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
gjL. ^Ter. Chapter 215 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
new'§39A, inserting after section 39 the following section: — Section
added. gg^ £^ ^^y ^-j^g during the administration of an estate,
teesln^he and irrespective of the pendency of a particular proceeding,
probate court, ^^le probatc court shall have power to hear an application
for, and fix and determine, the compensation and expenses
of an attorney for services rendered to the estate or to its
representative or to a devisee, legatee, distributee or any
other person interested therein.
Acts, 1947. —Chap. 537. 529
Such application shall be instituted by a petition, upon a
form provided by the court. Notice of the application shall
be given in such manner as the court shall direct. In the
event that the court shall determine that any sum or sums is
or are due to the petitioner or to any other party interested
in the application, the compensation shall be awarded on an
equitable basis in accordance with the size, importance, com-
plexity and difficulty of the matters involved and the time
spent thereon. The court may direct payment thereof from
the estate generally or from funds in the hands of the repre-
sentative of the estate and belonging to any legatee, devisee,
distributee or other person interested therein.
In the event that the court shall determine that any such
attorney has already received or been paid a sum in excess
of the fair value of his services on such equitable basis, as
thus determined, the court shall have power to direct him to
refund such excess. Approved June 17, 1947.
An Act increasing the borrowing capacity of the city Chav.5S7
OF WORCESTER FOR IMPROVING, REBUILDING, REPAIRING
AND PROVIDING NECESSARY EQUIPMENT FOR ITS SEWAGE
DISPOSAL PLANT AND FOR ITS SEWERAGE SYSTEM.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1 of chapter 407 of the acts of 1946 is hereby
amended by striking out the word "two" in line 7 and
inserting in place thereof the word : — three, — so as to read
as follows : — Section 1 . For the purpose of improving,
rebuilding, repairing and providing necessary equipment for
its sewage disposal plant, and for its sewerage system, other
than the construction of trunk sewers, the city of Worcester
may, from time to time within five years from the date of
this act, borrow such sums as may be necessary, not ex-
ceeding, in the aggregate, three milUon dollars, and may
issue bonds or notes therefor which shall bear on their face
the words, Worcester Sewerage Loan, Act of 1946. Each
authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such
loans shall be payable in not more than fifteen years from
their dates, but no loan shall be authorized under this act
unless a sum equal to an amount of not less than ten per
cent of the loan so authorized is voted for the same purpose
from taxes or available revenue funds in the year when
authorized. Indebtedness incurred under this act shall be
in excess of the amount authorized by chapter two hundred
and eleven of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and six-
teen, as amended by chapter one hundred and thirty-eight
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty, and in excess
of the statutory limit imposed by chapter forty-four of the
General Laws, but, except as provided herein, shall be sub-
ject to the applicable provisions of said chapter forty-four
exclusive of the first paragraph of section seven thereof.
Approved June 17, 19^7.
530 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 538, 539.
Chap.538 An Act authorizing the park commissioners of the
CITY OF SPRINGFIELD TO USE CERTAIN PARK LAND FOR
THE PARKING OF MOTOR VEHICLES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The board of park commissioners of the city of Springfield,
upon such terms, and in conformity with such rules and
regulations, as the city council of said city may authorize
by vote, but subject to all provisions of law relative to the
acquisition, installation and operation of parking meters on
certain ways within the commonwealth, which are hereby
made appHcable to the area hereinafter referred to so far
as the same may be pertinent, may use, or permit the use
of, for the parking of motor vehicles, the whole or any part
or parts of certain park land in said city within a district
bounded northerly by the northerly line of Court street
extended westerly across Columbus avenue to the Con-
necticut river, westerly by the Connecticut river, southerly
by the northerly boundary of the land of the Western
Massachusetts Electric Company (formerly the United
Electric Light Company) Ijdng westerly of the land of the
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
and by the northerly boundary of that portion of Elm street
lying easterly of the land of said railroad company and
extending to its intersection with said Columbus avenue
and easterly by the westerly line of said Columbus avenue
to its intersection with said Court street. If so authorized
by a vote of the city council of said city, and subject to all
pertinent provisions of law hereinbefore referred to, said
board of park commissioners may instal, maintain and
operate parking meters in said area, may establish fees for
the use of said meters and may establish other restrictions
relative to parking in said area.
Approved June 17, 1947.
Chav.5S9 ^^ ^^^ making uniform the computation of assets
OF insurance companies with reference to certain
deposits by them.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
G. L. (Ter. Section 11 of chapter 175 of the General Laws is hereby
fti.'eVc^; amended by striking out the first paragraph, as most re-
amended. ceutly amended by section 2 of chapter 605 of the acts of
1945, and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph :
o °^3c^ti*lnd — Beside the reserve provided for in sections nine and ten
HabfiuieBf he shall, except as provided in section twelve, charge to
each company as a liability all unpaid losses and claims for
losses, and all other debts and HabiUties, including in the
case of a stock company its capital stock and including, in
the case of a mutual company with a guaranty capital or
guaranty fund, such guaranty capital or guaranty fund.
He shall allow to the credit of a company in the account of
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 540. 531
its financial condition only such assets as are available for
the payment of losses in this commonwealth, including all
assets deposited with officers of other states or countries
for the security of the policyholders of such company, or
assets deposited as collateral for bonds given for the security
of the policyholders of a company in lieu of assets deposited
with officers of other states or countries, provided such
deposit is made with a national bank, savings bank or trust
company at its principal place of business in this common-
wealth which has been approved by the commissioner; but
no holding or parcel of real estate shall be given a higher
value than would be adequate to yield at three per cent
annual interest the average amount of its net rental for
three years next preceding, except that if a company shows
to his satisfaction that the actual value of any of its real
estate is greater than the value so ascertained, then the
actual value of the said real estate as determined by the
commissioner shall be allowed. The commissioner may, in
his discretion, require any company to furnish such in-
formation as may be needed to substantiate the values
above prescribed. Approved June 17, 1947.
An Act authorizing cities and towns to establish Chap. 54:0
SALARY PLANS FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES THEREOF.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 41 of the General Laws is hereby o. l. (Ter.
amended by striking out section 108, as appearing in the f'los.^^'
Tercentenary Edition, and inserting in place thereof the fol- amended.
lowing section: — Section 108. The salary and compensa- Salary and
tion of all elected officers of a town shall be fixed annually by „? to'wn"'*'°"
vote of the town except as otherwise provided by law and officers.
may be made effective from January first if the town so votes.
Except as provided in section four A and section one hun-
dred and eight A, and except in any city in which salaries
and wages are fixed by special law or by ordinance in ac-
cordance with the provisions of any general or special law,
all boards or heads of departments of a town shall, as soon
as may be after the passage of the annual budget, fix the
salary or compensation of all officers or employees appointed
or employed by them, and may make such salary or com-
pensation effective from January first, all subject to the pro-
visions of section thirty-one of chapter forty-four. The pro-
visions of this section shall be operative notwithstanding the
provisions of sections thirteen and thirty-four of said chapter
forty-four. A city may by ordinance prescribe that all fees,
charges or commissions allowed by law to any officer thereof
shall be paid into the city treasury and belong to the city,
and in such case shall pay such officer such compensation as
the city council may determine.
Section 2. Chapter 41 is hereby further amended by g. l. (Ter.
inserting after section 108, as amended by section 1 of this ftosAjkdded.
532 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 541.
Towns may act, the foUowing section: — Section 108 A. A town may
employees by by-law adopt a plan classifying any or all employees,
puVoseof except those appointed or employed by the school com-
saiaries. mittec, into groups and classes doing substantially similar
work or having substantially equal responsibilities and may
thereafter vote to establish minimum and maximum salaries
to be paid to all employees in any position or group of po-
sitions so classified. No board or head of a department
shall fix the salary of any employee in a position so clas-
sified except in accordance with such plan; provided, that
nothing in this section shall be construed to conflict with
the provisions of chapter thirty-one. This section shall apply
to cities except Boston. Approved June 17, 1947.
Chap.541 An Act establishing representative town govern-
ment BY LIMITED TOWN MEETINGS IN THE TOW^N OF NOR-
WOOD.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. There is hereby established in the town of
Norwood the form of representative town government by
limited town meeting hereinafter set forth.
Section 2. Upon the acceptance of this act there shall
be created a temporar}-- committee consisting of the select-
men and six registered voters of the town appointed by the
moderator. Such committee shall study the provisions of
this act and shall determine what in its opinion is a practica-
ble percentage of the total registered voters to constitute a
representative town meeting in the town of Norwood and
what is a practical number of districts into which the town
should be divided for the purpose of this act. Such com-
mittee shall submit its report together with recommended
by-laws to the next annual town meeting or to a special
town meeting called for the purpose of acting on such report
and proposed by-laws.
Section 3. Within the limits established by this act
the town of Norwood shall determine by by-laws the num-
ber of districts into which the town shall be divided and the
percentage of the registered voters which shall constitute
the representative town meeting.
Section 4. Upon the adoption of the by-laws required
by section three the town of Norwood shall be divided, by a
committee consisting of its selectmen and six registered
voters appointed by the moderator, into districts which
shall be so established as to consist of compact and con-
tiguous territory, and shall be bounded whenever possible
by the center line of known streets and ways or by other
well-defined limits.
These boundaries shall be reviewed, and if need be,
wholly or partly revised, by such a committee in September,
once in five years, or in September of any year when directed
by vote of the preceding annual meeting of the town.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 541. 533
Section 5. Within ten days after any establishment or
revision of districts, said committee shall file a report of its
doings with the town clerk, the registrars of voters and the
assessors, with a map or maps or description of the districts
and the names and residences of the registered voters therein.
Said committee shall also cause to be posted in the town
hall a map or maps or description of the districts as estab-
lished or revised from time to time, with the names and
residences of the registered voters therein; and it shall also
cause to be posted in at least one public place in each district
a map or description of that district, with the names and
residences of the registered voters therein. The division of
the town into districts and any revision of such districts
shall take effect upon the date of the filing of the report
thereof by said committee with the town clerk. Whenever
the districts are established or revised, the town clerk shall
forthwith give written notice thereof to the state secretary,
stating the number and designation of the districts.
Section 6. Meetings of the registered voters of the
several districts for the election of town officers, and for
voting upon any question to be submitted to all the registered
voters of the town under any provision of this act, shall be
held on the same day and at the same hour and at such
place or places within the town as the selectmen shall in
the warrant for such meeting direct.
Section 7. Each district shall be represented in the rep-
resentative town meeting by elected representatives, the
number of which shall bear the same proportion to the total
elected membership as the number of registered voters in the
district bears to the total registered voters in the town, as
nearly as may be, but no district shall be represented by
more than thirty elect^ed members. The number and size
of districts shall be such that the number of elected repre-
sentatives shall not exceed one for each fifty voters or major
fraction thereof, and the total elected membership shall not
exceed two hundred.
Section 8. Nomination of candidates for town meeting
members from any district, to be elected under this act,
shall be from among the registered voters of the district.
Nomination papers shall bear no political designation, shall
be signed by not less than ten registered voters of the dis-
trict in which the candidate resides, and shall be filed with
the town clerk on the same day that nomination papers of
candidates for other town offices must be filed. Any town
meeting member may become a candidate for re-election by
giving written notice thereof to the town clerk on or before
the last day for filing nomination papers. The words "can-
didate for re-election" shall be printed on the ballot opposite
the names of such candidates.
No nomination papers shall be valid in respect to any
candidate unless his written acceptance is endorsed thereon
or attached thereto.
Section 9. The representative town meeting members,
534 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 541.
whose number shall have been determined as provided in
this act, shall be elected by ballot by the registered voters in
every district at the first annual town election following the
establishment or revision of such district in conformity with
the laws relative to elections not inconsistent with this act.
The first third, in the order of votes received, of mem-
bers so elected shall serve three years, the second third, in
such order, shall serve two years, and the remaining third,
in such order, shall serve one year, from the first day of the
annual town meeting. In case of a tie vote affecting the
division into thirds, the members elected from the district
shall by ballot determine the same.
Thereafter, except as is otherwise provided herein, at each
annual town election the registered voters of each district
shall similarly elect for the term of three years one third of
the number of town meeting representatives to which such
district is entitled ; and shall at such election fill for the un-
expired term or terms anj^ vacancy or vacancies then existing
in the number of elected town meeting members in such
district. The terms of office of all town meeting representa-
tives from every revised district shall cease upon the qualifi-
cation of their successors elected at the first annual town
election after revision.
The town clerk shall, after election of town meeting meni-
bers, forthwith notify by mail each such member of his
election.
Section 10. In the event of any vacancy in the full
number of elected town meeting members from any district
the remaining elected members of the district may choose
from among the registered voters thereof a successor to serve
until the next annual election. The town clerk may, and
upon a petition therefor signed by not less than one third of
the elected town meeting members from the district shall,
call a special meeting of the remaining members from such
district for the purpose of filling such vacancy and mail
notice thereof to each member from the district specifying
the object and the time and place of such meeting which
shall be held not less than four days after the mailing of
such notice. At such meeting a majority of such members
shall constitute a quonun and shall elect from their own
number a chairman and a clerk. The election to fill such
vacancy shall be by ballot and a majority of the votes cast
shall be required for a choice. The clerk shall forthwith file
with the town clerk a certificate of such election, together
with a written acceptance by the member so elected, who
shall thereupon be deemed elected and qualified as a town
meeting member, subject to the right of all the town meet-
ing members to judge of the election and qualification of
the members as set forth in section fourteen.
Section 11. A moderator shall be elected by the regis-
tered voters of the town by ballot at each annual town elec-
tion and shall serve as the moderator of all town meetings,
except as otherwise provided by law, until his successor is
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 541. 535
qualified. The moderator, the chairman of the board of
selectmen, the chairman of the finance commission, the
chairman of the school committee, and the town clerk and
accountant, shall be members at large of the town meeting.
Nominations for moderator and his election shall be as in
the case of other elective town officers, and any vacancy in
such office may be filled by the town meeting members at a
representative town meeting held for that purpose. If a
moderator is absent, a moderator pro tempore may be elected
by the town meeting members.
Section 12. The articles in the warrant for every town
meeting, so far as they relate to the election of the modera-
tor, town officers and town meeting members, and, as herein
provided, to referenda, and all matters to be acted upon
and determined by ballot, shall be so acted upon and deter-
mined by the registered voters of the town. All other articles
in the warrant for any town meeting shall be acted upon
and determined exclusively by town meeting members at
a meeting to be held at such time and place as shall be set
forth by the selectmen in the warrant for the meeting, sub-
ject to the referendum provided for by section fifteen.
Section 13. Any representative town meeting held un-
der the provisions of this act, except as otherwise provided
herein, shall be limited to the town meeting members elected
under the provisions of this act.
The town clerk shall notify the town meeting members
of the time and place at which the representative town meet-
ings are to be held, the notices to be sent by mail at least
seven days before the meeting.
A majority of the town meeting members shall constitute
a quorum for doing business; but a less number may organ-
ize temporarily and may adjourn from time to time.
All town meetings shall be public. Subject to such con-
ditions as may be determined from time to time by the
members of the representative town meeting, any registered
voter of the town who is not a town meeting member may
speak at any representative town meeting, but shall not vote.
Section 14. The town meeting members, as aforesaid,
shall be the judges of the election and qualifications of their
members. The town meeting members as such shall receive
no compensation.
A town meeting member may resign by filing a written
resignation with the town clerk, and such resignation shall
take effect on the date of such filing. A town meeting mem-
ber who removes from the town shall cease to be a town
meeting member, and a town meeting member who removes
from the district from which he was elected to another dis-
trict may serve only until the next annual town meeting.
Section 15. No vote passed at any representative town
meeting under any article in the warrant, except a vote to
adjourn, or a vote authorizing the expenditure of less than
ten thousand dollars, or votes appropriating money for the
payment of notes or bonds of the town and interest becom-
536 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 541.
ing due in the then current financial year, or votes for the
temporary borrowing of money in anticipation of revenue
or a vote declared by preamble by a two thirds vote of the
town meeting members present and voting thereon to be an
emergency measure necessary for the immediate preserva-
tion of the peace, health, safety or convenience of the town,
shall be operative until after the expiration of five days,
exclusive of Sundays and legal holidays, from the date of
such vote.
If within said five days a petition, signed by not less than
three per cent of the registered voters of the town, containing
their names and addresses as they appear on the list of reg-
istered voters, is filed with the selectmen asking that the
question or questions involved in such a vote be submitted
to the registered voters of the town at large, then the select-
men, after the expiration of five days, shall forthwith call a
special meeting for the sole purpose of presenting to the
registered voters at large the question or questions so in-
volved. The polls shall be opened at two o'clock in the
afternoon and shall be closed not earlier than eight o'clock
in the evening, and all votes upon any questions so sub-
mitted shall be taken by ballot, and the check list shall be
used in the same manner as in the election of town officers.
The questions so submitted shall be determined by a vote
of the same proportion of the registered voters at large vot-
ing thereon as would have been required by law had the
question or questions been finally determined at a representa-
tive town meeting, but no action of the representative town
meeting shall be reversed unless at least twenty per cent of
the registered voters shall so vote. Each question so sub-
mitted shall be in the form of the following question, which
shall be placed upon the official ballot: — "Shall the town
vote to approve the action of the representative town meet-
ing whereby it was voted (brief description of the substance
of the vote)? " If such petition is not filed within said period
of five days, the vote of the representative town meeting
shall become operative and effective upon the expiration of
said period.
Section 16. The town, after the acceptance of this act,
shall have the capacity to act through and to be bound by
its town meeting members, who shall, when convened from
time to time as herein provided, constitute representative
town meetings; and the representative town meetings shall
exercise exclusively, so far as will conform to the provisions
of this act, all powers vested in the municipal corporation.
Action in conformity with all provisions of law now or here-
after applicable to the transaction of town affairs in town
meeting, shall, when taken by any representative town
meeting in accordance with the provisions of this act, have
the same force and effect as if such action had been taken in
a town meeting open to all the registered voters of the town
as organized and conducted before the establishment in
said town of representative town meeting government.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 542. 537
Section 17. This act shall not abridge the right of the
inhabitants of the town to hold general meetings as secured
to them by the constitution of this commonwealth; nor
shall this act confer upon any representative town meeting
the power finally to commit the town to any measure affect-
ing its municipal existence or substantially changing its form
of government without action thereon by the registered
voters of the town at large, using the ballot and the check
list therefor.
Section 18. This act shall be submitted to the regis-
tered voters of the town of Norwood for acceptance at its
next annual town election. The vote shall be taken by ballot
in accordance with the provisions of the General Laws, so
far as the same shall be applicable, in answer to the question,
which shall be placed upon the official ballot to be used in
said town at said election: "Shall an act passed by the
general court in the year nineteen hundred and forty-seven,
entitled 'An Act to establish representative town govern-
ment by limited town meetings in the town of Norwood'
be accepted by this town? "
Section 19. Sections two and three shall take effect
upon acceptance of this act by a majority of the voters
voting thereon, and the remainder shall take effect upon the
effective date of the by-laws provided for by section three.
Section 20. If this act is rejected by the registered
voters of the town of Norwood when first submitted to said
voters under section eighteen, it may be submitted for ac-
ceptance in like manner from time to time to such voters at
any annual town meeting in said town within three years
thereafter. Approved June 18, 1947.
An Act authorizing the transfer of lands op the city ChaV'5^2
OF BOSTON TO THE GEORGE ROBERT WHITE FUND.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Any land heretofore or hereafter acquired in
fee by the city of Boston by tax title foreclosure and any
land, including park land, heretofore or hereafter acquired
in fee by said city by eminent domain or by purchase, gift,
devise or otherwise may, if the board of trustees of the fund
established by article fourteenth of the will of George Robert
White and known as the George Robert White Fund so re-
quests and the board or officer having charge of said land
so recommends, be transferred for the fair cash value thereof
by vote of the city council of said city, subject to the pro-
visions of its charter, to said fund to be held thereafter for
the purposes of said article fourteenth; provided, that such
transfer shall be null, void and of no effect if within thirty
days after the approval by the mayor of the vote of the city
council the George Robert White Fund does not pay to the
city the fair cash value as fixed by said vote; and provided,
further, that no such transfer shall be valid if it is in violation
of any term or condition of the city's estate in said land.
538 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 543.
Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance, during the current year, by vote of the city council
of the city of Boston, subject to the provisions of its charter,
and by vote of the trustees of the George Robert White
Fund, but not otherwise. Approved June 18, 1947.
C/iap. 543 An Act relative to the filing fees to be paid in con-
nection WITH the consolidation OF BUSINESS COR-
PORATIONS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows. •
Ednlile^' Section 1. Section 46B of chapter 156 of the General
§ 4'6B, eti.. Laws is hereby amended by striking out the paragraph in-
amended, serted by section 1 of chapter 405 of the acts of 1943, and
inserting in place thereof the following : —
Filing fee. fhe fee to be paid to the state secretary for filing the
articles of consolidation shall be not less than fifty dollars
nor less than the amount, if any, by which the sum of clauses
(o) and (6) of this paragraph exceeds the sum of clauses (c)
and (d) thereof : —
(a) One twentieth of one per cent of the total amount of
the authorized capital stock with par value of the consolidated
corporation.
(6) One cent a share for all authorized shares without par
value of the consolidated corporation.
(c) One twentieth of one per cent of the total amount of
the authorized capital stock with par value of all of the
constituent corporations.
(d) One cent a share for all authorized shares without
par value of all of the constituent corporations.
Edj.ilr' Section 2. Section 46D of said chapter 156 is hereby
§ 46b, etc., amended by striking out the paragraph inserted by section 2
amended. ^£ ^^-^ chapter 405, and inserting in place thereof the fol-
lowing : —
Filing fee. jf ^]^g consolidatcd corporation is to be a domestic cor-
poration, the fee to be paid to the state secretary for filing
the articles of consolidation shall be not less than fifty dol-
lars, nor less than the amount, if any, by which the sum of
clauses (a) and (h) of this paragraph exceeds the sum of
clauses (c) and {d) thereof: —
(a) One twentieth of one per cent of the total amount of
the authorized capital stock with par value of the con-
solidated corporation.
(b) One cent a share for all authorized shares without par
value of the consohdated corporation.
(c) One twentieth of one per cent of the total amount of
the authorized capital stock with par value of all of the con-
stituent domestic corporations.
(d) One cent a share for all authorized shares without
par value of all of the constituent domestic corporations.
If the consolidated corporation is to be a foreign cor-
poration the fee for fiUng the articles of consolidation shall
be one hundred dollars. Approved June 18, 1947.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 544. 539
An Act providing for the creation of the metropoli- C/iap. 544
TAN transit AT'THORITY AND THE ACQUISITION AND OPER-
ATION BY IT OF THE ENTIRE ASSETS, PROPERTY AND FRAN-
CHISES OF THE BOSTON ELEVATED RAILWAY COMPANY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The territory within and the inhabitants of
the following cities and towns, to wit: Arlington, Belmont,
Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, Milton,
Medford, Maiden, Newton, Revere, Somerville, Watertown,
and the territory within and the inhabitants of such other
cities and towns as may hereafter be added by specific acts
of the general court after compliance with the provisions of
this act relative to extensions of the Metropolitan rapid
transit system existing hereunder for the purposes of this
act, are hereby made a body politic and corporate and a
political subdivision of the commonwealth under the name
of the Metropohtan Transit Authority, hereinafter in this
act called the authority, with power to take by eminent
domain under chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws to
the extent hereinafter defined and to hold property, to sue
and be sued in law and equity, to prosecute and defend in
all actions relating to its property and affairs, and to con-
tract and do other necessary acts relative to its property
and affairs ; and the authority shall be liable for its debts and
obligations, but the property of the authority shall not be
subject to attachment nor levied upon by execution or other-
wise. Process may be served upon the treasurer of the au-
thority or, in the absence of the treasurer, upon any member
of the board of trustees of the authority as hereafter pro-
vided in this act.
Section 2. The affairs of the authority shall be managed
by a board of five public trustees, hereafter in this act called
the trustees, who shall be appointed by the governor, with
the advice and consent of the council. The trustees originally
appointed hereunder shall serve for terms of two, four, six,
eight and ten years, respectively, as the governor shall des-
ignate on the date of their appointment. As the term of
office of a trustee expires, his successor shall be appointed
by the governor, with like advice and consent, for a term
of ten years. All trustees appointed hereunder shall hold
office until the qualification of their respective successors.
The governor shall designate from time to time one of the
trustees as chairman. Any trustee may be removed for cause
by the governor, with Hke advice and consent. Any vacancy
in the office of a trustee shall be filled, for the unexpired
term, by the governor, with like advice and consent. Not
more than three trustees shall be members of the same
political party. Section three of chapter twelve of the Gen-
eral Laws shall not apply to said board of trustees.
As of the effective date of their qualification under this
act, the trustees shall succeed to the offices of the board of
540 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 544.
trustees of the Boston Elevated Railway Company created
by the provisions of chapter one hundred and fifty-nine of
the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen, and acts
in amendment thereof and in addition thereto, and shall
act in their stead, subject to all existing laws applicable to
said company or the trustees thereof and not inconsistent
herewith, and thereupon the term of the present board of
trustees of the Boston Elevated Railway Company shall
terminate.
Section 3. The chairman of the board of trustees estab-
lished by section two shall receive an annual salary of ten
thousand dollars, and the other trustees shall each receive
an annual salary of eight thousand dollars. The trustees
shall be sworn to the faithful performance of their official
duties. They shall not be in the employ of, or own any stock
in, or be in any way, directly or indirectly, pecuniarily in-
terested in, any gas or electric company, railroad corpora-
tion, bus or street railway company, nor shall they be con-
nected with or in the employ of any person financing any
such company. While serving as such trustees they shall
not personally or through a partner or agent render any
professional service or make or perform any business con-
tract with or for any such company, nor shall they, directly
or indirectly, receive a commission, bonus, discount, present
or reward from any such company. As used in this section,
"company" shall include any person or combination of per-
sons, whether or not incorporated.
Section 4. The trustees shall adopt a corporate seal for
the authority, and designate the custodian thereof. A ma-
jority of the trustees shall constitute a quorum for the trans-
action of any business, but the action of a majority of the
entire membership shall be required for any action. The
trustees may from time to time appoint and at pleasure re-
move a president, one or more vice-presidents, a clerk, a
treasurer, and such other officers, agents and employees of
the authority as they may deem necessary, and may deter-
mine their duties and their compensation, which shall be paid
by the authority; shall cause at all times accurate accounts
to be kept of all receipts and expenditures of the funds of
the authority; and shall make an annual report, containing
an abstract of such accounts, to the governor, the general
court and the trustees of the Boston metropolitan district
created by chapter three hundred and eighty-three of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-nine and acts in amend-
ment thereof and in addition thereto, hereafter in this act
referred to as the district. The offices of treasurer and clerk
may be held by the same person. Except as otherwise pro-
vided in this act, the trustees shall have full power to repre-
sent the authority, to have the care of its property and the
management of its business and affairs, and to sell and con-
vey any real estate or other property not needed for its busi-
ness or affairs, by deed or other instrument sealed with the
corporate seal, signed and acknowledged by a majority of
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the trustees, or in like manner to authorize such sale and con-
veyance by any of its officers or agents. The treasurer and
each assistant treasurer, if any, shall give bond for the faithful
performance of his duties, with a surety company authorized
to do business in this commonwealth as a surety, in such sum
as the trustees may determine, the premium therefor to be
paid by the authority.
Section 5. The authority is hereby authorized and di-
rected to exercise the option set forth in section seventeen
of chapter three hundred and thirty-three of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and thirty-one in accordance with the provi-
sions thereof. The trustees of the authority are hereby
authorized and directed in the name and on behalf of the
authority to notify the Boston Elevated Railway Company,
hereinafter called the company, that the authority elects as
of a day and time to be specified in said notice, but not later
than the thirtieth day of August, nineteen hundred and forty-
seven, to exercise such option.
Upon the date and the time specified in such notice to the
company, the whole assets, property and franchises of the
company as a going concern shall, without further convey-
ance and by virtue of this act, be and become vested in the au-
thority; and all the then outstanding indebtedness and ha-
bilities of the company shall, without further action and by
virtue of this act, be assumed by the authority in accordance
with the provisions of said section seventeen.
In accordance with the provisions of said section seventeen,
there shall thereupon and forthwith thereafter be paid to
the company an amount in cash equal to eighty-five dollars
per share for all the common stock of the company issued and
outstanding.
Section 6. Upon the payment to the company by the
authority of an amount in cash equal to eightj^-five dollars
per share for all of the common stock of the company issued
and outstanding, as provided in section five, all claims of
every kind and nature against said authority by the com-
pany are by virtue of this act released, and thereafter no
suit shall be brought against the authority by the company.
Section 7. For the purpose of providing the funds neces-
sary to effect the purposes of section five of this act, and to
pay indebtedness, obligations and liabilities assumed as a
part of the terms thereof, for the purpose of providing funds
necessary to pay or refund all bonds and notes of the com-
pany assumed by the authority under this act, for the pur-
pose of establishing a reserve fund as provided in this act,
and for the purpose of providing funds to pay or refund
bonds of the authority issued to the district hereunder, the
authority shall, from time to time, issue to the district,
bonds of the authority for such terms and bearing such rates
of interest as are hereinafter provided. The trustees of the
district, at the request of the trustees of the authority, shall
purchase such bonds of the authority. The trustees of the
district shall in the case of each such purchase procure the
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funds necessary for the purchases authorized by this section
by the issue of bonds of the district under and in the manner
provided in section ten of chapter three hundred and eighty-
three of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-nine and
section two of chapter one hundred and forty-seven of the
acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-two, and the provisions
of said sections shall apply thereto in the same manner and
to the same extent as if such bonds of the district were spe-
cifically authorized in said chapter three hundred and
eighty-three; provided, that any bonds of the district issued
under authority of this section shall be for such terms, not
less than one year and not exceeding fifty years from the
date thereof, and shall bear interest payable semi-annually
at such rates, as said trustees of the district, subject to the
approval of the department of public utilities, hereafter
in this act called the department, shall from time to time
determine. Said bonds of the district may be issued on
either the sinking fund or serial payment plan, and, if issued
on the serial payment plan, the trustees of the district shall
endeavor so to arrange the maturities thereof that the bonds
maturing each year other than the final year will be met by
the amounts available from interest upon the bonds pur-
chased. All amounts received by the district from said in-
terest on each such bond issue of the authority shall be ap-
plied in payment of interest and principal, as and when due,
of the bonds of the district issued to provide funds for the
purchase of such bond issue of the authority, and any bal-
ance shall be accumulated in a sinking fund to be used for
such purpose, as and when required. All amounts received
by the district in payment of each such bond issue of the
authority shall be applied in payment of bonds of the district
issued hereunder to provide funds for the purchase of such
bond issue and the balance shall be accumulated in a general
sinking fund for any bonds of the district then outstanding.
Said sinking fund shall be invested as provided in section
eleven of said chapter three hundred and eighty-three.
Each bond issue of the authority so purchased shall be
for the same term as the term of the last maturing bonds of
the district issued to provide funds for the purchase of such
bond issue of the authority, and shall bear interest payable
semi-annually at a rate one per cent higher than the rate
payable upon said bonds of the district until June first,
nineteen hundred and fifty-eight, and two per cent higher
than said rate thereafter. In the event that said bonds of
the district are sold at a premium above or a discount below
par, the bond issue of the authority purchased with the
proceeds thereof shall be purchased by the district at the
same premium above or discount below par. Said bonds of
the authority, both as to income and principal, are hereby
made exempt from all taxes levied under authority of the
commonwealth while held by the district and shall contain
a recital to such effect. Said bonds of the authority shall
not be disposed of by the district without authority of the
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general court. The proceeds of said bonds of the authority
shall be used by it only for the purposes hereinbefore set
forth.
The authority shall reimburse the district, at the request
of the trustees thereof, for all expenses incidental to the
authorization, preparation, issue, registration and payment
of interest and principal of the aforesaid bonds of the district.
At the maturity of any issue of bonds of the authority
under this section and at the maturity of any issue of bonds
of the company held by the district and assumed by the
authority under this act, except bonds of the company issued
under section four of chapter three hundred and thirty-three
of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-one, the district
shall cancel such bonds to the extent that district bonds
issued to provide funds for the purchase thereof have been
retired and to the extent that a sinking fund has been
accumulated to retire such district bonds out of funds
received from interest payments on the maturing bonds.
The balance, if any, of any such maturing bond issue shall
be refunded by the authority under this section. Bonds of
the company issued under section four of said chapter three
hundred and thirty-three and assumed by the authority
hereunder shall be surrendered to the authority for cancella-
tion at the time provided in section seven of said chapter
three hundred and thirty-three and without the district
receiving in exchange therefor a certificate of indebtedness.
Section 8. When the authority has acquired the prop-
erty and franchises of the company as provided in this act,
the trustees shall forthwith take and have possession on
behalf of the authority of all assets and properties acquired
under authority of this act and shall have authority, which
shall be exclusive, in the name and behah of the authority
to sell and convey any of such assets or properties or any
interest therein which in their opinion is not required or
cannot advantageously be used in the operation of the
transportation system so acquired, and for the purpose of
obtaining additional income to make any leases, Ucenses or
contracts with respect to the properties under the control
and management of the authority which in their opinion will
not impair or interfere with the transportation service.
Without hmiting the generaUty of the foregoing, the
trustees shall have complete management and control of
the cash, mortgages, notes, securities and other current assets
of the company, whether or not of the same class or kind,
acquired by the authority and shall be authorized to continue
any investment thereof or to change the same and may from
time to time invest and reinvest any cash at any time held
by it in investments which are legal for savings banks in this
commonwealth.
The trustees shall keep account of all receipts and ex-
penditures divided as between income receipts and expen-
ditures and capital receipts and expenditures, and in other
respects as required by the laws of the commonwealth ap-
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plicable to street railway companies, and shall file like re-
ports with the department of public utilities as required of
such companies.
The trustees are hereby authorized to expend moneys re-
ceived by the authority from the sale of bonds or notes au-
thorized for the purpose, from the sale or disposition of
capital assets, and such amounts as are charged to cost of
service for depreciation, obsolescence and losses in respect
to property sold, destroyed or abandoned, for the purchase,
construction or acquisition of substitute or additional prop-
erties for use in connection with the transportation system
so acquired, and any alterations or extensions thereof, and
likewise to expend for said purposes an amount equal to so
much of the cash and current assets of the authority as in
the opinion of the trustees is not required to meet the cur-
rent Uabilities of the authority for the operation of the
transportation system.
Section 9. It shall be the general duty of the trustees to
so exercise their powers under this act as to secure an ade-
quate, coordinated, integrated and efficient system of rapid
transit and the improvement thereof within the area of the
cities and towns presently constituting the authority and
as it may be enlarged and extended from time to time by act
of the general court, by means of subways, surface lines,
trackless trolleys, busses, elevated equipment and struc-
tures and related facilities.
The trustees shall consider the reports of the Metro-
politan Transit Recess Commission under chapter fifty-six
of the resolves of nineteen hundred and forty-three, and
chapter eighty-five of the resolves of nineteen hundred and
forty-five, and all the recommendations therein made and
contained relative to an extended and improved system of
rapid transit in the greater Boston metropolitan area. With-
out limiting the foregoing, the trustees shall make studies
and estimates of costs : —
(a) For the extension of rapid transit service as far as
South Braintree by the use of the fines and facifities of the
Old Colony Railroad, as recommended in said reports.
(6) For the enlargement and improvement of the Park
and Boylston street stations and the extension of the sub-
way from Park street to north of ScoUay square, as so
recommended.
(c) The removal of the elevated structures and the con-
struction of subways in their place, as so recommended.
(d) For the extension of the Cambridge subway in a
northerly and westerly direction from the present terminal
at or near Harvard Square, Cambridge.
Such studies and estimates with respect to (b) and (c),
together with drafts of any necessary legislation, shall be
filed with the clerk of the house of representatives on or
before January second in the year nineteen hundred and
forty-eight.
In carrying out these duties the trustees may employ
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engineering, legal and other assistance that they may deem
necessary. They may utilize the services of the state depart-
ment of public utilities, the Boston transit department, the
state planning board, the state department of pubHc works,
and any engineering or other departments, suitably organized
to prepare plans or other information, of any city or town
within the district, or of any city or town outside the district for
which such studies or estimates are being prepared by the
authority, and may make funds available to said commissions,
boards and departments, or any of them, for such purposes.
Section 10. The trustees, in behalf of the authority,
shall manage and operate the transportation system and all
properties acquired by the authority as herein provided, and
such extensions and additions as may be hereafter authorized,
and shall maintain the same in good operating condition,
and for such purposes may exercise all the powers heretofore
vested in and exercised by the board of trustees of the com-
pany, but in the name and behalf of the authority instead
of the commonwealth or the company; provided, that no
new rapid transit extension and no new surface street rail-
way Une more than one thousand feet in length shall be
constructed outside the limits of the cities and towns con-
stituting the authority, nor shall any new motor bus line be
instituted outside said limits, and no contract for the use or
operation or lease of any subways, elevated or surface street
railway lines or motor bus Unes shall be entered into in addi-
tion to those included in any contract with or lease to or
operating agreement with the company in force when posses-
sion was taken by the trustees under this act, except as is
provided in sections ten A to ten C, inclusive, nor shall there
be any taking by eminent domain under chapter seventy-
nine of the General Laws of any such subway, elevated or
surface street railway line or motor bus Hne then existing or
of any property for any such new rapid transit extension,
new street railway line or new motor bus Hne, unless author-
ized by the general court in accordance with sections ten A
to ten C, inclusive; provided, that the trustees shall have
authority to execute, or cause to be executed, contracts,
leases or agreements continuing, extending the term of,
modifying or renewing leases, contracts for use and operating
agreements of the company existing at the time possession
was taken by the trustees under this act. Except as other-
wise provided in this act, the trustees shall continue to
manage and operate the transportation system and other
property or properties so acquired in all respects in the same
manner as provided in the case of the trustees of the com-
pany immediately prior to the date when the property of the
company is acquired hereunder and with the same powers
as then conferred and such additional powers as are herein
conferred upon such trustees, and the authority, acting
through the trustees, shall have and exercise all franchises of,
and powers conferred by general or special laws upon, the
company with respect to the acquisition, construction,
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operation, maintenance and repair of transportation facilities
or to properties appurtenant or incidental thereto or so ac-
quired and shall be entitled to continue any lawful use then
being made of any properties so acquired for which any
permit, license or authorization may be required by general
or special laws without further permit, license or authoriza-
tion or renewal thereof, but subject to any lawful conditions
contained therein.
Within the foregoing limitations as to construction of any
new rapid transit extension or any new elevated or surface
street railway lines or motor bus lines or contract for the use
or operation or lease of additional subways, elevated or sur-
face street railway Hnes or motor bus Unes, or taking of same
by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine of the Gen-
eral Laws, the department may upon application by, or
under authority of, the trustees grant to the authority (1)
locations on public ways, public places, parkways, boule-
vards and private lands for railway tracks and for the exten-
sion or alteration thereof and for poles, wires or other appli-
ances and equipment therefor, and for transmission lines
and underground conduits, (2) licenses for the operation on
public ways, public places, parkways, boulevards and private
lands of motor vehicles for the carriage of passengers for hire,
and (3) permits for the operation on pubUc ways, public
places, parkways, boulevards and private lands of trackless
trolleys and necessary poles, wires and other appliances
therefor, or any combination of the above; and all upon
such routes and in such manner as the department, after due
notice to the mayors of the cities and the chairmen of the
selectmen of the towns within which all or any part of any
such location is to be located or within which the authority
may operate under any such license or permit, and a public
hearing, may determine to be in the public interest, and no
other permit, license, certificate or approval shall be required.
The department may impose such terms and conditions on
any such location, license or permit as it may deem proper
and the trustees shall comply therewith. The department
may revoke any such location, license or permit after due
notice to the trustees and to the mayors of the cities and the
chairmen of the selectmen of the towns within which all or
any part of such location is located or within which the
authority may operate under any such license or permit,
and a public hearing.
Section lOA. Whenever the trustees shall be of opinion
that the transit system under the authority ought to be
extended into any city or town not then included in the
authority, they shall cause plans and specifications to be pre-
pared showing such extension and shall submit them to the
department. In causing such plans and specifications to be
prepared, they may exercise all of the powers conferred on
them by section nine. The department, after a public hear-
ing held not earlier than sixty days after due notice of such
hearing has been given to the selectmen of each town and the
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mayor of each city into which it is proposed that the transit
system under the authority may be extended, may approve
or disapprove such extension.
Section lOB. Upon approving an extension under sec-
tion ten A, the department shall forthwith give notice thereof
to the mayor of each city and to the selectmen of each town
into which it is proposed that the transit system under the
authority is to be thereby extended. Said mayor or select-
men shall then call a special city or town election, unless the
notice is received in time to put the question hereinafter
referred to upon the official ballot at the next biennial or reg-
ular city election or annual town election, and shall have the
votes counted and the result of the referendum hereinafter re-
ferred to transmitted to the department within sixty days
after the original notification to said mayor or selectmen.
If the mayor or selectmen call a special city or town election
it shall be called and held upon such a day as to permit the
counting of the votes upon the question hereinafter referred
to and the return of the result to the department within the
sixty days above mentioned. On the official ballot for each
such biennial or regular or special city election or annual or
special town election there shall be placed the following
question: — "Shall the metropolitan rapid
transit system be extended into this (city,
town)?" The votes upon such referendum
YES
shall be counted and returned to the city or town clerk in the
same manner as votes for candidates in municipal elections.
Said clerk shall forthwith notify the deparjbment of the re-
sult of the referendum.
In the event of failure, by the city or town officers upon
whom such duties are hereby imposed, to obtain such vote
and notify the department of the result thereof within sixty
days after notice from the department to the mayor or
selectmen under this section, the city or town shall be deemed
to have approved the extension.
Section IOC. If the department approves a proposed
extension in accordance with section ten B and so notifies
the mayor of each city and the selectmen of each town into
which it is proposed that the transit system under the au-
thority is to be thereby extended, the department shall
report, recommending the same, to the general court imme-
diately after the expiration of sixty days from the giving of
such notice to all such cities and towns. Such report shall
be filed with the clerk of the house of representatives and
shall be accompanied by a draft of legislation authorizing
the proposed extension, and by a statement of the votes for
and against in each town in which such a vote was submitted
and, in the case of any city or town in which no vote was
seasonably reported, a statement that such city or town is
deemed to have approved the extension because of failure
of its officers charged with the duties of obtaining a vote on
such extension and reporting the same to the department to
perform said duties within the time required by law. Such
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report by the department may also be accompanied by such
plans and specifications or other description as the depart-
ment may deem will best assist the general court in con-
sidering the proposed extension. No rule relative to the time
within which measures shall be introduced in the general
court shall prevent consideration by the same session of the
general court in which it is filed of any such report by the
department. If such report or proposed legislation based
thereon is referred to the next annual session or next general
court, it may be brought forward at such session or general
court on motion of a member in the same manner as any
other measure which has been so referred.
SiiCTioN 11. The trustees, subject to the approval of
the department, shall from time to time fix such rates of
fare and charges for service furnished or operated as in their
judgment are best adapted to insure sufficient income to
meet the cost of the service, as hereinafter defined.
The cost of the service shall include (1) operating expenses,
(2) taxes, (3) rentals, (4) interest on all indebtedness of the
company (including amortization of discount or premium)
assumed by the authority and still outstanding, (5) interest
(including amortization of discount or premium) on bonds
or notes of the authority issued under this act, (6) such allow-
ance as the trustees, subject to the approval of the depart-
ment, may deem necessary or advisable for depreciation of
property and for obsolescence and losses in respect to prop-
erty sold, destroyed or abandoned, (7) salaries of the trustees
and salaries and wages of all officers and employees ap-
pointed or employed by or subject to the supervision of the
trustees, and, to the extent authorized by the trustees,
pensions and retirement allowances to present and former
employees of the company and employees of the authority,
(8) the amount, if any, by which the income of the company
failed to meet the cost of the service under chapter one
hundred and fifty-nine of the Special Acts of nineteen hun-
dred and eighteen, as amended, from and including January
first, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, to the date when
the property of the company was acquired hereunder, (9)
all expenditures incurred by the trustees pursuant to section
nine, (10) all payments made pursuant to section twenty
and such allowance for pending claims and suits as the
trustees may deem necessary or advisable, (11) all other
expenditures and charges which under the laws of the com-
monwealth now or hereafter in effect appUcable to street
railway companies are properly chargeable against income
or surplus.
Section 12. The trustees shall determine the character
and extent of the services and facilities to be furnished, and
in these respects their authority shall be exclusive and shall
not be subject to the approval, control or direction of any
state, municipal or other department, board or commission.
Except as herein otherwise provided, the department shall
have the same general supervision and regulation of, and
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jurisdiction and control over, the services and facilities of
the authority as it has over street railway companies and
shall annually make or have made an audit of the accounts
of the authority and make a report thereon to the trustees
and the governor and council.
Section 13. As of the date when the authority acquires
the property and franchises of the company as provided in
this act, the trustees shall estabhsh from the proceeds of
bonds issued by authority of section seven a reserve fund in
the sum of two milhon dollars which shall be used only for
the purpose of making good any deficiency in income as
hereinafter provided or for reimbursing the commonwealth
as hereinafter provided, and which until such use may be
invested, in the discretion of the trustees, in income-pro-
ducing securities which are legal investments for savings
banks in this commonwealth, and all income or interest
received thereon shall be treated as a part of the general
income of the authority.
Whenever the income of the authority is insufficient to
meet the cost of the service, as defined in section eleven,
the reserve fund shall be used as far as necessary to make up
said deficiency and whenever, on the other hand, such income
is more than sufficient to meet the cost of the service, the
excess shall be transferred to and become a part of the
reserve fund.
If as of the last day of December in any year the amount
remaining in the reserve fund shall be insufficient to meet
the deficiency hereinbefore referred to, the trustees shall
notify the state treasurer of the amount of such deficiency,
less the amount, if any, in the reserve fund applicable thereto,
and the commonwealth shall thereupon pay over to the au-
thority the amount so ascertained. Pending such payment,
the trustees shall borrow such amount of money as may be
necessary to enable them to make all payments as they
become due.
If as of the last day of December in any year the reserve
fund shall exceed the amount originally established, the
trustees shall apply any excess so far as necessary to reim-
bursing the commonwealth for any amounts which it may
have paid to the authority under the provisions hereof and
the commonwealth shall thereupon distribute the amounts
so received among the cities and towns constituting the
authority in proportion to the amounts which they have
respectively been assessed as hereinafter provided.
In order to meet any payment required of the common-
wealth under this section, the state treasurer may borrow at
any time, in anticipation of the assessments to be levied
upon the cities and towns constituting the authority, such
sums of money as may be necessary to make said payments
and he shall repay any sums so borrowed as soon after said
assessments are paid as is expedient.
In case the commonwealth shall be called upon to pay
the authority any amount under this section, such amount,
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with interest or other charges incurred in borrowing the
money for the purpose, shall be assessed upon the cities and
towns constituting the authority as provided by section
twenty of chapter fifty-nine of the General Laws, as amended,
in proportion to the number of persons in said cities and
towns using the service of the authority at the time of said
payment, said proportion to be determined and reported to
the state treasurer by the trustees from computations made
in their discretion for the purpose.
If at any time the trustees, in their opinion, have not suffi-
cient cash to make the payments required in the course of
their management and operation of the transportation sys-
tem and other properties under its control, the trustees may
temporarily borrow money and issue notes of the authority
therefor. The trustees of the district, if they deem it in the
interest of the district so to do, may purchase such tempo-
rary^ notes of the authority and for that purpose may tem-
porarily borrow money and issue notes of the district there-
for in the manner provided in section ten of chapter three
hundred and eighty-three of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-nine.
Section 14. The real estate of the authority, with the
exception of that actually in use for tunnels, subways, sta-
tions, transfer areas, elevated and rapid transit lines and
their appurtenances, shall be subject to taxation by the city
or town in which it is located in the same manner and to the
same extent as if privately owned. The personal property
of the authority shall not be subject to local taxation.
Nothing herein contained shall be held to affect the right
of the commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof to
tax real estate acquired by the authority under this act, in
the same manner and to the same extent as if the company
had continued to manage and own property.
Section 15. In case any lease or license to, or contract
with, or other rights of, the company are not subject to
assignment by it or may be terminated by the other party
or parties in the event of assignment by the company, the
trustees are hereby authorized from time to time, in the
name and behalf of the authority, to accept or enter into
leases, licenses or contracts with the other parties thereto
upon such terms and conditions as the trustees deem ad-
visable.
Section 16. If this section shall be accepted by vote of
the city council of the city of Boston, hereinafter called the
city, approved by the mayor, and a certificate evidencing
such acceptance shall be filed with the state secretary, the
authority and the city shall be deemed to have entered into
a contract for the use of the lines of street railway in that
part of Boston formerly Hyde Park included in the existing
contract for use between the city and the company dated
August twenty-third, nineteen hundred and twenty-three, of
certain properties acquired under the provisions of chapter
four hundred and five of the acts of nineteen hundred and
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twenty-three upon the same terms and conditions as con-
tained in said contract for use, for a term extending until
such time as the bonds of the city issued under authority of
said chapter four hundred and five shall have been paid,
and into a further contract that when all such bonds have
been paid title to the properties included in said contract
for use shall vest in the authority free from any further pay-
ment or liability to the city of Boston.
Section 17. Chapter one hundred and fifty-two of the
General Laws, as from time to time amended, and the term
"Employees", as defined in section one of said chapter, shall
apply to employees of the authority in the same manner and
to the same extent as though the authority were a street
railway company. The trustees may provide for insurance
under said chapter in the same manner as has been provided
by the board of trustees of the company, or for self insurance.
Section 18. Chapters thirty and thirty-one of the Gen-
eral Laws or other civil service laws, and rules and regula-
tions made thereunder, shall not apply to the officers and
employees of the authority, nor shall chapter thirty-two of
the General Laws apply to any retirement or pension system
of the authority, but the trustees may continue payment of
pensions and retirement allowances under and in accordance
with the present pension plan and authorizations of the board
of trustees of the company, as from time to time modified
by the trustees.
Section 19. When the purchase provided for by this act
is consummated, all officers and employees of the com.pany,
except the board of directors and employees of said board,
and except the public trustees of the company, shall become
officers and employees of the authority, subject to super-
vision, control and removal by or under authority of the
trustees. The trustees shall have authority to bargain col-
lectively with labor organizations representing employees of
the authority and to enter into agreements with such organi-
zations relative to wages, salaries, hours, working conditions,
health benefits, pensions and retirement allowances of such
employees. The employees of the authority shall submit
all grievances and disputes to arbitration pursuant to arbi-
tration provisions in agreements existing at the time of the
creation of the authority or subsequently entered into with
the authority, or, in the absence of such provisions, to the
state board of conciliation and arbitration, or other board or
body having similar powers and duties. The provisions of
general or special laws relative to rates of wages, hours of
employment and working conditions of public employees and
relating to contracts for public works, shall not apply to the
authority nor to the employees thereof, nor to employees of
contractors with the authority but the authority and its
employees shall be governed with respect to hours of employ-
ment, rates of wages, salaries, hours, working conditions,
health benefits, pensions and retirement allowances of its
employees and with respect to contracts for construction,
552 Acts, 1947. —Chap. 544.
maintenance and repair by the laws relating to street railway
companies.
As of the date of the acquisition of the assets, property and
franchises or part thereof of any other carrier under the pro-
visions of this or future acts, such employees as may be de-
termined by the trustees to be necessary for rapid transit and
appurtenant operations shall be transferred to and become
employees of the authority and if any question arises as to
whether any person is so transferred it shall be determined
by the trustees. No employee so transferred and no em-
ployee of the company becoming an employee of the au-
thority in accordance with this section shall, by reason of
transfer to employment by the authority, without his con-
sent be removed, lowered in rank or compensation or sus-
pended, except for just cause and for reasons specifically
given to him in writing twenty-four hours after such removal,
suspension, transfer or lowering in rank or compensation;
nor shall any such employee, by reason of such transfer,
without his consent be in any worse position in respect to
workmen's compensation, pension, superannuation, sickness
or any other benefits or allowances granted by his previous
employer to himself, his widow, family or personal repre-
sentatives than he enjoyed under any person, firm or cor-
poration under whom he held his employment immediately
prior to his transfer to the emplojnnent of the authority,
provided that the trustees may abolish any office or post of
any existing executive officer if in the opinion of the trustees
the same is an unreasonable addition to the staff of the
authority.
Section 20. Except as herein otherwise provided, the
authority shall be liable for the acts and negligence of the
trustees and of the servants and employees of the authority
in the management and operation of the authority and of
the properties owned, leased and operated by it to the same
extent as though the authority were a street railway com-
pany, but the trustees shall not be personally liable except
for malfeasance in office.
The authority shall be liable in tort to passengers, and to
persons in the exercise of due care who are not passengers or
in the employment of the authority, for personal injury and
for death and for damages to property in the same manner
as though it were a street railway company; provided, that
like notice is given as required by section eighteen of chapter
eighty-four of the General Laws, except that in all cases other
than those involving snow and ice the notice shall be given
within sixty days after the date of injury or damage, and the
provisions of sections nineteen and twenty of said chapter
eighty-four shall apply to such notice; and provided, fur-
ther, that any action for such personal injury or property
damage shall be commenced only within two years next
after the date of such injury or damage and in case of death
only within two years next after the date of the injury which
caused the death.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 544. 553
Notwithstanding any provisions of general or special laws,
service of process in such cases and in all proceedings at law
or in equity arising out of the operation of the transportation
system by the trustees, or arising out of the exercise of any
power or authority conferred upon them, or arising out of the
assumption by the authority of the indebtedness and liabih-
ties of the company, shall be made upon the treasurer of the
authority, or, if there is no treasurer or he cannot be found,
upon any member of the board of trustees, and not otherwise.
The trustees shall have charge of and supervise the investi-
gation, settlement and defense of all such claims and of all
other suits or actions relating to the property, or arising out
of the construction, maintenance or operation of the trans-
portation system, under its managem,ent and control.
This act shall not affect any action or proceeding, civil or
criminal, brought or instituted by or against the company;
but such action or proceeding may be prosecuted or defended
in the name of the authority and, upon application to the
court, board or officer before whom such action or proceed-
ing is pending, the authority shall be substituted as a party
in such pending action or proceeding. Any investigation,
examination or hearing undertaken, commenced or instituted
by the company and relating to a subject or matter jurisdic-
tion whereof was transferred to the authority, may be con-
ducted to final determination or disposition by the trustees.
Section 21. Notwithstanding the provisos contained in
chapter three hundred and forty-one of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-five, as amended, in chapter three hun-
dred and sixty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-
three, and amendments thereto, and in chapter six hundred
and ninety-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-
five, as amended, relieving the company under certain cir-
cumstances from payment of rentals, and notwithstanding
any similar provisos contained in the several leases or con-
tracts between the company and the city of Boston for the
use of the extensions and facilities referred to in said chap-
ters, the authority shall pay to the city of Boston the rentals
in the amounts therein provided in the same manner as
though said provisos were not included in said acts, leases
and contracts.
The trustees are hereby directed, quarterly in each year,
on the first day of January, April, July and October, to
certify to the state treasurer the amount paid during the
preceding quarter for rentals of subway and rapid transit
extensions and facilities referred to in the preceding para-
graph, and used by the authority under lease or contract
for the use thereof, and the commonwealth shall thereupon
pay over to the authority the amount so certified. In order
to meet any payment required of the commonwealth under
this section, the state treasurer may borrow at any time, in
anticipation of assessments to be levied upon the cities and
towns constituting the authority, such sums of money as
may be necessary to make said payments and he shall repay
554 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 544.
any sum so borrowed as soon after said assessments are paid
as is expedient. Any sums so paid to the authority, together
with interest or other charges incurred in borrowing the
money therefor, shall be assessed on the cities and towns
constituting the authority as provided by section twenty of
chapter fifty-nine of the General Laws, as amended, in
proportion to the amount paid under the last preceding
assessment under section fourteen of chapter one hundred
and fifty-nine of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and
eighteen or under section thirteen of this act.
Section 22. For the purpose of acquiring cars, motor
buses and trackless trolley vehicles, the authority, from
time to time, subject to the approval of the department of
public utilities, may issue bonds or notes to the district,
payable serially, in equal amounts or otherwise, in not more
than twenty years from the date thereof, to a total principal
amount outstanding at any one time of not exceeding ten
million dollars. The trustees of the district, at the request
of the trustees of the authority, shall purchase such bonds
or notes of the authority. The trustees of the district shall
procure the funds necessary for the purchases authorized by
this section by the issue of bonds or notes of the district
under and in the manner provided in section ten of chapter
three hundred and eighty-three of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-nine and section two of chapter one
hundred and forty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred
and thirty-two and the provisions of said sections shall
apply thereto in the same manner and to the same extent
as if such bonds or notes of the district were specifically
authorized in said chapter three hundred and eighty-three;
provided, that any bonds or notes of the district issued
under authority of this section shall be for such terms not
exceeding twenty years from date thereof and shall bear
interest payable semi-annually at such rates as said trustees
of the district, subject to approval of the department of
public utilities, shall from time to time determine. Said
bonds or notes of the district may be issued payable serially,
in equal amounts or otherwise, and the trustees of the district
shall endeavor so to arrange the maturities of all the bonds
or notes so issued that the bonds or notes maturing each
year will be met by the amounts available from payment of
the bonds or notes purchased. All amounts received by the
district from interest on the bonds or notes purchased shall
be applied in payment of interest on the bonds or notes of
the district issued hereunder as and when due. All amounts
received by the district in payment of the bonds or notes of
the authority purchased shall be applied in payment of
bonds or notes of the district issued hereunder to provide
funds for the purchase of such bonds or notes of the au-
thority.
The bonds or notes of the authority so purchased shall be
for the same terms as the bonds or notes of the district issued
to provide the funds for the purchase of such bonds or notes
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 544. 555
of the authority and shall bear interest payable semi-
annually at the same rate as the rate payable upon said
bonds or notes of the district. In the event that said bonds
or notes of the district are sold at a premium above or a
discount below par, the bonds or notes of the authority
purchased with the proceeds thereof shall be purchased by
the district at the same premium above or discount below
par. Said bonds or notes of the authority, both as to income
and principal, are hereby made exempt from all taxes levied
under authority of the commonwealth while held by the
district and shall contain a recital to such effect. Said bonds
or notes of the authority shall not be disposed of by the
district without authorization of the General Court. The
proceeds of said bonds or notes of the authority shall be
used by it only for the purposes hereinbefore set forth.
The authority shall reimburse the district at the request
of the trustees thereof for all expenses incidental to the
authorization, preparation, issue, registration and payment
of interest and principal of the aforesaid bonds or notes of
the district.
Section 23. The trustees shall issue only such amount
of bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness, payable
at periods of more than one year after the date thereof, as
the department may from time to time approve as reasonably
necessary for the purpose for which such issue of bonds,
notes or other evidences of indebtedness has been authorized.
The department shall render a decision upon an application
for such issue within thirty days after the final hearing
thereof. The decision shall be in writing, shall assign the
reasons therefor, and shall, if approving such issue, specify
the respective amounts of bonds, notes or other evidences of
indebtedness which are approved to be issued for the re-
spective purposes to which the proceeds thereof are to be
applied, and shall, within seven days after it has been
rendered, be filed in the office of the department. A cer-
tificate of the vote of the department, within three days
after such decision has been so filed and before the bonds,
notes or other evidences of indebtedness are issued, shall be
filed in the office of the state secretary, and a duplicate
thereof delivered to the authority, which shall enter the
same upon its records. None of the proceeds of such bonds,
notes or other evidences of indebtedness shall be applied
to any purpose not specified in the certificate.
This section shall not apply to bonds issued by the au-
thority under the provisions of section seven.
Section 24. Upon acquisition of the property and
franchises of the company by the authority, all actions
pending between the commonwealth and the company shall
be discontinued.
Section 25. When the authority has acquired the prop-
erty and franchises of the company and when the pending
suits between the commonwealth and the company shall
have been discontinued, as provided in this act, the state
556 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 544.
treasurer shall pay over to the authority the deficiencies of
which the board of pubUc trustees of the company notified
the state treasurer in accordance with section eleven of chap-
ter one hundred and fifty-nine of the Special Acts of nine-
teen hundred and eighteen, as amended, for the year ended
March thirty-one, nineteen hundred and forty-one in the
amount of two miUion three hundred and forty-one thousand
one hundred and sixty-seven dollars and twenty-nine cents,
for the nine months ended December thirty-one, nineteen
hundred and forty-one in the amount of one million three
hundred and eleven thousand four hundred and six dollars
and forty-four cents, and for the year ended December
thirty-one, nineteen hundred and forty-six in the amount
of seven hundred and eighty-seven thousand five hundred
and twenty-seven dollars and eighty-nine cents. In order
to provide for such payment the state treasurer may bor-
row as provided in section eleven of said chapter one hun-
dred and fifty-nine and the amount of such payment with
interest and other charges incurred in borrowing the money
for the purpose shall be assessed on the cities and towns
which paid assessments under the last preceding assessment
under section fourteen of said chapter one hundred and
fifty-nine in proportion to the amounts paid, and shall be
assessed and collected as provided by section twenty of
chapter fifty-nine of the General Laws, as amended.
Any funds received by the authority pursuant to this sec-
tion shall be held for and appHed so far as necessary to the
payment of principal and interest on notes of the company
issued pursuant to chapter ninety-two of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and forty-seven and assumed by the authority
hereunder.
Section 26. Section twenty-six of chapter forty of the
General Laws and of sections fifteen, twenty-eight, fifty-nine
to sixty-four both inclusive, eighty-three to eighty-five both
inclusive, and eighty-nine to one hundred and four both
inclusive, of chapter one hundred and fifty-nine of the Gen-
eral Laws, and of sections eighty-nine, ninety-four, ninety-
five, ninety-eight, one hundred and three and one hundred
and thirteen of chapter one hundred and sixty-one of the
General Laws, all as amended, shall apply to the authority,
its property and employees in the same manner as though
it were a street railway company. Chapter three hundred
and three of the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-seven
shall apply to the transit department of the city of Boston
and the authority in the same manner and to the same extent
as though the authority were named therein instead of the
Boston Elevated Railway Company.
Section 27. If any section, part of a section or pro-
visions of this act is held unconstitutional or invalid, the
remainder of the act shall not be affected thereby.
Section 28. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved June 19 ^ 19J^7.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 545, 546. 557
An Act authorizing the city of chicopee to construct Qfiar) 545
A building within the limits of szot park in said ^'
city.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Chicopee is hereby authorized,
notwithstanding any provision of chapter forty-five of the
General Laws to the contrary, to construct and maintain a
building, exceeding six hundred square feet in area, within
the limits of Szot Park in said city.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved June 20, 1947.
An Act to amend the workmen's compensation act by Chap. 54:6
further regulating the payment by insurers and
self-insurers of certain expenses of reviews.
Whereas, There is urgent need that the amendment to Emergency
the workmen's compensation law made by this act take p^'eambie.
effect without delay, therefore it is hereby declared to be
an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preserva-
tion of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 152 of the General Laws is hereby amended by g. l. (Ter.
striking out section 10, as appearing in the Tercentenary amended' ^ ^^'
Edition, and inserting in place thereof the following sec-
tion:— Section 10. If a claim for a review is filed under Hearing by
section eight, the reviewing board shall hear the parties, and ""e^'ew board.
may hear evidence in regard to pertinent matters and may
revise the decision in whole or in part, or may refer the matter
back to the member for further findings of fact, and shall
file its decision with the records of the proceedings and notify
the parties. If a claim for a review is filed in any case and Payment by
the board by its decision orders the insurer to make, or to cenlfn^ex-
continue, payments to the injured employee or claimant, J'eXws"^
the cost to the injured employee of such review, including
therein reasonable counsel fees, shall be determined by the
board and shall be paid by the insurer. No costs shall be
assessed where the insurer or self-insurer, in writing, filed
with the board at the same time as it claims a review, with
a copy mailed immediately to the employee or claimant and
to his attorney, if any, makes an offer specifically stating in
dollars and cents the amount it is ready forthwith to pay
in past, present, and continuing compensation; and where
the employee or claimant or his attorney refuses to accept
said amount prior to the actual argument on review, and
the reviewing board thereafter orders no more than said
offer. No party shall as of right be entitled to a second
hearing upon questions of fact. Approved June 20, 1947,
558 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 547, 548, 549.
Chap. 64:7 An Act temporarily reviving the west boxford realty
COMPANY FOR THE PURPOSE OF SELLING CERTAIN REAL
estate AND DISTRIBUTING THE PROCEEDS THEREOF.
p™aS^^ Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend
to defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be
an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preserva-
tion of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
West Boxford Realty Company, a corporation dissolved
by section one of chapter one hundred and forty-eight of
the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-eight, is hereby re-
vived and continued for a period of two years from the effec-
tive date of this act for the sole purposes of selling and
conveying title to certain property situated in the town of
Boxford and of distributing the proceeds of said sale among
those entitled thereto. Approved June 20, 1947.
Chap.548 An Act relative to the authority of the town of
ESSEX to borrow MONEY FOR WATER PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section 5 of chapter 261 of the acts of 1934
is hereby amended by adding at the end the following : —
, exclusive of the limitation contained in the last paragraph
of section eight thereof., — so as to read as follows: — Sec-
tion 5. Said town may, for the purpose of paying the nec-
essary expenses and liabilities incurred or to be incurred
under the provisions of this act, other than expenses of
maintenance and operation, issue from time to time bonds
or notes to an amount, not exceeding, in the aggregate, one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars, which shall bear on their
face the words. Town of Essex Water Loan, Act of 1934.
Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and
such loans shall be payable in not more than thirty years
from their dates. Indebtedness incurred under this act shall
be subject to chapter forty-four of the General Laws, ex-
clusive of the limitation contained in the last paragraph of
section eight thereof.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved June 20, 1947.
Chap. 549 An Act to grant permanent civil service status in a
higher GRADE TO CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF THE DIVISION
OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY WHO HAVE QUALIFIED BY PASS-
ING EXAMINATIONS FOR A LOWER GRADE WHERE THE
EXAMINATION FOR APPOINTMENT TO SUCH GRADES IS
IDENTICAL.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Any permanent civil service employee of the division of
emplojrment security who was appointed from a list estab-
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 550, 551. 559
lished for junior and senior registrars and was subsequently
transferred to the United States employment service and
was subsequently appointed principal interviewer shall
receive permanent civil service status as principal interviewer
as of the date such appointment became effective, and no
subsequent examination for principal interviewer shall be
deemed necessary.
The foregoing shall apply only in those cases where the
original examinations for junior and senior grades are
identical. Approved June 20, 1947.
An Act directing the commissioner of conservation Chap.550
TO LEASE LAND IN THE MYLES STANDISH STATE FOREST AT
BARRETTS POND IN THE TOWN OF CARVER TO THE BROCK-
TON GIRL SCOUTS, INCORPORATED.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The commissioner of conservation, with the approval of
the governor and council, is hereby authorized and directed
to lease to the Brockton Girl Scouts, Incorporated, sufficient
land in the Myles Standish State Forest at Barretts pond
in the town of Carver for a scout camp. Said lease shall
contain such terms and conditions as will comply with all
laws in relation to protection of fish, birds and quadrupeds
and the preservation and development of said forest. Not-
withstanding said lease the control and supervision of the
land so leased shall remain under said commissioner, and all
provisions of law relating to state forests not inconsistent
with this act shall remain in full force and effect. Upon
failure of said Brockton Girl Scouts, Incorporated, for a
period of two years to make use of said property for the pur-
pose of said lease said commissioner may immediately cancel
said lease upon written notification to said Brockton Girl
Scouts, Incorporated. Upon termination of said lease any
building or other structure on the leased property shall
become the property of the commonwealth. Except as above
provided, nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent
the use of said forest by the public to the same extent as if
this act had not been passed. Approved June 20, 1947.
An Act relative to the care, control and mainte- (J^av 551
NANCE OF THE FIRST STREET DRAW^BRIDGE OVER THE
BROAD CANAL IN THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 521 of the acts of 1946 is hereby amended by
striking out section 2 and inserting in place thereof the fol-
lowing section : — Section 2. This act shall not apply to
persons employed in the operation of the First street draw-
bridge over the Broad canal in the city of Cambridge. Such
employees may continue to be employed by the city of Cam-
560 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 552, 553.
bridge and may be paid wages at the rate paid by the state
department of pubhc works for similar work. The wages of
said employees shall be paid by said city, and the common-
wealth shall reimburse said city from the Highway Fund for
one third of the amount thereof. Such reimbursement shall
apply to wages paid to said employees on and after July
first, nineteen hundred and forty-six.
Approved June 20, 1947.
Chap. 552 An Act authorizing the town of lee to enclose the
PLAYGROUND PROPERTY THEREIN, KNOWN AS THE LEE
ATHLETIC FIELD, FOR USE FOR ATHLETIC PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The selectmen of the town of Lee are hereby
authorized to enclose, for use for athletic purposes, the play-
ground property therein, known as the Lee Athletic Field,
and may allow such field to be used for athletic games and
other entertainments of a public nature, to which an admis-
sion fee may be charged.
Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance by the town at a regular or special town meeting,
• but not otherwise. Approved June 20, 1947.
Chap. 553 ^^ ^^'^ "^o authorize the city of revere to borrow
money for extraordinary repairs to school buildings.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section L For the purpose of making extraordinary re-
pairs, including replacement of heating equipment, to school
buildings, the city of Revere may borrow from time to time,
within a period of five years from the passage of this act,
such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggre-
gate, one hundred and sixty thousand dollars, and may
issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face
the words, Revere School Building Loan, Act of 1947; pro-
vided, that no loan shall be authorized under this act unless
a sum equivalent to one dollar on each one thousand dol-
lars of the assessed valuation of said city for the preceding
year has been appropriated from available revenue funds or
voted to be raised by taxation for the purpose aforesaid in
the year when the loan is authorized. Each authorized issue
shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid
in not more than ten years from their dates. Indebtedness
incurred under this act shall be within the statutory limit,
but shall, except as herein provided, be subject to chapter
forty-four of the General Laws, exclusive of the limitation
contained in the first paragraph of section seven thereof.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved June 20, 1947.
Acts, 1947. —Chaps. 554, 555, 556. 561
An Act providing for the construction of a bridge of Chap. 554:
PERMANENT CONSTRUCTION IN THE TOWN OF BLACKSTONE
TO REPLACE THE "NEW CITY " BRIDGE, SO-CALLED.
Whereas, There is urgent need of a new bridge to replace Emergency
the New City Bridge, so caUed, in the town of Blackstone, p^^^'"'''^-
therefore this act is hereby declared to be an emergency law,
necessary for the immediate preservation of the public con-
venience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The state department of pubUc works is hereby authorized
and directed to construct a bridge of permanent construction
in the town of Blackstone during the current year, to replace
the New City bridge, so called, in said Blackstone, the cost
of said new bridge to be provided for out of funds available
to said department. Approved June 20, 19/^7.
An Act changing the name of the northbridge athletic Chav -555
FIELD COMMISSION TO THE JOHN WHITIN LASELL MEMORIAL
field commission, and ESTABLISHING THE NAME OF THE
ATHLETIC FIELD UNDER THE CONTROL OF SAID COMMISSION.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The name of the Northbridge Athletic Field
Commission, estabUshed by section one of chapter two hun-
dred and seventy-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and
thirty, is hereby changed to the John Whitin Lasell Memorial
Field Commission, and the athletic field under the control
of said commission shall hereafter be known as the John
Whitin Lasell Memorial Field.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved June 20, 1947.
An Act authorizing the commissioner of public wel- Chav.556
FARE TO furnish CERTAIN ASSISTANCE TO CERTAIN PER-
SONS WHO HAVE SUSTAINED HARDSHIPS AS A RESULT OF
WAR OPERATIONS.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend
partially to defeat its purpose, which is to continue in effect
certain provisions of an executive order issued by the gov-
ernor under his war emergency powers after the termination
of those powers by the general court, or otherwise, therefore
this act is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary
for the immediate preservation of the pubUc convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
In any case where unusual hardship or distress has been
caused to civiUans by reason of war operations, including in
such term enemy action, or the danger thereof, or measures
taken to meet such enemy action or danger thereof, includ-
562 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 556.
ing the evacuation or removal of persons from one area to
another, the commissioner of public welfare, hereinafter re-
ferred to as the commissioner, is hereby authorized and
empowered : —
(a) To administer the Civilian War Assistance Program
as the same is defined and authorized by the presidential
allocation dated February 6, 1942 (No. 42-70), as continued
by allocation (No. 42-152), or by such other allocations or
appropriations as may be made therefor from time to time.
(6) To take such action consistent with paragraph (a) as
he may deem advisable to provide food, clothing, medical
attention and such other services, equipment or aid as he
may deem necessary or proper for the temporary assistance
and relief of persons in need thereof by reason of such war
operations.
The word "assistance" as used in this act shall be broadly
construed, and the hmited scope of such word as defined in
the weKare laws or similar legislation of the commonwealth
shall not apply to assistance furnished hereunder.
In exercising the authority herein conferred the commis-
sioner shall utiUze the experience and resources of the Amer-
ican Red Cross to the greatest extent available.
(c) To accept and expend on behalf of the commonwealth
funds made available by the government of the United
States or any agency thereof for carrying out the provisions
of this act.
The following shall be permissible, though not exclusive,
methods or means whereby the assistance or relief herein
authorized to be provided by the commissioner may be fur-
nished to persons in need: distribution of food or other ar-
ticles in kind, issuance of written purchase orders and direct
payments by currency or check to persons to be aided.
The commissioner is authorized and empowered to act
through such agents as he may designate, and to prescribe
such rules and regulations as he may deem proper and de-
sirable; provided, that such rules and regulations shall not
be inconsistent with pertinent federal rules and regulations
relating to similar assistance and reUef.
In carrying out this act the commissioner shall expend
only such funds as have been made available by the govern-
ment of the United States or any agency thereof.
The receipt by any person of assistance or relief furnished
pursuant to this act, including in such term temporary re-
moval from his place of residence, shall not be deemed or
held to affect in any manner the acquisition or retention of
settlement rights of such person in any city or town of the
commonwealth. Approved June 20, 1947.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 557. 563
An Act authorizing the metropolitan district com- QJkij) 557
MISSION to transfer TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVA-
TION CERTAIN RESERVOIRS NO LONGER REQUIRED FOR
WATER SUPPLY PURPOSES, AND PROVIDING FOR THE DIS-
CHARGE OF SURPLUS WATER INTO THE SUDBURY RIVER
AND THE NEPONSET RIVER.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1, The metropolitan district commission, here-
inafter called the commission, subject to the approval of
the governor and council, may transfer to the control of
the department of conservation, hereinafter called the
department, the following reservoirs and adjacent lands at
such time after January first, nineteen hundred and forty-
eight, as the commission determines that they are no longer
required for water supply purposes by the metropolitan
water district, hereinafter called the district: —
Lake Cochituate and adjoining lands in the towns of
Natick, Framingham and Wayland, including the dam and
dikes and the works for controlling the discharge of water
into Bannister brook, but not including the commission's
Cochituate aqueduct and head house, nor the commission's
property consisting of about thirteen acres west of and
adjoining said lake in the town of Natick and of buildings
used by the commission in the maintenance of the district's
Sudbury system;
Whitehall reservoir and adjoining lands in the town of
Hopkinton, including the dam and dikes and the works for
controlling the discharge of water into Whitehall brook,
but not including the commission's pipe line for the diver-
sion of the water from said reservoir;
Hopkinton reservoir and adjoining lands in the towns of
Hopkinton and Ashland, including the open channel and
dike which extend its head waters, and including the dam
and the works for controlling the discharge of water into
Indian brook, but not including the commission's pipe line
for the diversion of the water from said reservoir, nor the
commission's lot and dwelling on Howe street in the town
of Ashland used by the commission in the maintenance of
the district's Sudbury system; and
Ashland reservoir and adjoining lands in the town of
Ashland, including the dam and works for controlling the
discharge of water into Cold Spring brook, but not including
the commission's pipe line for the diversion of the water
from said reservoir, nor the commission's lot and dwelling
on Metropohtan avenue in the town of Ashland used by
the commission in the maintenance of the district's Sudbury
system.
Section 2. When the department shall acquire control
of any of the reservoirs and adjacent lands and the ap-
purtenances thereto described in section one, such reservoirs
and lands shall be held by it in perpetuity and used for
564 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 557.
public recreational purposes in conjunction with similar
activities under the jurisdiction of the department.
The selectmen, and the planning boards and park com-
missioners, if any, during their respective terms of office, of
the towns of Upton, Westborough, Southborough, Ashland,
Hopkinton, Wayland, Natick and Framingham shall com-
prise an advisory board, which board shall serve without
compensation, to meet at least once in each calendar year
upon invitation of the department for the purpose of con-
sulting with and advising the commissioner of conservation,
hereinafter called the commissioner, with respect to such
uses and the desirability of continuing any use of such
reservoirs and lands which may previously have been per-
mitted.
The department, subject to the approval of the governor
and council, shall from time to time make rules and regula-
tions which shall regulate the recreational activities of such
areas as shall be placed under its jurisdiction by this act.
No such rule shall take effect until after a public hearing,
held not less than sixty days prior to its effective date upon
due notice to the selectmen, planning boards and park com-
missioners, if any, of the towns of Upton, Westborough,
Southborough, Ashland, Hopkinton, Wayland, Natick and
Framingham.
The department shall from time to time, after a public
hearing upon due notice to the selectmen, planning boards
and park commissioners, if any, of the towns of Upton,
Westborough, Southborough, Ashland, Hopkinton, Way-
land, Natick and Framingham, designate certain areas
under its jurisdiction to be used for recreational purposes.
Section 3. Whenever water stored in the reservoirs of
the metropohtan water district to meet the anticipated
water supply needs of the district in case of extreme drought
is subsequently, in the opinion of the commission, found to
be capable of providing a surplus over the actual water
supply needs, the commission may allocate all or a portion
of such surplus for discharge into the Sudbury river and the
Neponset river as hereinafter provided; provided, that no
action hereunder shall lower the elevation of water in the
Sudbury reservoir, Framingham reservoirs No. 1 and No. 3
or Lake Cochituate.
The commission may discharge a portion of such surplus,
not exceeding fifteen milHon gallons in any calendar day,
into the Sudbury river or a tributary thereof, through
control works of the district at its Sudbury dam No. 1 or
along its Sudbury aqueduct, in quantities and for such
period of time and at such points, as the department of
public health may specify; and the water so discharged
shall be paid for at the rate of ten dollars per milUon gallons
by the towns of Framingham and Natick, and by any other
towns discharging sewage effluent into the Sudbury river
at or above the mouth of Bannister brook in the town of
Framingham. Such payment shall be apportioned annually
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 557. 565
to the various towns on the basis of their average rates of
sewage discharge as estimated by the department of public
health and so certified to the commission.
In lieu of continuing such payment for surplus water,
said towns may make an agreement with the commission
to pay a fixed annual sum for a period of years, as insurance
against occasional years of drought, for the furnishing by
the commission in like manner, in such quantities, and for
such period of time and at such points, as the said depart-
ment of pubhc health may specify, of water whether or not
considered by the commission to be surplus, except that the
commission shall not be obligated to release a quantity, at
its dam No. 1 or at other control works in the watershed of
the Sudbury river, which, including that which it is other-
wise obligated to release, is in the aggregate more than
fifteen million gallons in any calendar day. Such fixed
annual sum shall be apportioned to the various towns on
the basis of their average rates of sewage discharge, as
estimated by the department of pubUc health and so certified
to the state treasurer by the commission. A copy of such
agreement shall be filed by the commission with the state
treasurer who, thereafter for the period of its duration,
shall annually notify each such town of the amount of its
apportionment, and the same shall be paid by the town to
the commonwealth at the time required for the payment of
and as a part of the state tax.
Upon the execution of agreements between concerns
using the waters of the Neponset river for industrial pur-
poses and the commission which are satisfactory to the
commission and to the department of pubUc health, pro-
viding for the discharge of objectionable waste into the
metropoUtan sewerage system for the improvement of the
metropolitan parks district instead of into the said Neponset
river, and for the discharge of water from the commission's
sources into said river, or its use in place of the water of the
river, the commission may make available an additional
portion of such surplus other than that to be released as
aforesaid into the Sudbury river, not exceeding fifteen
milKon gallons in any calendar day, for discharge into the
Neponset river or for use industrially in place of water from
said river. Such water shall be made available by any
means which the commission may determine to be practicable
and which are approved by the department of pubUc health,
including the use of existing mains and pipes. The mains
and pipes of municipaUties using the commission's water
shall be made available for the purpose of transmitting such
water so far as may be without diversion of water from
existing municipal use at a charge not in excess of the ap-
portioned cost of maintenance and operation of such mu-
nicipal mains. Authority to construct any works necessary
for the foregoing purpose is hereby granted to the commission.
To meet the expenditures for the construction of the neces-
sary works, the commission may expend such sums as may
566 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 557.
hereafter be appropriated therefor by the general court, but
not exceeding, in the aggregate, three hundred thousand
dollars. The commission shall be reimbursed for such por-
tion of the cost of constructing the necessary works as is
provided in the terms of the agreements. These agreements
shall provide for payment for the water so discharged into
said river at the rate of ten dollars per million gallons plus
the cost of maintenance and operation.
Section 4. All payments for water shall be reckoned by
the state treasurer as a reduction of the amount of water
use development bonds of the metropolitan water district
required to be issued under section twenty-six A of chapter
ninety- two of the General Laws.
Section 5. Any provision of general or special law in
force upon the effective date of this act and under which
payment is made by or on behalf of the commonwealth to
any political subdivision thereof in lieu of taxes, or other-
wise, upon or in relation to property in such political sub-
division occupied, used or under the control of the commis-
sion shall, if and when such land is later transferred under
authority of this act from the jurisdiction of the commission
to the jurisdiction of the department, thereafter continue to
apply notwithstanding such change of use, occupancy or
control, such payments to be made by the department;
provided, that nothing in this section shall be deemed to
authorize or require double payment by the commonwealth
on account of such use or occupancy of any such land.
Section 6. The commissioner may grant over and across
any reservoir or land transferred to the department under
this act such locations as shall be found by order of the de-
partment of public utilities after public hearing to be re-
quired by public necessity or convenience for telephone,
telegraph or electric light or power transmission and gas
lines, and as in his judgment are necessary and will serve
the public interest, and may execute and deliver such docu-
ments and papers, approved as to form by the attorney
general, as may be necessary. At the request of the commis-
sioner and after notice to the grantee of such locations and
to all parties interested and a public hearing the department
of public utilities may by order alter or revoke any such
location whenever in its opinion the public interest or the
rights of the commonwealth so require. The commissioner
within fourteen days after granting any such location shall
file a copy of the grant of the same, together with a copy of
the order of the department of public utilities that the loca-
tion is required by public necessity or convenience, in the
office of the clerk of each of the towns where the location is
granted, and the department of public utilities shall file in
the office of said clerk any order altering or revoking such
location, and the clerk of each of such towns shall receive
and record the same.
Section 7. Any permanent employee of the commission
employed, immediately prior to the effective date of this
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 558. 567
act, in the care and maintenance of a reservoir transferred
to the department under authority of section one may,
upon his written request within ninety days after such effec-
tive date, be transferred to the department without loss of
seniority or other rights, except as to compensation, under
chapter thirty-one of the General Laws and shall have un-
limited tenure of office subject to the provisions of said
chapter and the rules and regulations made thereunder.
Approved June 20, 1947.
An Act authorizing the town of Swansea to sell and (Jfidnj 553
CONVEY CERTAIN LAND ACQUIRED FOR PARK AND OTHER
PUBLIC PURPOSES, AND REPEALING CERTAIN PROVISIONS
OF LAW AUTHORIZING SAID TOWN TO USE CERTAIN PARK
LAND FOR CERTAIN MUNICIPAL PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Swansea may sell and convey,
upon such terms and conditions as it may deem expedient,
the whole or any part, as it may determine, of certain real
estate situate in said town acquired for park purposes and
for other public purposes, bounded and described as fol-
lows : —
Beginning at a point at the northeasterly corner of the
land to be described at a point in the southerly line of Mil-
ford road at the corner of a wall approximately 250 feet
westerly from the northeasterly corner of the land purchased
by the town of Swansea from Percy G. Gray and others
dated December twenty-first, nineteen hundred and forty-
four; thence running southerly and southwesterly by a wall
in a curved direction to a point in said wall; and thence
running southerly by said wall approximately 750 feet to a
cross wall and thence continuing in a southerly direction
about 1,275 feet in a line approximately 330 feet from and
parallel to the westerly line of the schoolhouse lot as ex-
tended southerly to a point for a corner; and thence form-
ing a right angle and running easterly 330 feet to a point for
a corner; thence running southeasterly and parallel to the
northerly line of the Grand Army highway 110 feet to the
westerly corner of land now or formerly of one Thurston;
thence running south 69% degrees east by land now or
formerly of one Thurston 471.09 feet, more or less; thence
running southerly, but somewhat westerly 372.72 feet by
land of other owners to a point; thence in the same general
direction 37.69 feet by land of other owners to a point;
thence in the same general direction 131.09 feet by land of
other owners to a point; thence running in the same gen-
eral direction 143.05 feet to the northerly line of the state
highway; thence northwesterly by the northerly line of said
state highway 1,445.97 feet, more or less to a highway bound;
thence continuing northwesterly in the northerly line of
said state highway 646.59 feet, more or less to a stone
568 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 559.
bound; thence running easterly by land now or formerly
of the Montaup Electric Company 122.95 feet, more or less,
to a stone bound for a corner; thence running northerly by
last named land 450.19 feet to a point; thence continuing
northerly by said last named land 154.03 feet to another
stone bound for a corner; thence westerly by said last
named land over a bound about 450 feet to Milford stream,
so-called; thence in a general northerly direction, but fol-
lowing said stream to said Milford road; thence northeast-
erly by said road 79.70 feet, more or less to a point; thence
in a curve by said road easterly and northeasterly 433.50
feet to a highway bound; thence running easterly by said
Milford road 832.10 feet, more or less, to the point of
beginning.
Meaning and intending to include all the land conveyed
by Percy G. Gray and others to the town of Swansea by
deed dated December twenty-first, nineteen hundred and
forty-four, excepting therefrom the land laid out and desig-
nated for the purpose of enlarging Mount Hope cemetery
and for the purpose of the school playground situated on
the westerly side of Gardner's Neck road.
The proceeds of any such sale or sales shall be paid to the
treasury of said town and shall be subject to appropriation
for any purpose or purposes for which said town is author-
ized to incur debt for a period of ten years or more.
Section 2. Chapter sixteen of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and forty-seven is hereby repealed.
Section 3. This act shall be submitted to the voters of
the town of Swansea at the annual town meeting to be held
in the year nineteen hundred and forty-eight, in the form of
the following question, which shall be printed on the official
ballot used for the election of town officers: — "Shall an
act passed by the general court in the year nineteen hun-
dred and forty-seven, entitled 'An act authorizing the town
of Swansea to sell and convey certain land acquired for park
and other public purposes, and repealing certain provisions
of law authorizing said town to use certain park land for
certain municipal purposes' be accepted?" If
a majority of the voters voting thereon vote in
the affirmative in answer to said question, this
act shall thereupon take full effect, but not otherwise.
Approved June 20, 1947.
Chap. 559 An Act relative to the capital stock of corporations
FORMED FOR CHARITABLE AND CERTAIN OTHER PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Ed^." iIo!\ 3. Section 1. Chapter 180 of the General Laws is hereby
etc., 'amended! amended by striking out section 3, as amended by section 5
of chapter 549 of the acts of 1943, and inserting in place
Organization, thereof the following section : — Section 3. The corporation
shall be formed in the manner prescribed in and subject to
YES.
NO.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 559. 569
section thirty of chapter sixty-nine, section nine of chapter
one hundred and fifty-five and sections six and eight to
twelve, inclusive, of chapter one hundred and fifty-six, ex-
cept as follows:
The corporation shall have no capital stock and the agree- capital stock
ment of association 'shall omit the statement of the amount ^X inTo^
of the capital stock and the share value and number of shares, called
The fee to be paid to the state secretary upon the filing of corpomtions.
the certificate of organization shall be twenty-five dollars.
Section 2. Section 5 of said chapter 180, as amended by g. l. (Xer.
section 21 of chapter 328 of the acts of 1934, is hereby ^tt! 'amenled.
amended by striking out the second sentence and inserting
in place thereof the following sentence : — The mayor and o? proposed °
aldermen, selectmen or police commissioner, upon the receipt charitable
of such statement, shall immediately make investigation for ^°'"p°''*''°"^-
the purpose of ascertaining whether any of the proposed in-
corporators, or officers of the petitioning corporation, or any
other persons known to be, or apparently, identified with the
said proposed or petitioning corporation as members, em-
ployees or otherwise, and actually participating or to partici-
pate in the management of its affairs, or in the direction of
its business, have been engaged in the illegal selling of alco-
holic beverages, as defined in section one of chapter one
hundred and thirty-eight, or in keeping places or tenements
used for illegal gaming, or any other business or vocation
prohibited by law, or are persons of ill repute, or whether
any location to be occupied is unsuitable, and shall forthwith
report to the state secretary all the facts ascertained.
Section 3. Section 8 of said chapter 180, as appearing in g. l. (Ter.
the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby repealed. i^peaied^' ^ ^'
Section 4. Said chapter 180 is hereby further amended g. l. (Xer.
by striking out section 10, as most recently amended by sec- ?'!;]• Jf^^-
tion 6 of chapter 549 of the acts of 1943, and inserting in amend^'
place thereof the following section: — Section 10. Any cor- change of
poration heretofore or hereafter organized under general or corporatiM.
special law for any of the purposes mentioned in this chapter
may, at a meeting duly called for the purpose, by vote of
two thirds of the persons legally qualified to vote in meetings
of the corporation, or by a larger vote if its agreement of
association or by-laws shall so require, add to or change the
purposes for which it was incorporated, if the additional or
new purpose is authorized by section two. The presiding,
financial and recording officers and a majority of its other
officers having the powers of directors shall forthwith make,
sign and swear to a certificate setting forth such addition
to or change of purposes. Such certificate shall be submitted
to the commissioner of corporations and taxation who shall
examine it, and if he finds that it conforms to the require-
ments of law, he shall, subject to section thirty of chapter
sixty-nine if applicable to such certificate, so certify and
endorse his approval thereon. The certificate shall thereupon
be filed in the office of the state secretary.
Section 5. Said chapter 180 is hereby further amended Ed)"!!!)''
570
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 559.
§ 11, etc..
amended.
Change of
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 180,
§ 17, amended.
By-laws.
by striking out section 11, as most recently amended by
section 2 of chapter 151 of the acts of 1937, and inserting
in place thereof the following section: — Section 11. A cor-
poration organized under general or special laws for any of
the purposes specified in section two, if unable to comply
with section ten of this chapter or section ten of chapter
one hundred and fifty-five, may petition the commissioner
of corporations and taxation, hereinafter called the com-
missioner, for an addition to or change of purposes or for a
change of name, as the case may be. The petition shall
contain a list of the officers and members of the corporation,
so far as they are known, with their addresses; shall state
why the section in question cannot be complied with and
the additional or new purposes or the name proposed to be
adopted by the corporation. It shall be signed and sworn
to by the president or one member of the board of directors.
The commissioner may require the petitioner to give him
information as to what attempt, if any, has been made to
secure the approval of two thirds of the members, or of such
proportion thereof as the agreement of association or by-
laws of the corporation may prescribe, for the proposed
addition to or change of purposes or for the proposed change
of name. The commissioner may also require any other in-
formation which may assist in determining the matter before
him. He may direct the petitioner or the officers of the cor-
poration to give any further notice to the members thereof
of the proposed addition to or change of purposes or change
of name and to report to him the result of such notice. If
the commissioner is satisfied that the proposed new or addi-
tional purposes or the proposed name of the corporation is
approved by such members thereof as have expressed an
opinion in relation thereto, or of a reasonable proportion
thereof, he shall, in the case of a change of name, endorse
his approval on the petition, or, in the case of an addition
to or change of purposes, if he finds that the additional or
new purpose is authorized by said section two, he shall so
endorse his approval, and thereupon the petition shall be
filed in the office of the state secretary, who shall, in the case
of a change of name, direct pubUcation thereof and grant a
certificate of name as provided in section ten of said chap-
ter one hundred and fifty-five. No petition hereunder for
a change of name of a corporation subject to section twenty-
six shall be considered by the commissioner until after such
change of name has been approved by the state secretary.
Section 6. Section 17 of said chapter 180, as appearing
in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by striking
out the first sentence and inserting in place thereof the fol-
lowing sentence : — The by-laws shall contain clear and dis-
tinct provisions relative to the election, admission and ex-
pulsion of members; the titles, duties, powers and tenure of
the officers of the corporation and their election and re-
moval; the number of members required for a quorum; the
call for special meetings; the adoption, amendment and
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 560, 561. 571
repeal of by-laws; the purposes to which the funds of the
corporation may be applied and for which assessments may
be laid upon the members; the conditions upon which a
member or persons dependent upon a deceased member
shall be entitled to benefits, if any are to be given by the
corporation; the imposition of fines and forfeitures, if any;
the deposit, investment and custody of the funds of the cor-
poration ; the periodical audit of the accounts of the treasurer.
Section 7. This act shall not affect the validity of capital
stock heretofore lawfully issued nor the rights of holders of
such stock; provided, that no additional capital stock shall
be issued. Approved June 20, 1947.
An Act authorizing the commissioner of conservation Chap.dQO
TO GRANT AN EASEMENT OVER LAND IN THE NICKERSON
STATE PARK IN THE TOWN OF BREWSTER TO CAPE & VINE-
YARD ELECTRIC COMPANY.
Whereas, The immediate construction of a line or lines Emergency
along the north side of Cape Cod, as authorized by this act, preamble,
is necessary to provide for the present increased demand for
electricity, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency
law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The commissioner of conservation is hereby authorized
and directed, in the name of the commonwealth, to grant
to Cape & Vineyard Electric Company, a Massachusetts
corporation, an easement for a line or lines for the trans-
mission and distribution of electricity over, under and across
the Nickerson state park in the town of Brewster.
Approved June 21, 1947.
An Act authorizing the governor to designate the Chav. 5Q1
SECOND FRIDAY IN JANUARY AS GOOD GOVERNMENT DAY,
PROVIDING FOR THE OBSERVANCE OF SAID DAY IN THE
SCHOOLS AND PROVIDING FOR A STUDENT SENATE AND
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 6 of the General Laws is hereby amended by in- g. l. (Tcp.
serting after section 12L, inserted by chapter 387 of the f i2M^'a'd(red
acts of 1941, the following section: — Section 12M. The ^.^^j '
governor shall annually set apart the second Friday of Janu- Government
ary as Good Government Day, and shall by proclamation ^'^^'
recommend that exercises appropriate to such day be ob-
served in the schools of the commonwealth.
The governor, lieutenant governor, state secretary, state High school
treasurer, state auditor, attorney general and each head of ^ay°occupy"*^
a state department may select a high school senior and may certain offices
permit each such student to occupy the chair and office of ^"^ ^^'^ '^'^^'
the appointing officer during Good Government Day in order
572 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 562.
to observe the processes of government in the executive and
administrative departments of the commonwealth. Each
such student may be designated as student governor, or
otherwise, according to the office occupied by him.
Sud'ent^senlite There shall be a student senate of forty members and a
and house of studcnt house of representatives of two hundred and forty
representatives, jj^gj^i^gj-g elected by high school pupils from districts corre-
sponding as nearly as possible to the senatorial and repre-
sentative districts, which districts shall be set up by the
commissioner of education, who shall notify the principals
of all the high schools in the commonwealth. Such elections
shall be conducted under the supervision of the principals of
the high schools in the several districts and in so far as
possible shall be conducted as are elections for members of
the general court. One alternate for each student senator
and representative may be elected. Said students may as-
semble in Boston on some day designated by the commis-
sioner of education and may use the chamber of the senate
and of the house of representatives for the purpose of the
meeting, may elect officers, appoint committees, introduce
bills, conduct hearings, receive committee reports, debate
such reports and vote on the acceptance or rejection of the
same, and in general conduct its proceedings in the same
manner as the general court,
fo^brborne* ^^ P^^^ ^^ ^^^ expense incurred in carrying out the pro-
by the °'^"'' visions of this section shall be borne by the commonwealth
commonwealth. ^^^ ^^ board, commission or department of the common-
wealth shall receive or expend any funds for such purposes.
Subject to the provisions of this paragraph any person or
civic, charitable or non-political organization may make
contributions for such purpose. Approved June 21, 1947.
Chav.5Q2 ^^ ^^'^ '^^ change the name of the "institution for
SAVINGS in ROXBURY AND ITS VICINITY" TO THE "INSTI-
TUTION FOR SAVINGS IN ROXBURY ", TO PROVIDE FOR A
CHANGE IN THE TIME OF THE ANNUAL MEETINGS OF SAID
CORPORATION AND TO PROVIDE FOR A CHANGE IN THE
NUMBER AND METHOD OF ELECTION OF ITS TRUSTEES AND
OTHER OFFICERS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 95 of the acts of 1825 is
hereby amended by striking out the words "and its vicinity"
after the word "Roxbury", and by striking out the words
"by the same name" after the word "Corporate", — so as
to read as follows: — Sec. 1 . Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives in General Court assembled and by
the authority of the same, That Nathaniel Dorr, Charles
Davis, Jonathan Dorr, Isaac Davis, John Lemist, Enoch
Bartlett, Eliphalet Porter, John Bartlett, Samuel I. Gardner,
Joseph Curtis, Ralph Haskins, Samuel Guild, Samuel Dog-
get, John Prince, David S. Greenough, Ebenezer Crafts,
Stedman Williams, Benjamin Weld, William H. Spooner,
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 562. 573
Benjamin Billings, and Jonathan Richards, be, and they
hereby are incorporated into a Society, by the name, style,
and title, of The Institution for Savings in Roxbury, and
that they, and such others as may be duly elected members
of the said Corporation, as is in this act provided, shall be
and remain a Body Politic and Corporate, forever.
Section 2. Section 2 of said chapter 95 is hereby amended
by striking out in the last clause the words "their annual
meetings in December" and inserting in place thereof the
words : — any meeting of the Incorporators, — so as to
read as follows: — Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the
said Society and Corporation shall be capable of receiving
from any person or persons, disposed to obtain and enjoy
the advantages of said institution, any deposit or deposits
of money, and to use and improve the same, for the purposes,
and according to the directions herein mentioned and pro-
vided; and all such deposits of money, received by the said
Society, shall be used and improved to the best advantage
of the owners thereof; and the net income or profit thereof
shall be, by the said Society, applied and divided among the
persons making the deposits, their executors, administrators
or assigns, in just proportion to each depositor; and the
principal of such deposits may be withdrawn at such time
and in such manner as the said Society shall direct and
appoint. And the said Corporation may, at their first
meeting, and at any meeting of the Incorporators, have'
power to elect, by ballot, additional members of the said
Society.
Section 3. Section 4 of said chapter 95 and chapter 336
of the acts of 1868 are hereby repealed, and said chapter 95
is hereby further amended by inserting therein the following
section: — Sec. 4- The Institution for Savings in Roxbury
shall hereafter meet annually, at such time as the by-laws
shall direct, and shall have power to elect a board of not
less than eleven trustees in groups and for such terms of
office as may be provided in chapter one hundred and
sixty-eight of the General Laws or any amendments thereof;
a president, one or more vice-presidents, and a secretary, all
of said officers and trustees to hold office for their respective
terms until others are chosen and qualified in their stead.
Such board of trustees so chosen shall have power to elect
a board of investment, a treasurer, vice-treasurer, and
assistant treasurers, and all such other officers as to the
board of trustees shall appear necessary, all of whom shall
hold office during the pleasure of the board of trustees, and
all such officers so chosen shall be sworn to the faithful
performance of their duties respectively, and the treasurer
shall give bonds to the institution and the said trustees for
the faithful discharge of the duties of his oflSce; and said
board of trustees shall also have the power of making by-
laws for the more orderly management of the business of
the corporation, provided such by-laws are not contrary
to the constitution and laws of this commonwealth.
574 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 563, 564.
Section 4. This act shall not take full effect until it
shall have been accepted by vote of the board of trustees
of said corporation and a copy of the vote of acceptance
shall have been filed with the state secretary.
Approved June 21, 1947.
C/iap. 563 An Act authorizing the Bristol county commissioners
TO acquire certain land in the city of new BEDFORD
and construct a parking space THEREON FOR PERSONS
having official business to transact at THE NEW
BEDFORD COURT HOUSE BUILDING.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The county commissioners of Bristol county
are hereby authorized to acquire by purchase, at a price
not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars, a certain parcel of
land owned by the Masonic Temple Corporation and located
on County street in the city of New Bedford adjoining the
New Bedford court house building, and to construct a
parking space thereon for the use of persons having official
business to transact at said court house building.
Section 2. For the purpose of providing funds for the
purchase of land as provided in section one of this act,
section one of chapter three hundred and one of the acts of
the current year is hereby amended by inserting, under the
sub-title Bristol County, the following item : — 13 For the
purchase of land, $1,500.00, — and by striking out item 31
under the same sub-title and inserting in place thereof the
following item: — 31 For reserve fund, S8,500.00.
Section 3. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance during the current year by the county commis-
sioners of said county, but not otherwise.
Approved June 21, 1947.
C/iap. 564 An Act to authorize the establishment of non-profit
corporations to engage in providing homes for
veterans.
Emergency WhcTeas, Au acute shoi'tagc of housing exists in many of
pream e. ^j^^ cltics and towns of the commonwealth and on account
of such shortage many veterans of World War II are unable
to obtain shelter for themselves and their families, and this
shortage is likely to continue for a substantial period of time ;
and inability to obtain adequate shelter will cause suffering
and disease among such veterans and their families unless
such shortage is relieved, therefore this act is declared to be
an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation
of the public health and convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows. '
Section 1. Seven or more persons who are residents of
any city which accepts this act by vote of its city council,
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 564. ^75
subject to the provisions of its charter, or of any town which
accepts this act by vote of its selectmen, may, prior to
January first, nineteen hundred and fifty-one, form a cor-
poration under the provisions of chapter one hundred and
eighty of the General Laws, to engage in providing homes for
veterans of World War II in such city or town. The pro-
visions of said chapter, so far as apt, shall be applicable to
such a corporation; provided however that such a corpora-
tion shall have no capital stock, and the earnings and profits
of such a corporation and its property and assets shall in no
event be divided among or distributed to its members. Such
a corporation shall be designated a veterans' housing cor-
poration. The definition of veteran contained in section
three of chapter three hundred and seventy-two of the acts
of nineteen hundred and forty-six shall be applicable to this
act. Each group of houses on a single tract of land shall be
considered a separate project and shall be constructed,
managed and financed as such ; but a veterans' housing cor-
poration may undertake more than one project in the same
city or town.
Section 2. A city or town which has accepted this act
as aforesaid may acquire by purchase or gift, or by the exer-
cise of eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine or chapter
eighty A of the General Laws, a tract of land suitable and
adequate for the purposes of this section, and may convey
to a veterans' housing corporation, for a consideration which
may be less than the fair market value thereof such tract, or
a tract of land which it has acquired by the foreclosure of a
tax title, or which has been certified by the commissioner of
corporations and taxation under section seventy-nine of chap-
ter sixty as land of insufficient value to meet the taxes, in-
terest and charges and all subsequent taxes and assessments
thereon, together with expenses of foreclosure, or of which it
has acquired the title in some other way but which is no
longer needed for any public use, for the purpose of providing
single-family, two-family or multi-family residences thereon
for rental to veterans, subject to the condition that unless a
specified number of such residences are completed within a
stated time, or use for the purposes of this statute is not con-
tinued in a satisfactory manner, and at any event that when
the indebtedness of such corporation for the construction of
said buildings has been paid off, or at the end of thirty-two
years, whichever is earlier, such land, with the buildings
thereon, but subject to such mortgages as have been ap-
proved as hereinafter provided, shall be reconveyed to such
city or town without the payment by said city or town of any
pecuniary consideration therefor.
Any such city or town may also, at its own expense and
without assessing upon the real estate of a veterans' housing
corporation any special assessments or betterments to re-
cover the whole or any part of the cost of the construction or
maintenance thereof, extend public ways, sewers, water pipes
and other public utilities which it may operate to a tract
576 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 564.
owned by a veterans' housing corporation and acquired or
used for the purposes of this act. A city or town may appro-
priate, raise and expend such moneys as may be necessary
for carrying out the purposes of this section.
Section 3. Any such corporation shall have power to
borrow money and to issue bonds, notes and other evidences
of indebtedness and to secure the same by the mortgage of
its property or the pledge of its revenues. The bonds, notes
and other securities of such a corporation shall, subject to the
approval of the commissioner of insurance, be legal invest-
ments for the capital and other funds of insurance com-
panies, and the bonds and notes of such a corporation, when
secured by a first mortgage upon its real estate, shall, subject
to the approval of the commissioner of banks, be legal in-
vestments for the deposits and the income derived therefrom
of savings banks and the savings departments of trust com-
panies and for the trust funds of trust companies.
A savings bank or trust company whose principal place
of business is in the city or town in which a project under
this act is undertaken may, subject to such regulations as
the commissioner of banks deems advisable, participate with
other financial institutions in a mortgage of the real estate
of a veterans' housing corporation; provided however that
no investment shall be made by a savings bank pursuant to
this section that would exceed three per cent of the deposits
of such savings bank.
Such bonds and notes may equal the entire estimated capi-
tal expenditure in acquiring and constructing the project,
and shall be payable at such times and in such amounts as
the parties thereto shall agree upon; provided that no ob-
ligations of the corporation shall be payable at a date more
than thirty-two years after the project has been approved
by the state board of housing. Any insurance company,
savings bank or trust company which has entered into a
contract with a veterans' housing corporation to make a
loan to it under this section contingent upon approval of
the project by the state board of housing may advance to
such corporation a sum not exceeding one per cent of such
loan, to be used for the expense of organization, plans and
working capital and which such corporation shall be under
no obligation to repay unless such project is approved and
the loan therefor actually made.
Section 4. During the present emergency, as defined in
section two of chapter three hundred and seventy-two of the
acts of nineteen hundred and forty-six the dwelling -units
erected under this act shall be rented to veterans only,
except as hereinafter provided. After the emergency the
dwelling units may be rented to the public generally, pro-
vided however that veterans shall at all times be given
preference. If at any time during the present emergency
there are vacant dwelling units in a project after all veteran
applicants therefor have been duly housed, the corporation
may, with the approval of the state board of housing and
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 564. 577
subject to such conditions as it may impose, rent such vacant
dwelling units to persons other than veterans. The rentals
shall be established by the corporation, and shall be sufficient
to pay operating and maintenance expenses, taxes and fees,
interest on mortgages and other indebtedness, a reasonable
amount for the establishment and maintenance of necessary
reserves, and to make adequate provision for amortization
of the indebtedness of the corporation with respect to the
project within a period of thirty-two years from the date
when the project is approved by the state board of housing.
Any person aggrieved by the determination of rentals under
this section, may appeal to the state board of housing from
such determination within ten days after it has been made;
and the decision of such board upon questions of fact shall
be final. Upon the expiration of ten years from the effective
date of this act, dwelling units erected under authority thereof
may be sold, with the approval of the state board of housing.
The proceeds from any such sale shall be applied by the cor-
poration to the payment of its indebtedness with respect to
the project of which such dwelling unit was a part.
Section 5. The provisions of section ten of chapter one
hundred and twenty-one A of the General Laws shall be
applicable to corporations organized under this act, except
that the period during which such provisions shall be appli-
cable shall be thirty-two years from the date when the proj-
ect has been approved by the state board of housing.
Section 6. Before a veterans' housing corporation has
incurred any definite obligations with respect to any project
it shall submit to the state board of housing the plans and
layout of the project, the estimated cost thereof, the pro-
posed method of financing it and a detailed estimate of the
expenses and revenues thereof. If the board finds that the
plans and layout conform to proper standards of health,
sanitation and safety, that the financial plan is sound and
that, with the aid of such subsidy, if any, as has been defi-
nitely assured, the revenue from the project will be sufficient
to meet its annually recurring expenses, including the cost
of operation and maintenance, interest on mortgages and
other indebtedness, a reasonable amount for the establish-
ment and maintenance of necessary reserves and adequate
provision for the amortization of the indebtedness of the
corporation with respect to the project within a period of
thirty-two years, and that the probable costs are such that
it will be practicable to rent the property to veterans and
others at such rentals as will make the project a real con-
tribution to the alleviation of the present emergency with-
out incurring an annual deficit, it shall, within thirty days
after submission of the project, give written notice to the
corporation of its decision with respect to such project.
Approval of such project shall include approval of the pro-
posed method of financing the project. No change shall be
made in the plans, layout, financial plans, rentals, estimated
receipts or estimated expenditures of any project as approved
578 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 565.
by the state board of housing without the approval in each
instance of said board.
If the board shall disapprove any project it shall state in
writing in such notice its reasons for disapproval. Unless
and until written approval of such board is obtained, the
corporation shall not undertake such project. A project
which has not been approved by the board when submitted
to it may be again submitted to it with such modifications
as are necessary to meet its objections.
Section 7. Each veterans' housing corporation shall keep
an accurate account of all its activities and all its receipts
and expenditures and shall annually in the month of January
make a report thereof to the state board of housing and to
the mayor of the city or to the selectmen of the town in
which its project is located, in a form prescribed by the
board. The superior court of the county in which a project
is located shall have jurisdiction in equity, on petition by
the board, to restrain any action by a veterans' housing cor-
poration which is not in accordance with law, or to direct
such corporation thereafter to comply with the law.
Section 8. A veterans' housing corporation shall have
power to receive loans and grants from the federal govern-
ment or any agency or instrumentality thereof or from any
other source, pubhc or private, or to act as agent of or to
co-operate with the federal government or any agency or
instrumentahty thereof on any project of the kind or char-
acter authorized by this act: provided that nothing in this
section shall operate to impair the powers and duties of the
state board of housing with respect to any such corporation
or any project operated by it.
Section 9. Upon the reconveyance of a project by a
veterans' housing corporation to the city or town in which
it is located, if the corporation is not able to pay all of its
indebtedness in full, the project shall be conveyed to such
city or town subject to valid liens and mortgages then in
force, and the other assets of the corporation shall be ap-
plied pro rata to the payment of its unsecured indebtedness.
If upon such reconveyance the remaining assets of the cor-
poration exceed its indebtedness, its debts, secured and un-
secured, shall be paid in full, and any balance remaining
shall be paid over to such citj^ or town.
Approved June 24, 194-7.
Chap. 565 An Act relative to variations in rates of pay for
certain reasons other than difference in sex.
prTfmbiT^ ^Vhereas, Certain questions have arisen as to the interpre-
tation of section one hundred and five A of chapter one
hundred and forty-nine of the General Laws, so that it be-
comes necessary to have certain ambiguities made clear
without delay, and for such purpose the immediate taking
effect of this act is required, therefore it is hereby declared
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 566. 579
to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preser-
vation of the pubUc convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 149 of the General Laws is hereby amended by g l. (Ter.
striking out section 105A, inserted by section 3 of chapter § ibslf etc.,
584 of the acts of 1945, and inserting in place thereof the amended.
following section: — Section 105 A. No employer shall dis- Pen»ityfor
criminate in any way in the payment of wages as between waw^aTel^'"^
the sexes, or pay any female in his employ salary or wage *^""'*''^ °" ^''''•
rates less than the rates paid to male employees for work of
substantially the same character or work on substantially
the same operations; provided, that nothing herein con-
tained shall prohibit a variation in rates of pay based upon
either difference in seniority, experience, training, skill or
ability, or difference in duties or services performed whether
regularly or occasionally or difference in availability for other
operations or any other reasonable differentiation except dif-
ference in sex. Any employer who violates any provision of
this section shall be liable to the employee or employees
affected in the amount of their unpaid wages, and in an addi-
tional equal amount of liquidated damages. Action to re-
cover such liabiUty may be maintained in any court of com-
petent jurisdiction by any one or more employees for and in
behalf of himself or themselves and other employees similarly
situated, if approved by the commissioner, and any agree-
ment between the employer and any such employee to work
for less than the wage to which such employee is entitled
under this section shall be no defense to such action. At the
request of any employee paid less than the wage to which he
is entitled under this section, the commissioner may take an
assignment of such wage claim in trust for the assigning em-
ployee and may bring legal action necessary to collect such
claim, and the employer shall be required to pay an additional
equal amount of Uquidated damages. The commissioner
shall not be required to pay any filing fee, or other costs, in
connection with such action. The commissioner may join
various claimants against the employer in one cause of action.
Any action based upon or arising under sections one hundred
and five A to one hundred and five C, inclusive, shall be
instituted within six months after the date of the alleged
violation. Approved June 24, 1947.
An Act further regulating the compensation of pro- Chav.5QQ
BATION OFFICERS OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF THE CITY
OF BOSTON, OF THE OTHER DISTRICT COURTS IN SUFFOLK
COUNTY AND OF THE BOSTON JUVENILE COURT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 276 of the General Laws is hereby o. l. (Ter.
amended by striking out section 83, as amended, and in- §'V3,'etc'.'
serting in place thereof the following section : — Section 83. an^ended.
580 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 566.
salary.
^°c'lr8*°° '^^^ superior court, the chief justice of the municipal court
appointment, of the city of Boston, subject to the approval of the asso-
ciate justices thereof, and the justice of each other district
court, other than those district courts located in Suffolk
county, with the written approval of the administrative
committee of the district courts, who shall consult the board
of probation relative thereto, may appoint such male and
female probation officers as they may respectively from time
to time deem necessary for their respective courts; and if
there is more than one probation officer in one court, one
of such officers may be designated chief probation officer.
All officers so appointed shall be removable for cause by the
court making the appointment; provided, that no officer
appointed by a justice of a district court, in any county
other than Suffolk, shall be discharged or removed from
office unless such discharge or removal shall be approved in
writing by the administrative committee of the district
courts after consultation with the board of probation. The
compensation of each probation officer appointed by the
superior court shall be fixed by that court and by it appor-
tioned from time to time among the counties wherein said
officer performs his duties. The justice of each district court
in the county of Suffolk, other than the municipal court of
the city of Boston, and the justice of the Boston juvenile
court, may appoint such probation officers as he deems nec-
essary; provided, that he shall have the written approval
of the justices of the municipal court of the city of Boston
or a committee thereof, who shall consult the board of pro-
bation relative thereto. Such officers shall likewise be re-
movable for cause by the court having the power of appoint-
ment; provided, that no officer shall be removed without
the written approval of said justices of the municipal court
of the city of Boston or their committee given after consul-
tation with the board of probation. In the municipal court
of the city of Boston the justices of said court, subject to
the approval of the justices of the supreme judicial court,
shall fix the compensation for each probation officer ap-
pointed for such court; in each other district court in Suf-
folk county, and in the Boston juvenile court, probation
officers shall be classified for the purpose of making uniform
their compensation and duties so far as practicable into the
following classes; (1) junior probation officers; (2) senior
probation officers; (3) probation supervisors; (4) chief pro-
bation officers. For said classes the following salary limits
are hereby established: (1) junior probation officers shall
be paid upon appointment a minimum of twenty-five hun-
dred dollars and shall receive annual increases of two hun-
dred dollars until a maximum of thirty-one hundred dollars
shall have been reached; (2) senior probation officers shall
be paid upon appointment a minimum of thirty-two hun-
dred dollars and shall receive annual increases of two hun-
dred dollars until a maximum of thirty-eight hundred dollars
shall have been reached; (3) probation supervisors shall be
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 566. 581
paid upon appointment a minimum of thirty-nine hundred
dollars and shall receive annual increases of two hundred
dollars until a maximum of forty-five hundred dollars shall
have been reached; (4) chief probation officers shall be paid
upon appointment a minimum of forty-six hundred dollars
and shaU receive annual increases of two hundred dollars
until a maximum of fifty-two hundred dollars shall have
been reached. The presiding justice of each of the district
courts in the county of Suffolk, other than the municipal
court of the city of Boston, and of the Boston juvenile court,
subject to the approval of the justices of the municipal court
of the city of Boston after consultation with the board of
probation, shall classify the probation officers serving in his
court in accordance with minimum quafifications to be estab-
lished by said justices after consultation with said board;
provided, that no probation officer who is gainfully employed
in addition to his duties as probation officer shall be classi-
fied higher than junior probation officer or shall receive
compensation at junior probation officer rates for that por-
tion of his working time which is spent in such other employ-
ment. In each other district court, the justice thereof, sub-
ject to the approval of the county commissioners, shall fix
the compensation of each probation officer appointed for
such court. Compensation provided for in this section shall
be paid by the county on vouchers approved respectively
by the chief justice of the municipal court of the city of
Boston or by the justice of each other district court or of the
Boston juvenile court.
Section 2. Section 83 A of said chapter 276, inserted by g l. (Ter.
section 1 of chapter 677 of the acts of 1941, is hereby amended f siiA^lto..
by inserting after the word "Boston" in fine 6 the words: — , ''"tended.
to the Boston juvenile court or to any other district court in
the county of Suffolk, — and by striking out, in lines 25
and 26, the words "Suffolk county to the approval of said
administrative committee and in each other" and inserting
in place thereof the words: — each county other than Suffolk,
— so that the first paragraph will read as follows : — Such Fuii-time
district courts within the same county as may be designated offic^e^rs in
by the administrative committee of the district courts may i^^^r''^ "^''^^
join in the appointment of one or two full-time probation appointed.
officers to act exclusively in juvenile cases in the courts so
joining; provided, that this provision shall not apply to the
municipal court of the city of Boston, to the Boston juvenile
court or to any other district court in the county of Suffolk.
Each such probation officer shall be appointed by the justices
of the courts so joining, with the written approval of said
administrative committee, which committee shall consult
the board of probation relative thereto; provided, that if a
majority of said justices fails to agree in the selection of a
person for appointment as such probation officer within a
period of thirty days after such designation by said ad-
ministrative committee, such appointment shall be made
by said administrative committee, which committee shall
582
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 567.
Removal of. consult Said board of probation relative thereto. Each
*'*''■ officer appointed under this section shall be removable for
cause by the justices of the courts for which such appointment
was made; provided, that no such officer shall be removed or
discharged from office unless such removal or discharge shall
be approved in writing by said administrative committee
after consultation with said board of probation relative
thereto. The justices of the courts for which a probation
officer is appointed under this section shall fix the compensa-
tion of such officer, subject in each county other than Suffolk
county to the approval of the county commissioners thereof.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved June 24, 1947.
Chap
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 12SA.
§ 4, etc.,
amended.
Additional
days of
racing in
certain cases.
.567 An Act providing that the state racing commission
may grant licenses for additional days of racing
in certain cases.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 4 of chapter 128 A of the General Laws, as amended,
is hereby further amended by adding at the end of the second
paragraph the following : — The commission may, upon the
application of any such licensee, and upon the payment of
the required license fees, grant an additional license for not
more than the number of days on which it was impossible
or impracticable to conduct racing, which days shall not be
counted in the aggregate of racing days permitted by para-
graphs (/) and (g) of section three. The decision of the com-
mission as to such impossibility or impracticability shall be
final. Approved June 24, 1947.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
E.KECDTivE Department, State House,
Boston, June 24, 1947.
Honorable Frederic W. Cook, Secretary of the Commonwealth,
State House, Boston, Massachusetts.
Sir: — I, Robert F. Bradford, by virtue of and in accordance
with the provisions of the Forty-eighth Amendment to the
Constitution, "The Referendum II, Emergency Measures",
do declare that in my opinion, the immediate preservation of
the public convenience requires that the law passed on the
24th day of June in the year nineteen hundred and forty-
seven, being Chapter 567 of the Acts of 1947 entitled, "An
Act Providing That the State Racing Commission May
Grant Licenses for Additional Days of Racing in Certain
Cases", should take effect forthwith and that it is an emer-
gency law and that the facts constituting the emergency are
as follows :
Since most of the days of racing take place during the
summer months, the deferred operation of this act would
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 568. 583
defeat its purpose. In addition, the Commonwealth would
sustain a financial loss in the failure to receive the revenues
from the racing days provided in the act.
Very truly yours,
Robert F. Bradford,
Governor oj the Commomoealth.
Office of the Secretaky, Boston, June 24, 1947.
I hereby certify that the accompanying statement was
filed in this office by His Excellency the Governor of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts at eleven o'clock and
forty-five minutes, a.m., on the above date, and in accord-
ance with Article Forty-eight of the Amendments to the
Constitution said chapter takes effect forthwith, being chap-
ter five hundred and sixty-seven of the acts of nineteen
hundred and forty-seven.
F. W. Cook,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
An Act to further facilitate and encourage the pro- (JJidj) 5gfi
VIDING OF HOMES DURING THE PRESENT EMERGENCY. ^'
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 2 of chapter 592 of the acts of 1946 is hereby
amended by striking out paragraphs numbered (1) and (2)
and inserting in place thereof the two following paragraphs : —
(1) That the appUcation relates to the construction or
alteration of a building designed to contain when the work
thereon is completed a dwelling place or dwelling places.
(2) That if the variance relates to the alteration of an
existing building so that it may accommodate more f amifies,
the cubical content of the building and its width, length and
height shall not be substantially increased, and its exterior
shall be changed as Uttle as possible.
Approved June 24, 1947.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Executive Department, State House,
Boston, June 24, 1947.
Honorable P'rederic W. Cook, Secretary of the Commonwealth,
State House, Boston, Massachusetts.
Sir: — I, Robert F. Bradford, by virtue of and in ac-
cordance with the provisions of the Forty-eighth Amendment
to the Constitution, "The Referendum II, Emergency
Measures", do declare that in my opinion, the immediate
preservation of the public convenience requires that the law
passed on the 24th day of June in the year nineteen hundred
and forty-seven, being Chapter 568 of the Acts of 1947 en-
titled, "An Act to Further Facilitate and Encourage the
584 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 569.
Providing of Homes during the Present Emergency", should
take effect forthwith and that it is an emergency law and
that the facts constituting the emergency are as follows :
An acute shortage of housing exists in the Commonwealth
and on account of such shortage many veterans of World
War II and other inhabitants of the Commonwealth are
unable to obtain homes for themselves and their families and
this shortage is hkely to continue for a substantial period of
time; and inability to obtain adequate shelter will cause
suffering and disease among such veterans and their families
and other inhabitants unless such shortage is relieved at
once, therefore this act is declared to be an emergency law,
necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health
and convenience.
Very truly yours,
Robert F. Bradford,
Governor of the Commonwealth.
Office of the Secretaky, Boston, June 24, 1947.
I hereby certify that the accompanying statement was
filed in this office by His Excellency the Governor of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts at eleven o'clock and forty-
five minutes, a.m., on the above date, and in accordance
with Article Forty-eight of the Amendments to the Constitu-
tion said chapter takes effect forthwith, being chapter five
hundred and sixty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and
forty-seven.
F. W. Cook,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Chap. 569 An Act providing for the printing and distribution
OF A CUMULATIVE TABLE OF CHANGES IN THE GENERAL
STATUTES FROM TIME TO TIME DURING THE SESSION OF
THE GENERAL COURT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
G. L. (Ter. Chapter 5 of the General Laws is hereby amended by in-
?4A, added, scrtiug after section 4, as appearing in the Tercentenary
State secretary Editiou, the following sectiou: — Section 4A. The state
tabie'of secretary shall print from time to time during the session
changes in of the general court a cumulative table of changes in the
La^?.^"^'"''' general statutes, up to the date of publication, to be prepared
by the counsel to the senate and the counsel to the house
Distribution, of representatives. The state secretary shall mail or deliver
one copy to each member of the general court and one copy
to each of the persons mentioned in the second paragraph
of section four and one copy to other persons who subscribe
therefor for such session and pay in advance the sum of four
dollars. Approved June 24, 1947.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 570, 571. 585
An Act relative to the salary of the mayor of the Qf^^jj 57Q
CITY OF FALL RIVER. ^'
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The mayor of the city of Fall River shall re-
ceive for his services such salary as the city council shall by
ordinance determine, not exceeding seventy-five hundred
dollars per annum, notwithstanding the provisions of section
fifty-one of chapter forty-three of the General Laws. His
salary shall not be increased or diminished during the term
for which he is elected.
Section 2. This act shall be submitted for acceptance to
the registered voters of the city of Fall River at its biennial
municipal election in the current year in the form of the
following question, which shall be placed upon the official
ballot to be used at said election: — "Shall an act passed
by the general court in the current year providing that the
mayor of this city shall receive for his services such salary
as the city council by ordinance determine, not exceeding
seventy-five hundred dollars per annum, be accepted?" If
a majority of the votes in answer to said question is in the
affirmative, this act shall take full effect, but not otherwise.
Approved June 24, 1947.
Chap.571
An Act relative to the issuance of injunctions in cer-
tain jurisdictional disputes, so called.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to Emergency
defeat its purpose, which is to afford immediate protection preamble.
to employees, employers and the general pubHc in connection
with certain jurisdictional disputes, therefore it is hereby
declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate
preservation of the pubhc safety and convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section 9 of chapter 214 of the General Laws, q. l. (Ter.
as most recently amended by section 3 of chapter 407 of the H-^^t^,,^'*'
acts of 1935, is hereby further amended by adding at the amended.
end the following: — but shall apply to jurisdictional dis-
putes in accordance with section nine B, — so that the last
sentence will read as follows : — This section shall not apply Application.
to proceedings in the probate courts or to labor disputes as
defined in section twenty C of chapter one hundred and
forty-nine but shall apply to jurisdictional disputes in ac-
cordance with section nine B.
Section 2. Said chapter 214 is hereby further amended ^j^-^^^^ne
by inserting after section 9A, inserted by section 4 of said §9b, add'ed!"^
chapter 407, the following section: — Section 9B. Notwith- injunctive
standing any of the provisions of section nine A, so far as vlofitron'or
they may be applicable, a temporary restraining order or *^'^r?}^°?
preliminary injunction may be granted, as provided in sec-
tion nine, in any case in which the parties to a jurisdictional
586 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 572, 573.
dispute, as hereinafter defined, have voluntarily submitted
such dispute to arbitration, and one of such parties fails to
abide by the arbitration procedure or to comply with the
terms of the arbitration award and engages in or continues
to engage in a strike, picketing, boycott or other concerted
interference against an employer. The restraining order or
prehminary injunction may be granted in favor of the party
which abides by the procedure and complies with the award
as well as in favor of the employer who is ready and wiUing
to abide by the terms of such award,
dii^ute" ""'"'' '^^^ *^^"^ "jurisdictional dispute" means a dispute be-
defined. twoeu two or more labor organizations or groups of em-
ployees the object of which is to require that particular work
be assigned to employees in a particular labor organization
or in a particular trade, craft or class rather than to em-
ployees in another labor organization or in another trade,
craft or class. Approved June 25, 1947.
Chap. 572 An Act authorizing the city of leominster to borrow
MONEY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of constructing and originally
equipping and furnishing an addition to the senior high
school building in the city of Leominster, said city may bor-
row from time to time within a period of three years from
the passage of this act such sums as may be necessary, not
e.xceeding, in the aggregate, six hundred and fifty thousand
dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall
bear on their face the words, Leominster School Loan, Act
of 1947. Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate
loan, and such loans shall be paid in not more than twenty
years from their dates. Indebtedness incurred under this
act shall be in excess of the statutory limit and shall, except
as provided therein, be subject to chapter forty-four of the
General Laws, inclusive of the limitation contained in the
first paragraph of section seven thereof.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved June 25, 1947.
Chap. 573 An Act providing for certain structural alterations
AT THE ARMORY IN THE TOWN OF CONCORD.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section L The armory commission is hereby authorized
to make such structural alterations at the armory in the town
of Concord as may be necessary to make certain entrance and
exit facilities thereat conform to requirements of the laws
relating to the safety of persons in places of public assembly.
For said purposes, said commission may expend not exceed-
ing five thousand dollars upon the payment of said sum into
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 574. 587
the state treasury by said town of Concord. If any of said
sum remains after the completion of said alterations, such
remainder shall be repaid to said town.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved June 25, 1947.
An Act establishing a terminal date of service in the (JJku) 574
armed forces of the united states as a basis for ^'
eligibility to RECEIVE FROM THE COMMONW^EALTH THE
veterans' bonus, so CALLED, AND MAKING CERTAIN PER-
SONS NOW SERVING IN A PERMANENT ARMED FORCE OF THE
UNITED STATES ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE SAID BONUS.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to Emergency
defeat its purpose, which is to fix immediately a terminal date p'''"'*'"'''®-
of service in the armed forces of the United States as a basis
for ehgibility to receive financial recognition from the com-
monwealth on account of such service, and to estabUsh im-
mediately the ehgibility of certain persons to receive said
recognition, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emer-
gency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the
pubhc convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 731 of the acts of 1945,
as most recently amended by section 1 of chapter 581 of the
acts of 1946, is hereby further amended by striking out, in
lines 8 to 10, inclusive, the words "the termination of the
present war, as declared by presidential proclamation or con-
current resolution of the congress" and inserting in place
thereof the words : — December thirty-first, nineteen hun-
dred and forty-six, — so that the first paragraph will read as
follows : — Upon application, as hereinafter provided, there
shall be allowed and paid out of the treasury of the common-
wealth, without appropriation and without a warrant from
the governor and council, to each person who shall have
served in the armed forces of the United States, in active
service, on or after September sixteenth, nineteen hundred
and forty and prior to December thirty-first, nineteen hun-
dred and forty-six, and shall have received a discharge or
release, other than a dishonorable one, from such service,
the sum of one hundred dollars and, in addition thereto, the
sums hereinafter specified; provided, that the domicile of
every person on account of whose service the apphcation is
filed shall have been in the commonwealth for a period of not
less than six months immediately prior to the time of his
entry into service.
Section 2. Said chapter 731 is hereby further amended
by inserting after section 1 the following section : — Section
lA. The benefits of this act are hereby extended to any per-
son serving, on the effective date of this section, in any
permanent armed force of the United States who is not
588
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 575.
entitled to said benefits solely for the reason that he has not
received a discharge or release referred to in section one.
Section 3. All payments made under authority of chap-
ter seven hundred and thirty-one of the acts of nineteen
hundred and forty-five, as most recently amended by sec-
tions one and two of this act, subsequent to the effective date
of this act shall be made in accordance with said chapter
seven hundred and thirty-one as so amended.
Approved June 25, 1947.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 92. $ 10,
etc.. amended.
Sale of water
to non-mem-
bers approved.
Chap. 57 6 An Act relative to the furnishing of water by the
METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COMMISSION TO CERTAIN TOW^NS
AND DISTRICTS AND TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN AQUEDUCT
SYSTEM FROM QUABBIN RESERVOIR TO THE CHICOPEE
VALLEY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph (3) of section 10 of chapter 92 of
the General Laws, as appearing in section 1 of chapter 587
of the acts of 1945, is hereby amended by adding at the end
the following : — ; and may sell and deliver water from any
of the reservoirs or aqueducts of the metropolitan water
system to any town or group of towns not eligible to mem-
bership because of location wholly more than fifteen miles
from the state house, or because otherwise not within reason-
able reach of the distribution system as provided in para-
graph (1) of this section, to any water company, or to any
water, fire or fire and water district, authority to purchase
the same being hereby granted, and may lay and maintain
pipe lines and other works necessary therefor upon terms
and conditions to be mutually agreed upon by the commission
and said town or group of towns, water company or district.
Section 2. Said section 10 is hereby further amended by
striking out paragraph (12), as so appearing, and inserting
in place thereof the following paragraph : —
(12) All payments made as aforesaid for admission of
towns and for furnishing water to water companies, non-
member towns, groups of towns, or districts referred to in
paragraph (3), and for selling and delivering water to any
concentration camp or other agency or instrumentality of the
United States or to any agency or instrumentality of the
commonwealth or of any county thereof shall be appropriated
to the payment of the cost incurred by the district in con-
necting such town, group of towns, water company, district,
concentration camp, agency or instrumentality with the
metropolitan water system, and the balance after such cost
is paid, as well as all other payments for furnishing water to
a water company, non-member town, groups of towns, or
such districts in case of fire or other emergency, or as other-
wise authorized, except payments as annual assessments by
towns, water companies, non-member towns, groups of towns,
or such districts shall be applied by the state treasurer to
the sinking fund established for the payment of bonds, or to
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 92, § 10,
etc., further
amended.
Appropriation
of payments
for admission
to system.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 575. 589
the payment of serial bonds, issued on account of the metro-
politan water district and the balance shall be applied an-
nually to meet the cost of maintenance and operation of the
metropolitan water works. All payments made as annual
assessments, either by towns, water companies, non-member
towns, groups of towns, or such districts, shall be applied as
provided in section twenty-five.
Section 3. The metropolitan district water supply com-
mission, estabhshed under chapter three hundred and
seventy-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-six,
or its successor, hereinafter and in sections four to six, in-
clusive, called the commission, is hereby authorized, for the
purpose of supplying water from Quabbin reservoir to towns
in and near the valley of the Chicopee river and its tribu-
taries, to construct a pressure aqueduct system from the
Winsor dam outlet works of said reservoir in the town of
Belchertown to a suitable point or points of delivery to such
towns as may make agreements with the metropohtan dis-
trict commission for the purchase of water, and to construct
such other works and appurtenances, and extend the same
from time to time, as may be necessary or desirable to meet
the requirements of such supply. The commission may for
the purposes aforesaid acquire, install and operate such ma-
chinery, pumps and other appurtenances as may from time
to time be found necessary or desirable to carry out the pur-
poses of sections three to six.
The proposed works and appurtenances and property in-
cidental thereto, when completed wholly or in such part as
the commission may determine, shall be turned over to the
metropohtan district commission, and shall be thereafter
maintained by it as a part of the metropolitan water system
under chapter ninety-two of the General Laws, with all the
powers and duties conferred and imposed upon it by said
chapter, and conferred and imposed upon the commission by
said sections, including the right to extend the aqueduct
system, as may be necessary from time to time to meet ex-
panding water supply needs. In constructing the works
authorized by said sections and carrying out the provisions
thereof, the commission shall proceed with the organization
and in the manner provided by said chapter three hundred
and seventy-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
six, and by chapter three hundred and twenty-one of the acts
of nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, with all the powers
and duties conferred and imposed thereby; and the power
therein granted to take land, water rights, rights-of-way or
easements shall be extended to include the city of Chicopee
and the towns of Belchertown, Brookfield, Granby, Ludlow,
Monson, Palmer, South Hadley, Ware, Warren, West Brook-
field and Wilbraham; provided, that nothing in said sections
shall be construed as granting the right to take land or water
rights used for water supply purposes by any of said mu-
nicipalities.
Section 4. In carrying out the provisions of said sec-
590 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 575.
tions three to six, inclusive, the commission may expend, in
addition to the funds provided by said chapters three hun-
dred and seventy-five and three hundred and twenty-one
and by chapter five hundred and fifteen of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and forty-six, such amounts, not exceeding, in
the aggregate, four million dollars, as may from time to time
be approved by the governor and council upon certification
by the commission that satisfactory agreements have been
made to supply an aggregate population of not less than forty
thousand in the valley of the Chicopee river and its tribu-
taries, said aggregate amount of four million dollars being
an addition to loans authorized by section eight of said chap-
ter three hundred and seventy-five, section twenty-seven of
said chapter three hundred and twenty-one and section two
of said chapter five hundred and fifteen.
All bonds issued under this authorization shall carry such
rates of interest as the state treasurer, with the approval of
the governor, may fix, and shall be issued for such maximum
term of years, not exceeding fifty years from the date of each
issue, as the governor may recommend to the general court
pursuant to section 3 of Article LXII of the Amendments to
the Constitution of the commonwealth, and shall be payable
serially in such amounts and at such times as the state
treasurer, with like approval, may determine.
Section 5. The metropolitan district commission, in
making agreements for the sale of water to towns not mem-
bers of the metropolitan water district, water companies or
districts, as provided by section ten of said chapter ninety-
two of the General Laws, as most recently amended by sec-
tions one and two of this act, shall include in the price to be
charged per million gallons a base rate of twenty dollars for
the water leaving Quabbin reservoir, to which shall be added
such sum as said metropoUtan district commission may de-
termine is appropriate to cover all capital and other costs of
the aqueduct system, which sums shall be met as provided
in said chapter ninety-two, as amended.
Such aqueduct system may extend southerly to the vicinity
of the village of Bondsville, in the town of Palmer, and
westerly to the city of Chicopee, and shall be constructed of
sufficient capacity to allow further extension to meet the
requirements of any city or town which the metropolitan
district commission can reasonably supply with water, and
may include pumping stations, distributing reservoirs and
other appurtenant works. Connections to such aqueduct
system shall be furnished in each case by the city or town;
provided, that the metropolitan district commission in
making any such agreement for delivery and sale of water
may include therein provisions for the construction of any
such connection by it or by the commission, and for the
payment by each city or town of its fair share of the
cost of said connection as said metropohtan district com-
mission may determine, which may be distributed over a
period not exceeding ten years.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 576. 591
Section 6. In order to provide funds to construct any
such water supply connection, in anticipation of the pay-
ment therefor by the city or town to be connected, the state
treasurer, with the approval of the governor, may borrow
from time to time on the credit of the commonwealth such
amounts as may be certified by the metropoUtan district
commission or the commission to be necessary to provide
such temporary funds, not exceeding five hundred thousand
dollars in any year, which amounts shall be in addition to
sums similarly provided for connection to the district's
distribution system proper by section one A of chapter five
hundred and forty-three of the acts of nineteen hundred
and forty-three, and the state treasurer may issue notes of
the commonwealth therefor, bearing interest payable at
such times and at such rates as shall be fixed b}'' him, with
the approval of the governor. Such notes shall be issued
for such terms as the governor may recommend to the general
court, in accordance with section 3 of Article LXII of the
Amendments to the Constitution of the commonwealth.
Approved June 25, 19^7.
An Act establishing the salary of the justice of the Chap. 57 6
DISTRICT COURT OF CHELSEA.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 218 of the General Laws is hereby amended by g. l. (Xer.
striking out section 76, as most recently amended by chap- ^tl! amended!''
ter 600 of the acts of 1946, and inserting in place thereof
the following section : — Section 76. The salary of the justice Salaries of
of the Boston juvenile court shall be six thousand dollars,
and that of the clerk of said court an amount equal to seventy-
five per cent of the salary of the justice. The salary of the
justice of the East Boston district court shall be fifty-six
hundred dollars, the salary of the justice of the municipal
court of the South Boston district shall be fifty-six hundred
dollars, the salary of the justice of the municipal court of the
Brighton district shall be fifty-six hundred dollars, the salary
of the justice of the municipal court of the Charlestown dis-
trict shall be fifty-six hundred dollars and the salary of the
justice of the district court of Chelsea shall be fifty-two hun-
dred dollars. The salaries of the justices of the following
district courts shall severally be as follows: First dis-
trict court of Barnstable, twenty-seven hundred dollars;
second district court of Essex, twenty-four hundred dollars;
second district court of Plymouth, thirty-two hundred dol-
lars; third district court of Plymouth, twenty-five hundred
dollars; fourth district court of Plymouth, twenty-five hun-
dred dollars; district court of Peabody, three thousand dol-
lars; district court of eastern Hampshire, twenty-one hun-
dred dollars; district court of Newburyport, three thousand
dollars. Approved June 25, 19^7.
certain justices
and clerks of
certain district
courts.
592 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 577, 578.
Chap. 577 An Act relative to the powers of security committees
OF co-operative banks.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Ed^' 170 ^§ 8 Chapter 170 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
etc!. 'ameAded'. striking out section 8, as appearing in chapter 144 of the acts
of 1933, and inserting in place thereof the following section:
fommfuees of — Sectiou 8. At the first meeting of the board of directors
ba'nksTnd ^ after the annual meeting for the election of officers, the board
powers'!'' shall elcct from its own number a security committee of at
least three members, at least two of whom shall report upon
all real estate offered as security for loans made by the cor-
poration as required by section twenty-six, after first having
examined the same, or having caused it to be examined by
one signing member, and by one or more appraisers con-
sidered by the board to be qualified, and appointed by it for
that purpose. The security committee shall perform such
other duties as may be required of them by law. The per-
sonal examination of any parcel of real estate may be omitted
by special vote of the board of directors. In no case, how-
ever, shall any member of the security committee or any
appraiser make an official report upon property offered as
security for a loan if he has a personal interest in the property
or in the proposed loan. Approved June 25, 1947.
Ckap.57S An Act relative to the release on parole of certain
PERSONS imprisoned IN JAILS OR HOUSES OF CORRECTION
AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF TWO THIRDS OF THEIR SENTENCES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Edo.iJr"' Chapter 127 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
§ 141, etc'., striking out section 141, as amended by section 1 of chapter
amended. ^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^g^^^ ^^^ inserting in place thereof the
5frofe%tc. following sectiou: — Section HI. A probation officer may,
with the consent of the county commissioners, or, in Suffolk
county, of the penal institutions commissioner of Boston,
investigate the case of any person imprisoned in a jail or
house of correction upon a sentence of not more than six
months, or upon a longer sentence of which not more than
six months, or of which not more than one third thereof,
whichever such period shall be the longer, shall remain un-
expired, or for failure to pay a fine, for the purpose of as-
certaining the probability of his reformation if released from
imprisonment. If after such investigation he recommends
the release of the prisoner, and the court which imposed the
sentence, or, if the sentence was imposed by the superior
court, the district attorney, certifies a concurrence in such
recommendation, the county commissioners or the penal
institutions commissioner may, if they consider it expedient,
release him on parole, upon such terms and conditions as
they may prescribe, and may require a bond for their ful-
Bond. filment. The surety upon any such bond may at any time
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 579, 580. 593
take and surrender his principal, and the county commis-
sioners or the penal institutions commissioner may at any
time order any prisoner released by them to return to the
prison to which he was originally sentenced. This section
shall not apply to persons held upon sentences of the courts
of the United States. Approved June 25, 1947.
An Act relative to medical examinees in Suffolk Chap. 679
COUNTY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 5 of chapter 38 of the General Laws, as amended Ed^Sl's,
by section 3 of chapter 632 of the acts of 1945, is hereby etc!, 'amended.
further amended by striking out the first three sentences, as
appearing in the Tercentenary Edition, and inserting in
place thereof the following sentences : — In Suffolk county Salaries.
each medical examiner shall receive from the county a ^^^' ^ °'
salary of seventy-five hundred dollars, and each associate
medical examiner a salary of twenty-five hundred dollars;
but if either associate serves in any year more than two
months, he shall for such additional service be paid at the
same rate, and the amount so paid shall be deducted from the
salary of the medical examiner at whose request he so serves.
The medical examiners for said county shall be provided
with rooms suitably furnished for the performance of their
duties, the rent, maintenance, furnishing and office equip-
ment of which shall be paid for by said county upon approval
of the mayor of the city of Boston. Each of said medical
examiners may, in the name of said county, contract such
biUs for clerical service, postage, stationery, printing, tele-
phone, traveling, and for such other incidental expenses as
may in his opinion be necessary for the proper performance
of his duty, to an amount not exceeding eighty-five hundred
dollars in any one year; and each associate may so contract
bills for the said purposes to an amount not exceeding two
thousand dollars in any one year; and all such bills shall be
paid by said county, upon a certificate by the contracting
examiner that they were necessarily incurred in the per-
formance of his duty, and upon the approval of the auditor
of the city of Boston, as provided in section nineteen, and of
the mayor of said city. Approved June 25, 19^7.
An Act relative to the office of mayor of the city of ChaV'^SO
BOSTON and the ADMINISTRATION OF THE AFFAIRS OF SAID
CITY DURING THE PRESENT EMERGENCY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of general
law, of any special act relating to the city of Boston or of any
ordinance of said city, the city clerk of said city in office on
the effective date of this act shall upon said effective date
become temporary mayor, under the designation of "tem-
594 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 581.
porary mayor", and shall exclusively, during the period be-
ginning with said effective date and ending upon the return
of the present incumbent of the office of mayor to active
duties at the city hall of said city or, in case prior to such
return a vacancy occurs in said office of mayor, until the
qualification of the person first elected by popular vote after
said effective date to the office of mayor of said city, possess
all the rights and powers, perform all the duties and be sub-
ject to all the obligations of mayor of said city and during
said period shall receive compensation at the rate now pro-
vided for the mayor, but shall not receive any compensation
as city clerk. During said period he shall be deemed to be
on leave of absence from the office of city clerk, and the duties
of said office shall be performed by the assistant city clerk.
At the end of said period said city clerk shall be entitled to
return to and resume the duties of the office of city clerk
and thereafter he shall hold said office during good behavior,
subject only to removal in the manner provided by the civil
service laws and rules.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved June 26, 1947.
Chap. 5S1 An Act creating the first church of deerfield and
AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF CERTAIN PROPERTY BY
THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL PARISH OF DEERFIELD, THE
DEERFIELD CHURCH, AND ORTHODOX CONGREGATIONAL
CHURCH OF DEERFIELD TO SAID THE FIRST CHURCH OF
DEERFIELD.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The voluntary religious association, com-
monly known as the First Congregational Church of Deer-
field or the First Congregational Parish Church of Deerfield,
or the Unitarian Church, or the Unitarian Church of Deer-
field, or the Brick Church, affiliated with the First Congrega-
tional Parish of Deerfield, a voluntary religious association,
and situated in Deerfield, and secondly, The Deerfield
Church, a voluntary religious association, and thirdly, the
members of the Orthodox Congregational Church of Deer-
field, said church being a corporation organized under general
law (including the members, if any, of the Orthodox Congre-
gational Society of Deerfield, also known as the Orthodox
Congregational Parish, or the Orthodox Society, an unin-
corporated religious society) upon acceptance of this act by
a two thirds vote of the members of each of said respective
organizations present and voting at meetings called by each
of said respective organizations for the purpose, and by the
recording with the secretary of the commonwealth and in
the registry of deeds for the county of Franklin of certificates
of said votes, duly made and sworn to by the respective clerks
of said meetings, shall hereafter be a corporation by the
name of The First Church of Deerfield. Said The First
Church of Deerfield shall have all the powers, rights, fran-
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 581. 595
chises, and privileges which the said voluntary religious as-
sociations and the members of said Orthodox Congregational
Church have heretofore acquired or enjoyed by statute, vote,
gift, grant, usage, prescription or otherwise, and subject to
all the duties and liabilities to which the said voluntary
religious associations and said members have heretofore
been subject. Said The First Church of Deerfield shall
have, except as may be provided otherwise in this act, all
the rights, powers, and privileges, and be subject to all the
duties and liabilities, of religious corporations instituted
under general law; and upon acceptance of this act as afore-
said, all members of said voluntary associations and of said
Orthodox Congregational Church shall be members of said
new corporation. The First Church of Deerfield.
Section 2. The corporation created by section one is
hereby authorized to receive and hold, or disburse for reli-
gious, benevolent and charitable purposes, gifts, grants, be-
quests and devises of real and personal property to an
amount, exclusive of all buildings and the land pertaining
thereto, occupied or used by it for said purposes, not ex-
ceeding the sum of five hundred thousand dollars, with full
power to sell and convey, in accordance with the terms of
any trust upon which the same is held, any part or the whole
of its said property, including said land and buildings, for
purposes of investment and reinvestment, for the improve-
ment, alteration or relocation of any of its said buildings, or
for benevolences and charities and upon any such sale the
proceeds thereof shall be held upon the same trusts upon
which the property thus sold was held; and the purchaser
shall not be responsible for the application of the purchase
money.
Section 3. At any time after the acceptance of this act,
as provided in section one, the said First Congregational
Parish of Deerfield may, by a two thirds vote of its members
present and voting at a meeting called for the purpose, au-
thorize one or more persons in its name and on its behalf to
execute, acknowledge and deliver proper deeds and other
instruments conveying and transferring in fee simple any
or all of its property, real and personal, except such as may
be held or owned by it for or in connection with specific and
limited charitable uses and trusts, to the corporation created
by section one. Upon the acceptance of said conveyance
by the corporation created by section one by a two thirds
vote of its members present and voting at a meeting duly
called for the purpose, and upon the recording in the registry
of deeds in the county of Franklin of said deeds and other
instruments of transfer, together with certificates, duly
made and sworn to by the clerks of said meetings, respec-
tively, of the said votes authorizing the said conveyance and
the acceptance thereof, the members of said corporation, the
First Congregational Parish of Deerfield, shall become mem-
bers of the corporation created by section one with all the
rights of any members thereof.
596 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 581.
Section 4. At any time after the acceptance of this act,
as provided in section one, the said First Congregational
Parish of Deerfield, as, if and when authorized by decree
of the probate court for the county of Frankhn, may, by a
two thirds vote of its members present and voting at a meet-
ing called for the purpose, convey and transfer real estate
owned or held by it for or in connection with any and all
specific and limited charitable uses and trusts to the cor-
poration created by section one.
Section 5. At any time after the acceptance of this act,
as provided in section one, the said Orthodox Congrega-
tional Church of Deerfield may, by a two thirds vote of its
members present and voting at a meeting called for the pur-
pose, authorize one or more persons in its name and on its
behalf to execute, acknowledge and deliver proper deeds and
other instruments conveying and transferring in fee simple
any or all of its property, real and personal, except such as
may be held or owned by it for or in connection with specific
and limited charitable uses and trusts, to the corporation
created by section one. Upon the acceptance of said con-
veyance by the corporation created by section one by a two
thirds vote of its members present and voting at a meeting
duly called for the purpose, and upon the recording in the
registry of deeds in the county of Franklin of said deeds and
other instruments of transfer, together with certificates, duly
made and sworn to by the clerks of said meetings, respec-
tively, of the said votes authorizing the said conveyance
and the acceptance thereof, the members of said corpora-
tion, the Orthodox Congregational Church of Deerfield, shall
become members of the corporation created by section one
with all the rights of any members thereof.
Section 6. At any time after the acceptance of this act,
as provided in section one, the said Orthodox Congregational
Church of Deerfield, as, if and when authorized by decree
of the probate court for the county of Franklin, may, by a
two thirds vote of its members present and voting at a meet-
ing called for the purpose, convey and transfer real estate
owned or held by it for or in connection with any and all
specific and limited charitable uses and trusts to the cor-
poration created by section one of this act.
Section 7. At any time after the acceptance of this act,
as provided in section one, the said The Deerfield Church
may, by a two thirds vote of its members present and voting
at a meeting called for the purpose, authorize one or more
persons in its name and on its behalf to execute, acknowledge,
and deliver proper deeds and other instruments conveying
and transferring in fee simple any or all of its property, real
and personal, to the corporation created by section one, and
upon the acceptance of said conveyance by the corporation
created by section one by a two thirds vote of its members
present and voting at a meeting duly called for the purpose,
and upon the recording in the registry of deeds in the county
of Franklin of said deeds and other instruments of transfer
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together with certificates, duly made and sworn to by the
clerks of said meetings, respectively, of the said votes au-
thorizing the said conveyance and the acceptance thereof,
the members of said association. The Deerfield Church, shall
become members of the corporation created by section one
with all the rights of any members thereof and the existence
of said The Deerfield Church shall cease and determine.
Section 8. The property conveyed to, or vested in, the
corporation created by section one, under the provisions of
this act, shall not, after such conveyance and vesting, be
applied or apportioned with reference to the source or the
religious body aforesaid from which it was derived under the
provisions of this act, but shall be administered and applied
by the corporation created by section one, for its general
church and charitable purposes and as a single consolidated
property and fund.
Section 9. In case of doubt as to the manner in which
any property, held in trust or otherwise, conveyed to or
vested in the corporation created by section one, under the
provisions of this act, or the income thereof, should be held,
administered or applied by the said corporation, the matter
may be determined by the supreme judicial court upon the
application of any person interested or of the attorney gen-
eral; and, until said court shall otherwise order, such prop-
erty and the income thereof shall be held, administered and
applied by the said corporation in accordance with the terms
of the original trusts or as nearly in accordance therewith as
is possible. Any person aggrieved by any provision of this
act may, at any time within six months after the recording
of such of the various deeds or other instruments in this act
provided for, as is alleged to be the cause of such injury,
apply by petition to the supreme judicial court to have his
damages determined by a jury therein, or by or under the
direction of said court; and damages so awarded, with the
costs of suit allowed by statute in civil cases, attending such
award, shall be paid by the corporation created by section one.
Section 10. The said First Congregational Parish of
Deerfield and the said Orthodox Congregational Church of
Deerfield from time to time hereafter, after the acceptance
of this act as provided in section one, may each, by a two
thirds vote of its members present and voting at meetings
called for the purpose, authorize The First Church of Deer-
field, the corporation formed by section one, to act as its or
their agent for the purpose of carrying out the specific and
limited charitable uses and trusts for which funds are held
by either or both.
Section 11. The said First Congregational Church of
Deerfield or the said Orthodox Congregational Church of
Deerfield from time to time hereafter, after the acceptance
of this act, as provided in section one, may each, by a two
thirds vote of its members present and voting at meetings
called for the purpose, convey and transfer to the corpora-
tion formed by section one, real and personal property here-
598 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 582, 583.
after received by each in the same manner as is provided in
sections three, four, five, and six.
Section 12. After the acceptance of this act as provided
' in section one, all gifts, grants, bequests and devises made to
or for the benefit of said The Deerfield Church, however
described, shall vest in the corporation formed by section one.
Section 13. The first meeting of the corporation created
by section one shall be held on or before November thirtieth,
nineteen hundred and forty-seven.
Section 14. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved June 26, 1947.
Chav. 5S2 -^^ Act authorizing the trustees of the Bradford
DURFEE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF FALL RIVER TO ERECT,
REPAIR AND EQUIP CERTAIN BUILDINGS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The trustees of the Bradford Durfee Tech-
nical Institute of Fall River are hereby authorized to con-
struct additions and make alterations and repairs to the
buildings of said institute and purchase equipment therefor,
and for such purposes may expend such sums, not exceeding,
in the aggregate, two hundred thousand dollars, as may be
appropriated therefor.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved June 26, 1947.
ChaV.^SS ^^ ^^^ ABOLISHING THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT WATER
SUPPLY COMMISSION AND TRANSFERRING ITS FUNCTIONS TO
THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COMMISSION.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The metropolitan district water supply com-
mission, however constituted, is hereby abolished, and all
its functions, rights, powers, duties, obligations and proper-
ties are hereby transferred to and shall hereafter be exercised,
performed and held by the metropolitan district commis-
sion, which shall be its lawful successor. Subject to the pro-
visions of chapter three hundred and seventy-five of the acts
of nineteen hundred and twenty-six and chapter seven hun-
dred and five of the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-five,
and acts in amendment thereof or in addition thereto, so
far as applicable, said metropolitan district commission, to
the extent that funds have been made available, shall con-
struct all water and sewerage system projects now under
construction by said metropolitan district water supply com-
mission, and those authorized for future construction by said
commission. All funds subject to expenditure by said
metropolitan district water supply commission are hereby
made available to said metropolitan district commission for
the same purposes. All existing contracts and obligations
of said metropolitan district water supply commission shall
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 584. 599
remain in full force and effect and shall be assumed and per-
formed by said metropolitan district commission, and all
orders, rules and regulations heretofore made by said metro-
politan district water supply commission shall remain ef-
fective until duly revoked or modified by said metropolitan
district commission.
Section 2. Except as provided in section three, all of the
persons employed on the effective date of this act by the
metropolitan district water supply commission shall be trans-
ferred as temporary non-civil service employees, without loss
of any rights, to a division of construction which the com-
missioner of the metropolitan district commission is hereby
authorized and directed to establish under said commission ;
and the persons so transferred shall not be subject to the
provisions of chapter thirty-one of the General Laws, or the
rules made thereunder.
Section 3. The tenure of office of the commissioner and
associate commissioners of the metropolitan district water
supply commission shall cease and determine on said ef-
fective date.
Section 4. This act shall take effect on June thirtieth in
the current year. Approved June 26, 191^7 .
An Act providing for a change in size and design of Chap. 5S4i
RAILROAD WARNING SIGNS AT GRADE CROSSINGS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 160 of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Ter.
amended by striking out section 142, as most recently f'^42,^et!-'.,
amended by chapter 29 of the acts of 1938, and inserting in amended. '
place thereof the following section: — Section lJf2. Every warning signs
county, city and town shall, except as hereinafter provided, f^^Hnls.
and the department of public works shall, unless in any case
it deems it unnecessary or impracticable so to do, place and
maintain warning signs on every public way subject to its
jurisdiction, where the way crosses the tracks of a railroad
at grade. The signs shall consist of a metal disc thirty inches
in diameter, the field thereof to be enamelled yellow, with
an enamelled black border line one inch wide, and with an
enamelled black diagonal cross in lines two and one half
inches wide; the reverse side of the disc to be colored yellow.
In each of the side quarterings shall appear, in black enamel,
the letter "R," six inches high, four and twenty-five thirty-
seconds inches wide, the lines to be of one and one thirty-
second inches stroke. The department of public utilities may,
in respect to any such public way, after notice and hearing,
by order require that said signs shall also be equipped with
reflector buttons or any other reflecting device. The said
signs shall be placed in a conspicuous situation beside the
public way, on each side of the crossing, and at a distance of
not less than three hundred feet from the nearest rail of the
crossing.
600 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 585.
S^oidTi^nB"* Section 2. Every railroad warning sign maintained on
the effective date of this act by a county, city, town or the
department of public works may continue to be so maintained
until such time as replacement, due to deterioration, is made
necessary; provided, that at any time the department of
public utilities may, in respect to any public way, after notice
and hearing, by order require that said signs shall comply
with the provisions of section one.
Approved June 26, 1947.
Chap.5S5 An Act establishing the auburn water district in
THE TOWN OF AUBURN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The inhabitants of the town of Auburn,
liable to taxation in said town and residing within the terri-
tory of said town not within the territory now included in the
Woodland water district and the Elm Hill water district,
established respectively by chapters three hundred and
eighty-five and three hundred and eighty-six of the acts of
nineteen hundred and thirty-five, shall constitute a water
district, and are hereby made a body corporate by the name
of the Auburn water district, hereinafter called the district,
for the purpose of supplying themselves with water for the
extinguishment of fires and for domestic and other purposes,
with power to establish fountains and hydrants and to re-
locate and discontinue the same, to regulate the use of such
water and to fix and collect rates to be paid therefor, and for
the purposes of assessing and raising taxes as provided herein
for the payment of such services, and for defraying the
necessary expenses of carrying on the business of the district,
subject to all general laws now or hereafter in force relating
to such districts, except as otherwise provided herein. The
district shall have power to prosecute and defend all actions
relating to its property and affairs.
Section 2. For the purposes aforesaid, the district, acting
by and through its board of water commissioners herein-
after provided for, may contract with the metropolitan dis-
trict commission for a supply of water from the metropolitan
water system in the same manner as is provided by section
ten of chapter ninety-two of the General Laws for such a
supply of water for towns which have not been admitted into
the metropolitan water district. The metropolitan district
commission is hereby authorized to furnish said water either
directly to such water system as may be established by said
district or at the request of said district to the water system
of the city of Worcester. Said city, acting through its de-
partment of public works, may contract to furnish said dis-
trict with whatever water may be required for its purposes
and is hereby authorized to acquire by contract with the
metropolitan district commission from time to time water
in an amount not exceeding the amount which said city shall
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from time to time furnish to said district. No expense for
or connected with pumping water to or through the water
system of said city or of said district shall be borne by the
metropolitan district commission.
Section 3. Said district may take by eminent domain
under chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws, or acquire
by lease, purchase or otherwise, and hold, the waters, or any
portion thereof, of any pond, spring or stream, or of any
ground sources of supply by means of driven, artesian or
other wells, within the town of Auburn and not already ap-
propriated for the purposes of a public water supply, and
the water and flowage rights connected with any such water
supply; and for said purposes may take as aforesaid, or
acquire by purchase or otherwise, and hold, all lands, rights
of way and other easements within the district necessary for
storing, holding, purifying and preserving the purity of the
water and for conveying the same to any part of said dis-
trict; provided, that no lands necessary for preserving the
quality of the water shall be so taken or used without first
obtaining the advice and approval of the department of
public health, and that the location and arrangement of all
dams, reservoirs, pumping, purification and filtration plants
and such other works as may be necessary in carrying out
the provisions of this act shall be subject to the approval of
said department of public health. The district may acquire
by eminent domain under said chapter seventy-nine, or may
lease or purchase, or otherwise acquire, upon such terms as
may be mutually agreed upon by vote of the district and the
Auburn Water Company, all the properties of said com-
pany within the district appurtenant to the business of water
supply, existing on the effective date of this act. The dis-
trict may construct and maintain on the lands acquired and
held under this act proper dams, reservoirs, standpipes, tanks,
pumping plants, buildings, fixtures, and other structures,
including also the establishment and maintenance of filter
beds and purification works or systems, and may make ex-
cavations, procure and operate machinery and provide such
other means and appliances and do such other things as may
be necessary for the establishment and maintenance of com-
plete and effective water works; and for that purpose may
construct pipe lines and reservoirs and establish pumping
works, and may construct, lay, acquire and maintain aque-
ducts, conduits, pipes and other works under or over any
land, water courses, railroads, railways, and public or other
ways, and along such ways, in the district, in such manner
as not unnecessarily to obstruct the same ; and for the pur-
poses of constructing, laying, maintaining, operating and
repairing such aqueducts, conduits, pipes, and other works,
and for all proper purposes of this act, the district may dig
up or raise and embank any such lands, highways or other
ways in such manner as to cause the least hindrance to public
travel on such ways; provided, that the manner in which all
things are done upon any such way shall be subject to the
602 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 585.
direction of the selectmen of the town of Auburn. The dis-
trict shall not enter upon, construct or lay any conduit, pipe
or other works within the location of any railroad corporation
except at such time and in such manner as it may agree upon
with such corporation, or, in case of failure so to agree, as
may be approved by the department of public utilities. The
district may enter upon any lands within the district for the
purpose of making surveys, pits and borings, and may take
or otherwise acquire the right to occupy temporarily any
lands within the district necessary for the construction of
any work or for any other purpose authorized by this act.
Section 4. Nothing in this act shall authorize the district
to install an independent source of water supply, nor to lay
pipes in any way served by the Auburn Water Company upon
the effective date of this act, without first having acquired,
as provided by section three, all the properties of the Auburn
Water Company within the district appurtenant to the busi-
ness of water supply, existing upon said effective date.
Section 5. Any person sustaining damages in his prop-
erty by any taking under this act or any other thing done
under authority thereof may recover such damages from the
district under said chapter seventy-nine; but the right to
damages for the taking of any water or water right, or for
any injury thereto, shall not vest until water is actually
withdrawn or diverted under authority of this act.
Section 6. The district, at the time of authorizing any
loan or loans for the purposes of this act, and issuing bonds or
notes therefor, shall provide for the payment thereof in ac-
cordance with the provisions of chapter forty-four of the Gen-
eral Laws pertaining to such districts; and, when a vote to
that effect has been passed a sum which, with the income de-
rived from water rates, will be sufficient to pay the annual
expense of operating its water works and the interest as it ac-
crues on the bonds or notes issued as aforesaid by the district,
and to make such payments on the principal as may be re-
quired under said chapter forty-four, shall without further
vote be assessed upon the district by the assessors of said town
of Auburn annually thereafter until the debt incurred by said
loan or loans is extinguished.
Section 7. Any land taken or acquired under this act
shall be managed, improved and controlled by the board of
water commissioners hereinafter provided for, in such man-
ner as they shall deem for the best interest of the district.
All authority vested in said board by this section shall be
subject to section ten.
Section 8. Whenever a tax is duly voted by the district
for the purposes of this act, the clerk shall send a certified
copy of the vote to the assessors of said town, who shall
assess the same on property within the district in the same
manner in all respects in which town taxes are required by
law to be assessed ; provided, that no estate shall be subject
to any tax assessed on account of the system of water supply
under this act if, in the judgment of the board of water com-
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 585. 603
missioners hereinafter provided for, after a hearing, due
notice whereof shall have been given, such estate is so
situated that it will receive no aid in the extinguishment of
fire from the said system of water supply, or if such estate
is so situated that the buildings thereon, or the buildings
that might be constructed thereon, could not be supplied
with water from said system in any ordinary or reasonable
manner, but all other estates in the district shall be deemed
to be benefited and shall be subject to such tax. A certified
list of the estates exempt from taxation under this section
shall annually be sent by said board of water commissioners
to said assessors, at the same time at which the clerk shall
send a certified copy of the vote as aforesaid. The assess-
ments shall be committed to the town collector, who shall
collect them in the manner provided by law for the collec-
tion of town taxes, and shall deposit the proceeds thereof
with the district treasurer for the use and benefit of the dis-
trict. The district may collect interest on overdue taxes in
the manner in which interest is authorized to be collected
on town taxes.
Section 9. Any meeting of the voters of the territory
included within the district by section one to be held prior
to the acceptance of this act, and any meeting of the voters
of the district to be held prior to the qualification of a
majority of the water commissioners, shall be called, on peti-
tion of ten or more legal voters therein, by a warrant from the
selectmen of said town, or from a justice of the peace,
directed to one of the petitioners, requiring him to give
notice of the meeting by posting copies of the warrant in
two or more public places in the district seven days at least
before the time of the meeting. Such justice of the peace, or
one of the selectmen, shall preside at such meeting until a
clerk is chosen and sworn, and the clerk shall preside until a
moderator is chosen. At an}^ meeting held hereunder prior
to the acceptance of this act, after the choice of a moderator
for the meeting the question of the acceptance of this act
shall be submitted to the voters, and if it is accepted by a
majority of the voters present and voting thereon it shall
thereupon take effect, and the meeting may then proceed
to act on the other articles in the warrant. After the quali-
fication of a majority of the water commissioners, meetings
of the district shall be called by warrant under their hands,
unless some other method be provided by by-law or vote of
the district.
Section 10. The district, after the acceptance of this act
as aforesaid, shall elect by ballot, either at the same meeting
at which this act shall have been accepted, or thereafter, at
an annual meeting or at a special meeting called for the pur-
pose, three persons, inhabitants of and voters in said dis-
trict, to hold office, one until the expiration of three years,
one until the expiration of two years, and one until the ex-
piration of one year, from the day of the next succeeding
annual district meeting, to constitute a board of water com-
604 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 585.
missioners; and at every annual district meeting follow-
ing such next succeeding annual district meeting one such
commissioner shall be elected by ballot for the term of three
years. The date of the next annual meeting shall be fixed
by by-law or by vote of the board of water commissioners,
but in no event shall it be later than fifteen months subse-
quent to the date on which the water commissioners were
first elected. All the authority granted to said district by
this act, except section six, and not otherwise specifically
provided for, shall be vested in said board of water com-
missioners, who shall be subject, however, to such instruc-
tions, rules and regulations as the district may by vote
impose. At the meeting at which said water commissioners
are first elected and at each annual district meeting held
thereafter, the district shall elect by ballot a clerk and a
treasurer of the district. The treasurer shall not be a water
commissioner, and shall give bond to the district in such an
amount as may be approved by said water commissioners
and with a surety company authorized to transact business
in the commonwealth as surety. A majority of said water
commissioners shall constitute a quorum for the transaction
of business. Any vacancy occurring in said board from any
cause may be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term
by the district at any legal meeting called for the purpose.
No money shall be drawn from the treasury of the district
on account of its water works except upon a written order
of said water commissioners or a majority of them.
Section 11. Said board of water commissioners shall fix
just and equitable prices and rates for the use of water, and
shall prescribe the time and manner of payment. The in-
come of the water works shall be appropriated to defray all
operating expenses, interest charges and payments on the
principal as they shall accrue upon any bonds or notes issued
for any of the purposes of this act. If there should be a net
surplus remaining after providing for the aforesaid charges,
it may be appropriated for such new construction as said
water commissioners may recommend, and in case a surplus
should remain after payment for such new construction, the
water rates shall be reduced proportionately. Said water
commissioners shall annually, and as often as the district
may require, render a report upon the condition of the works
under their charge, and an account of their doings, including
an account of receipts and expenditures.
Section 12. The district may adopt by-laws prescribing
by whom and how meetings of the district may be called,
notified and conducted; and, upon the application of ten or
more legal voters in the district, meetings may also be called
by warrant as provided in section ten. The district may also
establish rules and regulations for the management of its
water works, not inconsistent with this act or with any pro-
vision of law, and may choose such other officers not pro-
vided for in this act as it may deem necessary or proper.
Section 13. Whoever wilfully or wantonly corrupts, pol-
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lutes or diverts any water obtained or supplied under this
act, or wilfully or wantonly injures any reservoir, well, stand-
pipe, aqueduct, pipe or other property owned or used by the
district for any of the purposes of this act, shall forfeit and
pay to the district three times the amount of damage assessed
therefor, to be recovered in an action of tort, and upon con-
viction of any of the above wilful or wanton acts shall be
punished by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars or
imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
Section 14. Section eight of chapter two hundred and
forty-one of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and nine-
teen and chapter three hundred and twenty-six of the acts
of nineteen hundred and twenty-four, as amended, are
hereby repealed. Section thirteen of said chapter three hun-
dred and eighty-five and section thirteen of said chapter
three hundred and eighty-six, both of the acts of nineteen
hundred and thirty-five, are hereby repealed.
Section 15. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance by a majority vote of the voters of the territory
included within the district by section one of this act present
and voting thereon, by the use of a check list, at a district
meeting called, in accordance with section nine, within four
years after its passage, but not otherwise.
Approved June 26, 1947.
An Act to establish the salary of the registrar of nhn^ 5C5
MOTOR VEHICLES. ^'
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 5 of chapter 16 of the General Laws, as most re- g. l. (Ter.
cently amended by section 1 of chapter 234 oif the acts of ftc^! amended.
1946, is hereby further amended by inserting after the second
sentence the following sentence : — The registrar shall re-
ceive such salary, not exceeding seventy-five hundred dollars,
as the governor and council may determine, — so as to read
as follows: — Section 5. There shall be in the department, Salary of
but in no manner subject to its control, a division of motor moto/veWcies.
vehicles, to be known as the registry of motor vehicles.
With the approval of the council, the governor shall appoint
for a term of five years, and may remove for cause, an officer
to be known as the registrar of motor vehicles who shall be
the executive and administrative head of the division. The
registrar shall receive such salar\', not exceeding seventy-five
hundred dollars, as the governor and council may determine.
In addition to the deputy registrar, assistant to the registrar,
hearings officers, supervising inspectors, investigators and
examiners authorized to be appointed by the registrar under
section twenty-nine of chapter ninety, he may appoint such
other officers and employees as may be necessary to carry
out the work of the division. In the event of a vacancy in
the office of registrar, his powers and duties shall be exercised
and performed by the deputy registrar until a registrar is
606 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 587, 588.
duly qualified. A license to operate motor vehicles issued
by a registrar shall become valid upon the effective date
thereof, notwithstanding the fact that the registrar who
issued the same ceased to hold said office prior to said effec-
tive date. Approved June 26, 1947.
Chap. 5S7 An Act authorizing the city of salem to appropriate
MONEY FOR THE PAYMENT OF, AND TO PAY, CERTAIN UNPAID
BILLS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Salem is hereby authorized to
appropriate money for the payment of, and to pay, such of
the unpaid bills incurred prior to the year nineteen hundred
and forty-seven, the total of such bills being ninety-seven
hundred and fifty-six dollars and thirty-two cents, as shown
by a list filed in the office of the director of accounts in the
department of corporations and taxation, as are legally
unenforceable against said city bj^ reason of its failure to
comply with the provisions of its charter, or by reason of the
fact that no appropriation was available at the time of in-
curring such bills, or for any other reason.
Section 2. No bill shall be paid under authority of this
act unless and until a certificate has been signed and filed
with the auditor of said city, stating under the penalties of
perjury that the goods, materials or services for which such
bill has been submitted were ordered by an official or em-
ployee of said city and that such goods and materials were
delivered and actually received by said city or that such
services were rendered to said city, or both.
Section 3. Any person who knowingly files a certificate
required by section two which is false and who thereby re-
ceives payment for goods, materials or services which were
not received by or rendered to said city shall be punished by
imprisonment for not more than one year or by a fine of not
more than three hundred dollars, or both.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved June 27, 1947 .
Chap. 5S8 An Act establishing the number of justices and special
JUSTICES OF THE CENTRAL DISTRICT COURT OF WORCESTER.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Ed)' 2^8 "^s 6 Section 1 . Chapter 218 of the General Laws, as amended,
etc!, 'ameAded'. is hereby further amended by striking out section 6 and
.Judges and inserting in place thereof the following section : — Section 6.
centraTd°/strict Each district court, except the municipal court of the city
of Boston and the central district court of Worcester, shall
consist of one justice and one special justice.
There shall be two justices and two special justices in the
central district court of Worcester. The senior justice shall
be the first justice of the court. Citations, orders of notice,
court of
Worcester,
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 589, 590. 607
writs, executions and all other processes issued by the clerk
of the said court shall bear the teste of the first justice of the
court.
Special justices of the district courts other than the mu-
nicipal court of the city of Boston, and special justices of the
Boston juvenile court, shall be paid by the county fifteen
dollars for each day's services, or at the rate by the day of
the salary of the justice of the same court, whichever is the
greater amount. For each day's service so paid for in excess
of thirty days in any court in any one year, there shall be
deducted by the county treasurer from the salar}^ of the jus-
tice who absents himself from said court one day's compensa-
tion at the rate by the day of the salary of said justice, except
for services of the special justice in holding simultaneous
sessions.
Section 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section one
of this act, no vacancy in the office of special justice in the
central district court of Worcester occurring after the ef-
fective date of this act, shall be filled.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved June 27, 191^7.
An Act providing for the improvement by the depart- Chav.5S^
MENT OF public WORKS OF OLD HARBOR IN THE TOWN OF
SANDWICH.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The department of public works is hereby authorized and
directed to improve Old Harbor in the town of Sandwich by
dredging and constructing such jetties and breakwaters as
may be necessary, with especial reference to maintaining a
harbor of refuge for fishing boats or vessels and small pleasure
crafts. For said purpose, said department may expend, sub-
ject to appropriation, the sum of ten thousand dollars, to-
gether with the sum of ten thousand dollars to be provided
by the town of Sandwich. No work shall be begun until said
town has assumed liability, in the manner provided by sec-
tion twenty-nine of chapter ninety-one of the General Laws,
for all damages that may be incurred thereunder and shall
have deposited in the state treasury the sum of ten thousand
dollars for the purpose herein set forth.
Approved June 27, 1947.
An Act relative to maintenance allowances to public Chap.5Q0
EMPLOYEES UNDER THE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION LAW.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 69 of chapter 152 of the General Laws, as most g^^. (jer.^ ^^^
recently amended by chapter 422 of the acts of 1946, is etc. amended.'
hereby further amended by striking out the second sentence,
as appearing in chapter 435 of the acts of 1939, and inserting
in place thereof the following sentence: — Compensation Compensation
608 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 591, 592.
to public j>ayable under this chapter to an injured employee of the
rr^uJatld'" commonwealth or of any such county, city, town or district
who receives full maintenance in addition to his cash salary
or wage, and compensation payable thereunder to his de-
pendents in case of his death, shall be based upon his average
weekly wages plus the sum of thirteen dollars and fifty cents
a week in lieu of the full maintenance received by him ; pro-
vided, that, in the discretion of the superintendent or other
person in charge or control of any institution where such an
employee is employed, such maintenance, computed at the
rate per week hereinbefore set forth, may be continued
during total incapacity, in which event such weekly compen-
sation shall be based solely upon the cash salary or wages
of such employee.
Approved June 27, 1947.
Chap. 591 An Act extending the time for acceptance of an act
TO establish the charlemont fire district and to
PROVIDE FOR SUPPLYING THE SAME WITH W^ATER.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 231 of the acts of 1931 is hereby
amended by striking out section 14 and inserting in place
thereof the following section: — Section l^. This act shall
take effect upon its acceptance by a majority of the voters
of the district described in section one, present and voting
thereon at a district meeting called for the purpose in accord-
ance with the provisions of section eight within eighteen
years after its passage.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved June 27, 19^7.
C/iap. 592 An Act temporarily reviving h. s. watson trucking co.,
inc. for certain PURPOSES.
Emergency Whereos, The deferred operation of this act would delay
preamble. ,,... . . ,, ,.
the disposition of certain property by the corporation re-
vived thereby and it is essential that such disposition be ef-
fected as soon as possible; therefore it is hereby declared to
be an emergency law, necessaiy for the immediate preserva-
tion of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
H. S. Watson Trucking Co., Inc., a corporation dissolved
on March twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and forty-one,
is hereby revived and continued for the sole purpose of dis-
posing of certain personal property and of distributing the
proceeds of said sale among those entitled thereto.
Approved June 27, 1947.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 593. 609
An Act relative to state, county and municipal airports. (Jfidj) 593
Whereas, This act should take effect forthwith in order to Emergency
obtain without delay certain federal money for the purposes P'-eambie.
set forth therein, therefore it is hereby declared to be an
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section 51E of chapter 90 of the General g^V-^J®''-
Laws, as amended, is hereby further amended by striking §5ie, etc,
out the last sentence, as appearing in section 1 of chapter 613 '^">*^"'^''^'^-
of the acts of 1946, and inserting in place thereof the five
following sentences : — The airport commission may appoint ^'gP° ^jf"*"'
an airport manager who shall be qualified by general man- aSstant air-
agement experience and aeronautical knowledge and shall may be^"^^*"""
be the executive officer of said commission, and may also appointed.
appoint an assistant airport manager who shall be qualified
as aforesaid. Neither the airport manager nor the assistant
airport manager shall be subject to chapter thirty-one. The
assistant airport manager shall act in place of the airport
manager at such times and under such conditions as the air-
port commission may direct. The airport manager, and the
assistant airport manager when acting in place of the airport
manager under the direction of the airport commission, shall
be responsible to said commission for the proper mainte-
nance and operation of such airport and of all facilities under
his supervision. Subject to appropriation, said commission
shall appoint such other officers and employees as its work
may require and shall fix the salaries of all officers and em-
ployees appointed or employed by it.
Section 2. Said chapter 90 is hereby further amended by g. l. (Ter.
striking out section 511, as so appearing, and inserting in i^sn.^e't'o..
place thereof the following section: — Section 511. The air- amended.'
port commission of any city or town shall be authorized to Airport com-
j r J ± ^ ± • ^ e mission may
expend any funds granted to, or received from any source expend federal
or appropriated by, such city or town for airport purposes p""t plrrpoleV
and may make contracts for the maintenance, operation,
construction, enlargement and improvement of the airport
and for the purchase of materials, supplies and equipment
pursuant to the laws of the commonwealth governing the
making of like contracts; provided, that where such main-
tenance, operation, construction, enlargement and improve-
ment of the airport, and purchase of materials, supplies and
equipment, is financed wholly or partly with federal moneys,
the airport commission may act in the manner prescribed
by the federal authorities, acting under the laws of the
United States, and any rules or regulations made thereunder,
notwithstanding any other law of the commonwealth to the
contrary.
Section 3. Said chapter 90 is hereby further amended EdVoo"
by striking out section 51K, as so appearing, and inserting §5ii<, etc.
in place thereof the following section: — Section 51 K. Any ''"'^"*^^^-
Airport com-
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mission subject
to Massachu-
setts aeronau-
tics commission
in certain
cases.
Municipality
may incur
debt outside
debt limit for
an airport
under certain
conditions.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 90,
§ 39F, etc.,
amended.
Reimbursement
to cities and
towns.
airport commission established by law obtaining an offer for
a grant of federal funds shall designate the Massachusetts
aeronautics commission as its agent to receive federal moneys
and receipt therefor in its behalf, and shall enter into an
agreement with said last mentioned commission prescribing
the terms and conditions of such agency in accordance with
federal laws, rules and regulations and applicable laws of the
commonwealth.
Every such airport commission may invite bids for any
contract involving the acquisition, establishment, construc-
tion, enlargement, protection, equipment, maintenance or
operation of an airport, the site for which has been approved
as provided by section thirty-nine B, and shall submit every
such proposed contract to said Massachusetts aeronautics
commission for approval. After approval has been given,
said airport commission may award such contracts; pro-
vided, that the liability incurred shall not exceed the funds
available therefor, including the appropriation voted and
the amount of any gift or bequest, together with the amount
or amounts stated in any existing agreements for the allot-
ment or grant of funds by the federal government or com-
monwealth, or both.
If a city or town shall have an agreement with the federal
government or the commonwealth whereby such govern-
ment or commonwealth grants such city or town a sum of
money to be used, with funds provided by said city or town,
for an airport, and shall be required primarily to pay that
portion of the expense for which reimbursement is to be re-
ceived from such grant, or grants, the treasurer of such city
or town, with the approval of the mayor or selectmen, as the
case may be, in anticipation of the proceeds of such grant,
or grants, may incur debt, which shall be outside the debt
limit, to an amount not exceeding the amount of the grant
or grants, as shown by the grant agreement or agreements
and may issue notes therefor payable in not more than one
year from their dates. Any loan issued under this section
for a shorter period than one year may be refunded by the
issue of other notes maturing within the required period;
provided, that the period from the date of issue of the
original loan to the date of maturity of the refunding loan
shall not be more than one year. The proceeds of the grant
or grants, so far as necessary, shall be applied to the dis-
charge of the loan.
Section 4. Said chapter 90 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 39F, inserted by section 1 of chap-
ter 607 of the acts of 1946, and inserting in place thereof the
following section : — Section 39F. Whenever any city or
town undertakes, in conformity with the state airport plan,
the acquisition, construction, establishment, enlargement,
improvement or protection of an airport and has appro-
priated sufficient funds, which together with funds available
under this section, shall equal at least fifty per cent of the
cost thereof, the state treasurer, at the request of the com-
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 594, 595. 611
mission, shall pay to or reimburse such city or town from
such funds as have been appropriated for such purposes,
such amount, not exceeding twenty-five per cent of the cost
of such work, as may be determined by the commission.
Section 5. Said chapter 90 is hereby further amended Ed.^'oo'^ew
by inserting after section 39F the following section: — Sec- §396, added.
Hon S9G. The provisions of sections thirty-five to fifty-two. County
inclusive, applicable to any city or town shall apply to air- '*"'p'"'^^-
ports and aeronautical facilities owned or operated by any
county, except for the method of appointment of the air-
port commission thereof, which commission shall be ap-
pointed by the county commissioners.
Approved June 27, 1947.
An Act extending the time for the matriculation of (JJiq^) 594
veterans of world war ii as students at the branch ^'
of the university of massachusetts at fort devens.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would defeat prSwe'!"''
its purpose, which is to give to veterans the right to matricu-
late at the branch of the University of Massachusetts at
Fort Devens after September first in the current year, which
right would otherwise terminate on said date, therefore it is
hereb}'' declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 596 of the acts of 1946 is hereby amended by
striking out section 5 and inserting in place thereof the fol-
lowing section: — Section 5. No person shall be matricu-
lated after October first, nineteen hundred and forty-nine,
at the branch of the University of Massachusetts established
by this act. Approved June 27, 1947.
An Act further providing for sewage disposal needs Chap. 595
OF the north and south metropolitan sewerage dis-
tricts and communities which now or hereafter may
BE included in SAID DISTRICTS.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would, in part. Emergency
defeat its purpose, which is to provide for sewage disposal ^"""^^
needs in the north and south metropolitan sewerage dis-
tricts with the utmost expedition, therefore, it is hereby de-
clared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public health, safety and convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The metropolitan district water supply commission, as
enlarged by chapter seven hundred and five of the acts of
nineteen hundred and forty-five, for the purpose of carrying
out the construction of projects 1, 2 and 3 of section one
of said chapter, may expend, from the aggregate of fifteen
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million dollars, provided in section one of said chapter,
sums not iexceeding eight million four hundred thousand dol-
lars, such sums to be in addition to amounts previously
authorized to be expended therefrom.
Approved June 27, 1947.
Chav.59Q An Act providing for the peaceful settlement of in-
dustrial DISPUTES DANGEROUS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH
AND SAFETY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows :
EdVnJ"' ^^^ General Laws are hereby amended by inserting after
chapter 150B, chapter 150A the following chapter: —
added.
pute dangerous
to public
health and
safety.
Chapter 150B.
Peaceful Settlement of Industrial Disputes Danger-
ous TO Public Health and Safety.
Pnt^eA^rnTin an Sectiou 1 . The general court hereby finds that the dis-
industriai dis- ti'ibution of food, fuel, water, electric light and power, gas,
and hospital and medical services is essential to the public
health and safety and that the settlement of industrial dis-
putes which threaten substantial interruption of such dis-
tribution is therefore affected with a public interest; that
the adjustment of differences concerning wages, hours and
other terms and conditions of employment which might lead
to such disputes can best be accomplished by encouraging
collective bargaining between employers and representa-
tives freely designated or selected by their employees; but
that the intervention of government is necessary to protect
the public health and safety whenever an industrial dispute
which has not been settled by collective bargaining threatens
an immediate and substantial interruption in the production
or distribution of food, fuel, water, electric light or power,
gas, or hospital or medical services which would dangerously
curtail their availabiHty in any community.
It is therefore declared to be the policy of the common-
wealth (a) to place primary responsibility upon the em-
ployers and representatives freely designated or selected by
employees for the avoidance of any interruption in the pro-
duction or distribution of food, fuel, water, electric light and
power, gas, or hospital or medical services resulting from
differences concerning wages, hours and other terms and
conditions of employment and (6) in the event that a peace-
ful adjustment of such differences is not accomplished by
collective bargaining, to provide procedures for government
intervention and the establishment of wages, hours and other
terms and conditions of employment without any interrup-
tion in the production or distribution of such goods or services
which would dangerously curtail their availability in any
community.
icea not to be
interrupted.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 596. 613
Section 2. When used in this chapter — Definitions.
"Person" includes one or more individuals, partnerships,
associations, corporations, legal representatives, trustees,
trustees in bankruptcy, or receivers.
"Employer" includes any person acting in the interest of
an employer, directly or indirectly, but shall not include the
commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof, or any
labor organization (other than when acting as an employer),
or any one acting in the capacity of officer or agent of such
labor organization.
"Employee" shall include any employee, and shall not
be limited to the employees of a particular employer, and
shall include any individual whose work has ceased as a con-
sequence of, or in connection with, any current labor dis-
pute, and who has not obtained any other regular and sub-
stantially equivalent employment.
"Representative of employees" means any person or labor
organization designated or selected for the purpose of col-
lective bargaining by a majority of the employees in a unit
appropriate for such purposes.
"Labor dispute" includes any controversy concerning
rates of pay, wages, hours or terms, tenure or conditions of
employment, or concerning the association or representation
of persons in negotiating, fixing, maintaining, changing, or
seeking to arrange terms or conditions of employment, re-
gardless of whether the disputants stand in the proximate
relation of employer and employee.
"Essential goods or services" means food, fuel, water,
electric light or power, gas, and hospital or medical services.
"Production" includes production, manufacture, mining,
handling, transporting, or in any other manner working on,
and shall also include any process or occupation necessary to
such production.
"Distribution" includes distributing, transporting, han-
dling, storing, selling at wholesale or retail, or furnishing and
shall also include any process or occupation necessary to such
distribution.
Section 3. In the event that the commissioner of labor Commissioner
and industries finds that a labor dispute has not been set- certlfyLbor
tied by collective bargaining and imminently threatens a g^jf^g^no*"
substantial interruption in the production or distribution of
essential goods or services, he shall certify such dispute to
the governor. If the governor, after such investigation of
the certified dispute as he deems appropriate, finds and pro-
claims that the interruption is imminent and would curtail
the availability of essential goods or services to such an
extent as to endanger the health or safety of any community
and that the intervention of government will be in the public
interest and in accordance with the policy of this chapter,
then he is authorized to invoke either or both of the follow-
ing procedures for the settlement of the dispute : —
(A) The governor may require the employer and repre- Governor
sentatives of the employees, parties to the dispute, to appear ^pioye^nd
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Acts, 1947. — Chap. 596.
employees to
appear before
a moderator.
May request
parties to sub-
mit dispute
to emergency
board of
arbitration.
Governor
may declare
an emergency
exists in
respect to
essential goods
or services.
before a moderator appointed by him and show cause why
they should not submit the dispute to arbitration. The
moderator shall be an impartial person skilled in industrial
relations and shall serve without compensation. The moder-
ator shall not review the merits of the dispute but shall en-
deavor to induce the parties to submit the dispute to ar-
bitration in such a form as may be mutually acceptable, and
to this end he may conduct such investigation and public
or private hearing as he deems appropriate. If either or
both of the parties refuses to comply with the request of
the moderator to submit the dispute to arbitration, the
moderator shall find and make public the reasons for such
refusal.
A submission to arbitration shall be arranged or the find-
ings of the moderator published within fifteen days after
the governor's proclamation or such additional period as may
be mutually agreeable to the parties. For fifteen days after
the governor's proclamation and any additional period
mutually agreeable to the parties, no change shall be made,
except by mutual agreement, in the rates of pay, wages,
hours, or other terms or conditions of employment in effect
prior to the time the events giving rise to the dispute took
place, and there shall be no interruption in the production or
distribution of the essential goods or services produced or
distributed by the parties to the dispute.
(B) The governor may request the parties voluntarily to
submit the dispute to an emergency board of arbitration of
three members appointed by the governor, one to be chosen
to represent industry, one to represent labor and one to
represent the general public. The emergency board shall
fix in its recommendations the date, prospective or retro-
active, as of which its recommendations shall be made ef-
fective and in doing so shall consider evidence as to the re-
sponsibility of either party for delaying the settlement or
rejecting arbitration.
The emergency board shall conduct its hearing and make
and file its report with the governor within a period of thirty
days after the submission of such dispute, unless the parties
shall mutually agree to extend the period. Prior to the filing
of the report of the emergency board and for thirty days
thereafter, no change shall be made, except by mutual
agreement of the parties, in the rates of pay, wages, hours
or other terms or conditions of employment in effect prior
to the time the events giving rise to the dispute took place
and there shall be no interruption in the production or dis-
tribution of the essential goods or services produced or dis-
tributed by the parties to the dispute.
Section 4- (a) Whenever the governor finds that as a re-
sult of a labor dispute an interruption of production or dis-
tribution has occurred or is imminently threatened which
would curtail the availability of essential goods or services
to such an extent as to endanger the health or safety of any
community and that such dispute either (a) has not been
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 596. 615
settled under the procedures established by section three or
(b) is of such a nature that those procedures cannot be ap-
plied thereto, he shall thereupon declare that an emergency
exists in respect to such essential goods or services. During
such emergency the governor may —
(A) Enter into arrangements with either or both of the May arrange
parties to the dispute for continuing the production or dis- plrty^to^con-
tribution of such part of the goods or services theretofore tinue services.
produced or distributed by them as may be necessary to safe-
guard the public health and safety. The governor with the
approval of the council may make and promulgate rules and
regulations, to be effective immediately, for carrying out
such arrangements and preventing interference therewith.
(B) (1) Take possession of any plant or facility of a party May seize any
to the dispute the operation of which by the commonwealth faciutyf
he deems to be necessary as a result of such dispute, in order
to safeguard the public health or safety. Such power and
authority may be exercised through any department or
agency of the commonwealth and with the assistance of
such public or private instrumentalities or persons as may
be designated by the governor. Such plant or facility shall
be operated for the account of the person operating it im-
mediately prior to the seizure; provided, that such person
shall have the right to elect, by written notice filed with the
governor within ten days after such seizure, to waive all
claims to the proceeds of such operation, and to receive in
lieu thereof fair and reasonable compensation for the appro-
priation and use of his property, for which he may bring a
petition for damages against the commonwealth under chap-
ter two hundred and fifty-eight. In determining the amount
of compensation to be awarded in such proceedings under
chapter two hundred and fifty-eight, there shall be taken
into account the existence of the labor dispute which in-
terrupted or threatened imminently to interrupt the private
operation of such plant or facility, and the effect of such
interruption or threatened interruption upon the value to
the petitioner of the use of such plant or facility.
(2) The declaration of emergency or the seizure and opera- wages, hours,
tion of a plant or facility by the commonwealth shall not ll1^J'° ''^™"°
render inapplicable any state or federal law concerning the
health, safety, security and employment standards, and the
department or agency operating such plant or facility shall
comply with said laws as if it were privately operated.
During such emergency the rates of pay, wages, hours and
other terms and conditions of employment theretofore ef-
fective shall be maintained without change; provided, that
if an emergency board of arbitration shall have been ap-
pointed and shall, after a hearing, have recommended
changes in rates of pay, wages, hours or other terms or con-
ditions of employment, such changes may, in the discretion
of the governor, be made effective in any plant which is
being operated by the commonwealth; and provided, fur-
ther, that when no emergency board has been appointed, the
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Acts, 1947. — Chap. 596.
Authority of
special boards
limited.
Strikes unlaw-
ful during
public control.
Public control
to cease if
parties notify
governor they
settled the
dispute.
governor may appoint a special board of three arbitrators,
one to represent industry, one to represent labor, and one to
represent the general public, which shall, except as provided
by paragraph (3), after a hearing, make recommendations
concerning the rates of pay, wages, hours and terms and con-
ditions of employment for the period of public operation,
which recommendations may, in the discretion of the gov-
ernor, be made effective in such plant or facility during said
period. Such recommendations will be based on the condi-
tions in existence in the industry affected.
(3) In the case of a labor dispute between or among parties
to a valid and existing collective bargaining agreement, the
authority of any special board of arbitrators appointed under
this section shall be limited, with respect to the unexpired
period of such agreement, to the determination of grievances
asserted thereunder, and the making of recommendations or
determinations concerning the proper interpretation and ap-
plication of the provisions of such agreement; provided, that
if the said existing collective bargaining agreement shall con-
tain provisions for arbitration of grievances or interpreta-
tions of such agreement, a special board appointed by the
governor hereunder shall take no action inconsistent with
such agreement. Recommendations which may be made by
such a board in excess of its authority as herein limited shall
not be made effective during the period of public operation.
(b) During such emergency it shall be unlawful for any
person to engage in any concerted cessation of work or other
concerted activities interfering or threatening to interfere
with the operation of any plant or facility which is being
operated by the commonwealth for the purpose of bringing
about any change in rates of pay, wages, hours or terms or
conditions of employment; or to aid or encourage any such
concerted cessation of work or other concerted activities by
giving direction or guidance in the conduct thereof or by
providing funds for the payment of strike, unemployment,
or other benefits to persons participating therein; or to
violate any rule or regulation promulgated by the governor
with the approval of the council under paragraph (A).
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as requiring any
individual employee to render labor or service without his
consent.
(c) Whenever the parties to a labor dispute which has led
the governor to proclaim the existence of an emergency under
this section shall jointly report in writing to the governor
that they have executed an agreement terminating or ad-
justing the said dispute, and that they are in a position to
resume or continue without interruption the operation of any
plant or facility for the production or distribution of essen-
tial goods or services the governor shall terminate forthwith
with respect to such plant or facility any arrangements made
pursuant to paragraph (A) and, if such plant or facility is
being operated by the commonwealth, it shall be restored
immediately to the person entitled thereto. The supreme
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 596. 617
judicial court or the superior court shall have jurisdiction
in equity, on petition of any aggrieved party, to enforce
compliance with the provisions of this subsection.
(d) Whenever, in the opinion of the governor, the inter- Termination
vention of the commonwealth under this section is no longer °^ ''™e'"gency.
necessary to safeguard the public health or safety, he shall
declare the termination of the emergency without regard to
the settlement or continuation of the labor dispute.
Section 5. (a) No person, other than the commonwealth ^°itied°oig ^i
as provided in subsection (b) hereof and except as provided or equitable
in subsection (c) of section four, shall be entitled to legal or court,"" '"'^
equitable relief in any court of the commonwealth as a re- except, etc.
suit of a violation of any provision of this chapter.
(b) The superior court in a suit by the commonwealth orsuplnoT
shall have jurisdiction to restrain and enjoin violations of court.
this chapter and such jurisdiction shall not be limited by the
provisions concerning labor disputes contained in section
twenty C of chapter one hundred and forty-nine, sections
one, nine and nine A of chapter two hundred and fourteen,
and sections thirteen A and thirteen B of chapter two hun-
dred and twenty; provided, that such suits shall be brought
by direction of the governor and not otherwise.
Section 6. If any provision of this chapter or the appli- invalidity of
,. - , ■ ■ L ■ J. tT 11 any provision
cation of such provision to any person or circumstance shall of chapter
be held invalid, the remainder of this chapter, or the appli- ^emahider o*f
cation of such provision to persons or circumstances other chapter.
than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected
thereby.
Section 7. None of the provisions of this chapter shall Application.
be applicable to any dispute involving employees who are
subject to and protected by the Federal Railway Labor Act.
Approved June 27, 1947.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Executive Department, State House,
Boston, June 27, 1947.
Honorable Frederic W. Cook, Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Sir: I, Robert F. Bradford, by virtue of and in accord-
ance with the provisions of the Forty-eighth Amendment
to the Constitution, "The Referendum II, Emergency
Measures", do declare that in my opinion, the immediate
preservation of the public convenience requires that the law
passed on the twenty-seventh day of June in the year nine-
teen hundred and forty-seven entitled, "An Act providing for
the peaceful settlement of industrial disputes dangerous to
the public health and safety" should take effect forthwith
and that it is an emergency law and that the facts constitut-
ing the emergency are as follows :
Production and distribution of food, fuel, water, electric
light, power, and gas, and the availability of hospital and
medical services are essential to the public health and
618 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 597.
safety. Substantial interruptions in such production, dis-
tribution or availability would seriously endanger the public
health and safety, and it is urgent that the provisions of this
act take effect at once, so that adequate means will be
available to protect the public health and safety with a
minimum of delay in the event that such substantial inter-
ruption shall occur or shall be imminent by reason of a labor
dispute
Very truly yours,
Robert F. Bradford,
Governor of the Commonwealth.
Office of the Secretary, Boston, June 27, 1947.
Effective I hereby certify that the accompanying statement was
filed in this office by His Excellency the Governor of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts at seven o'clock and fifty
minutes, p.m., on the above date, and in accordance with
Article Forty-eight of the Amendments to the Constitution
said chapter takes effect forthwith, being chapter five hun-
dred and ninety-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and
forty-seven.
F. W. Cook,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
date.
Chap. 597 ^ ^^^ relative to the tenure of public school
TEACHERS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
EdVnT4i Section 1. Chapter 71 of the General Laws is hereby
amended. ' amended by striking out section 41, as appearing in the Ter-
centenary Edition, and inserting in place thereof the follow-
Tenureofcer- ing: — Scction Jfl ■ Every school committee, in electing a
andsuperin" tcachcr Or Superintendent, who has served in its public
tendents. schools for the three previous consecutive school years, other
than a union or district superintendent and the superin-
tendent of schools in the city of Boston, shall employ him
to serve at its discretion; but any school committee may
elect a teacher who has served in its schools for not less than
one school year to serve at such discretion.
G.L. (Ter. SECTION 2. Scction 42 of Said chapter 71, as amended, is
etc.amendtd'. hereby further amended by striking out the first sentence, as
appearing in chapter 123 of the acts of 1934, and inserting
Discharge of in placc thereof the following : — The school committee may
?e"acherTand dismiss any teacher, but no teacher and no superintendent,
Ints""*^""^" other than a union or district superintendent and the super-
intendent of schools in the city of Boston, shall be dis-
missed unless by a two thirds vote of the whole committee.
Ay-proved June 27, 1947.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 598, 599. 619
An Act further providing for a temporary additional Chav.59S
TAX UPON CERTAIN CORPORATIONS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. There is hereby imposed upon all domestic
manufacturing corporations, foreign manufacturing corpora-
tions, domestic business corporations and foreign corpora-
tions, as defined in chapter sixty-three of the General Laws,
as amended, in addition to the taxes levied under the pro-
visions of sections thirty to fifty-one, inclusive, of said
chapter sixty-three and all acts in amendment thereof and
in addition thereto, and in addition to the taxes imposed
upon such corporations under section nine of chapter seven
hundred and twenty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred
and forty-one and under chapter five hundred and fifty-
seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-five and
under section five A of chapter five hundred and eighty-one
of the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-six, a further addi-
tional excise tax equal to one and one half per cent of the
net income of each such corporation determined to be
taxable in accordance with the provisions of said chapter
sixty-three; provided, that the tax imposed by this section
shall not apply to corporations taxable under section thirty-
eight B of said chapter sixty-three. All provisions of law
relative to the assessment, payment, collection and abate-
ment of the taxes imposed under said chapter sixty-three
upon corporations taxable hereunder shall apply to the addi-
tional taxes herein imposed. This section shall apply only
to taxes levied in or on account of the calendar year nine-
teen hundred and forty-eight. The surtaxes imposed upon
corporations of the classes named in this section by section
nine of chapter seven hundred and twenty-nine of the acts
of nineteen hundred and forty-one and by chapter five hun-
dred and fifty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and
forty-five shall apply to the taxes imposed by this section.
Section 2. All taxes provided by this act shall be re-
tained by the commonwealth.
Approved June 27, 19J^7.
An Act providing for the construction of a new build- Qjiaj) 599
ING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AT AMHERST
FOR USE AS A HEALTH CENTER BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND FOR INSTRUCTION, RESEARCH AND
LABORATORY WORK AT SAID UNIVERSITY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The trustees of the University of Massachu-
setts shall construct on the land of the commonwealth at
said university in the town of Amherst a building which
shall provide space for laboratories, research workers and
staff of the Connecticut valley health district and for use as
a health center by the state department of public health and
620 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 600.
the University of Massachusetts. Said building shall con-
tain a suitable auditorium for the seating of at least one hun-
dred and seventy-five persons and suitable clinical facilities
to permit the carrying out of cancer and other programs of
said department.
Section 2. Said trustees, acting through the Massa-
chusetts public building commission established by chapter
four hundred and sixty-six of the acts of the current year,
shall apply for and accept on behalf of the commonwealth
any federal funds or federal assistance, or both, for financing
the cost of preparing suitable plans and specifications for
the building referred to in section one, and, if federal appro-
priations are authorized for aiding in the construction of such
type of project, may, with the approval of the governor,
apply for and accept, in like manner, and use any federal
funds or any federal assistance, or both, provided therefor
under Public Laws 725 of the 79th Congress or any other
federal law, in which case the construction of the building
shall be carried out in all respects subject to the provisions
of the appropriate federal law providing for construction of
such projects, and the rules and regulations made pursuant
thereto, and subject to such terms, conditions, rules and
regulations, not inconsistent with such federal laws, rules
and regulations, as may be established by said trustees, with
the approval of the governor, to insure the proper execution
of said project.
Approved June 27, WJ^l.
Chap.QOO An Act relative to the making of contracts with the
CITY OF FALL RIVER.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section twenty-seven of chapter forty-three
of the General Laws shall no longer apply in the city of Fall
River, and the provisions of section ten of chapter two hun-
dred and sixty-eight of the General Laws which relate to
the making of contracts with cities shall apply in said city.
Section 2. This act shall be submitted to the registered
voters of the city of Fall River at its biennial municipal elec-
tion in the current year in the form of the following question,
which shall be placed upon the oflacial ballot to be used at
said election: "Shall an act passed by the general court
in the current year entitled 'An Act relative to the making
of contracts with the city of Fall River', be accepted?" If
a majority of the votes in answer to said question is in the
affirmative, then this act shall thereupon take full effect,
but not otherwise.
Approved June 27, 19^7.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 601, 602. 621
An Act increasing the salary of the secretary of the (JJkjj) gni
JUDICIAL COUNCIL. ^'
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 34C of chapter 221 of the General Laws, as appear- g. l. (Ter.
ing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by fUc^^^'
striking out, in hnes 7 and 8, the words "thirty-five hundred" amended.
and inserting in place thereof the words : — five thousand, —
so as to read as follows: — Section 34C. No member of said Ex^eMpf*'""'
council, except as hereinafter provided, shall receive any Salary**^*
compensation for his services, but said council and the
several members thereof shall be allowed from the state
treasury out of any appropriation made for the purpose such
expenses for clerical and other services, travel and inci-
dentals as the governor and council shall approve. The
secretary of said council, whether or not a member thereof,
shall receive from the commonwealth a salary of five thou-
sand dollars. Approved June 27, 1947.
An Act to prevent discrimination in employer con- (Jhn^ aqo
TRIBUTION rates under the MASSACHUSETTS EMPLOY- ^'
MENT SECURITY LAW BY REASON OF INTERRUPTIONS OF
BUSINESS RESULTING FROM WORLD WAR SERVICE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph (4) of subsection (6) of section 14 ^j^ {Jj''^-
of chapter 151 A of the General Laws, as appearing in sec- § 14,'etc., '
tion 1 of chapter 685 of the acts of 1941, is hereby amended '''tended.
by adding at the end the following sentence : — For the pur- interruption
poses of this paragraph and paragraphs (5) and (6) of this of business due
^ , ,. ■ ^ 01- r-or-_\/ \ / tQ service In
subsection, m any case where the busmess 01 an employer, armed forces.
whether an individual, partnership or corporation, has been
interrupted because of the absence of such individual, or of
one or more partners of the partnership, or of one or more
officers or stockholders of the corporation, while in the service
of the United States, which term shall include any form of
civilian, military or other service directly connected with
World War II, requiring his or their continuous absence from
the place of business, the period immediately preceding and
immediately succeeding said intermption shall be con-
strued as consecutive for the purpose of establishing the
three most recently completed calendar years.
Section 2. The provisions of this act, or of certain por- when act
tions thereof, shall become operative if and when federal oper^fve.
legislation is enacted, in amendment of section 1602 of the
Internal Revenue Code or otherwise, whereby said pro-
visions, or such portions thereof, can be carried out without
adversely affecting the rights of any Massachusetts tax
payer to credits against the tax imposed by section 1600 as
provided in sections 1601 and 1602 of the Internal Revenue
Code (Federal Unemployment Tax Act) or any right of the
commonwealth to grants from the federal government under
the federal social security act. Approved June 27, 1947.
622 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 603, 604, 605.
ChaV.QOS ^^ ^^^ PROVIDING FOR THE REPAIR OF A SEA WALL IN THE
^' TOWN OF PLYMOUTH.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The department of public works is hereby
authorized and directed to repair the sea wall along Water
street in the town of Plymouth. The cost of said work shall
not exceed forty-five thousand dollars, one half of which shall
be paid by the commonwealth, and the remainder shall be
paid by the town of Plyrnouth, or jointly by said town and
the county of Plymouth in such amounts as may be agreed
upon by the selectmen of said town and the county commis-
sioners of said county.
Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance, within one year after its passage, by vote of the
town at a town meeting, but not otherwise.
Approved June 27, 1947.
C hap, Q04i An Act authorizing the armory commissioners to
ACQUIRE ADDITIONAL LAND FOR THE STATE RIFLE RANGE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. After an appropriation has been made for the
purpose, the armory commissioners are hereby authorized,
with the approval of the governor and council, to acquire
by purchase or to take by eminent domain under chapter
eighty A of the General Laws, the land lying in the town of
Lynnfield adjoining the eastern boundary of the present
state rifle range. The land to be taken shall adjoin the state
rifle range and shall extend in a generally easterly direction
a distance of approximately two hundred yards from the
existing eastern boundaries, described as a line five degrees
to the east of the most easterly present line of fire, to pro-
vide a new area bounded on the south by the Wakefield-
Lynnfield town boundary, and on the north by land presently
owned by the commonwealth and/or right of way owned or
controlled by the New England Power Company.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved June 27, 19^7.
Chap.Q05 An Act authorizing the armory commissioners to grant
to new ENGLAND POWER COMPANY CERTAIN RIGHTS OVER
OR ACROSS THE STATE RIFLE RANGE IN THE TOWN OF
LYNNFIELD.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The armory commissioners are hereby au-
thorized to grant to New England Power Company, upon
such terms and conditions as they may deem advisable, such
easements, rights of way or other interests over and across
any part of the present state rifle range lying in the town of
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 606, 607. 623
Lynnfield as they may deem necessary or convenient for the
erection and maintenance thereon of electric light or power
transmission lines.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved June 27, 1947.
ChapmQ
An Act authorizing the Israel brotherhood of lowell
massachusetts to hold real estate in new hampshire
and confirming title to its present holdings.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The Israel Brotherhood of Lowell Massa-
chusetts, located in the city of Lowell, and incorporated under
general law, is hereby authorized to hold real estate in the
town of Pelham in the state of New Hampshire, to an amount
not exceeding five thousand dollars. All of said property and
the income derived therefrom shall be used for the purposes
of said corporation as set forth in its charter or certificate of
corporation.
Section 2. The title of said corporation to all real estate
standing in its name on the effective date hereof, in so far
as it is affected by lack of statutory authority for the invest-
ment of funds of such corporation, is hereby confirmed.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved June 27, 1947.
An Act relative to approval by the commissioner of p/,^^ any
insurance of accident and health insurance policies P-D^'
WITH respect to RATES AND OTHERWISE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows. •
Section 108 of chapter 175 of the General Laws, as amended g. l. (Ter.
by chapter 341 of the acts of 1945, is hereby further amended f los.^Ju;'..
by adding at the end the three following paragraphs: — amended.
A. The commissioner may, within thirty days after the commiaaioner
filing of a copy or form of such a policy, disapprove such ^ove'^poUcy.
form of policy (1) if the benefits provided therein are un-
reasonable in relation to the premium charged, or (2) if it
contains any provision which is unjust, unfair, inequitable,
misleading or deceptive, or which encourages misrepre-
sentation as to such policy. If the commissioner shall notify
the insurer which has filed any such form that it does not
comply with the provisions of this section it shall be unlawful
thereafter for such insurer to issue such form or use it in con-
nection with any policy. In such notice the commissioner
shall specify the reasons for his disapproval and state that a
hearing will be granted within twenty days after request in
writing by the insurer.
B. The commissioner may at any time after a hearing, of Commissioner.
,.1 ,1 ,1 , -^ . . 1 ,1 1 alter ncaring,
wnicn not less than twenty days written notice shall have may withdraw
been given to the insurer, withdraw his approval of any such pXy!"' *"'
624 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 608, 609.
form on any of the grounds stated in paragraph A. It shall
be unlawful for the insurer to issue such form or use it in
connection with any policy after the effective date of such
withdrawal of approval. The notice of any such hearing
shall specify the matters to be considered at such hearing
and any decision affirming disapproval or directing with-
drawal of approval under this section shall be in writing and
. shall specify the reasons therefor.
supreme ju- C. Any person or company aggrieved by any action, order,
diciai court. finding or decision of the commissioner under paragraph B
may, within twenty days from the filing of a memorandum
thereof in his office, file a petition in the supreme judicial
court for the county of Suffolk for a review of such action,
order, finding or decision. The action, order, finding or
decision of the commissioner shall remain in full force and
effect pending the final decision of the court unless the court
or a justice thereof after notice to the commissioner shall
by a special order otherwise direct. The court shall have
jurisdiction in equity to modify, amend, annul, review or
affirm such action, order, finding or decision, shall review all
questions of fact and of law involved therein and may make
any appropriate order or decree.
Approved June 27, 1947.
Chap. 608 An A<^t authorizing the city of boston to temporarily
REINSTATE WALTER J. KENNEY IN ITS POLICE DEPARTMENT
FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF BEING RETIRED.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Walter J. Kenney, who became separated
from service in the police department of the city of Boston
on October thirteenth, nineteen hundred and forty-two, by
reason of entering the military service of the United States,
may be reinstated by said city in its police department for
the sole purpose of being retired.
Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance by vote of the city council of said city, subject to
the provisions of its charter, but not otherwise.
Approved June 28, 1947.
Chap.Q09 An Act relating to findings of the emergency housing
COMMISSION.
Emergency WJiereos, Au acute shortage of housing exists in the com-
preambie. monwealth and on account of such shortage many veterans
of World War II and other inhabitants of the commonwealth
are unable to obtain homes for themselves and their families
and this shortage is likely to continue for a substantial period
of time ; and inability to obtain adequate shelter will cause
suffering and disease among such veterans and their families
and other inhabitants unless such shortage is relieved at once,
therefore this act is declared to be an emergency law, neces-
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 609. 625
sary for the immediate preservation of the public health and
convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 592 of the acts of 1946 is hereby-
amended by striking out section 3 and inserting in place
thereof the following section: — Section 3. There shall be a
board to be known as the emergency housing commission, to
serve during the present emergency, as defined in section
two, under the governor and council and to be subject to
such supervision as the governor and council shall deem
necessary and proper, consisting of five members, namely: — ,
a chairman to be appointed by the governor with the advice
and consent of the council ; the chairman of the state board
of housing; the chairman of the state planning board; the
commissioner of labor and industries; and the commissioner
of public safety. Upon appeal or petition by any person ag-
grieved by the refusal of a board of appeals of a city or town
referred to or appointed under section thirty of chapter forty
of the General Laws, or similar provisions of a special law,
or any board of appeals under a local building ordinance or
by-law or a building code, to reverse any order or decision of
any inspector of buildings or other administrative official
having similar duties, to decide in favor of the applicant on
any matter upon which such board of appeals is required to
pass, or to effect any variance in the application of any such
ordinance, by-law or code, the emergency housing commis-
sion by an affirmative vote of four of its members may reverse
such order or decision, decide in favor of such applicant or
effect any such variance. The emergency housing commis-
sion shall not grant any relief under this section unless it
finds that such relief may be granted without substantial
detriment to the public good and without substantially der-
ogating from the intent and purpose of such ordinance,
by-law, or code, having regard to the purposes set forth in
section twenty-five of chapter forty of the General Laws, sec- -
tion three of chapter one hundred and forty-three of the
General Laws, or similar provisions of special law, re-
spectively. The emergency housing commission shall grant
relief only after a hearing, notice of which shall have been
given by mail, postage prepaid, to the appellant or petitioner,
the board of appeals and the owners of all property deemed
by the commission to be affected by such appeal or petition,
and by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in
such city or town. At the hearing any party may appear in
person or by agent or by attorney. No appeal or petition
under this section with respect to a particular parcel of land
which has been unfavorably acted upon by the commission
shall be considered by said commission except with the con-
sent of a majority of the board of appeals. The commission
may reconsider any appeal or petition which has been with-
drawn by the appellant or petitioner before action by the
commission or after favorable action by the commission.
626 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 610.
The determination of the emergency housing commission
under this section shall be final.
Section 1A. Section 4 of said chapter 592 is hereby-
amended by striking out the first sentence and inserting
in place thereof the following sentence : — The emergency
housing commission shall have such powers as may be neces-
sary to permit it to expedite the construction of dwelling
places of all types in the commonwealth, with special priority
to the needs of veterans, and to insure an equitable flow into
the commonwealth of such building materials as may be in
short supply.
Section 2. Nothing in this act shall be deemed to in-
validate any action taken under said chapter five hundred
and ninety-two prior to the effective date of this act.
Approved June 28, 1947.
Chav.QlO An Act relative to the delegation by the director of
THE DIVISION OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY OF HIS DUTIES,
FUNCTIONS AND POWERS, THE COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS
OF THE ADVISORY COUNCIL OF SAID DIVISION AND THE
NUMBER OF MEETINGS OF SAID COUNCIL.
Eme^ency Whereas, The deferred operation of this act, which in part
pream e. .^ ^^ authorizc the director of the division of employment
security to properly delegate his duties, functions and powers,
would hamper the proper administration of the employment
security law, therefore this act is hereby declared to be an
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
%d)' 23^'§ 9K Section 1 . Section 9K of chapter 23 of the General Laws,
etc!, 'amended. ■ as most recently amended by section 5 of chapter 709 of the
acts of 1941, is hereby further amended by striking out the
fourth sentence, as appearing in section 1 of chapter 20 of
the acts of 1939, and inserting in place thereof the following
Deputy or Sentence : — The director shall fix the duties of all persons
directors. appointed and employed by him, and may authorize any
such person to perform such duties, functions and powers of
the director as may be necessary or suitable for the proper
administration and enforcement of chapter one hundred and
fifty-one A.
G.L. (Ter. SECTION 2. Paragraph (a) of section 9N of said chap-
etc, amended. ' tcr 23, as most recently amended by section 5 of chapter 685
of the acts of 1941, is hereby further amended by striking
out, in line 21, the word "fifteen" and inserting in place
thereof the word: — twenty-five, — and by inserting after
the word "month", in line 25, the words: — , but not more
than sixty times a year, — so as to read as follows : —
foSncfh ''''°^ (a) There shall be in the division, but not subject to the
control of the director, a state advisory council of six mem-
bers, citizens of the commonwealth, to be appointed by the
governor, with the advice and consent of the council. Two
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 611. 627
of said members shall be persons who, because of their voca-
tions, employments, occupations or affiliations, can be classed
as employers; two shall be persons who, for like reasons, can
be classed as employees; and two shall be persons repre-
sentative of the public. The governor shall from time to
time designate as chairman one of the members who was
appointed as representative of the public. Of the members
originally appointed, one of each of the aforesaid groups shall
be chosen for a term of four years, and one of each group for
a term of six years; and thereafter as their terms expire the
governor shall, with like advice and consent, appoint mem-
bers for terms of six years. Vacancies shall be filled by ap-
pointment by the governor, with like advice and consent, for
the remainder of the unexpired term. All members shall
serve until the qualification of their respective successors.
Each of the members of the council shall receive the sum of
twenty-five dollars as compensation for each day's attend-
ance at meetings of the council; provided, that the total
amount paid hereunder to any such member shall not exceed
fifteen hundred dollars in any period of twelve months. The
council shall meet at least once a month, but not more than
sixty times a year. Members of the council shall receive
their traveling and other necessary expenses incurred in the
performance of their duties. The director shall provide for
the council suitable quarters and such clerical and other as-
sistance as the council may deem necessary. Said offices
and the incumbents thereof shall not be subject to chapter
thirty-one and the rules and regulations made thereunder.
Approved June 28, 19^7.
An Act authorizing cities and towns to borrow on (7/iai).611
ACCOUNT OF PUBLIC WELFARE AND VETERANS' BENEFITS.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend Emergency
to defeat its purpose, which in part is to make immediately ^'"^*'"
operative, in view of the existing financial emergency in
certain cities and towns, the provisions of this act authorizing
cities and towns to borrow certain sums during the current
year and the next succeeding year on account of expenses
for public welfare and for aid to veterans, therefore this act
is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for
the preservation of the pubhc convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Subject to the provisions of this act, any
city or town, by a two thirds vote as defined in section one
of chapter forty-four of the General Laws, and with the
approval of the mayor or selectmen and of the emergency
finance board estabhshed under section one of chapter forty-
nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-three, may
borrow in each of the years nineteen hundred and forty-
seven and nineteen hundred and forty-eight inside its limit
of indebtedness as prescribed by section ten of said chapter
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 611.
forty-four, for use only for meeting appropriations made or
to be made for public welfare, including in such term old
age assistance and aid to dependent children, and for vet-
erans' benefits to an amount not more than one half of one
per cent of the average of the assessors' valuation of its tax-
able property for the three preceding years, such valuation
to be reduced and otherwise determined as provided in said
section ten of said chapter forty-four, and may issue bonds
or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the words
(name of city or town) Municipal Relief Loan, Act of 1947.
Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and
such loans shall be paid in not more than five years from
their dates, as said board shall fix, and, except as herein
provided, shall be subject to said chapter forty-four, exclu-
sive of the limitation contained in the first paragraph of
section seven thereof.
Loans may be issued hereunder in the year nineteen hun-
dred and forty-seven or nineteen hundred and forty-eight,
as the case may be, only by a city or town which in such
year has appropriated to be raised by taxation, or appropri-
ated from available funds for the purposes enumerated in
the preceding paragraph, an amount not less than the aggre-
gate of its expenditures made in the year preceding the year
of issue for old age assistance and aid to dependent children
to be met otherwise than from the proceeds of federal grants,
and of its expenditures made in said preceding year for veter-
ans' benefits, together with an amount equal to not less than
seventy-five per cent of its expenditures made in said pre-
ceding year for all public welfare purposes other than old
age assistance, aid to dependent children and veterans'
benefits, all as determined by the board.
If a loan under authority of this act has been approved
by said board during the year nineteen hundred and forty-
seven or nineteen hundred and forty-eight for a city or town,
the amount of any appropriation voted by such city or town
for said year for public welfare, including in such term old
age assistance, aid to dependent children and veterans'
benefits, shall not be reduced during the said year by appro-
priation, transfer or otherwise, except with the written ap-
proval of the board. Whenever used in this act the words
"veterans' benefits" shall include the forms of aid to vet-
erans now or formerly known as state aid, military aid, sol-
diers' relief, and soldiers' burials, or any words or phrases
connoting the same.
Section 2. The members of the board aforesaid, when
acting under this act, shall receive from the commonwealth
compensation to the same extent as provided for services
under chapter three hundred and sixty-six of the acts of
nineteen hundred and thirty-three, as amended, including
chapter seventy-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and
forty-five.
Section 3. A loan order voted in any city under author-
ity of this act shall be deemed to be an emergency order and
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 612. 629
as such may be passed in such manner as is provided for
emergency orders or ordinances in its charter, and shall be
in full force and effect immediately upon final favorable
action thereon by its city council or chief executive, as the
case may be, or upon the expiration of any period specified
by such charter for the approval or disapproval of such
orders by its chief executive in any case where he fails to
approve or disapprove such an order within such period,
notwithstanding any provision of general or special law or
ordinance to the contrary; provided, that in the city of
Boston such loan orders may be passed in the manner pro-
vided in its charter for loan orders for temporary loans in
anticipation of taxes.
Section 4. In any city a loan order under authority of
this act may be passed by vote of two thirds of all the mem-
bers of the city council, or of each branch thereof where
there are two branches, exclusive of those members who are
in the military or naval forces of the United States and are
not present at the meeting at which any such vote is taken
at the time of the vote, notwithstanding any provision of
law to the contrary. Approved June 28, 19Jf.7.
An Act relating to exemptions from taxation granted fhfj^ «1 o
DISABLED VETERANS AND THEIR WIVES OR WIDOWS. ^'
Whereas, One of the principal purposes of this act is to Emergency
enable veterans of World War II to avail themselves with- p''''""'^''''-
out delay of its provisions and its deferred operation would
defeat such purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be an
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section 5 of chapter 59 of the General Laws g. l. (Ter.
is hereby amended by striking out clause. Twenty-second, as fti]'nmenc\l'd.
amended by chapter 579 of the acts of 1946, and inserting in
place thereof the following: —
Twenty-second, Real estate of the following classes of per- Exemption
sons who are legal residents of the commonwealth to the o'"°™o*''er't*'""
amount of two thousand dollars in the case of each person ; If certain
provided, such real estate is occupied as a domicile by such '"'■^^^'''^^' ''*■''■
person; and provided, further, that only two thousand dol-
lars of the real estate of any veteran and his wife shall be
exempted; and provided, further, that the real estate of the
person so exempted or the combined real estate of a veteran
and his wife does not exceed eight thousand dollars, ex-
clusive of the value of the mortgage interest held by persons
other than the person to be exempted in such mortgaged
real estate as may be included in said real estate; but if,
said real estate being less than two thousand dollars, the sum
total thereof and of such mortgage interest exceeds two
thousand dollars, the amount so exempted shall be two
thousand dollars:
630 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 613.
(a) Soldiers and sailors, who served in the military or naval
service of the United States in the war of rebellion, in the
Spanish war, in the Philippine insurrection or in World
War I or World War II and were discharged or released in
any manner other than dishonorably therefrom, and by
reason of injury received or disease contracted while in such
service and in the line of duty, lost the sight of both eyes or
of one eye, the sight of the other having been previously lost
or who lost one or both feet, or one or both hands.
(6) Soldiers and sailors who served as aforesaid and were
discharged or released from such service in the manner afore-
said, and who, as a result of disabilities contracted while in
such service and in the line of duty, have a disability rating
of ten per cent as determined by the Veterans' Adminis-
tration.
(c) Soldiers and sailors, not exempt under paragraph (a)
or (6), who served as aforesaid and were discharged or re-
leased from such service in the manner aforesaid, and who,
as a result of disabilities contracted while in such service
and in the line of duty, have become permanently incapaci-
tated to an extent equivalent, in the judgment of the as-
sessors, to the disability of soldiers and sailors having a dis-
ability rating of ten per cent as determined by the Veterans'
Administration.
(d) Wives and widows of soldiers or sailors who would
be entitled to exemption under paragraph (a), (6) or (c).
No real estate shall be so exempt which the assessors shall
adjudge has been conveyed to a veteran or to his wife or
widow to evade taxation.
A person aggrieved by the judgment of the assessors may
appeal to the county commissioners or to the appellate tax
board within the time and in the manner allowed by sec-
tion sixty-four or sixty-five, as the case may be.
Appi^icabie SECTION 2. This act shall be applicable to taxes levied in
taxes. nineteen hundred and forty-seven, upon appUcation made
not later than December first, nineteen hundred and forty-
seven. Approved June 28, 1947.
Chav.QlS An Act authorizing special step-rate salary increases
FOR STATE EMPLOYEES AT STATED INTERVALS AFTER THEY
HAVE REACHED THE MAXIMUM SALARY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE
GRADES.
Emergency Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to
pream e. defeat its purpose, which is to provide without delay addi-
tional income for certain employees of the commonwealth
in view of the increase in the cost of living, therefore it is
hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Ed.h3or§46, Section 1. Chapter 30 of the General Laws is hereby
amended. amended by striking out section 46, as appearing in the
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 614. 631
Tercentenary Edition, and inserting in place thereof the fol-
lowing: — Section 46. Said division may make rules and ^glfiaUonsfor
regulations, subject to the approval of the governor and application
council, providing for the application and administration of u" tion^r'^'
the classification and the specifications established under IcatiolT.^"
section forty-five; and the salaries of all oflficers and em-
ployees holding offices and positions required to be classified
under said section, except those whose salaries are now or
shall be otherwise regulated by law and those whose salaries
are required by law to be fixed subject to the approval of
the governor and council, shall be fixed in accordance with
such classification and specifications. The word "salary"
or "salaries", as used in sections forty-five to fifty, inclusive,
shall include compensation, however payable.
Said rules and regulations shall contain provisions that
employees upon reaching the fifth, ninth, twelfth and fif-
teenth anniversaries of the date of their receiving the maxi-
mum salary fixed for the grade they hold shall be given a
step-rate increase equal to one half the annual increment
established for such grade, in recognition of their length of
service, but such increase shall not entitle said employees to
any change of rating or increased authority.
Section 2. Employees in offices and positions classified pn^r^eases for
under sections forty-five to fifty, inclusive, of chapter thirty employees
of the General Laws, who on the effective date of this act shall ^ceived*'
have been receiving the maximum salary for the grade they "^^^''^J^"™
hold for a period of five years or more, shall, on said effective certain period,
date, be given a step-rate increase over said maximum salary,
equal to fifty per cent of the annual increment established
for such grade if such period is five years or more but less
than nine years, equal to one hundred per cent of such annual
increment if such period is nine years or more but less than
twelve years, equal to one hundred and fifty per cent of such
annual increment if such period is twelve years or more but
less than fifteen years, and equal to two hundred per cent of
such annual increment if such period is fifteen years or more.
Section 3. This act shall take effect on July first in the Effective date.
current year. Approved June 28, 1947.
An Act relative to the regulation of rates for fire, C/iap. 614
MARINE AND INLAND MARINE INSURANCE AND TO RATING
ORGANIZATIONS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The General Laws are hereby amended by g. l. (Ter.
inserting after chapter 174 the following chapter: — ?hiptMr74A.
added.
Chapter 174A.
Regulation of rates for fire, marine and inland
marine insurance, and rating organizations.
Section 1. This chapter shall be known and may be cited "T'*^^-
as the Fire, Marine and Inland Marine Rate Regulatory Law.
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Purpose
of chapter.
Restrictions
on applica-
tion.
Section 2. The purpose of this chapter is to promote the
public welfare by regulating insurance rates to the end that
they shall not be excessive, inadequate or unfairly dis-
criminatory, and to authorize and regulate co-operative
action among insurers in rate making and in other matters
within the scope of this chapter. Nothing in this chapter
is intended (1) to prohibit or discourage reasonable competi-
tion, or (2) to prohibit, or encourage, except to the extent
necessary to accomplish the aforementioned purpose, uni-
formity in insurance rates, rating systems, rating plans or
practices. This chapter shall be liberally interpreted to carry
into effect the provisions of this section.
Section 3. The following words, as used in this chapter,
unless the text otherwise requires or a different meaning is
specifically required, shall mean —
"Commissioner", the commissioner of insurance.
"Company", all corporations, associations, partnerships or
individuals engaged as principals in the business of insurance.
"Insurance Company" or "Insurer", the same meaning
as company.
Sectio7i 4- This chapter shall apply to risks located in this
commonwealth insured by insurance companies authorized
to transact business in this commonwealth under the first,
second or third clauses of section forty-seven of chapter one
hundred and seventy-five. Inland marine insurance shall be
deemed to include insurance now or hereafter defined by law,
or by interpretation thereof, or, if not so defined or inter-
preted, by ruling of the commissioner, or as established by
general custom of the business, as inland marine insurance.
This chapter shall not apply —
(a) To reinsurance, other than joint reinsurance to the
extent stated in section thirteen.
(b) To insurance of vessels or craft, their cargoes, marine
builders' risks, marine protection and indemnity, or other
risks commonly insured under marine, as distinguished from
inland marine, insurance policies.
(c) To insurance of hulls of aircraft, including their ac-
cessories and equipment, or against liability arising out of the
ownership, maintenance or use of aircraft.
(d) To motor vehicle insiu'ance, nor to insm-ance against
liability arising out of the ownership, maintenance or use of
motor vehicles.
If any kind of insurance, subdivision or combination
thereof, or type of coverage, subject to this chapter, is also
subject to regulation by another rate regulatory law of this
commonwealth, an insurer to which both laws are otherwise
applicable shall file with the commissioner a designation as
to which rate regulatory law shall be applicable to it with
respect to such kind of insurance, subdivision or combination
thereof, or type of coverage.
Section 6. (a) Rates shall be made in accordance with
the following provisions : —
1. Manual, minimum, class rates, rating schedules or rat-
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 614. 633
ing plans, shall be made and adopted, except in the case of
specific inland marine rates on risks specially rated, and ex-
cept in the case of special rates on other than inland marine
risks where manual, minimum, class rates, rating schedules
or rating plans are not readily available.
2. Rates shall not be excessive, inadequate or unfairly
discriminatory.
3. Due consideration shall be given to past and prospec-
tive loss experience within and outside this commonwealth,
to the conflagration and catastrophe hazards, to a reason-
able margin for underwriting profit and contingencies, to
dividends, savings or unabsorbed premium deposits allowed
or returned by insurers to their pohcyholders, members or
subscribers, to past and prospective expenses both country-
wide and those specially applicable to this commonwealth,
and to all other relevant factors within and outside this
commonwealth; and in the case of fire insurance rates con-
sideration shall be given to the experience of the fire insur-
ance business during a period of not less than the most
recent five-year period for which such experience is available.
(6) Except to the extent necessary to meet the provisions
of subdivision 2 of subsection (a) of this section, uniformity
among insurers in any matters within the scope of this sec-
tion is neither required nor prohibited.
(c) Rates made in accordance with this section may be
used subject to this chapter.
(d) Nothing in this chapter shall abridge or restrict the
freedom of contract between insurers and agents or brokers
with respect to commissions or between insurers and their
employees with respect to compensation.
(e) Two or more insurers who by virtue of their business
associations in the United States represent themselves to
be or are customarily known as an "insurance company
group", or similar insurance trade designation, shall have
the right to make the same filings or to use the same rates
for each such insurer subject to subdivisions 1, 2 and 3 of
subsection (a) of this section; and nothing contained in this
chapter shall be construed to prohibit an agreement to make
the same filings or use the same rates and concerted action
in connection with such filings or rates by such insurers.
This subsection shall not apply to two or more insurers who
are not under the same common executive or general man-
agement or control and who act in concert in underwriting
groups or pools.
Section 6. (a) Every insurer shall file with the commis- Rates to be
sioner or his designated representative, except as to inland cimn^ssk)ner
marine risks which by general custom of the business are of insurance.
not written according to manual rates or rating plans, every
manual, minimum, class rate, rating schedule or rating plan,
every other rating rule, every special rate on other than in-
land marine risks as provided for in subdivision 1 of sub-
section (o) of section five, and every modification of any of
the foregoing which it proposes to use. Every such filing
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In lieu
of filing.
Commissioner
may waive
filing tem-
porarily.
Rate in
excess on any
specific risk.
No insurer
to make or
issue contract
except in
accordance
with filings,
etc.
Commissioner,
after hearing,
may find
filing to be
no longer
effective.
shall state the effective date thereof, which shall not be
prior to the fiUng date, and such filing shall indicate the
character and extent of the coverage contemplated. The
commissioner may require an insurer to furnish the informa-
tion upon which it supports a filing. Any filing may be
supported by (1) the experience or judgment of the insurer
or rating organization making the filing, (2) the experience
of other insurers or rating organizations, (3) any other
credible information, or (4) any other relevant factors. A
filing and supporting information shall be open to public
inspection after the filing becomes effective. Specific in-
land marine rates on risks specially rated, made by a rating
organization, shall be filed with the commissioner.
(6) An insurer may satisfy its obhgation to make such
fihngs by becoming a member of, or a subscriber to, a li-
censed rating organization which makes such filings, and
by authorizing the commissioner to accept such filings on
its behalf; provided, that nothing contained in this chapter
shall be construed as requiring any insurer to become a
member of or a subscriber to any rating organization.
(c) Under such rules and regulations as he shall adopt the
commissioner may, by written order, suspend or modify the
requirement of filing as to any kind of insurance, subdivision
or combination thereof, or as to classes of risks, the rates for
which cannot practicably be filed before they are used. Such
orders, rules and regulations shall be made known to in-
surers and rating organizations affected thereby. The com-
missioner may make such examination as he may deem ad-
visable to ascertain whether any rates affected by such
order meet the standards set forth in subdivision 2 of sub-
section (a) of section five.
(d) Upon the written application of the insured, stating
his reasons therefor, filed with and approved by the commis-
sioner, a rate in excess of that provided by a filing otherwise
applicable may be used on any specific risk.
(e) Beginning ninety days after the effective date of this
chapter no insurer shall make or issue a contract or policy
except in accordance with the filings which are in effect for
said insurer as provided in this chapter or in accordance with
subsections (c) or (d) of this section. This subsection shall
not apply to contracts or policies for inland marine risks as
to which filings are not required.
Section 7. (a) If at any time the commissioner finds that
a filing does not meet the requirements of this chapter, he
shall, after a hearing held upon not less than ten days'
written notice, specifying the matters to be considered at
such hearing, to every insurer and rating organization which
made such filing, issue an order specifying in what respects
he finds that such filing fails to meet the requirements of this
chapter, and stating when, within a reasonable period there-
after, such filing shall be deemed no longer effective. Copies
of said order shall be sent to every such insurer and rating
organization.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 614. 635
(6) Any person or organization aggrieved with respect to Person, etc.,
any filing which is in effect may make written application may'make
to the commissioner for a hearing thereon; provided, that ^a'tiWor''''''"
the insurer or rating organization that made the filing shall hearing,
not be authorized to proceed under this subsection. Such
application shall specify the grounds to be relied upon by
the applicant. If the commissioner shall find that the appli-
cation is made in good faith, that the applicant would be so
aggrieved if his grounds are established, and that such
grounds otherwise justify holding such a hearing, he shall,
within thirty days after receipt of such application, hold a
hearing upon not less than ten days' written notice to the
applicant and to every insurer and rating organization which
made such fihng.
If, after such hearing, the commissioner finds that the
filing does not meet the requirements of this chapter, he shall
issue an order specifying in what respects he finds that such
filing fails to meet the requirements of this chapter, and
stating when, within a reasonable period thereafter, such
filing shall be deemed no longer effective. Copies of said
order shall be sent to the applicant and to every such insurer
and rating organization.
Section 8. (a) A corporation, an unincorporated associa- Application
tion, a partnership or an individual, whether located within r^tin*"^"^ **
or outside this commonwealth, may make application to the organization,
commissioner for license as a rating organization for such
kinds of insurance, or subdivision or class of risk or a part
or combination thereof as are specified in its application and
shall file therewith (1) a copy of its constitution, its articles
of agreement or association or its certificate of incorpora-
tion, and of its by-laws, rules and regiilations governing the
conduct of its business, (2) a list of its members and sub-
scribers, (3) the name and address of a resident of this
commonwealth upon whom notices or orders of the com-
missioner or process affecting such rating organization may
be served and (4) a statement of its qualifications as a rating
organization. If the commissioner finds that the applicant
is competent, trustworthy and otherwise qualified to act as a
rating organization and that its constitution, articles of
agreement or association or certificate of incorporation, and
its by-laws, rules and regulations governing the conduct of
its business conform to the requirements of law, he shall issue
a license specifying the kinds of insurance, or subdivision or
class of risk or part or combination thereof for which the
applicant is authorized to act as a rating organization. Every
such application shall be granted or denied in whole or in
part by the commissioner within sixty days of the date of its
filing with him. Licenses issued pursuant to this section shall
remain in effect for three years unless sooner suspended or
revoked by the commissioner. The fee for said license shall ^*''-
be twenty-five dollars. Licenses issued pursuant to this sec-
tion may be suspended or revoked by the commissioner, after
hearing upon due notice, in the event the rating organization
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Subscribers
to rating
organizations.
Powers of
rating
organizations.
ceases to meet the requirements of this subsection. Every
rating organization shall notify the commissioner promptly
of every change in (1) its constitution, its articles of agree-
ment or association, or its certificate of incorporation, and
its by-laws, rules and regulations governing the conduct of
its business, (2) its list of members and subscribers and (3)
the name and address of the resident of this commonwealth
designated by it upon whom notices or orders of the com-
missioner or process affecting such rating organization may
be served.
(b) Subject to rules and regulations which have been ap-
proved by the commissioner as reasonable, each rating or-
ganization shall permit any insurer qualifying thereunder,
not a member, to be a subscriber to its rating services for
any kind of insurance, subdivision, or class of risk or a part
or combination thereof for which it is authorized to act as a
rating organization. Notice of proposed changes in such
rules and regulations shall be given to subscribers. Each
rating organization shall furnish its rating services without
discrimination to its members and subscribers. The rea-
sonableness of any rule or regulation in its application to sub-
scribers, or the refusal of any rating organization to admit a
qualified insurer as a subscriber, shall, at the request of any
subscriber or any such insurer, be reviewed by the commis-
sioner at a hearing held upon at least ten days' written notice
to such rating organization and to such subscriber or insurer.
If the commissioner finds that such rule or regulation is un-
reasonable in its application to subscribers, he shall order
that such rule or regulation shall not be applicable to sub-
scribers. If the rating organization fails to grant or reject
a qualified insurer's application for subscribership within
thirty days after it was made, such insurer may request a
review by the commissioner as if the application had been
rejected. If the commissioner finds that such insurer has been
refused admittance to the rating organization as a sub-
scriber without justification, he shall order the rating or-
ganization to admit such insurer as a subscriber. If he finds
that the action of the rating organization was justified, he
shall make an order affirming its action.
(c) No rating organization shall adopt any rule the effect
of which would be to prohibit or regulate the payment of
dividends, savings or unabsorbed premium deposits allowed
or returned by insurers to their policyholders, members or
subscribers.
(d) Co-operation among rating organizations or among
rating organizations and insurers in rate making or in other
matters within the scope of this chapter is hereby author-
ized, provided the filings resulting from such co-operation
are subject to all the provisions of this chapter which are
applicable to fihngs generally. The commissioner may re-
view such co-operative activities and practices and if, after
due notice and a hearing, he finds that any such activity
or practice is unfair or unreasonable or otherwise incon-
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 614. 637
sistent with this chapter, he may issue a written order
specifying in what respects such activity or practice is unfair
or unreasonable or otherwise inconsistent with the provi-
sions of this chapter, and requiring the discontinuance of
such activity or practice.
(e) Any rating organization may provide for the exami-
nation of poHcies, daily reports, binders, renewal certifi-
cates, endorsements or other evidences of insurance, or the
cancellation thereof, and may make reasonable rules gov-
erning their submission. Such rules shall contain a provi-
sion that in the event any insurer does not within sixty
days furnish satisfactory evidence to the rating organiza-
tion of the correction of any error or omission previously
called to its attention by the rating organization, it shall
be the duty of the rating organization to notify the com-
missioner thereof. All information so submitted for exami-
nation shall be confidential.
(/) Any rating organization may subscribe for or pur-
chase actuarial, technical or other services, and such serv-
ices shall be available to all members and subscribers with-
out discrimination.
(g) A rating organization may restrict its membership or
subscribership if the commissioner deems it to be in the
public interest.
Section 9. Every member of or subscriber to a rating Filings of
- -- - _ - _ ratinK
organizatii
to bind
make written application to the commissioner for permis- subscribers.
sion to file a deviation from the class rates, schedules, rating
plans or rules respecting any kind of insurance, or class of
risk within a kind of insurance, or combination thereof.
Such application shall specify the basis for the modifica-
tion and a copy thereof shall also be sent simultaneously to
such rating organization. The commissioner shall set a
time and place for a hearing at which the insurer and such
rating organization may be heard and shall give them not
less than ten days' written notice thereof. In the event the
commissioner is advised by the rating organization that it
does not desire a hearing he may, upon the consent of the
applicant, waive such hearing. In considering the applica-
tion for permission to file such deviation the commissioner
shall give consideration to the available statistics and the
principles for rate making as provided in section five. The
commissioner shall issue an order permitting the deviation
for such insurer to be filed if he finds it to be justified and
it shall thereupon become effective. He shall issue an
order denying such application if he finds that the resulting
premiums would be excessive, inadequate or unfairly dis-
criminatory. Each deviation permitted to be filed shall be
effective for a period of one year from the date of such
permission unless terminated sooner with the approval of
the commissioner.
Section 10. Any member of or subscriber to a rating Appeal by
member or
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Acts, 1947. — Chap. 614.
subscriber
from action of
rating
organization.
Duties of
rating
organization,
etc.
Advisory
organizations.
organization may appeal to the commissioner from the
action or decision of such rating organization in approving
or rejecting any proposed change in or addition to the fil-
ings of such rating organization and the commissioner shall,
after a hearing held upon not less than ten days' written
notice to the appellant and to such rating organization,
issue an order approving the action or decision of such rat-
ing organization or directing it to give further consideration
to such proposal, or, if such appeal is from the action or
decision of the rating organization in rejecting a proposed
addition to its filings, he may, in the event he finds that
such action or decision was unreasonable, issue an order
directing the rating organization to make an addition to its
filings, on behalf of its members and subscribers, in a man-
ner consistent with his findings, within a reasonable time
after the issuance of such order.
Section 11. Every rating organization and every insurer
which makes its own rates shall, within a reasonable time
after receiving written request therefor and upon payment
of such reasonable charge as it may make, furnish to any
insured affected by a rate made by it, or to the authorized
representative of such insured, all pertinent information as
to such rate. Every rating organization and every insurer
which makes its own rates shall provide within this com-
monwealth reasonable means whereby any person aggrieved
by the application of its rating system may be heard, in
person or by his authorized representative, on his written
request to review the manner in which such rating system
has been applied in connection with the insurance afforded
him. If the rating organization or insurer fails to grant or
reject such request within thirty days after it is made, the
applicant may proceed in the same manner as if his appli-
cation had been rejected. Any party affected by the action
of such rating organization or such insurer on such request
may, within thirty days after written notice of such action,
appeal to the commissioner, who, after a hearing held upon
not less than ten days' written notice to the appellant and
to such rating organization or insurer, may affirm or reverse
such action.
Section 12. (a) Every group, association or other organ-
ization of insurers, whether located within or outside this
commonwealth, which assists insurers which make their
own filings or rating organizations in rate making, by the
collection and furnishing of loss or expense statistics, or by
the submission of recommendations, but which does not
make fifings under this chapter, shall be known as an ad-
visory organization.
(6) Every advisory organization shall file with the com-
missioner (1) a copy of its constitution, its articles of agree-
ment or association or its certificate of incorporation and of
its by-laws, rules and regulations governing its activities,
(2) a list of its members, (3) the name and address of a resi-
dent of this commonwealth upon whom notices or orders of
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 614. 639
the commissioner or process issued at his direction may be
served, and (4) an agreement that the commissioner may
examine such advisory organization in accordance with sec-
tion fourteen.
(c) If, after a hearing, the commissioner finds that the
furnishing of such information or assistance involves any
act or practice which is unfair or unreasonable or otherwise
inconsistent with any provision or provisions of this chap-
ter, he may issue a written order specifying in what respects
such act or practice is unfair or unreasonable or otherwise
inconsistent with such provision or provisions, and requiring
the discontinuance of such act or practice.
(d) No insurer which makes its own filings, and no rating
organization, shall support its filings by statistics or adopt
rate making recommendations, furnished to it by an ad-
visory organization which has not complied with this section
or with an order of the commissioner involving such statistics
or recommendations issued under subsection (c) of this sec-
tion. If the commissioner finds such insurer or rating or-
ganization to be in violation of this subsection he may issue
an order requiring the discontinuance of such violation.
Section IS. (a) Every group, association or other organ- joint
ization of insurers which engages in joint underwriting or reg'Jfiated!'^
joint reinsurance, shall be subject to regulation with respect
thereto as herein provided, subject, however, with respect
to joint underwriting, to all other provisions of this chapter
and, with respect to joint reinsurance, to sections fourteen
and si.xteen to eighteen, inclusive.
(6) If, after due notice and a hearing, the commissioner
finds that any activity or practice of any such group, associa-
tion or other organization is unfair or unreasonable or other-
wise inconsistent with any provision or provisions of this
chapter, he may issue a written order specifying in what re-
spects such activity or practice is unfair or unreasonable or
otherwise inconsistent with such provision or provisions,
and requiring the discontinuance of such activity or prac-
tice.
Section 11^. The commissioner shall, at least once in five Examination
years, make or cause to be made an examination of each °^t^ng°'''^^ °^
rating organization licensed in this commonwealth as pro- organizations
vided in section eight and he may, as often as he may deem it ^'^'^'° ^^^ ^'
expedient, make or cause to be made an examination of each
advisory organization referred to in section twelve and of
each group, association or other organization referred to in
section thirteen. The reasonable costs of any such examina-
tion shall be paid by the rating organization, advisory or-
ganization, or group, association or other organization ex-
amined, upon presentation to it of a detailed account of such
costs. The officers, manager, agents and employees of such
rating organization, advisory organization, or group, asso-
ciation or other organization may be examined at any time
under oath and shall exhibit all books, records, accounts,
documents, or agreements governing its method of operation.
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Commissioner
may set
rules to
govern rating
systems.
False or
misleading
information
forbidden.
Penalties
for violation
of chapter.
In lieu of any such examination the commissioner may ac-
cept the report of an examination made by the insurance
supervisory official of another state, pursuant to the laws of
such state.
Section 15. (a) The commissioner shall promulgate rea-
sonable rules and statistical plans, reasonably adapted to
each of the rating systems on file with him, which may be
modified from time to time and which shall be used there-
after by each insurer in the recording and reporting of its
loss and countrywide expense experience in order that the
experience of all insurers may be made available at least
annually in such form and detail as may be necessary to
aid him in determining whether rating systems comply
with the standards set forth in section five. Such rules and
plans may also provide for the recording and reporting of
expense experience items which are specially applicable to
this commonwealth and are not susceptible of determina-
tion by a prorating of countrywide expense experience. In
promulgating such rules and plans, the commissioner shall
give due consideration to the rating systems on file with
him and, in order that such rules and plans may be as uni-
form as is practicable among the several states, to the rules
and to the form of the plans used for such rating systems in
other states. No insurer shall be required to record or re-
port its loss experience on a classification basis that is in-
consistent with the rating system filed by it. The commis-
sioner may designate one or more rating organizations or
other agencies to assist him in gathering such experience
and making compilations thereof, and such compilations
shall be made available, subject to reasonable rules pro-
mulgated by the commissioner, to insurers and rating organ-
izations.
ih) Reasonable rules and plans may be promulgated by
the commissioner for the interchange of data necessary for
the application of rating plans.
(c) In order to further uniform administration of rate
regulatory laws, the commissioner and every insurer and
rating organization may exchange information and experi-
ence data with insurance supervisory officials, insurers and
rating organizations in other states and may consult and
co-operate with them with respect to rate making and the
application of rating systems.
{d) The commissioner may make reasonable rules and
regulations necessary to effect the purposes of this chapter.
Section 16. No person or organization shall wilfully with-
hold information from, or knowingly give false or mislead-
ing information to, the commissioner, any statistical agency
designated by the commissioner, any rating organization,
or any insurer, which will affect the rates or premiums
chargeable under this chapter.
Section 17. Any person or organization wilfully violat-
ing any provision of this chapter shall be punished by a fine
of not more than five hundred dollars for each such violation.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 614. 641
Such penalty may be in addition to any other penalty pro-
vided by law.
The commissioner may suspend the license of any rating
organization or insurer which fails to comply with an order
of the commissioner within the time limited by such order,
or any extension thereof which the commissioner may grant.
The commissioner shall not suspend the license of any rat-
ing organization or insurer for failure to comply with an
order until the time prescribed for an appeal therefrom has
expired or, if an appeal has been taken, until such order
has been affirmed. The commissioner may determine when
a suspension of license shall become effective and it shall
remain in effect for the period fixed by him, unless he modi-
fies or rescinds such suspension, or until the order upon
which such suspension is based is modified, rescinded or
reversed.
No license shall be suspended or revoked except upon a
written order of the commissioner, stating his findings, made
after a hearing held upon not less than ten days' written
notice to such person or organization specifying the alleged
violation.
Section 18. (a) Any insurer or rating organization ag- insurer or
grieved by any order or decision of the commissioner made nation ?f"^*°'"
without a hearing, may, within thirty days after notice of aggrieved may
the order to the insurer or organization, make written re- "^'^ eanng.
quest to the commissioner for a hearing thereon. The com-
missioner shall hear such party or parties within thirty days
after receipt of such request and shall give not less than
fifteen days' written notice of the time and place of the
hearing. Within thirty days after such hearing the com-
missioner shall affirm, reverse or modify his previous action,
specifying his reasons therefor. Pending such hearing and
decision thereon the commissioner may suspend or post-
pone the effective date of his previous action.
(6) Nothing contained in this chapter shall require the
observance at any hearing held under authority thereof of
formal rules of pleading or evidence.
(c) Any order or decision of the commissioner under au- Review by
thority of this chapter shall be subject to review, which shall <'°"''*-
be on the basis of the record of the proceedings before the
commissioner and shall not be hmited to questions of law,
by appeal to the supreme judicial court at the instance of
any party in interest.
The court shall determine whether the filing of the appeal
shall operate as a stay of any such order or decision of the
commissioner. The court may, in disposing of the issue
before it, modify, affirm or reverse the order or decision of
the commissioner in whole or in part.
Section 19. If any section, subsection, subdivision, para- invalidity of
graph, sentence or clause of this chapter is held invalid or e"Z/not'°°'
unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the remain- Jgi^ffnder
ing portions thereof.
Section 2. Section one hundred and four of chapter one g. l. (Ter.
642 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 615.
repealed hiuidred and seventy-five of the General Laws is hereby re-
pealed. All laws or parts of laws inconsistent with any pro-
vision of this act are hereby repealed.
dftt""*'^^ Section 3. This act shall take effect October first, nine-
teen hundred and forty-seven. Approved June 28, WJ^?.
Chap. 615 An Act authorizing increases of the amounts of pen-
sions PAYABLE TO CERTAIN FORMER PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
WHO HAVE BEEN RETIRED AND TO BENEFICIARIES OF CER-
TAIN RETIRED PUBLIC EMPLOYEES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The amount of the pension, or of the re-
tirement allowance, of any former employee or of any bene-
ficiary of a deceased employee of the commonwealth or of
any county, city, town or district thereof, including teach-
ers, who was retired, prior to January first, nineteen hundred
and forty-six, under any provision of general or special law
may be increased by an amount not exceeding twenty per
cent thereof, such increase to be computed on that portion
of his retirement allowance which was not obtained by special
purchase of an additional annuity under paragraph (g) of
subdivision (1) of section twenty-two of chapter thirty-two
of the General Laws; provided, that such increase shall not
be made in the case of a pension or of a retirement allowance
which is in excess of twelve hundred dollars in amount; and
provided, further, that no pension or retirement allowance
shall be increased hereunder by an amount that will make
the same exceed twelve hundred dollars annually; and pro-
vided, further, that the provisions of this act shall not apply
in the case of any person whose pension or retirement allow-
ance is increased under the provisions of any other general
or special law of nineteen hundred and forty-six or of the
current year, except that for any person who received an in-
crease under chapter five hundred and fifty-nine of the acts
of nineteen hundred and forty-six the limitation of twelve
hundred dollars shall apply from and after the effective date
of this act, and except that any person who received an in-
crease in retirement allowance of less than twenty per cent
under the provisions of chapter four hundred and eighteen
of the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-six shall receive in
lieu thereof, from and after the effective date of this act, the
benefits herein provided.
Section 2. This act shall not take effect in any county,
city, town or district until accepted, in a county by the county
commissioners thereof, in a city by a two thirds vote of the
city council, with the approval of the mayor or city manager,
in a town by a two thirds vote at a town meeting, and in a
district by its prudential committee.
Section 3. The increase granted by this act shall date
from September first, nineteen hundred and forty-seven in
the case of persons retired under the teachers' retirement
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 616, 617. 643
system and under the retirement system for state employees.
Section 4. The increase granted by this act shall be
temporary for a period of one year after the effective date of
such act, due to the increased cost of living, and shall cease
at that time unless voted otherwise by the general court at
its next session. Approved June 28, 1947.
An Act requiring the mental and physical examinations (J}iap,QlQ
OF delinquent children prior to their commitment. ^'
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 119 of the General Laws is hereby amended by g.l. (Ter.
striking out section 58 A, as most recently amended by chap- f ssA.Htc..
ter 327 of the acts of 1941, and inserting in place thereof the amended.
following section : — Section 58 A . Prior to the commit- Examination
ment, by way of final disposition to any public institution or Cifo'^rel^om-
to the department, of a child adjudged to be a delinquent Jj,*i™^°*^^t*g
child, the court shall order the probation officer to cause such
child to receive thorough physical and mental examinations,
under rules and regulations prescribed by the commissioner
of mental health. Arrangements for such examinations, in-
cluding the appointment of competent physicians therefor,
shall be made by the probation officer. The court shall
cause copies of the reports showing the results of such ex-
aminations and of the investigation made by the probation
officer to be forwarded to the superintendent of the institution
to which such child is committed or to the department, as
the case may be, with the warrant of commitment.
Approved June 28, 1947.
An Act providing that certain persons in the employ nhn^ ayj
OF THE departments OF MENTAL HEALTH, PUBLIC HEALTH, ^'
AND PUBLIC WELFARE SHALL BE MEMBERS OF THE CON-
TRIBUTORY RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 22 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing g. l. (Ter.
in section 1 of chapter 658 of the acts of 1945, is hereby f^^^]' ^^' * 22.
amended by adding at the end of clause (b) of subsection (1) amended,
the following: — ; and provided, further, that in the case compensation
of any person in the service of any institution or school in withholding,
the department of mental health, the department of public
health or the department of public welfare whose employ-
ment is not subject to chapter thirty-one and the rules and
regulations made thereunder such withholding shall be made
on account of salary payments during the first six months of
service, but shall be held in escrow by the pay roll authority
until completion of said six months and, if employment
terminates prior to completion of said six months, employ-
ing authorities are hereby authorized to make the proper
refunds. Approved June 28, 1947 ,
644
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 618, 619.
Chap.QlS An Act relative to hospital expenses in connection
WITH THE SUPPORT OF POOR PERSONS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 18 of chapter 122 of the General Laws, as most
recently amended by chapter 583 of the acts of 1945, is
hereby further amended by striking out, in line 26, the word
"five" and inserting in place thereof the word: — six, —
so that the fifth sentence will read as follows: — There shall
be allowed for the support of a person in a hospital such
amounts, as are determined to be the equivalent of actual
costs to the hospital which renders support and treatment,
but in no event to exceed six dollars per diem.
Approved June 28, 1947.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 122,
§ 18, etc.,
amended.
Reimburse-
ment to cities
and towns for
care of
certain
indigent sick.
C/iap.619 An Act relative to rates for workmen's compensation
INSURANCE.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 152,
§ 52, amended.
Insurance
companies
may file or
authorize
rating
organization
to file with
commissioner
of insurance,
for work-
men's com-
pensation
insurance.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 152 of the General Laws is hereby
amended by striking out section 52, as appearing in the
Tercentenary Edition, and inserting in place thereof the fol-
lowing section : — Section 52. Any insurance company au-
thorized to transact business in this commonwealth under
subdivision (6) or (e) of the sixth clause of section forty-
seven of chapter one hundred and seventy-five may, except
as provided in clause (c) of section fifty-four of said chap-
ter, insure the payment of the compensation provided for
by this chapter, and when any such company insures the
payment of such compensation it shall file with the commis-
sioner of insurance, or, if it is a member of or subscriber to
a rating organization licensed under section fifty-two C,
authorize such rating organization to file with said commis-
sioner on its behalf, its classifications of risks and premiums
relating thereto and subsequent proposed classifications or
premiums, which shall not take effect until approved by
said commissioner as not excessive, inadequate or unfairly
discriminatory for the risks to which they respectively ap-
ply. When a filing is not accompanied by the information
upon which the insurer supports such filing, and said com-
missioner does not have sufficient information to determine
whether such filing meets the requirements of this section,
he may require such insurer to furnish the information upon
which it supports such filing. Any filing may be supported
by (1) the experience or judgment of the insurer or rating
organization making the filing, (2) the experience of other
insurers or rating organizations, or (3) any other factors
which the insurer or rating organization deems relevant.
Upon petition of the company or of any other party aggrieved
the opinion of said commissioner shall be subject to review
by the supreme judicial court. Said commissioner may with-
draw his approval.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 619. 645
Section 2. Said chapter 152 is hereby further amended EJ^^Jg*'"-
by inserting after section 52B, inserted by chapter 581 of new '§§ sic
the acts of 1945, the five following sections: — Section 52C. acS''""'
(a) A corporation, an unincorporated association, a partner- Application
ship, or an individual, located within this commonwealth r^^in"*''^^'' ^^
may make application to the commissioner of insurance, here- organization,
inafter and in sections fifty-two D to fifty-two F, inclusive, ""^suiated.
called the commissioner, for license as a rating organization
and shall file therewith (1) a copy of its constitution, its
articles of agreement or association or its certificate of in-
corporation, and of its by-laws, rules and regulations gov-
erning the conduct of its business, (2) a list of its members
and subscribers, (3) the name and address of a resident of
this commonwealth upon whom notices or orders of the
commissioner or process affecting such rating organization
may be served and (4) a statement of its qualifications as a
rating organization. If the commissioner finds that the
applicant is competent, trustworthy and otherwise qualified
to act as a rating organization and that its constitution,
articles of agreement or association or certificate of incor-
poration, and its by-laws, rules and regulations governing
the conduct of its business conform to the requirements of
law, he shall issue a license authorizing it to act as a rating
organization. Every such application shall be granted or
denied in whole or in part by the commissioner within sixty
days of the date of its filing with him. Licenses issued pur-
suant to this section shall remain in effect for three years
unless sooner suspended or revoked by the commissioner.
The fee for said license shall be twenty-five dollars. Licenses
issued pursuant to this section may be suspended or revoked
by the commissioner, after hearing upon due notice, in the
event the rating organization ceases to meet the require-
ments of this section. Every rating organization shall notify
the commissioner promptly of every change in (1) its con-
stitution, its articles of agreement or association or its cer-
tificate of incorporation, and its by-laws, rules and regula-
tions governing the conduct of its business, (2) its list of
members and subscribers and (3) the name and address of
the resident of this commonwealth designated by it upon
whom notices or orders of the commissioner or process affect-
ing such rating organization may be served.
{h) Subject to the rules and regulations which have been Regulations
approved by the commissioner as reasonable, each rating f°tlng"'"^
organization shall permit any insurer not a member to be a organizations.
subscriber to its rating services. Notice of proposed changes
in such rules and regulations shall be given to subscribers.
Each rating organization shall furnish its rating services
without discrimination to its members and subscribers. The
reasonableness of any rule or regulation in its application to
subscribers, or the refusal of any rating organization to admit
an insurer as a subscriber, shall at the request of any sub-
scriber or any such insurer, be reviewed by the commissioner
at a hearing held upon at least ten days' written notice to
646
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 619.
Dividends and
unabsorbed
premiums.
Co-operative
activities
among rating
organizations.
Examination
of rating
organizations
by commis-
sioner.
Commissioner'
report of
examination.
Provisions
regulating
rates.
such rating organization and to such subscriber or insurer. If
the commissioner finds that such mle or regulation is un-
reasonable in its application to subscribers, he shall order
that such rule or regulation shall not be applicable to sub-
scribers. If the rating organization fails to grant or reject
an insurer's application for subscribership within thirty days
after it was made, the insurer may request a review by the
commissioner as if the application had been rejected. If the
commissioner finds that the insurer has been refused admit-
tance to the rating organization as a subscriber without
justification, he shall order the rating organization to admit
the insurer as a subscriber. If he finds that the action of the
rating organization was justified, he shall make an order
affirming its action.
(c) No rating organization shall adopt any rule the effect
of which would be to prohibit or regulate the payment of
dividends, savings or unabsorbed premium deposits allowed
or returned by insurers to their policyholders, members or
subscribers.
(d) Co-operation among rating organizations or among
rating organizations and insurers in rate making or in other
matters within the scope of this chapter is hereby authorized,
provided the filings resulting from such co-operation are sub-
ject to all the provisions of this chapter which are applicable
to filings generally. The commissioner may review such co-
operative activities and practices and if, after due notice and
a hearing, he finds that any such activity or practice is unfair
or unreasonable or otherwise inconsistent with this section,
he may issue a written order specifying in what respects such
activity or practice is unfair or unreasonable or otherwise in-
consistent with this section, and requiring the discontinuance
of such activity or practice.
(e) The commissioner shall, at least once in five years,
make or cause to be made an examination of each rating or-
ganization licensed in this commonwealth as provided in this
section. The reasonable cost of any such examination shall
be paid by the rating organization examined upon presenta-
tion to it of a detailed account of such costs. The officers,
manager, agents and employees of such rating organization
may be examined at any time under oath and shall exhibit
all books, records, accounts, documents or agreements gov-
erning its method of operation.
' The commissioner shall furnish two copies of the examina-
tion report to the organization, group or association ex-
amined and shall notify such organization, group or associa-
tion that it may, within twenty days thereafter, request a
hearing on said report or on any facts or recommendations
therein. Before filing any such report for public inspection,
the commissioner shall grant a hearing to the organization,
group or association examined. The commissioner may with-
hold the report of any such examination from public inspec-
tion for such time as he may deem proper.
(/) All rates shall be made in accordance with the follow-
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 619. 647
ing provisions: — (1) Due consideration shall be given to
past and prospective loss experience within and outside this
commonwealth, to catastrophe hazards, if any, to a reason-
able margin for underwriting profit and contingencies, to
dividends, savings or unabsorbed premium deposits allowed
or returned by insurers to their policyholders, members or
subscribers, and to past and prospective expenses both
countrywide and those specially applicable to this common-
wealth, and to all other relevant factors within and outside
this commonwealth; (2) The systems of expense provisions
included in the rates for use by any insurer or group of in-
surers may differ from those of other insurers or groups of in-
surers to reflect the requirements of the operating methods
of any such insurer or group of insurers.
(g) Nothing in this chapter shall abridge or restrict the Commissions
freedom of contract between insurers and agents or brokers, ^ brokers.
or between agents and brokers, nor alTect the customary right
of insurers, agents or brokers to pay to or receive from each
other, commission or brokerage; nor shall it abridge or re-
strict the freedom of contract between insurers, agents or
brokers and their employees with respect to compensation.
Section 52D. Any member of or subscriber to a rating or- Appeal from
ganization may appeal to the commissioner from the action ^^t^ing"" °^
or decision of such rating organization in approving or re- organization,
jecting any proposed change in or addition to the filings of
such rating organization and the commissioner shall, after
a hearing held upon not less than ten days' written notice to
the appellant and to such rating organization, issue an order
approving the action or decision of such rating organization
or directing it to give further consideration to such proposal,
or, if such appeal is from the action or decision of the rating
organization in rejecting a proposed addition to its filings, he
may, in the event he finds that such action or decision was
unreasonable, issue an order directing the rating organiza-
tion to make an addition to its filings, on behalf of its mem-
bers and subscribers, in a manner consistent with his findings,
within a reasonable time after the issuance of such order.
In deciding such appeal the commissioner of insurance shall
apply the standards set forth in section fifty-two.
Section 52E. Any person or organization wilfully violating penalties,
any provision of section fifty-two, fifty-two C or fifty-two D
shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred
dollars for each such violation. Such penalty may be in ad-
dition to any other penalty provided by law. The com-
missioner may suspend the license of any rating organiza-
tion or insurer which fails to comply with an order of the
commissioner within the time limited by such order, or any
extension thereof which the commissioner may grant. The
commissioner shall not suspend the license of any rating or-
ganization or insurer for failure to comply with an order
until the time prescribed for an appeal therefrom has ex-
pired, or, if an appeal has been taken, until such order has
been affirmed. The commissioner may determine when a
648
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 620.
Hearing
on decision
of commis-
sioner.
Appeal from
decision ol
commissioner.
Invalidity
of any section,
etc., not to
affect remain-
der.
Effective
date.
suspension of license shall become effective and such sus-
pension shall remain in effect for a period fixed by him,
unless he modifies or rescinds such suspension, or until the
order upon which such suspension is based is modified, re-
scinded or reversed. No license shall be suspended or re-
voked except upon a written order of the commissioner,
stating his findings, made after a hearing held upon not less
than ten days' written notice to such organization specifying
the alleged violation.
Section 52F. (a) Any insurer or rating organization ag-
grieved by any order or decision of the commissioner made
without a hearing may, within thirty days after notice of
the order to the insurer or organization, make written re-
quest to the commissioner for a hearing thereon. The com-
missioner shall hear such party or parties within thirty days
after receipt of such request and shall give not less than
fifteen days' written notice of the time and place of the
hearing. Within thirty days after such hearing the com-
missioner shall affirm, reverse or modify his previous action,
specifying his reasons therefor. Pending such hearing and
decision thereon the commissioner may suspend or postpone
the effective date of his previous action.
(6) Nothing contained in sections fifty-two C to fifty-
two F, inclusive, shall require the observance at any hear-
ing held under authority thereof of formal rules of pleading
or evidence.
(c) Any order or decision of the commissioner under au-
thority of said sections shall be subject to review, which
shall be on the basis of the record of the proceedings before
the commissioner and shall not be limited to questions of
law, by appeal to the supreme judicial court at the instance
of any party in interest.
The court shall determine whether the filing of the appeal
shall operate as a stay of any such order or decision of the
commissioner. The court may, in disposing of the issue
before it, modify, affirm or reverse the order or decision of
the commissioner in whole or in part.
Section 52G. If any section, subsection, subdivision, para-
graph, sentence or clause of said sections fifty-two C to fifty-
two F, inclusive, is held invalid or unconstitutional, such
decision shall not affect the remaining portions of said
sections.
Section 3. This act shall take effect on January first,
nineteen hundred and forty-eight.
Approved June 28, 19If.7.
Chap,
620 An Act making certain provisions of law relating to
compressed air tanks inapplicable to certain recep-
tacles used in the lifting of automobiles.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Ed]' lie'* Section 34 of chapter 146 of the General Laws, as amended
§34.' etc* by section 1 of chapter 319 of the acts of 1938, is hereby
amended. *' ^
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 621. 649
further amended by adding at the end the following sen-
tence : — This section shall be inapplicable in case of the in- Automobile
stallation or use of a receptacle temporarily holding oil and ''"^ excepted.
air and used for the purpose of lifting automobiles, but only
if said receptacle is approved by the board as being of a
type which conforms to recognized standards of engineering
practice as such standards apply to receptacles designed for
such purpose and as meeting the requirements of regulations
referred to in section thirty-five which regulations are hereby
made applicable to such receptacles for this purpose.
Approved June 28, 1947.
An Act authorizing the making of harbor improve- Qhnj) goi
MENTS BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS IN ^'
THE TOWN OF MARSHFIELD.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Subject to the conditions herein imposed,
the department of public works is hereby authorized and
directed to dredge a channel in the harbor in the town of
Marshfield to a depth of not less than six feet at mean low
water, and to dredge a basin in said harbor to a depth of not
less than eight feet at mean low water, and to repair the
jetties in Marshfield harbor. No work shall be begun until
the town of Marshfield has assumed liability, in the manner
provided by section twenty-nine of chapter ninety-one of
the General Laws, for all damages that may be incurred
hereunder, nor until there has been paid into the state treas-
ury by the county of Plymouth the sum of five thousand dol-
lars and by said town of Marshfield the sum of ten thousand
dollars, which, together with such sum, not exceeding ten
thousand dollars, as may hereafter be appropriated by the
commonwealth, shall constitute a fund for the improve-
ments herein authorized; provided, that the total cost of
such improvement shall not exceed twenty-five thousand
dollars; and provided, further, that if any of the aforesaid
sum remains after the completion of such improvements one
fifth of such remainder shall be repaid to said county and
two fifths thereof shall be repaid to said town.
Section 2. For the purpose of meeting the payments
required to be made by the county of Plymouth under this
act, the treasurer of said county, with the approval of the
county commissioners, may borrow from time to time, on
the credit of the county, such sums as may be necessary, not
exceeding, in the aggregate, five thousand dollars, and may
issue bonds or notes of the county therefor, which shall bear
on their face the words, Plymouth County-Marshfield Har-
bor Dredging Loan Act of 1947. Each authorized issue shall
constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be payable
in not more than five years from their dates. Such bonds
or notes shall be signed by the treasurer of the county and
countersigned by a majority of the coimty commissioners.
The county may sell the said securities at public or private
650 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 622.
sale upon such terms and conditions as the county commis-
sioners may deem proper, but not for less than their par
value. Indebtedness incurred under this act shall, except
as herein provided, be subject to chapter thirty-five of the
General Laws.
Section 3. The county treasurer, with the approval of
the county commissioners, may issue temporary notes of
the county, payable in not more than one year from their
dates, in anticipation of the issue of serial bonds or notes
under section two, but the time within which such serial
bonds or notes shall become due and payable shall not, by
reason of such temporary notes, be extended beyond the
time fixed by said section. Any notes issued in anticipation
of the serial bonds or notes shall be paid from the proceeds
thereof.
Section 4. For the purpose of meeting the payments re-
quired to be made by the town of Marshfield under this act,
said town may borrow from time to time such sums as may
be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, ten thousand
dollars, and may issue notes therefor, which shall bear on
their face the words, Town of Marshfield, Dredging Loan,
Act of 1947. Each authorized issue shall constitute a sepa-
rate loan, and such loans shall be paid within ten years from
their dates. Indebtedness incurred by said town under this
act shall be in excess of the statutory limit, but shall, except
as herein provided, be subject to chapter forty-four of the
General Laws.
Section 5. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance during the current year by vote of the county
commissioners of Plymouth county and by vote of the town
of Marshfield in town meeting and the filing in the office of
the said department of certified copies of said votes, but not
otherwise. Approved June 28, 1947.
Chap.622 A.n Act relative to the deduction for motor vehicles
AND TRAILERS IN DETERMINING THE CORPORATE FRANCHISE
TAX AND THE EXCISE UPON MANUFACTURING AND BUSINESS
CORPORATIONS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
G. L. (Ter. Section 1. Subdivision (a) of paragraph 3 of section 30
So.! amended, of chapter 63 of the General Laws, as amended by section 5
of chapter 24 of the acts of 1939, is hereby further amended
Deductions. by adding at the end the following sentence : ■ — For purposes
of the deduction of the value of motor vehicles and trailers
under this subdivision, the value of such motor vehicles
and trailers as determined in accordance with chapter sixty A
shall be used.
G^L.cTer Section 2. Subdivisiou (a) of paragraph 4 of said sec-
etc:, 'further ' tlou 30, as amended by section 6 of said chapter 24, is hereby
amended. further amended by adding at the end the following sen-
Deductiona. tencc : — For purposes of the deduction of the value of motor
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 623. 651
vehicles and trailers under this subdivision, the value of such
motor vehicles and trailers as determined in accordance with
chapter sixty A shall be used.
Section 3. Section 55 of said chapter 63, as most re- g. l. (Xer.
cently amended by section 7 of said chapter 24, is hereby ^tl! 'amended'.
further amended by striking out the second last paragraph
and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph : —
For the purposes of this section the commissioner may Deductions.
take the value at which any works, structures, real estate,
machinery, poles, underground conduits, wires and pipes
are assessed at the place where they are located as the true
value, but such local assessment shall not be conclusive of
the true value thereof. For purposes of the deduction of the
value of motor vehicles and trailers under paragraphs First,
Fourth, and Fifth of this section, the value of such motor
vehicles and trailers as determined in accordance with the
provisions of chapter sixty A shall be used.
Section 4. Said chapter 63 is hereby further amended by g. l. (Xer.
striking out section 68A, as amended by section 8 of said f esA^etc
chapter 24, and inserting in place thereof the following sec- amended. "
tion: — Section 68 A. If the value of the works, structures. Remedy when
real estate, machinery, poles, underground conduits, wires valulTion
and pipes owned by a corporation taxable under any pro- exceeds
vision of this chapter and which are subject to local taxation vaiiTtfoT"^'^ ^
within the commonwealth, as determined by the commis-
sioner, is less than the value thereof as determined by the
assessors of the town where it is situated, he shall give notice
of his determination to such corporation ; and, unless within
one month after the date of such notice it appHes to said
assessors for an abatement, and, upon their refusal to grant
an abatement, prosecutes an appeal under section sixty-four
of chapter fifty-nine, giving notice thereof to the commis-
sioner, the valuation of the commissioner shall be conclusive
upon said corporation.
Section 5. This act shall apply to taxes assessed in the Application.
year nineteen hundred and forty-eight and thereafter.
Approved June 28, 1947.
An Act providing that the director of the division C/ia75.623
OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY SHALL REVIEW THE CASES OF
ALL EMPLOYEES OF THE WHITIN MACHINE WORKS WHO
FAILED TO FILE AN APPEAL OR FILED AN APPEAL LATE
FROM THE DETERMINATION OF THE DIRECTOR IN DENYING
THEM BENEFITS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION BE-
CAUSE OF A STOPPAGE OF WORK ARISING OUT OF A LABOR
DISPUTE ON JANUARY FOURTEENTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED
AND FORTY-SIX.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
All employees of the Whitin Machine Works of Whitins-
ville who were unemployed because of a labor dispute which
culminated in a strike on January fourteenth, nineteen hun-
dred and forty-six, and who filed claims for benefits under
652 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 624.
chapter one hundred and fifty-one A of the General Laws,
and who failed to appeal or filed late appeals to the deter-
mination of the director of the division of employment
security denying them benefits, shall be entitled to benefits
provided they are otherwise entitled to benefits under the
provisions of said chapter one hundred and fifty-one A, and
shall not be denied benefits because of their failure to file
an appeal or because the appeal was not filed seasonably.
The director of the division of employment security is hereby
ordered to review all such cases and make said payments,
and the employee shall be entitled to appeal to the board of
review from any determination made by the director under
this act. Approved June 28, 1947.
Chav.Q24 An Act providing financial assistance for certain vet-
erans' ORGANIZATIONS IN DEFRAYING EXPENSES INCURRED
BY THEM IN CONDUCTING MILITARY FUNERALS OR BURIALS
OF PERSONS WHO DIED IN OVERSEAS SERVICE DURING
WORLD WAR II.
Eme^ency Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend
pream e. ^^ defeat its purposc, which is to provide immediate finan-
cial assistance for certain veterans' organizations in the
proper interment in this country of the bodies of persons
who died while serving overseas during World War II,
therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, nec-
essary for the immediate preservation of the public con-
venience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 573 of the acts of 1946 is hereby amended by
striking out section 1 and inserting in place thereof the fol-
lowing section : — Section 1 . Cities and towns may appro-
priate money for the purpose of reimbursing a post, chapter
or detachment of any veterans' organization mentioned in
section nine of chapter forty of the General Laws for ex-
penses actually incurred by such post, chapter or detach-
ment in connection with the military funeral or burial of a
person who died while serving overseas in the militaiy or
naval service of the United States in World War II, and
who was domiciled in this commonwealth at the time of
entering such service. The amount reimbursed any such
post, chapter or detachment shall not exceed fifty dollars
for a single funeral or burial and, in the event that said post,
chapter or detachment shall have received any contribu-
tion from any other source to meet such expenses, the
amount reimbursed by the city or town shall be reduced
by the amount of such contribution for any funeral or
burial. When two or more posts, chapters or detachments
conduct a funeral or burial jointly, each such post, chapter
or detachment may be reimbursed such proportionate part
of the amount authorized as may be approved in writing
by the commissioner of veterans' services. Application for
Acts, 1947. - Chap. 625. 653
reimbursement hereunder shall be made to the person au-
thorized to disburse veterans' benefits in the city or town
in which the person buried was domiciled in this common-
wealth at the time of entering the military or naval service
of the United States. Approved June 28, 19J^7 .
An Act increasing the amount of the excise on certain (Jhnj) g25
ALCOHOLIC beverages AND ALCOHOL, AND FURTHER REGU- ^ '
LATING THE DISPOSITION OF FEES AND EXCISES RECEIVED
BY THE COMMONWEALTH UNDER THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
LAW.
Whereas, The additional state revenue which will be pro- Emergency
vided by the provisions of this act is urgently needed, there- P'^'^'J^b'^-
fore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section 21 of chapter 138 of the General Laws, g. l. (Ter.
as most recently amended by chapter 524 of the acts of the f 2i.'iS
current year, is hereby further amended by striking out the amended'
first seven paragraphs and inserting in place thereof the fol-
lowing eight paragraphs : —
Every licensed manufacturer of alcoholic beverages or Fees and
alcohol as defined in this chapter and every holder of a certain ako-
wholesaler's and importer's license for the sale and im- hoiic
portation thereof and every licensee under section seventy- ''^^^'■*^®^-
six shall, in addition to the license fees elsewhere provided
in this chapter, be liable for and pay to the commonwealth
an excise, for the privilege enjoyed by him as such manu-
facturer, wholesaler and importer, or licensee under section
seventy-six, to be levied on sales within the commonwealth
of alcoholic beverages or alcohol, other than wines to be
used for sacramental purposes only and other than malt
beverages imported into the commonwealth, and to be
levied on importations of malt beverages into the common-
wealth, as follows: —
For each barrel of thirty-one gallons, or fractional part of
a barrel aforesaid, of malt beverages, at the rate of two dol-
lars per barrel aforesaid;
For each wine gallon, or fractional part thereof, of cider
containing more than three per cent but not more than six
per cent of alcohol by weight at sixty degrees Fahrenheit, at
the rate of one and one half cents per wine gallon;
For each wine gallon, or fractional part thereof, of still
wine, other than cider containing more than three per cent
but not more than six per cent of alcohol as aforesaid, includ-
ing vermouth, at the rate of ten cents per wine gallon;
For each wine gallon, or fractional part thereof, of cham-
pagne and all other sparkling wines, at the rate of forty cents
per wine gallon;
For each wine gallon, or fractional part thereof, of all other
alcoholic beverages containing twenty-four per cent or less
654 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 625.
of alcohol by volume at sixty degrees Fahrenheit, at the rate
of fifteen cents per wine gallon ;
For each wine gallon, or fractional part thereof, of all other
alcoholic beverages containing more than twenty-four per
cent but not more than fifty per cent of alcohol by volume
at sixty degrees Fahrenheit, at the rate of one dollar and
fifty cents per wine gallon ;
For each proof gallon, or fractional part thereof, of all other
alcoholic beverages containing more than fifty per cent of
alcohol by volume at sixty degrees Fahrenheit or alcohol, at
the rate of one dollar and fifty cents per proof gallon. The
words "proof gallon", when used in this section with refer-
ence to an alcoholic beverage, shall be held to be a gallon of
the alcoholic beverage which contains one half its volume of
alcohol of a specific gravity of seven thousand nine hundred
and thirty-nine ten thousandths (.7939) at sixty degrees
Fahrenheit. Every person subject to this section shall keep
a true and accurate account of all alcoholic beverages or al-
cohol sold by him other than malt beverages imported into
the commonwealth by him, and a like account of all malt
beverages imported into the commonwealth by him, and
shall make a return thereof to the commissioner of corpora-
tions and taxation, hereinafter called the commissioner,
within ten days after the last day of each month, covering
such sales and importations by him during such month, and
shall at the time of such return make payment to the com-
missioner of the amount due under this section for such sales
and importations in such month. The commissioner shall
assess on the basis of any available information any de-
ficiency in the amount so payable which remains unpaid and
shall notify the person so assessed who may within thirty
days of the date of the notice make application for abatement
thereof. Such assessment may be made at any time within
two years after the making of the earliest sale, or importa-
tion, as the case may be, included in such assessment. If
the commissioner shall determine that a deficiency so as-
sessed should be abated or, upon application filed within six
months of the making of the return that an overpayment
has been made, he shall certify the amount of such abate-
ment or overpayment to the state treasurer, who shall repay
the amount so certified if paid, without further appropria-
tion therefor. The commissioner is hereby authorized to
prescribe rules and regulations governing the method of
keeping accounts, making returns and paying the excise pro-
vided for in this section. Such rules and regulations shall
provide for the waiver of payment of the excise in respect
to any alcoholic beverages or alcohol if it appears that an
excise has already been paid under the provisions of this sec-
tion in respect thereto; provided, however, that alcoholic
beverages or alcohol manufactured within or imported into
the commonwealth and exported therefrom shall be exempt
from such excise. Alcohol for the purposes of this section
shall mean alcohol otherwise subject to any provision of this
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 625. 655
chapter but shall not include alcohol sold for scientific,
chemical, mechanical, manufacturing, industrial, culinary,
pharmaceutical or medical purposes in containers greater in
capacity than one wine gallon. The taxes imposed by this
section shall also be applicable to sales of alcoholic beverages,
upon which an excise has not already been paid under the
provisions of this section, made by a railroad or car corpora-
tion or the owner or operator of any vessel or shipping com-
pany licensed to sell alcoholic beverages under the provisions
of section thirteen.
Section 2. Said chapter 138 is hereby further amended aL. (Xer.
by striking out section 27, as most recently amended by sec- § 27,' etc.."
tion 13 of chapter 729 of the acts of 1941, and inserting in amended.
place thereof the following section: — Section 27. All fees Revenue from
for licenses and permits authorized to be granted by the ^kohoiic
commission under this chapter and all moneys payable under beverages,^ ^^
section twenty-one shall be paid into the state treasury and
after deducting therefrom the expenses of the commis-
sion, there shall be credited to the old age assistance fund
established under section eleven of chapter one hundred and
eighteen A the sum of five hundred thousand dollars monthly
so that said fund shall be credited annually with a sum of six
million dollars, and the balance shall be credited to the gen-
eral fund. All fees for licenses and permits authorized to be
granted by the local licensing authorities under this chapter
shall be paid into the treasuries of their respective cities and
towns.
Section 3. Every manufacturer or wholesaler, as such Excise to
terms are defined in chapter one hundred and thirty-eight inventory*
of the General Laws, who, at the commencement of business datl'^ouwa
on the effective date of this act, has on hand for sale at the act.
premises covered by a license issued to such person under
any provision of said chapter one hundred and thirty-eight,
or at any other premises, any alcoholic beverages or alcohol
affected by section one of this act with respect to which an
excise has not been paid or is not payable at the rate es-
tablished under said section one shall make and file with
the commissioner of corporations and taxation a complete
inventory thereof within twenty days thereafter, and shall
pay to said commissioner at the time of filing such inventory
an excise with respect to such alcoholic beverages and alcohol
computed at the rates imposed by said section one. All pro-
visions of section twenty-one of said chapter one hundred
and thirty-eight relative to the collection, verification and
administration of taxes applicable to licensees under said
chapter shall, in so far as pertinent, be applicable to the
excise herein imposed.
Section 4. This act shall take effect on July first in the Effective
current year. Approved June 28, 1947.
656 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 626.
Chap.62Q An Act relative to the construction, maintenance,
REPAIR AND OPERATION OF A HIGH LEVEL TOLL BRIDGE
BETWEEN THE CITIES OF BOSTON AND CHELSEA OVER THE
MYSTIC RIVER AND THE TRACKS OF THE BOSTON AND MAINE
RAILROAD.
prTfmbk''^ ^Vhereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend
to delay the construction of a modern high level bridge
between the cities of Boston and Chelsea, which is urgently
needed to remove the critical hazards and handicaps in
vehicular traffic between said cities, therefore this act is
hereby declared to be an emergency law necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public safety and convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph (6) of section 4 of chapter 562 of
the acts of 1946 is hereby amended by inserting after the
word "thereto" in line 4 the words: — extending from a
point in the Charlestown district in Boston to a point in
Chelsea, as the authority may determine in order to provide
proper grades to the main spans of the bridge at the eleva-
tions required by the war department of the United States,
— so as to read as follows : —
(b) The word "bridge" shall mean the bridge to be con-
structed under the provisions of this act, and shall embrace
the substructures and the superstructure thereof, and the en-
trance plazas and the approaches thereto extending from a
point in the Charlestown district in Boston to a point in
Chelsea, as the authority may determine in order to pro-
vide proper grades to the main spans of the bridge at the
elevations required by the war department of the United
States, together with all property, rights, easements and in-
terests acquired by the authority for the construction or
the operation of the bridge.
Section 2. Paragraph (c) of said section 4 of said chap-
ter 562 is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 4 to 7,
inclusive, the words "extending from a point north of Vine
and Chelsea streets in the Charlestown district of Boston
to a point at or near Winnisimmet square in Chelsea, as the
authority may determine" and inserting in place thereof
the words: — as the authority may determine, with the ap-
proval of the state department of public works, in order to
provide adequate ingress and egress between the bridge and
existing highways or such as may be designated by the state
department of public works, — so as to read as follows: —
(c) The term "approach facilities" shall include such in-
terchanges, overpasses, underpasses, surface roads and con-
necting highways (including elevated or depressed high-
ways), as the authority may determine, with the approval
of the state department of public works, in order to provide
adequate ingress and egress between the bridge and existing
highways or such as may be designated by the state depart-
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 627, 628, 629. ' 657
ment of public works, together with all property, rights,
easements and interests acquired by the authority for the
construction of such facilities. Approved June 28, 1947.
An Act authorizing the use for motor vehicle park- (7/^^^ 527
ing purposes at certain times of the state land ad- ^'
joining the commonwealth armory in the city of
BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1, The adjutant general, with the approval of
the commander-in-chief, may permit the use of the land
owned by the commonwealth adjoining the armory building
in the city of Boston, known as the Commonwealth Armory,
for the conduct thereon of the business of operating and
maintaining parking space for motor vehicles at such times
when said land is not needed for use for military purposes
as may be prescribed by him, with hke approval. The con-
cession of conducting said business on said land shall be
granted by him, with like approval, to a licensee under sec-
tion fifty-six of chapter one hundred and forty-eight of the
General Laws, at such rental and subject to such terms and
conditions as may be prescribed by him, with like approval.
All sums received by the adjutant general for the rental of
said land shall be paid into the state treasury.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved June 28, IQIjl.
An Act terminating certain emergency war powers nhn^ «28
given to the governor for protecting the PUBLIC ^'
HEALTH DURING A CERTAIN FOOD SHORTAGE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 155 of the acts of 1945 is hereby
repealed.
Section 2. Nothing in this act shall be deemed to affect
the validity, legality or effectiveness of any act heretofore
done by, or of any right or interest heretofore vested in or
accrued to, any person under section one or two of said chapter
one hundred and fifty-five. Approved June 28, 19^7.
An Act authorizing insurance companies and their
agents to COMPENSATE DULY LICENSED INSURANCE
BROKERS FOR CERTAIN SERVICES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 175 of the General Laws is hereby amended by g. l. (Ter.
inserting after section 162 the following section: — -Sec- new'l^'eiA,
tion 162A. An insurance company or agent thereof may pay added,
money, commission or brokerage, or give or allow anything Compensation
of value, to a duly licensed insurance broker for or on account Tnsurance
of the solicitation or negotiation of any contract or contracts ^^°^^'^^-
of insurance by such broker. Approved June 28, 1947.
C/iap.629
658
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 630, 631.
C/iap. 630 An Act governing charges for support of inmates of
STATE sanatoria.
Emergency Wkcreas, The deferred operation of this act would tend
pream e. ^^ defeat its purposc, which is, in part, to make immediately
operative the provisions therein relative to charges for sup-
port, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law,
necessary for the preservation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 66 of chapter HI of the General Laws, as amended,
is hereby further amended by striking out the first sentence
and inserting in place thereof the following sentence : —
The charges for the support of each inmate in a state sana-
torium shall be fixed by the department and shall be paid
quarterly. Approved June 28, 1947.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 111.
§ 66, etc.,
amended.
Charges for
support of
inmates.
Emergency
preamble.
Chap.QSl An Act to provide regulations for the prevention of
FIRE AND THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE, HEALTH AND MORALS
IN BUILDINGS USED FOR DWELLING PURPOSES AND TO PRO-
VIDE FOR ALTERNATIVES TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF ORDI-
NANCES, BY-LAWS OR REGULATIONS RELATIVE TO THE
CONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION, REPAIR, USE OR OCCUPANCY
OF SUCH BUILDINGS.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to
defeat its purpose which is in part, in view of the existing
housing emergency within the commonwealth, to provide
immediately for the application of minimum standards of
safety, fire prevention and public health to buildings and
other structures used or to be used for dwelling purposes,
therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, neces-
sary for the immediate preservation of the public health,
safety and convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 143 of the General Laws is hereby
amended by inserting after section 3H, as amended, the
three following sections: — Section 31. The clerk of each
city and town shall, forthwith upon the effective date of this
section, forward to the board of standards complete certified
copies of any ordinances, by-laws or regulations, as the case
may be, relating to the construction, reconstruction, altera-
tion, repair, demolition, removal, use or occupancy and to
the standards of materials to be used in such construction,
reconstruction, alteration, repair, demolition, removal, use
or occupancy, of buildings or other structures used for dwell-
ing purposes in such city or town, or a statement in writing
certifying that no such ordinances, by-laws or regulations
exist. Upon receipt of the foregoing information, the board
shall proceed to examine such ordinances, by-laws or regula-
tions, if such exist.
If, upon the receipt of the information set forth in the
preceding paragraph, or at any time thereafter, the board
finds that there exist in such city or town no such ordinances.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 143,
§§ 3I-3K,
inc., added.
Buildings
used for
dwelling
purposes
regulated for
preservation
of public
health and
safety.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 631. 659
by-laws or regulations, or that such ordinances, by-laws or
regulations fail to meet the minimum requirements relating to
safety, to the prevention of fire and the preservation of life,
health and morals, as referred to in the succeeding para-
graph, said board shall thereupon, in writing and by regis-
tered mail, return receipt requested, direct to the atten-
tion of the mayor or other governing body of the city, or the
selectmen of the town, as the case may be, the provisions of
section three of this chapter relative to such construction,
reconstruction, alteration, repair, demolition, removal, use
or occupancy, with particular reference to the paragraph in-
serted in said section three by chapter four hundred and
twenty-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-six.
If, following receipt of the notification referred to in the
preceding paragraph a city within six months, or a town at
the next annual town meeting, provided said meeting occurs
not less than four months subsequent to such notification,
otherwise at the second annual town meeting subsequent to
such notification, fails to avail itself of the provisions of the
first paragraph of section three and the paragraph in said
section three inserted as aforesaid, relative to minimum re-
quirements relating to the prevention of fire and the preser-
vation of life, health and morals, said board shall forthwith
prepare and deliver to the mayor or other governing body,
or the selectmen, as the case may be, written regulations
relative to the inspection, materials, construction, alteration,
repair, height, area, location and use of buildings or other
structures therein used for dwelling purposes, for the pre-
vention of fire and the preservation of life, health and morals
in such city or town, such regulations as to any such city or
town, after consultation with such of the officers, if any, of
such city or town as may be concerned with the administra-
tion or enforcement thereof, or, in a town in which there is no
such officer or board, the board of selectmen, to be so framed
as to meet the peculiar needs of such city or town, and to con-
sist of the minimum requirements as to the inspection, ma-
terials, construction, alteration, repair, height, area, location
and use of buildings or other structures and to be in con-
formity with accepted standards of engineering practice, of
fire prevention practice or of public health practice in rela-
tion to health, sanitation and the prevention of the spread of
disease, as the case may be, as such accepted standards of
practice apply to buildings or structures used for dwelling
purposes. Said board shall thereupon file a certified copy of
such regulations with the state secretary and another certi-
fied copy thereof with the city or town clerk, but such regula-
tions shall not be effective unless accepted, in such city by
vote of its city council or in such town by vote of the town.
Section SJ. The board of standards shall make and, from Board of
time to time, may amend, alter or repeal, regulations setting mly'^pr^scribe
forth alternatives to the materials and to the type or method regulations
of construction, specified in the requirements contained or ordin^ces
to be contained in any ordinance, by-law, rule or regulation, conlftions"'*
or in any special law applicable to a particular city or town,
660
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 631.
Board to
file with
state secretary.
Hearings.
Building
inspector may
issue permit
under certain
conditions.
relating to the construction, reconstruction, alteration, re-
pair, demolition, removal, use or occupancy, and to the
standards of materials to be used in such construction, recon-
struction, alteration, repair, demolition, removal, use or
occupancy, of buildings or other structures used for dwelling
purposes in any city or town, or in a district referred to in
section three, such regulations to be so drafted that such
alternatives shall provide adequate performance for the pur-
poses for which their use is intended, such adequate per-
formance to be determined in conformity to accepted stand-
ards of engineering practice as to the materials and type or
method of construction therein referred to, or any of them.
The board shall deposit a certified copy of such regulations
with the state secretary and upon such deposit said regu-
lations shall have the force of law.
The board of standards shall transmit forthwith three
copies of said regulations, by registered mail, return receipt
requested, to the commissioner, to each inspector, to the in-
spectors of buildings and to the clerk of each city and town ;
and one copy of such regulations shall be made available to
the public at all reasonable hours in the office of the clerk of
each city and town. Copies of amendments or alterations
to, or repeals of, any such regulations shall be similarly de-
posited, transmitted and made available to the public.
The board of standards shall hold public hearings at Bos-
ton annually, on the first Monday in May and October, and
at such other times and places as it may determine, on peti-
tions for changes in such regulations formulated by it under
this section. If, after any such hearing, it shall deem it ad-
visable to make changes in said regulations, it shall appoint
a day for a further hearing, and shall give notice thereof and
of the changes proposed by advertising in at least one news-
paper in each of the cities of Boston, Worcester, Springfield,
Fall River, Lowell and Lynn, at least ten days before said
hearing. If the board on its own initiative contemplates
changes in said regulations, like notice and a hearing shall
be given and held before the adoption thereof.
For the purposes of this section and section three I, the
attorney general, the commissioner of public health, the
board of plumbing examiners, the board of electrical exami-
ners, the board of fire prevention regulations and the board
of boiler rules shall assist the board in framing such regu-
lations.
Section SK. In cases where the plans and specifications
accompanying an apphcation fail to comply with the pro-
visions of ordinances, by-laws or regulations, or any special
law applicable to a particular city or town and relative to
such construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, demo-
lition, removal, use or occupancy, an inspector of buildings
shall issue a permit or certificate for such construction, re-
construction, alteration, repair, demoHtion, removal, use or
occupancy if said plans and specifications comply with the
alternatives set forth in the regulations referred to in section
three J.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 632. 661
Section 2. Section 128 of chapter 111 of the General gj.^.nr'
Laws, as amended, is hereby further amended by inserting § i28. etc'.,
after the word "leased", in line 3 of the first paragraph in- ^""'°
serted by chapter 468 of the acts of 1943, the words "or
rented", — and by inserting after said paragraph the fol-
lowing paragraph : — For the purposes of this section the Department of
department of public health, after notice to all persons it m'iy'estabUsh
deems interested and a public hearing, shall make, and ^^^^r™for
from time to time may amend, alter or repeal, such regula- human
tions as it deems reasonable and necessary to establish the ''''*''*''*'°°-
minimum standards of fitness for human habitation failure
to comply with which, with relation to a dwelling place and
its premises, the use or occupancy thereof, the equipment
thereof, or a condition thereon, shall constitute a nuisance
or shall render such dwelling place unfit for human habita-
tion under this section. Such regulations shall be in accord-
ance with accepted standards of public health and sanita-
tion practice. The department shall deposit a certified copy
of such regulations with the state secretary. The commis-
sioner shall forthwith cause one copy of said regulations to be
forwarded by registered mail to the mayor or other govern-
ing body or officer of each city and to the board of select-
men of each town. Said regulations shall become effective
in any city or town upon acceptance, in a city by vote of
the city council and in a town by vote of the town. The
commissioner shall forthwith upon acceptance thereof by
any city or town cause three copies of said regulations to be
forwarded by registered mail to the district health officer
within whose district such city or town lies, and to the board
of health or health officer, as the case may be, of such city
or town. One copy of said regulations shall be made avail-
able to the public at all reasonable hours in the office of the
clerk of such city or town. Such regulations shall be en-
forced by such board of health or health officer or district
health officer, as the case may be. Approved June 28, 194-7.
An Act levying an excise upon certain corporations, Chap.QS2
ASSOCIATIONS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ENGAGED IN THE
SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The General Laws are hereby further amended g^J; ^J^""-
by inserting after chapter 63 the following chapter : — ^Th^'' ^^^'
Chapter 63A.
Taxation of Certain Corporations, Associations and
Organizations engaged in the Sale of Alcoholic
Beverages.
Section 1 . Every corporation, association or organiza- Certain
tion, except a corporation subject to taxation under the shXpayTn
provisions of chapter sixty-three, and except a chartered ^"""^^^ °°
662
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 632.
income from
sale of alco-
holic beverages.
Return to be
made to com-
missioner of
corporations
and taxation.
Commissioner
shall levy
tax.
Examination
of books and
papers of
corporation.
veterans' organization maintaining quarters for the ex-
clusive use of its members, which is Hcensed by any city or
town to sell alcoholic beverages, as defined in section 1 of
chapter 138, shall, in addition to the license fees otherwise
provided, be liable for and pay annually to the common-
wealth for the privilege enjoyed as such licensee an excise
equal to one and one half per cent of such income, attribut-
able to activities conducted under such license and received
during the preceding calendar year, as would be subject to
taxation under clause (b) of section 5 of chapter 62, if received
by a natural person resident in this commonwealth, the same
to be computed in accordance with the provisions of sec-
tion 6 of said chapter 62, so far as applicable, but without
deducting any exemption under authority of said clause
(b) and without making any deduction under clause (g) or
(h) of said section 6; and provided that in no event shall
the total excise so payable by such a corporation, associa-
tion or organization be less in amount than one twentieth of
one per cent of its gross receipts from sales during the calen-
dar year preceding that in which return is due to be filed.
Section 2. Every corporation, association or organization
subject to this chapter shall make a return to the commis-
sioner annually on or before March first in such form as he
shall prescribe, giving such information as he shall require for
determination of the excise under section one. If no return
or an incorrect or insufficient return has been filed, and the
corporation, association or organization fails to file a return
within twenty days after receiving notice from the commis-
sioner of its delinquency there shall be added to and become
a part of the tax the sum of five dollars for every day during
which such corporation, association or organization is in de-
fault, but the commissioner may in his discretion abate any
such added amount in whole or in part.
Section 3. The commissioner shall determine the amount
of excise due and shall assess the tax provided for in this chap-
ter, giving notice annually to the treasurer or other fiscal
officer of such corporation, association or organization, and
such excise shall be payable to the commissioner within thirty
days after the date of said notice but not before October
twentieth. Any corporation, association or organization ag-
grieved by the assessment of the tax under this chapter may
apply to the commissioner for abatement thereof at any time
within sixty days after the date on which notice of the as-
sessment was sent, and if the commissioner finds that the
tax was erroneous he shall abate it in whole or in part. In
the collection of all taxes under this chapter the commis-
sioner shall have all of the remedies provided for the collec-
tion of income taxes under chapter sixty-two.
Section 4- For the purpose of verifying any return filed
under this chapter the commissioner may, within two years
after September first of the year in which such return was
due, examine personally or by deputy or agent the books
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 633. 663
and papers of the corporation, association or organization,
which shall be open to such officer for verification. The com-
missioner may assess any deficiency in the amount payable
which remains unpaid, and shall notify the corporation, as-
sociation or organization, which may within thirty days
of the date of the notice make application for abatement
thereof.
Section 5. Any corporation, association or organization ^pp^^^^^^g"
aggrieved by the refusal of the commissioner to abate, in ux board.
whole or in part, a tax assessed under this chapter may ap-
peal to the appellate tax board within thirty days from the
mailing of the notice of the decision of the commissioner.
Any overpayment of tax determined by decision of said
appellate tax board shall be reimbursed by the common-
wealth with interest at the rate of six per cent per annum
from the time of payment.
Section 2. Section 6 of chapter 58A of the General gj^JTe^l g_
Laws, as most recently amended by section 1 of chapter 621 etc.,'
of the acts of 1945, is hereby further amended by striking '^"^'^^ed.
out the first sentence and inserting in place thereof the fol-
lowing sentence: — The board shall have jurisdiction to Jurisdiction
decide appeals under the provisions of section forty-two E on'Tpp^eai.
of chapter forty; of sections two, fourteen and twenty-five
of chapter fifty-eight; of clauses seventeenth and twenty-
second of section five of chapter fifty-nine; of sections seven,
seven A, thirty-nine, sixty-four, sixty-five, sixty-five B,
seventy-three and eighty-one of said chapter fifty-nine; of
section two of chapter sixty A; of section forty-five of chap-
ter sixty-two; of sections two, eighteen A, twenty-eight,
fifty-one, sixty and seventy-one of chapter sixty-three; of
section five of chapter sixty-three A; of section six of chap-
ter sixty-four; of sections five and ten of chapter sixty-
four A; of sections twenty-five and twenty-six of chapter
sixty-five; of section four of chapter sixty-five A; and un-
der any other provision of law wherein such jurisdiction is
or may be expressly conferred.
Section 3. This act shall apply with respect to income Application.
received during and receipts of the calendar year nineteen
hundred and forty-seven and thereafter.
Approved June 28, 1947.
An Act authorizing the town of ipswich to retire (7/iai9.633
AND pension EDWARD S. COGSWELL.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1, For the purpose of promoting the public
good and in consideration of his long and meritorious serv-
ice, the town of Ipswich, acting by its board of selectmen,
may retire, upon an annual pension, Edward S. Cogswell who
has served said town faithfully for many years as town clerk.
Said pension shall be in the amount of twelve hundred dol-
664 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 634, 635, 636.
lars per annum and shall be paid in equal monthly instal-
ments.
Section 2. This act shall take full effect upon its ac-
ceptance by a majority of the registered voters of said town
present and voting thereon at an annual or special town
meeting, but not otherwise. Approved June 28, 1947.
ChaV.Q34: ^^ -^^"^ RELATIVE TO THE PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION UN-
DER THE workmen's COMPENSATION LAW IN THE CASE OF
CERTAIN SPECIFIED INJURIES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
EdVi^T' Section 1. Paragraph (d) of section 36 of chapter 152
§ 36,' par.' (rf), of the General Laws, as appearing in chapter 333 of the acts
etc.. amended. ^^ ^^^5, ig hereby amended by striking out, in line 2, the
word "seventy-five" and inserting in place thereof the
words: — one hundred, — so as to read as follows: —
Specific (d) For the loss by severance of the right or major hand
injuries. ^^ ^^ abovc the wrist, a period of one hundred weeks.
G. L. (Ter. Section 2. Paragraph (e) of said section 36, as so ap-
f36,'pfr.'(e), peariug, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 3, the
etc/amended, -^qj.^ "fifty" and inserting in place thereof the word: —
seventy-five, — so as to read as follows : —
Same subject. (g) YoT the loss by Severance of the left or minor hand at
or above the wrist, or of either foot at or above the ankle, a
period of seventy-five weeks.
EdV' i?'^"^! 36 Section 3. Said section 36, as so appearing, is hereby
etc!, 'further" * further amended by adding at the end thereof the following
amended. paragraph: — In the event of the death of an employee en-
^a^se^Sf dVa°h. titled to payments hereunder, his widow or dependents shall
be paid the sums which would otherwise have been paid to
him ; provided, that no person shall receive payments under
this paragraph and also under the pertinent provisions of
law authorizing payment on account of the injury resulting
in such death. Approved June 28, 1947.
Chap, 635 An Act further regulating the right of cities and
towns to APPROPRIATE MONEY FOR CERTAIN ENTERTAIN-
MENTS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 2 of chapter 177 of the acts of 1943 is hereby
repealed. Approved June 28, 1947.
Chav.QSQ An Act making certain changes in the laws relative
TO STATE FINANCE IN RESPECT TO EXPENDITURES AND
THE INCURRING OF OBLIGATIONS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
G.L.(Ter. SECTION 1. Chapter 29 of the General Laws is hereby
etc!, 'amended', amended by striking out section 26, as most recently amended
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 636. 665
by section 13 of chapter 242 of the acts of 1945, and inserting
in place thereof the following section: — Section 26. Ex- Expenses not
penses of offices and departments for compensation of officers, appropriations.
members and employees and for other purposes shall not ex-
ceed the appropriations made therefor by the general court
or the allotments made therefor by the governor. No obli-
gation incurred by any officer or servant of the common-
wealth for any purpose in excess of the appropriation or
allotment for such purpose for the office, department or in-
stitution which he represents, shall impose any liability upon
the commonwealth.
Section 2. Said chapter 29 is hereby further amended ^^•^^\27
by striking out section 27, as most recently amended by sec- etc', amended'.
tion 9 of chapter 656 of the acts of 1941, and inserting in
place thereof the following section : — Section 27. Notwith- Expenses and
standing any provision of general law, no officer or board regulated.
shall incur a new or unusual expense, make a permanent con-
tract, increase a salary or employ a new clerk, assistant or
other subordinate, unless an appropriation by the general
court and an allotment by the governor, sufficient to cover
the expense thereof, shall have been made. Appropriations
by the general court, and any allotments by the governor,
shall be expended only in the amounts prescribed in the sub-
sidiary accounts, if any, established for the several items of
appropriation in schedules established by, and on file with,
the joint committee on ways and means. Said committee,
as soon as may be after the general appropriation bill or any
other appropriation bill has the force of law conformably to
the constitution, shall file with the comptroller and with the
budget commissioner a certified copy of the schedules afore-
said which relate thereto.
Section 3. Said chapter 29 is hereby further amended Edo'29,%'29.
by striking out section 29, as most recently amended by etc, 'amended!
chapter 345 of the acts of 1943, and inserting in place thereof
the following section : — Section 29. The amount of any sub- Subsidiary
sidiary account set up, as prescribed in the schedules re- approved by ^
ferred to in section twenty-seven, on the books of an officer coSssioner.
or board having charge of any office, department, institu-
tion or undertaking receiving an appropriation from the
commonwealth, may be increased or decreased by inter-
change with any other such subsidiary account within the
same item of appropriation, if a request therefor from such
officer or board is approved in writing by the budget com-
missioner and is filed with the comptroller by said commis-
sioner.
The comptroller may accept affidavits that expenditures
are in accordance with the purpose of such subsidiary ac-
counts and do not exceed the unencumbered balances of the
amounts provided therefor. The comptroller shall refuse to
permit a disbursement or the incurring of an obligation if
funds, under an item of appropriation, or under any allot-
ment or subsidiary account pertaining to such item of appro-
priation, sufiicient to cover such disbursement or obligation
666 Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 637, 638, 639, 640.
are not available and shall immediately give notice of such
refusal to the budget commissioner and the officer or board
proposing the expenditure. Approved June 28, 1947.
Chap. 637 An Act making inoperative certain provisions of law
RELATING TO THE EXEMPTION OF PERSONS IN THE MILITARY
AND NAVAL SERVICES OF THE UNITED STATES FROM THE
PAYMENT OF POLL TAXES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The provisions of chapter four hundred and six of the acts
of nineteen hundred and forty-three shall not be operative
with respect to taxes assessed for the year nineteen hundred
and forty-eight and thereafter. Approved June 28, 1947.
Chap.QSS An Act terminating the authority of the parole board
TO GRANT CERTAIN SPECIAL PERMITS TO BE AT LIBERTY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter two hundred and twenty-two of the
acts of nineteen hundred and forty-three is hereby repealed.
Section 2. Nothing in this act shall be deemed to affect
the validity, legality or effectiveness of any special permit
heretofore granted under said chapter two hundred and
twenty-two. Approved June 28, 1947.
Chav.QS9 An Act establishing the minimum compensation of pro-
bation OFFICERS IN COUNTIES OTHER THAN SUFFOLK FOR
full-time SERVICE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
G-jL.(Ter ^^ Scctiou 83 of chapter 276 of the General Laws, as most
etc.', amended. ' recently amended by section 1 of chapter 566 of the acts of
the current year, is hereby further amended by inserting im-
mediately before the last sentence the following sentence: —
Miwmum The minimum compensation of any probation officer in any
fuif-tim?"^ county, other than Suffolk, whose service is determined by
office^'."" the county commissioners thereof to be full-time service shall
be two thousand dollars per annum.
Approved June 28, 1947.
Chav.64:0 An Act providing for the repair by the department of
public works of the easterly bank of the annisquam
river canal in gloucester harbor northwesterly of
blynman bridge, so called.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The department of public works is hereby authorized and
directed to make certain repairs to the Annisquam River
canal in Gloucester harbor by reinforcing and replacing the
riprap along the easterly bank of said canal, beginning at a
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 641. 667
point about three hundred feet northwesterly from the so-
called Blynman bridge on Western avenue and continuing
northwesterly along the bank of said Annisquam River
canal. The cost of said work shall not exceed ten thousand
dollars, one half of which shall be paid by the commonwealth,
subject to appropriation, and one half thereof shall be paid
by the city of Gloucester. Approved June 28, 1947.
An Act relative to the regulation of rates for certain QJkij) g4i
CASUALTY insurance, INCLUDING FIDELITY, SURETY AND ^'
GUARANTY BONDS AND FOR ALL OTHER FORMS OF MOTOR
VEHICLE INSURANCE AND TO THE REGULATION OF RATING
ORGANIZATIONS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The General Laws are hereby amended by o. l. (Ter.
inserting after chapter 175 the following chapter: — ^hLpteMzsA,
added.
Chapter 175A.
Regulation of rates for certain casualty insurance,
including fidelity, surety and guaranty bonds, and
for all other forms of motor vehicle insurance, and
regulation of rating organizations.
Section 1 . This chapter shall be known and may be cited ^llet^^^xf
as the Casualty and Surety Rate Regulatory Law. Regulatory
Section 2. The purpose of this chapter is to promote the ^''''•
public welfare by regulating insurance rates to the end that
they shall not be excessive, inadequate or unfairly discrimi-
natory, and to authorize and regulate co-operative action
among insurers in rate making and in other matters within
the scope of this chapter. Nothing in this chapter is in-
tended (1) to prohibit or discourage reasonable competition,
or (2) to prohibit, or encourage except to the extent necessary
to accomplish the aforementioned purpose, uniformity in in-
surance rates, rating systems, rating plans or practices. This
chapter shall be liberally interpreted to carry into effect the
provisions of this section.
Section 3. The following words, as used in this chapter. Definitions
unless the text otherwise requires or a different meaning is
specifically required, shall mean —
"Commissioner", the commissioner of insurance.
"Company", all corporations, associations, partnerships or
individuals engaged as principals in the business of insurance.
"Insurance Company" or "Insurer", the same meaning
as company.
Section \. This chapter shall apply to risks and opera- Application,
tions in this commonwealth insured by insurance companies
authorized to transact business in this commonwealth under
subdivisions {d), (e) and (/) of the second clause, under the
third, fourth, and fifth clauses, under subdivisions (b), and
(c) of the sixth clause, and under the seventh, eighth, ninth
and twelfth clauses of section forty-seven of chapter one
668
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Exceptions.
Provisions
regulating
rates.
hundred and seventy-five, and shall not apply to reinsur-
ance, other than joint reinsurance to the extent stated in
section thirteen of this chapter, insurance against loss of or
damage to aircraft or against liability arising out of the
ownership, maintenance or use of aircraft, nor to compul-
sory motor vehicle hability insurance.
If any kind of insurance, subdivision or combination
thereof, or type of coverage, subject to this chapter, is also
subject to regulation by another rate regulatory law of this
commonwealth, an insurer to which both laws are otherwise
applicable shall file with the commissioner a designation as
to which rate regulatory law shall be applicable to it with
respect to such kind of insurance, subdivision or combination
thereof, or type of coverage.
Section 5. (a) All rates shall be made in accordance
with the following provisions : —
1. Due consideration shall be given to past and prospec-
tive loss experience within and outside this commonwealth,
to catastrophe hazards, if any, to a reasonable margin for
underwriting profit and contingencies, to dividends, savings
or unabsorbed premium deposits allowed or returned by in-
surers to their policyholders, members or subscribers, to
past and prospective expenses both countrywide and those
specially applicable to this commonwealth, and to all other
relevant factors within and outside this commonwealth.
2. The systems of expense provisions included in the
rates for use by any insurer or group of insurers may differ
from those of other insurers or groups of insurers to reflect
the requirements of the operating methods of any such in-
surer or group with respect to any kind of insurance, or with
respect to any subdivision or combination thereof for which
subdivision or combination separate expense provisions are
applicable.
3. Risks may be grouped by classifications for the estab-
lishment of rates and minimum premiums. Classification
rates may be modified to produce rates for individual risks
in accordance with rating plans which establish standards
for measuring variations in hazards or expense provisions,
or both. Such standards may measure any differences
among risks that can be demonstrated to have a probable
effect upon losses or expenses.
4. Rates shall not be excessive, inadequate or unfairly
discriminatory.
(b) Except to the extent necessary to meet the provi-
sions of subdivision 4 of subsection (a) of this section, uni-
formity among insurers in any matters within the scope of
this section is neither required nor prohibited.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be taken to prohibit as
unreasonable or unfairly discriminatory the establishment
of classifications or modifications of classifications or risks
based upon size, e.xpense, management, individual experi-
ence, purpose of insurance, location or dispersion of hazard,
or any other reasonable considerations, provided such classi-
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 641. 669
fications and modifications apply to all risks under the same
or substantially similar circumstances or conditions.
(d) Nothing in this chapter shall abridge or restrict the
freedom of contract between insurers and agents or brokers
with respect to commissions or between insurers and their
employees with respect to compensation.
(e) Two or more insurers who by virtue of their business
associations in the United States represent themselves to
be or are customarily known as an "insurance company
group", or similar insurance trade designation, shall have
the right to make the same fihngs or to use the same rates
for each such insurer subject to the provisions of subdivi-
sions 1 to 4, inclusive, of subsection (a) of this section; and
nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to pro-
hibit an agreement to make the same fihngs or use the same
rates and concerted action in connection with such filings
or rates by such insurers.
This subsection shall not apply to two or more insurers
who are not under the same common executive or general
management or control and who act in concert in under-
writing groups or pools.
Section 6. (a) Every insurer shall file with the commis- insurer to
sioner or his designated representative every manual of rates"ciassi-
classifications, rules and rates, every rating plan and every fications, etc,
modification of any of the foregoing which it proposes to missions'
use. Every such filing shall state the effective date thereof,
which shall not be prior to the filing date, and such filing
shall indicate the character and extent of the coverage con-
templated. The commissioner may require such insurer to
furnish the information upon which it supports such filing.
Any filing may be supported by (1) the experience or judg-
ment of the insurer or rating organization making the filing,
(2) the experience of other insurers or rating organizations, or
(3) any other factors which the insurer or rating organiza-
tion deems relevant. A filing and any supporting informa-
tion shall be open to pubhc inspection after the filing be-
comes effective.
(6) An insurer may satisfy its obligation to make such ^tij>n^may"°'"
filings by becoming a member of, or a subscriber to, a file for insurer
licensed rating organization which makes such filings, and condiu'ifns!""
by authorizing the commissioner to accept such filings on
its behalf; provided, that nothing contained in this chapter
shall be construed as requiring any insurer to become a
member of or a subscriber to any rating organization.
(c) Under such rules and regulations as he shall adopt the commissioner
commissioner may, by written order, suspend or modify the mhfg'by''^
requirement of fiUng as to any kind of insurance, subdivi- insurer.
sion or combination thereof, or as to classes of risks, the rates
for which cannot practically be filed before they are used.
Such orders, rules and regulations shall be made known to
insurers and rating organizations affected thereby. The
commissioner may make such examination as he may deem
advisable to ascertain whether any rates affected by such
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Rate in excess
on specific
risk.
Hearings on
improper
filings.
Hearing for
person ag-
grieved by
filing.
Application
for license
as rating
organization
regulated.
order meet the standards set forth in subdivision 4 of sub-
section (a) of section five.
(d) Upon the written apphcation of the insured, stating
his reasons therefor, filed with and approved by the com-
missioner, a rate in excess of that provided by a fifing other-
wise appHcable may be used on any specific risk.
(e) Beginning ninety days after the effective date of this
chapter no insurer shall make or issue a contract or policy
except in accordance with filings made by or for said insurer
as provided in this chapter or in accordance with subsection
(c) of this section.
Section 7. (a) If at any time the commissioner finds that
a filing does not meet the requirements of this chapter, he
shall, after a hearing held upon not less than ten days' writ-
ten notice, specifying the matters to be considered at such
hearing, to every insurer and rating organization which
made such filing, issue an order specifying in what respects
he finds that such filing fails to meet the requirements of
this chapter, and stating when, within a reasonable period
thereafter, such filing shall be deemed no longer effective.
Copies of said order shall be sent to every such insurer and
rating organization.
(6) Any person or organization aggrieved with respect to
any fifing which is in effect may make written application
to the commissioner for a hearing thereon; provided, that
the insurer or rating organization that made the filing shall
not be authorized to proceed under this subsection. Such
application shall specify the grounds to be relied upon by
the applicant. If the commissioner shall find that the appli-
cation is made in good faith, that the applicant would be so
aggrieved if his grounds are established, and that such
grounds otherwise justify holding such a hearing, he shall,
within thirty days after receipt of such application, hold a
hearing upon not less than ten days' written notice to the
applicant and to every insurer and rating organization which
made such fifing. If, after such hearing, the commissioner
finds that the filing does not meet the requirements of this
chapter, he shall issue an order specifying in what respects
he finds that such filing fails to meet the requirements of
this chapter, and stating when, within a reasonable period
thereafter, such filing shall be deemed no longer effective.
Copies of said order shah be sent to the applicant and to
every such insurer and rating organization.
Section 8. (a) A corporation, an unincorporated associ-
ation, a partnership or an individual, whether located within
or outside this commonwealth, may make application to the
commissioner for license as a rating organization for such
kinds of insurance or subdivisions thereof as are specified
in its application and shaU file therewith (1) a copy of its
constitution, its articles of agreement or association or its
certificate of incorporation, and of its by-laws, rules and
regulations governing the conduct of its business, (2) a list
of its members and subscribers, (3) the name and address
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 641. 671
of a resident of this commonwealth upon whom notices or
orders of the commissioner of process affecting such rating
organization may be serv^ed and (4) a statement of its quaU-
fications as a rating organization. If the commissioner finds
that the apphcant is competent, trustworthy and other-
wise quahfied to act as a rating organization and that its
constitution, articles of agreement or association or certifi-
cate of incorporation, and its by-laws, rules and regulations
governing the conduct of its business conform to the require-
ments of law, he shall issue a hcense specifying the kinds of
insurance or subdivisions thereof for which the applicant is
authorized to act as a rating organization. Every such
application shall be granted or denied in whole or in part
by the commissioner within sixty days of the date of its
filing with him. Licenses issued pursuant to this section
shall remain in effect for three years unless sooner suspended
or revoked by the commissioner. The fee for said license Fee.
shall be twenty-five dollars. Licenses issued pursuant to
this section may be suspended or revoked by the commis-
sioner, after hearmg upon due notice, in the event the rat-
ing organization ceases to meet the requirements of this
subsection. Every rating organization shall notify the com-
missioner promptly of every change in (1) its constitution,
its articles of agreement of association or its certificate of
incorporation, and its by-laws, rules and regulations gov-
erning the conduct of its business, (2) its list of members
and subscribers and (3) the name and address of the resi-
dent of this commonwealth designated by it upon whom
notices or orders of the commissioner or process affecting
such rating organization may be served.
(6) Subject to rules and regulations which have been ap- insurer may
proved by the commissioner as reasonable, each rating or- toraUng"^*"^
ganization shall permit any insurer qualifying thereunder, organization,
not a member, to be a subscriber to its rating services for
any kind of insurance or subdivision thereof for which it is
authorized to act as a rating organization. Notice of pro-
posed changes in such rules and regulations shall be given
to subscribers. Each rating organization shall furnish its
rating services without discrimination to its members and
subscribers. The reasonableness of any rule or regulation
in its application to subscribers, or the refusal of any rating
organization to admit a qualified insurer as a subscriber,
shall, at the request of any subscriber or any such insurer,
be reviewed by the commissioner at a hearing held upon at
least ten days' written notice to such rating organization and
to such subscriber or insurer. If the commissioner finds
that such rule or regulation is unreasonable in its applica-
tion to subscribers, he shall order that such rule or regula-
tion shall not be applicable to subscribers. If the rating
organization fails to grant or reject a qualified insurer's ap-
plication for subscribership within thirty days after it was
made, such insurer may request a review by the commis-
sioner as if the application had been rejected. If the com-
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Acts, 1947. — Chap. 641.
Rating organi-
zations may
co-operate
in rate
making.
Rights of
members in
rating organi-
zation.
missioner finds that such insurer has been refused admit-
tance to the rating organization as a subscriber without
justification, he shall order the rating organization to admit
such insurer as a subscriber. If he finds that the action of
the rating organization was justified, he shall make an order
affirming its action.
(c) No rating organization shall adopt any rule the effect
of which would be to prohibit or regulate the payment of
dividends, savings or unabsorbed premium deposits allowed
or returned by insurers to their policyholders, members or
subscribers.
(d) Co-operation among rating organizations or among
rating organizations and insurers in rate making or in other
matters within the scope of this chapter is hereby authorized,
provided the filings resulting from such co-operation are
subject to all the provisions of this chapter which are appli-
cable to fihngs generally. The commissioner may review
such co-operative activities and practices and if, after due
notice and a hearing, he finds that any such activity or prac-
tice is unfair or unreasonable or otherwise inconsistent with
any provision or provisions of this chapter, he may issue a
written order specifying in what respects such activity or
practice is unfair or unreasonable or otherwise inconsistent
with such provision or provisions, and requiring the discon-
tinuance of such activity or practice.
(e) A rating organization may restrict its membership or
subscribership if the commissioner deems it to be in the
public interest.
Section 9. Every member of, or subscriber to, a rating
organization shall adhere to the filings made on its behalf
by such organization except that any such insurer may make
written appHcation to the commissioner for permission to file
a uniform percentage decrease or increase to be applied to
the premiums produced by the rating system so filed for a
kind of insurance, or for a class of insurance which is found
by the commissioner to be a proper rating unit for the appli-
cation of such uniform percentage decrease or increase, or
for a subdivision of a kind of insurance (1) comprised of a
group of manual classifications which is treated as a separate
unit for rate maldng purposes, or (2) for which separate ex-
pense provisions are included in the filings of the rating or-
ganization. Such application shall specify the basis for the
modification and shall be accompanied by the data upon
which the applicant relies. A copy of the application and
data shall be sent simultaneously to such rating organiza-
tion. The commissioner shall set a time and place for a
hearing at which the insurer and such rating organization
may be heard and shall give them not less than ten days'
written notice thereof. In the event the commissioner is
advised by the rating organization that it does not desire a
hearing he may, upon the consent of the applicant, waive
such hearing. The commissioner shall issue an order per-
mitting the modification for such insurer to be filed if he
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 641. 673
finds it to be justified and it shall thereupon become effective.
He shall issue an order denying such apphcation if he finds
that the modification is not justified or that the resulting
premiums would be excessive, inadequate or unfairly dis-
criminatory. Each deviation permitted to be filed shall be
effective for a period of one year from the date of such per-
mission unless terminated sooner with the approval of the
commissioner.
Section 10. Any member of or subscriber to a rating or- Appeal from
ganization may appeal to the commissioner from the action rating °'
or decision of such rating organization in approving or re- organization,
jecting any proposed change in or addition to the filings of
such rating organization and the commissioner shall, after
a hearing held upon not less than ten days' written notice
to the appellant and to such rating organization, issue an
order approving the action or decision of such rating organ-
ization or directing it to give further consideration to such
proposal, or, if such appeal is from the action or decision of
the rating organization in rejecting a proposed addition to
its filings, he may, in the event he finds that such action or
decision was unreasonable, issue an order directing the rat-
ing organization to make an addition to its filings, on behalf
of its members and subscribers, in a manner consistent with
his findings, within a reasonable time after the issuance of
such order.
If such appeal is based upon the failure of the rating or-
ganization to make a fihng on behalf of such member or
subscriber which is based on a system of expense provisions
which differs, in accordance with the right granted in sub-
division 2 of subsection (a) of section five, from the system
of expense provisions included in a fifing made by the rating
organization, the commissioner shall, if he grants the appeal,
order the rating organization to make the requested filing
for use by the appellant. In deciding such appeal the com-
missioner shall apply the standards set forth in section five.
Section 11. Every rating organization and every insurer Riite informa-
which makes its own rates shall, within a reasonable time fJ^nilLd^to
after receiving written request therefor and upon payment insured.
of such reasonable charge as it may make, furnish to any in-
sured affected by a rate made by it, or to the authorized rep-
resentative of such insured, all pertinent information as to
such rate.
Every rating organization and every insurer which makes
its own rates shall provide within this commonwealth reason-
able means whereby any person aggrieved by the applica-
tion of its rating system may be heard, in person or by his
authorized representative, on his written request to review
the manner in which such rating system has been applied in
connection with the insurance afforded him. If the rating
organization or insurer fails to grant or reject such request
within thirty days after it is made, the applicant may pro-
ceed in the same manner as if his application had been re-
jected. Any party affected by the action of such rating
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Advisory
organization
Joint rein-
surance
regulated.
organization or such insurer on such request may, within
thirty days after written notice of such action, appeal to the
commissioner, who, after a hearing held upon not less than
ten days' written notice to the appellant and to such rating
organization or insurer, may afhrm or reverse such action.
Section 12. (a) Every group, association or other organ-
ization of insurers, whether located within or outside this
commonwealth, which assists insurers which make their own
filings or rating organizations in rate making, by the collec-
tion and furnishing of loss or expense statistics, or by the
submission of recommendations, but which does not make
filings under this chapter, shall be known as an advisory
organization.
(6) Every advisory organization shall file with the com-
missioner (1) a copy of its constitution, its articles of agree-
ment or association or its certificate of incorporation and of
its by-laws, rules and regulations governing its activities,
(2) a list of its members, (3) the name and address of a resi-
dent of this commonwealth upon v/hom notices or orders of
the commissioner or process issued at his direction may be
served, and (4) an agreement that the commissioner may
examine such advisory organization in accordance Avith the
provisions of section fourteen.
(c) If, after a hearing, the commissioner finds that the
furnishing of such information or assistance involves any
act or practice which is unfair or unreasonable or otherwise
inconsistent with any provision or provisions of this chapter,
he may issue a written order specifying in what respects such
act or practice is unfair or unreasonable or otherwise in-
consistent with such provision or provisions, and requiring
the discontinuance of such act or practice.
{d) No insurer which makes its own filings, and no rating
organization, shall support its filings by statistics or adopt
rate-making recommendations, furnished to it by an ad-
visory organization which has not complied with this section
or with an order of the commissioner involving such statis-
tics or recommendations issued under subsection (c) of this
section. If the commissioner finds such insurer or rating
organization to be in violation of this subsection he may
issue an order requiring the discontinuance of such violation.
Section 13. (a) Every group, association or other organ-
ization of insurers which engages in joint underwriting or
joint reinsurance shall be subject to regulation with respect
thereto as herein provided, subject, however, with respect
to joint underwriting, to all other provisions of this chapter
and, with respect to joint reinsurance, to sections fourteen
and eighteen and nineteen.
(6) If, after due notice and a hearing, the commissioner
finds that any activity or practice of any such group, asso-
ciation or other organization is unfair or unreasonable or
otherwise inconsistent with any provision or provisions of
this chapter, he may issue a written order specifying in what
respects such activity or practice is unfair or unreasonable or
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 641. 675
otherwise inconsistent with such provision or provisions, and
requiring the discontinuance of such activity or practice.
Section 14- The commissioner shall, at least once in five CommiBsioucr
years, make or cause to be made an examination of each uceMedVTting
rating organization licensed in this commonwealth as pro- organization.
vided in section eight and he may, as often as he may deem
it expedient, make or cause to be made an examination of
each advisory organization referred to in section twelve and
of each group, association or other organization referred to
in section thirteen. The reasonable costs of any such ex-
amination shall be paid by the rating organization, advisory
organization, or group, association or other organization ex-
amined upon presentation to it of a detailed account of such
costs. The officers, manager, agents and employees of such
rating organization, advisory organization or group, asso-
ciation or other organization may be examined at any time
under oath and shall exhibit all books, records, accounts,
documents, or agreements governing its method of operation.
In heu of any such examination the commissioner may ac-
cept the report of an examination made by the insurance
supervisory official of another state, pursuant to the laws of
such state.
Section 15. (a) The commissioner shall promulgate rea- Commissioner
sonable rules and statistical plans, reasonably adapted to rating"organi-
each of the rating systems on file with him, which may be ^-'^^'ons.
modified from time to time and which shall be used thereafter
by each insurer in the recording and reporting of its loss and
countrywide expense experience, in order that the experience
of all insurers may be made available at least annually in
such form and detail as may be necessary to aid him in de-
termining whether rating systems comply with the stand-
ards set forth in section five. Such rules and plans may also
provide for the recording and reporting of expense experience
items which are specially applicable to this commonwealth
and are not susceptible of determination by a prorating of
countrywide expense experience. In promulgating such rules
and plans, the commissioner shall give due consideration to
the rating systems on file with him and, in order that such
rules and plans may be as uniform as is practicable among
the several states, to the rules and to the form of the plans
used for such rating systems in other states. No insurer shall
be required to record or report its loss experience on a classi-
fication basis that is inconsistent with the rating system
filed by it. The commissioner may designate one or more
rating organizations or other agencies to assist him in gather-
ing such experience and making compilations thereof, and
such compilations shall be made available, subject to rea-
sonable rules promulgated by the commissioner, to insurers
and rating organizations.
(6) Reasonable rules and plans may be pronmlgated by the
cormnissioner for the interchange of data necessary for the
apphcation of rating plans.
(c) In order to further uniform administration of rate
676
Acts, 1947. --Chap. 641
Kiilae or mis-
leading infor-
mation
forbidden.
Agreements
and rate
modifications
subject to
approval.
Penalty for
violations.
Aggrieved
insurer or
rating organi-
zation may
request
hearing.
regulatory laws, the commissioner and every insurer and
rating organization may exchange information and experi-
ence data with insurance supervisory officials, insurers and
rating organizations in other states and may consult and
co-operate with them with respect to rate making and the
application of rating systems.
(d) The commissioner may make reasonable rules and
regulations necessary to effect the purpose of this chapter.
Section 16. No person or organization shall wilfully with-
hold information from, or knowingly give false or misleading
information to, the commissioner, any statistical agency
designated by the commissioner, any rating organization, or
any insurer, which will affect the rates or premiums chargeable
under this chapter.
Section 17. Agreements may be made among insurers
with respect to the equitable apportionment among them of
insurance which may be afforded applicants who are in good
faith entitled to, but who are unable to, procure such in-
surance through ordinary methods and such insurers may
agree among themselves on the use of reasonable rate modi-
fications for such insurance, such agreements and rate modi-
fications to be subject to the approval of the commissioner.
Section 18. Any person or organization wilfully violating
any provision of this chapter shall be punished by a fine of
not more than five hundred dollars for each such violation.
Such penalty may be in addition to any other penalty pro-
vided by law.
The commissioner may suspend the hcense of any rating
organization or insurer which fails to comply with an order
of the commissioner within the time limited by such order,
or any extension thereof which the commissioner may grant.
The commissioner shall not suspend the license of any rating
organization or insurer for failure to comply with an order
until the time prescribed for an appeal therefrom has expired
or, if an appeal has been taken, until such order has been
affirmed. The commissioner may determine when a suspen-
sion of license shall become effective and it shall remain in
effect for the period fixed by him, unless he modifies or
rescinds such suspension, or until the order upon which such
suspension is based is modified, rescinded or reversed. No
license shall be suspended or revoked except upon a written
order of the commissioner, stating his findings, made after a
hearing held upon not less than ten days' written notice to
such organization specifying the alleged violation.
Section 19. (a) Any insurer or rating organization ag-
grieved by any order or decision of the commissioner made
without a hearing, may, within thirty days after notice of
the order to the insurer or organization, make written re-
quest to the commissioner for a hearing thereon. The com-
missioner shall hear such party or parties within thirty days
after receipt of such request and shall give not less than
fifteen days' written notice of the time and place of the
hearing. Within thirty days after such hearing the commis-
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 642, 643. 677
sioner shall affirm, reverse or modify his previous action,
specifying his reasons therefor. Pending such hearing and
decision thereon the commissioner may suspend or postpone
the effective date of his previous action.
(b) Nothing contained in this chapter shall require the
observance at any hearing held under authority thereof of
formal rules of pleading or evidence.
(c) Any order or decision of the commissioner under au- Appeal to tiie
thority of this chapter shall be subject to review, which fudidTuouit.
shall be on the basis of the record of the proceedings before
the commissioner and shall not be limited to questions of law,
by appeal to the supreme judicial court at the instance of
any party in interest.
The court shall determine whether the filing of the appeal
shall operate as a stay of any such order or decision of the
commissioner. The court may, in disposing of the issue
before it, modify, affirm or reverse the order or decision of
the commissioner in whole or in part.
Section 20. If any section, subsection, subdivision, para- invalidity ot
graph, sentence or clause of this chapter is held invalid or efcVnot't"'
unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the remain- f|[^3*^jg
ing portions of this chapter. remain er.
Section 2. All laws or parts of laws inconsistent with f"^.°°g'^*^°g^
any provision of this act are hereby repealed.
Section 3. This act shall take effect on October first, nine- Effective date.
teen hundred and forty-seven. Approved June 28, 1947.
An Act relative to the acquisition by the common- Chav.Q^2
WEALTH OF CERTAIN PROPERTIES IN THE TOWNS OF OAK
BLUFFS AND EDGARTOWN FOR PUBLIC BEACH PURPOSES.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend Emergency
t r • i-i- 1-1 ••.! preamble.
to defeat its purpose, which is to authorize the acquisition by
the commonwealth, without delaj'', of certain properties for
public beach purposes, therefore it is hereby declared to be
an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preserva-
tion of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 510 of the acts of 1946 is hereby amended by
inserting after section 1 the following section: — Section
J A. In case all of the parcels referred to in section one can-
not be taken or acquired due to a deficiency of funds appro-
priated and available therefor, said commissioner may take
or acquire such of said parcels, or such portions thereof, as
may be taken or acquired within the limits of said funds.
Approved June 28, 1947.
An Act further regulating means of escape in hotels, Chav.^S
BOARDING HOUSES, LODGING HOUSES AND FAMILY HOTELS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follow s:
Section 44 of chapter 143 of the General Laws, as appear- c. i,. rTer.
ing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by strik- ^^j^ended^' * **'
678 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 644. ^
ing out in line 9 and in line 15 the word "such", — and by-
inserting after the word "notice" in line 16 the words: —
satisfactoiy to the commissioner and, — so as to read as
j^atciunen f ollows : — SectioH 44- The keeper of a hotel, boarding or
e^o."*"*' lodging house or family hotel containing one hundred or
more sleeping rooms, and being four or more stories high,
shall have therein at least two competent watchmen, each
properl}^ assigned, and each on duty between the hours of
nine o'clock at night and six o'clock in the morning. The
keeper of every hotel, boarding or lodging house or family
hotel containing fifty or more sleeping rooms, but less than
one hundred, and being three stories high, shall have between
said hours at least one competent watchman on duty therein.
In all hotels, lodging houses or family hotels, the halls, cor-
ridors and stairways shall be properly lighted at night, and
a red light shall be kept during the night at the top and bot-
tom of each flight of stairs; and one or more proper alarms
or gongs, capable of being heard throughout the house, shall
always remain easy of access and ready for use in every
such building to give to the inmates warning of fire. The
keeper of every hotel, boarding or lodging house or family
hotel shall keep a notice satisfactory to the commissioner
and descriptive of such means of escape conspicuously posted
in every sleeping room. Approved June 28, 1947.
C/iat>.644 An Act relative to the application of the motor ve-
hicle EXCISE law to certain MOTOR VEHICLES OR TRAIL-
ERS registered in this commonwealth and in another
STATE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
G. l. (Ter Sectiou 1 of chapter 60A of the General Laws, as most
etc:! 'amended.' reccutly amended by chapter 718 of the acts of 1941, is
hereby further amended by striking out the last paragraph,
as appearing in section 1 of chapter 480 of the acts of 1938,
and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph : —
Certain The excisc imposed by this section shall not apply to the
not subject' "^^ registration by an inhabitant of any state other than this
to excise t.ax. comiBon Wealth or by a partnership, voluntary association or
corporation which does not have a principal place of busi-
ness in this commonwealth, of any motor vehicle or trailer
to be customarily kept in another state if such other state
does not impose an excise, privilege or property tax or fee,
in addition to a registration fee, upon motor vehicles or
trailers, as the case may be, customarily kept in this com-
monwealth and registered by an inhabitant of this common-
wealth, or by a partnership, voluntary association or corpo-
ration having its principal place of business in this com-
monwealth. The commissioner shall determine what states
do not impose such additional excise, privilege or property
tax or fee, and his determination shall be final.
Approved June 28, 1947.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 645. 679
An Act further defining the powers and duties of in- Chav.64:5
SPECTORS IN the ENFORCEMENT OF CERTAIN LAWS RELATING
TO THE SAFETY OF PERSONS IN BUILDINGS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follow s:
Section 1. Section 15 of chapter 143 of the General Laws, g. l. (Ter.
as amended by section 3 of chapter 544 of the acts of 1943, f'ls.'ett'l'
is hereby further amended by inserting after the word amended,
"employees", in line 5, as appearing in the Tercentenaiy
Edition, the following: — , or as a hospital, sanatorium,
convalescent or nursing home, grandstand, stadium, bleacher
or arena, — so that the first sentence will read as follows : —
No building which is designed to be used, or in which altera- Construction
tion shall be made for the purpose of using it, or continuing CuiidSs.
its use, in whole or in part, as a public building, or as a fac-
tory, workshop or mercantile or other establishment, and to
have accommodations for ten or more employees, or as a
hospital, sanatorium, convalescent or nursing home, grand-
stand, stadium, bleacher or arena, and no building more than
two stories in height designed to be used above the second
story, or in which alteration shall be made for the purpose
of using it, or continuing its use, in whole or in part, as an
office building, dormitoiy, hotel, family hotel, apartment
house, boarding house, lodging house or tenement house, and
to have eight or more rooms above said storj^ shall be
erected, and no alteration shall be made therein, until a copy
of the plans and specifications thereof has been deposited
with the supervisor of plans by the person causing its erec-
tion or alteration or by the architect thereof.
Section 2. Section 21 of chapter 143 of the General gj^y j^^^'''"-
Laws, as most recently amended by chapter 536 of the acts §'21,' etc..'
of 1945, is hereby further amended by striking out the '^'"""•i^^.
first sentence and inserting in place thereof the following
sentence : — The owner, lessee or mortgagee in possession of vwc cacapes,
any building in whole or in part used as a public building or
as a factory, workshop, mercantile or other establishment,
and which has accommodations for ten or more employees,
or of a hospital, sanatorium, convalescent or nursing home,
a grandstand, stadium, bleacher or arena, or of an office
building, dormitoiy, hotel, family hotel, apartment house,
boarding house, lodging house or tenement house which has
eight or more rooms above the second story, or in which ten
or more persons are accommodated, lodge or reside above
the second story, to which building sections fifteen to sixty,
inclusive, apply, shall provide such building with proper
egresses or other means of escape from fire sufficient for the
use of all persons employed, lodged or resident therein; pro-
vided, that in all buildings subject to this section, other than
mercantile establishments, hotels and buildings used solely
for office purposes, such egresses or means of escape from
fire shall also be sufficient for the use of all persons accommo-
dated or assembled therein; and, in such mercantile es-
680
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 646.
G. L. CJVr
Ed.), 143,
§ 33, etc.,
amendod.
Euforcement
of laws relat-
ing to safety
of persons in
buildings.
tablishments, hotels and buildings used solely for office pur-
poses, shall be sufficient, to the greatest extent compatible,
in the opinion of the inspector, with the reasonable use thereof,
for the use of all persons accommodated or assembled therein;
and provided, further, that no owner, lessee or mortgagee in
possession of a building subject to any provision of this sec-
tion shall be deemed to have violated this provision unless
he has been notified in writing by an inspector as to what
additional egresses or means of escape from fire are neces-
sary, and for thirty days has neglected or refused to provide
the same.
Section 3. Section 33 of chapter 143 of the General Laws,
as most recently amended by section 7 of chapter 363 of the
acts of 1946, is hereby further amended by inserting after
the word "county", in line 13, the following: — , or other
than hospitals, sanatoria, convalescent or nursing homes,
hotels, family hotels, grandstands, stadia, bleachers or
arenas, — so as to read as follows: — Section 33. In every
city, town and district wherein there is in force a building
code, so called, established under authority of section three
or corresponding provisions of earlier law or established by
or under authority of any other provision of law, the pro-
visions of sections fifteen, seventeen, twenty, twenty-one,
twenty-one A, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-eight,
twenty-nine, thirty, thirty-one, forty-two, forty-three,
forty-nine, fifty-one, fifty-two, fifty-three, fifty-four,
fifty-seven and fifty-nine relative to buildings other than
churches, theatres, special halls, public halls, schoolhouses
and buildings owned or occupied by the commonwealth or
by any county, or other than hospitals, sanatoria, convales-
cent or nursing homes, hotels, familj^ hotels, grandstands,
stadia, bleachers or arenas, shall, unless otherwise provided,
be enforced by the inspector or inspectors of buildings of
such city, town or district and the terms "supervisor of
plans", "chief of inspections" and "inspector", as used in
said sections and in sections fifty-five and fifty-six, shall
include an inspector of buildings of such city, town or dis-
trict, and shall be enforced in accordance with the regula-
tions authorized by section fifty-four; in all other cities and
towns the provisions of said sections shall be enforced in ac-
cordance with their specific terms.
Approved June 28, 1947.
C7k//?.646 "^^ ^^^ PROVIDING FOR RULES AND REGULATIONS RELATIVE
TO THE GRANTING OF PERMITS FOR USE AND OCCUPANCY OF
PLACES OF ASSEMBLY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 3B of chapter 143 of the General Laws, as amended
by section 2 of chapter 645 of the acts of 1945, is hereby
further amended by inserting after the first sentence the fol-
lowing sentence : — Such rules and regulations may provide
that no permit for use or occupancy of a place of assembly
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 143,
§ 3B, etc.,
amended.
Rules and
regulations,
approval of,
etc.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 647, 648. 681
shall be granted unless there is presented with the applica-
tion for such a permit a certificate of the inspector to the
effect that the building of which such place of assembly is a
part complies with the pertinent provisions of this chapter.
Approved June 28, 1947.
An Act relative to tax exemptions of certain war Chav.Q^7
VETERANS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 5 of chapter 59 of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Ter. ^
amended by striking out clause Twenty-third, as amended, SI'! amended,
and inserting in the place thereof the following clause : —
Twenty-third, Soldiers and sailors who served in the mili- ^""•^^"''^f ^„
tary or naval service of the United States in the war of the other veterans,
rebelhon, in the Spanish war, in the Philippine insurrection '"*''■
or the Chinese relief expedition and were honorably dis-
charged or honorably released therefrom shall be assessed
for, but shall be exempt at their request from the payment
of, a poll tax, and, if they are not entitled to exemption
under the preceding clause, their property, and the property
of their wives or widows, shall be exempt from taxation to
the amount of two thousand dollars; provided, that the
combined estate, real and personal, of the person so ex-
empted and of the husband or wife of such person does not
exceed in value the sum of eight thousand dollars, exclusive
of the value of the mortgage interest held by persons other
than the person to be exempted in such mortgaged real
estate as may be included in said combined estate; but if,
said combined estate being less than eight thousand dollars,
the sum total thereof and of such mortgage interest exceeds
two thousand dollars, the amount so exempted shall be two
thousand dollars. If the property of a person entitled to
such exemption is taxable in more than one town, or partly
without the commonwealth, only such portion of the two
thousand dollars exemption shall be made in any town as
the value of the property taxable in such town bears to the
whole of the taxable property of such person. The widows
of soldiers and sailors who served as aforesaid and who lost
their lives in the war of the rebellion, in the Spanish war, in
the Philippine insurrection, or in the Chinese relief expedi-
tion, shall be entitled to exemption as specified in the pre-
ceding clause. No exemption shall be made under this
clause of the property of a person not a legal resident of the
commonwealth. Approved June 28, 1947.
An Act relative to the inspection of certain build- Chav.^A^
INGS OR structures.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Chapter 143 of the General Laws is hereby amended by q. l. (Ter.
striking out section 28, as most recently amended by sec- §'28.'e\tt'
tion 2 of chapter 474 of the acts of 1945, and in.serting in '"ne"d«'''
682 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 649.
Certificate place thereof the following section: — Section 28. The in-
of inspection. gpg(.|;ors shall from time to time examine all buildings or
structures within their respective jurisdictions which are
used as places of assembly or which are subject to sections
fifteen to sixty, inclusive. If in the judgment of any such
inspector such building or structure conforms to the require-
ments relative to places of assembly or to the requirements
of said sections for buildings or structures of its class, as the
case may be, he shall issue to the owner, lessee or occupant
thereof a certificate to that effect, specifying the number of
persons for whom the egresses and means of escape from
fire are sufficient. Such certificate shall continue in force
for not more than five years after its date, but while in force
it shall be conclusive evidence of a compliance with said
sections by the person to whom it is issued. It shall be void
if a greater number of persons than is therein specified are
accommodated or employed, or assemble, lodge or reside
within such building or structure or portion thereof, or if
such building or stiiicture is used for any purposes materi-
ally different from the purpose for which it was used at the
time of the granting thereof, or if its interior arrangement is
materially altered, or if any egresses or means of escape
from fire in such building or structui'e at the time of grant-
ing the said certificate are rendered unavailable or are mate-
rially changed. The certificate may be revoked by an in-
spector at any time upon written notice to the holder thereof
or to the occupant of the premises for which it was granted,
and shall so be revoked if, in the opinion of the inspector,
circumstances have so changed that the existing egresses and
means of escape are not proper and sufficient. A copy of
said certificate shall be kept posted in a conspicuous place
upon each story of such building or structure by the occupant
of the premises covered thereby. Approved June 28, 1947.
Chap. 6^9 An Act authorizing a forty hour work week for em-
ployees OF CERTAIN CITIES AND TOWNS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows. ■
Ed^iTg'^new Chapter 149 of the General Laws is hereby amended by
§ 33A, added, inserting after section 33 the following section : — Section
Forty hour 33 A. Except as Otherwise provided in this sectiou and not-
TiMoye'^s of withstanding any other provision of general or special law,
^^ertain^citiea the service of all persons employed by every city in which
this section is accepted by the mayor and city council, and
in cities having a plan E charter, by the affirmative vote of
two thirds of all the members of the city council and in every
town in which it is accepted by vote of the town at an an-
nual town meeting, shall be restricted to forty hours in any
one week, provided, that, in cases of unusual emergency,
service in excess of such forty hours may be authorized by
an officer of such city or town or by any other person whose
duty it is to employ, direct or control such employees, and
such additional service shall be compensated for as over-
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 650. 683
time. This section shall not apply to policemen, firemen,
school teachers, incumbents of offices specifically established
b}^ or under the authority of any general law or special act,
or such other classes or groups of employees as from time to
time may be specifically exempted therefrom in the manner
provided for the acceptance of this section. The compensa-
tion payable to any employee shall not be reduced by reason
of acceptance of this section. Approved June 28, 1947.
Ax Act relative to the investment by domestic life (7^^^) 650
INSURANCE COMPANIES IN TRANSFERABLE CERTIFICATES OF ^'
PARTICIPATION OR SHARES, BONDS, NOTES OR OTHER EVI-
DENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS OF CERTAIN ASSOCIATIONS OR
TRUSTS UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 6G of chapter 175 of the General Laws, as appear- g. l. (Ter.
ing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended by add- amendJd.' * ^^'
ing at the end of the second paragraph the following : — ,
and such a life company may invest any funds, not required
to be invested as provided in section sixty-thi-ee, in the
transferable certificates of participation or shares, bonds,
notes or other evidences of indebtedness of an association or
trust, as defined in section one of chapter one hundred and
eighty-two, provided either (1) that not more than ten per
cent of its capital and surplus may be invested in trans-
ferable certificates of participation or shares, bonds, notes or
other evidences of indebtedness of such association or trust
which are secured by collateral, or (2) that not more than
ten per cent of its capital and surplus may be invested in an
issue of not less than fifty million dollars of such certificates
or shares, bonds, notes or evidences of indebtedness of such
association or trust which are not secured by collateral if
such association or tmst has net earnings for the preceding
year in excess of one million five hundred thousand dollars
after deducting operating expenses, taxes and depreciation
charges and at least equal to twice the interest charges on
such certificates or shares, bonds, notes or evidences of in-
debtedness, and if such investment has the prior approval
of the commissioner as not being prejudicial to the best in-
terests of the policyholders of such company, — so as to
read as follows: — Section 66. Except as otherwise pro- investmenta
vided, no domestic life company shall invest any of its funds panfea'"'""'
in any unincorporated business or enterprise, or in the stocks
or evidence of indebtedness of any corporation the owners
or holders of which stock or evidence of indebtedness may
in any event be or become liable on account thereof to any
assessment except for taxes, nor shall such life company invest
any of its funds in its own stock or in the stock of any other
insurance company. No such life company shall invest in,
acquire or hold directly or indirectly more than ten per cent
of the capital stock of any corporation, nor shall more than
ten per cent of its capital and surplus be invested in the stock
684 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 650.
of any one corporation. No such life company shall sub-
scribe to or participate in any underwriting of the purchase
or sale of securities or property, or enter into any transaction
for such purchase or sale on account of said company jointly
with any other person, nor shall any such life company enter
into any agreement to withhold from sale any of its property,
but the disposition of its property shall be at all times within
the control of its board of directors.
Nothing in this section or in section sixty-three shall pre-
vent such a life company from investing or loaning any funds,
not required to be invested as provided in section sixty-three,
in any manner that the directors may determine ; provided,
that no loan of such funds shall be made to an individual or
firm unless it is secured by collateral security and provided
further, that such funds shall not be invested in the pur-
chase of stock or evidence of indebtedness prohibited by the
preceding paragraph, except as hereinafter provided. Any
such life company may invest such funds in the capital stock
of a trust company incorporated in and doing business in
the commonwealth or of a national banking association in-
corporated under federal law and located in any one of the
New England states, if such trust company or association
has paid dividends in cash of not less than four per cent on
its capital stock in each of the five years next preceding the
date of the investment and if the amount of surplus of such
trust company or association is at least equal to fifty per
cent of the amount of its capital stock; but no such life
company shall invest in the aggregate an amount in excess of
two and one half per cent of its reserve in the purchase of
stock of such trust companies and national banking associa-
tions, nor shall it invest an amount in excess of two per cent
of its reserve in the purchase of the stock of any one such
trust company or association, except that if two or more
such tmst companies or associations merge or consolidate
or one or more such trust companies is merged or consoli-
dated with one or more such associations, such a life com-
pany may acquire stock of the absorbing or consolidating
trust company or national banking association to an amount
in excess of two per cent but not in excess of two and one
half per cent of the reserve of such life company, if such stock
is received in exchange for stock of the consolidating or
merging companies or associations owned by the life com-
pany at the time of the merger or consolidation, and such a
life company may invest any funds, not required to be in-
vested as provided in section sixty-three, in the transferable
certificates of participation or shares, bonds, notes or other
evidences of indebtedness of an association or trust, as de-
fined in section one of chapter one hundred and eighty-two,
provided either (1) that not more than ten per cent of its
capital and surplus may be invested in transferable certifi-
cates of participation or shares, bonds, notes or other evi-
dences of indebtedness of such association or trust which are
secured by collateral, or (2) that not more than ten per cent
Acts, 1947. —Chap. 651. 685
of its capital and surplus may be invested in an issue of not
less than fifty million dollars of such certificates or shares,
bonds, notes or evidences of indebtedness of such association
or trust which are not secured by collateral if such associa-
tion or trust has net earnings for the preceding year in excess
of one million five hundi'ed thousand dollars after deducting
operating expenses, taxes and depreciation charges and at
least equal to twice the interest charges on such certificates
or shares, bonds, notes or evidences of indebtedness, and if
such investment has the prior approval of the commissioner
as not being prejudicial to the best interests of the policy-
holders of such company.
Nothing in this section or in section sixty-three shall pre-
vent any such life company from entering into an agreement
for the purpose of protecting the interests of the company
in securities lawfully held by it, or for the purpose of reor-
ganization of a corporation which issued securities so held,
and from depositing such securities with a committee or de-
positaries appointed under such agreement, nor from accept-
ing corporate stock or bonds or other securities which may
be distributed pursuant to any such agreement, or to any
plan of reorganization ; and nothing in this section or section
sixty-three shall prevent any such life company from ac-
quiring or holding any property acquired in satisfaction of
any debt previously contracted, or that shall be obtained by
sale or foreclosure of any security held by it; provided, that
if the property owned be such as is prohibited for investment
by such company, it shall dispose of such property, if per-
sonal, within one year, and if real estate, within five years,
from the date when it acquired title to the same, unless the
commissioner shall extend the time for such disposition for
the reason that the interests of the company will suffer ma-
terially by a forced sale of such property.
A record of such extension shall be made by the commis-
sioner, which shall state the time of the extension, and in
that event the sale of said property may be made at any
time before the expiration of the time of such extension.
Approved June 28, 1947.
An Act providing for membership of the employees of Chap,Q61
THE metropolitan DISTRICT WATER SUPPLY COMMISSION
IN THE STATE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend Emergency
to defeat its purpose, which is to make immediately avail- ^'**™
able to the employees of the metropolitan district water sup-
ply commission the privileges conferred by this act, there-
fore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Any provision of law to the contrary not-
withstanding, any person who, upon the effective date of
686 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 652.
this act, is an employee of the metropoHtan district water
supply commission, whether or not, by operation of law, he
thereafter ceases to be an employee of said commission and
thereupon becomes an employee of the metropolitan district
commission may, on his written application while an em-
ployee of either of said commissions, filed with the state
board of retirement on or before January first, nineteen hun-
dred and forty-eight, become a member of the state em-
ployees' retirement system, established by chapter thirty-
two of the General Laws.
Section 2. Any employee of said commission who be-
comes a member as provided in section one shall have all the
rights and be subject to all the duties appertaining to mem-
bership. Every such member shall be entitled to credit for
the period of his service prior to the date of becoming a
member or for such most recent portion thereof as he may
elect; provided, that within five years after such date and
before the date any retirement allowance becomes effective
for him, he shall have paid into the annuity savings fund of
the system in one sum, or in instalments, upon such terms
and conditions as the state retirement board may prescribe,
make-up payments of an amount equal to that which would
have been withheld as regular deductions together with regu-
lar interest, had he been a member of the system during such
prior period of service. In the event any retirement allow-
ance becomes effective for him before the completion of such
make-up payments, such member shall, in addition to credit
for his actual membership service, be entitled to credit for
that proportion of his service rendered prior to the date of
his becoming a member which the total amount of his
make-up payments actually made, together with regular
interest thereon to the date his retirement allowance be-
comes effective, bears to the total amount of what his
make-up payments, together with regular interest thereon
to such latter date, would have been had he made payment
thereof in one sum on such latter date.
Approved June 28, 19If.7.
Chap. 652 An Act establishing a board of education which shall
HAVE SUPERVISION AND CONTROL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
EdVil^'i Section 1. Chapter 15 of the General Laws is hereby
amended. ' amended by striking out section 1, as appearing in the Ter-
centenary Edition, and inserting in place thereof the follow-
^epartmen^ ing scction : — Section 1 . There shall be a department of
education, in this chapter called the department, which shall
be under the supervision and control of a board of educa-
tion, in sections one A to six B, inclusive, called the board.
Ed )" 16 ^n Section 2. Said chapter 15 is hereby further amended by
SSiA. ieT*'' inserting after section 1, as amended, the three following
and IC,
added.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 652. 687
sections: — Sedtow lA. There shall be in the department f^^^^^P^^
a board consisting of nine members appointed by the gov-
ernor with the advice and consent of the council. Upon the
expiration of the term of office of a member of the board, his
successor shall be appointed by the governor, with the ad-
vice and consent of the council, for a term of nine years.
The board shall elect one of its own members as chairman.
The board shall meet at least once a month, except durmg
July and August, and at such other times as it may deter-
mine by rule and when requested by any five members. The
members of the board shall serve without compensation,
but shall be reimbursed for their actual necessary expenses
incurred in the performance of their duties.
Sectio7i IB. The board shall appoint a commissioner of ^f^XiaSon"
education, in this chapter called the commissioner, for a
term of five years, and may remove tiim. He shall receive
such salary, not exceeding eleven thousand dollars, as the
board may determine.
Section IC. The commissioner shall appoint and may Deputy com-
remove a deputy commissioner, who shall perform such duties ™'^^'*'
as may be assigned to him by the commissioner.
Section 3. Said chapter 15 is hereby further amended |;iJ;{J,^§3a,
by striking out section 3A, inserted by section 1 of chapter etc!. 'amended.'
549 of the acts of 1943, and inserting in place thereof the
following section: — Section 3 A. There shall be in the de- Bo^rd^of^
partment a board of collegiate authority, consisting of the authlrity,
commissioner, who shall be chairman, the members of the
board of education, and four citizens of the commonwealth
to be appointed by the governor, with the advice and con-
:sent of the council, for terms of four years each. Of the ap-
pointive members of said board, at least one shall represent
colleges and universities, one shall represent junior colleges,
and one shall represent the secondary school system of the
public schools of the commonwealth. The members of said
board of collegiate authority shall serve without compensa-
tion, but shall be reimbursed for their necessary expenses
actually incurred in the performance of their duties.
Section 4. Said chapter 15 is hereby further amended by g^l. (Ter.^
striking out section 4, as most recently amended by section 2 etc!, 'amended.
of chapter 344 of the acts of the current year, and inserting in
place thereof the following section: — Section 4- Under the Duties of ti.c
direction of the board of education, the commissioner shall commissioner,
be the executive and administrative head of the department.
He shall have charge of the administration and enforcement
of all laws, rules and regulations which it is the duty of the
department to administer and enforce. In the department
there shall be a division of public libraries, a division of im-
migration and Americam'zation, a division of the blind, and
such other divisions as the board may determine. The com-
missioner shall make such recommendations to the board
relative to the formation of new divisions in the department
as he deems advisable. Each division, ejicept the division
of immigration and Americanization, shall be in charge of a
688
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 652.
G L. (Ter.
Ed.). 15, § 5.
etc., amended.
Directors,
assistants,
etc., in depart-
ment of
education.
fi. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 15, § 6,
amended.
State and
local advisory
councils.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 15, § 6A,
etc., amended.
State board
for vocational
education.
director, and each division shall be under the general super-
vision of the commissioner. Nothing in this chapter shall be
construed as affecting the powers and duties of the trustees
of the Universitj^ of Massachusetts as set forth in chapter
seventy-five.
Section 5. Said chapter 15 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 5, as amended by section 9 of chap-
ter 596 of the acts of 1941, and inserting in place thereof the
following section : — Section 5. Except as otherwise pro-
vided in this chapter, the directors of divisions of the de-
partment shall be appointed and may be removed by the
board. Except in the case of the teachers' retirement board,
the division of public libraries, the division of the blind and
institutions under the department, the board may appoint
such assistants as the work of the department may require,
may assign them to divisions, transfer and remove them, but
none of such employees while employed in the department
shall have any direct or indirect pecuniary interest in the
publication or sale of any text or school book, or article of
school supply used in the public schools of the common-
wealth. For the compensation of such assistants as it may
employ, for conferences and conventions of teachers held
under the direction of the department, and for traveling and
other necessary expenses incurred by the members and sub-
ordinates, the department may be allowed such sums as may
be appropriated. The commissioner shall recommend to the
board directors of divisions and such assistants as in his
opinion the work of the department may require, and, when
in his opinion it is necessary, their removal; and he shall
recommend to the board the assignment of assistants to
divisions or their transfer when, in his opinion, it is neces-
sary.
Section 6. Said chapter 15 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 6, as appearing in the Tercentenary
Edition, and inserting in place thereof the following section:
— Section 6. The board, with the advice of the commis-
sioner, may appoint and define the functions of a state ad-
visory council and local advisorj'' councils in connection with
university extension and correspondence courses, and, sub-
ject to section ten A of chapter eight, may rent suitable
offices.
Section 7. Said chapter 15 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 6A, as most recently amended by sec-
tion 1 of chapter 552 of the acts of 1946, and inserting in
place thereof the following section : — Section 6 A . The
board and the commissioner, and one person to be appointed
by the governor, with the advice and consent of the council,
who shall be a member of a local labor union or affiliated
with a national or international union, are hereby consti-
tuted and designated as the state board for vocational edu-
cation, to co-operate with the office of education, Federal
Security Agency, or its successor, (1) in the administration
of the act of congi'ess approved February twenty-third, nine-
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 652. 689
teen hundi'ed and seventeen, and any acts in amendment
thereof and in addition thereto, relating to vocational edu-
cation in agriculture, distributive occupations, household
arts, and trades and industries, and secure for the common-
wealth the benefits thereof; (2) in the administration of the
act of congress approved June second, nineteen hundred and
twenty, entitled ''An Act to provide for the promotion of
vocational rehabilitation of persons disabled in industry and
otherwise and their return to civil employment", and any
acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto, and to
secure for the commonwealth the benefits thereof ; and (3) to
co-operate with the veterans administration in the adminis-
tration of federal laws and regulations relative to the rehabili-
tation of disabled veterans of World War II, and to secure
for the commonwealth the benefits of said laws and regula-
tions; and to perform such other duties as may be hnposed
upon it by law. The state board for vocational education Quarters,
shall be furnished with suitable quarters in the state house ^='^'^"*'^' *'*'^-
and may expend for salaries and other necessary expenses
such amount as shall be appropriated therefor by the general
court, together with any funds received by the state treasurer
from the federal government under any of said acts.
Section 8. Said chapter 15 is hereby further amended EJ^}J®§gB
by striking out section 6B, inserted by section 1 of chapter etc.Vamended.'
676 of the acts of 1941, and inserting in place thereof the
following section: — Section 6'B. The board shall appoint a Supervisor of
supervisor of guidance and placement and prescribe his pl^cement."'^
duties. He shall, under the commissioner, have general
supervision of the directors of occupational gxiidance and
placement appointed by towns pursuant to section thirty-
eight A or thirty-eight D of chapter seventy-one. The com-
missioner shall recommend a person for appointment to the
oflfice of supervisor of g-uidance and placement whenever there
is a vacancy in such office.
Section 9. Chapter 74 of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Ter.
amended by striking out section 20, as appearing in the Ter- amendeti.* "°'
centenary Edition, and inserting in place thereof the follow-
ing section: — Section SO. The state treasurer shall be Custodian of
custodian of funds allotted to the commonwealth from appro- priatfons^^^"'
priations made under the acts of congress mentioned in sec- allotted to
tion six A of chapter fifteen. The funds so allotted from ap-
propriations under the act of congress mentioned in said
section six A shall be expended, without specific appropria-
tion, under the order or the approval of the state board for
vocational education.
Section 10. Said chapter 74 is hereby further amended 9-,^ F*"". .,
by striking out section 21, as most recently amended by etc., antended!
section 2 of chapter 552 of the acts of 1946, and inserting in
place thereof the following section: — Section 21. Subject Expenditure
to section twenty-two, the funds received under said acts of hinds*""
congress mentioned in clause (1) of section six A of chapter
fifteen shall be paid out, on requisition of the state board
for vocational education, as reimbursement for expenses al-
690
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 652.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 74. § 22,
etc., amended.
Powers of
state board
of federal
luiuls.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 74,
§ 22A. etc.,
amended.
Duties of
state board
for vocational
education
relative to
vocational
rehabilitations.
Certain
sections of
G. L. 15. etc.,
repealed.
ready incurred, to approved schools and classes or courses
for training entitled to receive them under said acts.
Section 11. Said chapter 74 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 22, as amended by section 11 of chap-
ter 446 of the acts of 1938, and inserting in place thereof the
following section: — Section 22. The state board for voca-
tional education may use the funds received under said acts
of congress mentioned in clause (1) of section six A of chap-
ter fifteen as supplementary to state aid for salaries of teach-
ers of vocational subjects in schools complying therewith.
It may also use such funds (1) for salaries of teachers giving
types of training selected by it as especially needing stimu-
lus; or (2), for courses for the preparation of teachers of
vocations selected by it; or (3), to arrange with schools and
colleges to give the proper types of training to teachers of
vocations under its supervision; or (4), to enable local school
authorities to conduct, under its supervision, classes for the
training of vocational teachers; or (5), for travel as pro-
vided for under said acts of congress. Such payments shall
be subject to conditions prescribed by said board.
Section 12. Said chapter 74 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 22A, as amended by section 12 of
said chapter 446, and inserting in place thereof the follow-
ing section : — Section 22 A . The state board for vocational
education, established by section six A of chapter fifteen, is
hereby directed to co-operate with the office of education,
Federal Security Agency, or its successor, in carrying out
the provisions of the act of congress mentioned in clause (2)
of said section six A; to establish and maintain, or to assist
in establishing or maintaining, such courses of vocational
training as it may deem advisable and necessary for the
vocational rehabilitation of persons disabled in industry or
otherwise; to grant federal funds in its control, subject to
conditions prescribed by it, as money supplementaiy to state
aid, in the maintenance of vocational rehabilitation courses
in schools or institutions supported wholly or in part by the
commonwealth; to establish and maintain under its super-
vision such courses as it may deem advisable for the prepa-
ration of instructors of vocational rehabilitation courses; to
appoint such agents and assistants as may be necessary to
administer the provisions of this section and said act of
congress in this commonwealth; to fix the com.pensation of
such agents and assistants and to direct the disbursement
and administer the use of all funds provided by the federal
government and this commonwealth for the vocational re-
habilitation of such persons, and in conjunction with the
department of industrial accidents to formulate a plan of
co-operation in accordance with the provisions of said act
of congress, such plan to become effective when approved
by the governor.
Section 13. Section 2 of chapter 15 of the General
Laws, as amended by section 18 of chapter 591 of the acts of
1946, section 2A of said chapter 15, inserted by chapter 531
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 653. 691
of the acts of 1946, section 3 of said chapter 15, as amended
by chapter 138 of the acts of 1941, section 19 of chapter 74
of the General Laws, as amended by section 9 of chapter
446 of the acts of 1938, and chapter 646 of the acts of 1941
are hereby repealed.
Section 14. Of the members of the board of education Terms of mem-
first appointed under authority of this act, one shall be ap- of education'
pointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the ""ifegiX'^ "'
council, for the term of one year, one for the term of two authority.
years, one for the term of three years, one for the term of four
years, one for the term of five years, one for the term of
six years, one for the term of seven years, one for the term
of eight years and one for the term of nine years, from the
effective date of this act.
The terms of the appointive members of the board of col-
legiate authority existing under section three A of chapter
fifteen of the General Laws immediately prior to the effective
date of this act shall be terminated on said effective date.
Of the members of said board first appointed under author-
ity of this act one shall be appointed by the governor, with
the advice and consent of the council, for the term of one
year, one for the term of two years, one for the term of three
years, and one for the term of four years, from the first day
of July in the current year.
Section 15. Notwithstanding the provisions of this act, incumben^
the commissioner of education in office on the effective date of eXcTttoif
thereof may continue to serve as commissioner until the ex- *° office"'"'
piration of the term for which he was appointed, unless he
sooner resigns or is removed, with the same powers and
duties as though he had been appointed under the provi-
sions of this act. Nothing in this act shall affect the tenure
of any other officers, any agents and other employees of the
department of education or their retirement or other rights
nor impair their civil service status, if any.
Approved June 28, 1947.
An Act establishing the merrimack river valley (J}iap 653
SEWERAGE DISTRICT FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING,
MAINTAINING AND OPERATING SEWERAGE WORKS IN THE
MERRIMACK RIVER VALLEY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. A sewerage district, to be known as the
Merrimack river valley sewerage district, hereafter in this
act called the district, is hereby created and shall include all
the territory of the cities and towns of Amesbury, Andover,
Billerica, Chelmsford, Dracut, Groveland, Haverhill, Law-
rence, Lowell, Merrimac, Methuen, Newbury, Newburyport,
North Andover, Salisbury, Tewksbury, Tyngsborough and
West Newbury.
Section 2. The district shall be under the management
and control of a board which is hereby created and shall be
692 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 653.
known as the Merrimack river valley sewerage board, here-
after in this act called the board. The board shall consist of
five members who shall be appointed, and may for cause be
removed, by the governor with the advice and consent of the
council. Four members of the board shall reside within the
district. The governor shall from time to time designate
the chairman of the board who shall not be a resident of the
district. The members of the Merrimack river valley
sewerage board, appointed under chapter four hundred and
twenty of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-six and
holding office on such board immediately prior to the effective
date of this act, shall serve as members of the board herein
created until the expiration of the respective terms for which
they were appointed. As the term of a member expires, his
successor shall be appointed for a term of three years. A
vacancy occurring on the board shall be filled by appoint-
ment for the unexpired term by the governor with the advice
and consent of the councO. Every member shall serve until
the qualification of his successor. The chairman shall re-
ceive from the district such annual compensation as the
governor and council may from time to time determine and
the other members of the board shall receive from the dis-
trict such annual compensation, not exceeding one thousand
dollars, as the governor and council may from time to time
determine.
Section 3. The district shall have a seal consisting of a
circular die bearing the words, "Commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts. Merrimack River Valley Sewerage District,
1947'", which seal may be used whenever deemed advisable
by the board on papers and documents issued or executed by
the board or by any oflacer of the board thereunto authorized
by the board.
Section 4. The board may appoint, and may at its
pleasure remove, a treasurer and a clerk who need not be
members of the board, and both offices, if the board deems
it advisable, may be held by the same person. The treasurer
shall give to the board a bond payable to the district with a
surety company authorized to transact business within the
commonwealth and satisfactory to the board as surety, in
such sum as the board may prescribe and conditioned on the
faithful performance of his duties. The duties of the treasurer
and the clerk shall be those usually appertaiaing to said
offices, respectively, and in addition such as may from time
to time be prescribed by the board. The compensation of
the treasurer and of the clerk shall be determined by the
board. The board may also appoint and determine the com-
pensation of, and may at pleasure remove, a chief engineer
who shall direct the engineering work and act as executive
manager of the district. The board shall also from time to
time appoint or employ such other engineers and such ex-
perts, agents, officers, clerks, and other employees as it
deems necessary, shall determine their duties and compensa-
tion and may remove them at pleasure. The salaries or
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 653, 693
compensation of all persons appointed under authority of
this section, together with other expenses, shall be paid by
the district and shall be considered as a part of the expense
of maintenance of the district.
The board shall establish an ofhce in the Merrimack river
valley in which its business may be conducted and in which
maps, plans, documents, records, and other papers relating
to its business, land and other works and property in its
charge, shall be kept. It shall at all times keep full and ac-
curate accounts of its receipts, expenditures, disbursements,
assets and liabilities, which shall be open at all reasonable
times to inspection by any officers of the cities and towns in
the district or by any officer or duly appointed agent of the
commonwealth. The board shall make a report each year
of its activities for the preceding year and shall submit a
copy to the governor, to the mayors and the chairman of the
board of selectmen of the municipalities in the district.
Section 5. The board, acting for the district, shall con-
struct, maintain and operate, such trunk sewers, pumping
stations, intercepting sewers, connections, sewage disposal
works, and other works as may be required for disposing of
sewage and other wastes polluting the Merrimack river and
its tributaries and originating in any of the said cities and
towns. Such works shall be in substantial accordance with
the plans reported and recommended by the joint board ex-
isting under chapter sixty-two of the resolves of nineteen
hundred and forty-five, as amended and affected, in its
report to the general court of nineteen hundred and forty-
seven. No works shall be constructed imder authority of
this act until plans therefor have been approved b}- the state
department of public health. Such approval shall not be
given until after a public hearing by said department, notice
of the time and place of which shall be published in such
newspaper or newspapers and at such time or times as said
department may deem proper; and said department after
the hearing may reject or approve such plans, or may modify
and amend the same and approve them as so modified and
amended, said department being hereby given full power
and authority to make and approve such modifications and
amendments of plans submitted to it as it may deem neces-
sary and feasible to best carry out the provisions of this
act.
Section 6. The board shall prevent, so far as practicable,
the discharge into the sewers of substances which may cause
obstruction therein or impede the flow of sewage. It shall
have the right to enter any premises from which any sewer
or drain is connected with any part of the sewerage system
under its control or with any tributary sewerage system to
determine the condition of said sewer, drain, tank or treat-
ment works, the character of sewage, drainage or other
wastes flowing therefrom and whether such sewage, drainage
or other waste is a source of obstruction to the sewers or
works under its control or is likely to impede the flow of
694 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 653.
sewage therein. The board shall, for the proper and reason-
able operation of its works, make regulations as to the
quantity and character of any sewage, drainage or other
wastes discharged into any sewer under its control or any
sewer tributary thereto. If the board is notified in writing
by any municipality or person that any such regulation is
unreasonable or unnecessary, either said board or the said
complainant may appeal to the state department of public
health, which, after due notice and a hearing, may approve,
rescind, modify or amend such regulations and the same, as
so approved, modified or amended, shall thereupon be in full
force and effect.
Section 7. For the purposes aforesaid the board, acting
on behalf of the district, may take by eminent domain under
chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws, or acquire by
purchase or otherwise, such lands, water courses, rights of
way or other easements, property and rights, and may so
take or acquire such existing sewer or sewers or parts of
sewers, force mains or other stmctures or works, as it may
deem necessary for carrying out the purposes and provisions
of this act. All takings under this act of property or rights
in property and all proceedings in relation to or growing out
of such takings shall conform to the provisions of said chap-
ter seventy-nine, except in the following particulars:
(a) The board need make no award of damages sustained
by persons or corporations in their property by any such
taking.
(b) The notice required by section eight of the said chap-
ter seventy-nine may be given at any time within one year
after the recording of the order of taking as provided in
section three of the said chapter.
(c) The right to damages for all property taken under
this act shall vest upon the recording of the taking in the
registry of deeds.
The board may sell at public auction any property, in-
cluding land, acquired by it hereunder and in its opinion
no longer needed in the performance of the powers and duties
conferred and imposed upon it by this act, and may from
time to time lease any property in its opinion not then
needed by it for the purposes of this act.^i-The board may
enter upon any lands or waters for the purpose of making
surveys, test pits and borings, and may take by eminent
domain under said chapter seventy-nine, or acquire by pur-
chase or otherwise, the right to temporarily occupy any
lands necessary for the carrying out of said purposes.
Section 8. In carrying out the powers and duties con-
ferred and imposed upon the board by this act, the board
may locate and maintain sewers or other works hereinbefore
authorized and any other necessary equipment in, on or
over public ways, in public parks,^and in or over railroad or
railway locations, and it mayfaltertorf change the course or
direction of any water courseJorUocation orT grade of any
way; provided, thatPit shall[not take'in fee any land of any
Acts, 1947. — Chap. G53. 695
railroad or railway corporation, nor enter upon or construct
any drain, sewer or other works within the location of any
railroad or railway corporation, except at such times and in
such manner as it may agree upon with such corporation, or,
in case of failure so to agree, as may be approved by the
state department of public utilities; and provided, further,
that in entering upon and digging up, raising or embanking
any way, the board shall be subject to such reasonable regu-
lations as may be made by the mayor, aldermen, city council,
selectmen or other officials having jurisdiction in the prem-
ises, in the city or town in which such work is performed.
In case of dispute between the board and any such city or
town, the question at issue shall be determined by the state
department of public works.
Whenever the board shall, under authority of this act,
alter any park, road, street or way, it shall so far as practi-
cable restore the same to as good order and condition as
the same was in when the work was begun. The district is
hereby made responsible for any and all work done and •
action taken under the provisions of this act and it shall in-
demnify and save harmless the several towns and counties
within which such work is done or actions taken, and also
the commonwealth, against all damages which may be re-
covered against them on account of any such work or ac-
tions.
Section 9. No lands, rights of way or other easements,
property, structures or rights acquired bj^ the district, as
herein provided, and located in any city or town included in
the district shall be assessed or taxed by the municipality if
yielding no rent, but the district shall annually on or before
July first pay to the city or town an amount equal to the tax
it would receive upon the average of the assessed value,
which shall not include buildings or structures, for the three
years last preceding the acquisition thereof, the value for
each year being reduced by all abatements thereon.
Section 10. For the purposes of cariying out the pro-
visions of this act, the board may expend such sums, in addi-
tion to any contributions from federal sources, not exceed-
ing, in the aggregate, one million dollars, as may be hereafter
provided therefor. To meet the expenses incurred under the
provisions of this act for the construction of sewerage works,
exclusive of any contributions from federal sources and ex-
clusive of interest on bonds and notes issued for expenses
incurred on account of such construction, the state treasurer,
upon request of the board, shall from time to time borrow,
on the credit of the commonwealth, a sum or sums, not ex-
ceeding, in the aggregate, one million dollars, and may issue
in one or more series bonds, notes or other forms of written
acknowledgment of debt, hereinafter referred to as obliga-
tions. Each series shall carry such rates of interest as the
state treasurer may fix, with the approval of the governor,
and shall be payable serially in such amounts and at such
times as the state treasurer may determine, with the approval
696 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 653.
of the governor; provided, that the principal payments of
each series shall be made annually in amounts as nearly
equal as may be. The obligation last payable of any series
issued for the purpose of carrying out said projects shall
become due not later than such number of years from the
date of the obligations of such series, not exceeding forty
years, as the governor may recommend to the general court
in accordance with section 3 of Article LXII of the amend-
ments to the constitution of the commonwealth. All obh-
gations issued under this act shall be signed by the state
treasurer and approved by the governor. All obligations
issued under this act shall be payable, as to both principal
and interest, in such funds as are, on the respective dates
of payment of such principal and interest, legal tender for
the payments of debts due the United States of America.
The director of accounts in the department of corpora-
tions and taxation shall annually cause an audit to be made
of the accounts of the district, and, upon the conclusion of
such audit, the director shall render a report to the board
and a copy of the same shall be furnished to the mayor of
the cities and to the selectmen of the towns which comprise
the district. The expense of such audit shall be paid pri-
marily by the commonwealth, and the state treasurer shall
issue his warrant requiring the board, through the treasurer
of the district, to pay the amount of said expense to the
state treasurer as provided for cities and towns by section
twenty of chapter fifty-nine of the General Laws, the appli-
cable provisions of which shall apply.
Section 11. The supreme judicial court, sitting in equity,
shall, in the first instance, on the application of said board,
after notice to each of the cities and towns in the district,
appoint three commissioners, who shall not be residents of
any of the cities or towns in the district, who shall after due
notice and hearing and in such manner as they shall deem
just and equitable determine the method of apportionment
of the assessment to meet the interest and bond requirement
and to meet the cost of maintenance and operation of the
works, and from time to time, but not oftener than five years,
upon request of the board or a petition from a majority of
the cities and towns included in the district, shall redeter-
mine such method of apportionment. When such method
of apportionment of the assessments shall have been ac-
cepted by the court it shall be conclusive and binding upon
all parties until a new determination shall have been made
and accepted by said court. Upon the acceptance of a re-
port of said commissioners, the district shall thereupon pay
the compensation and expenses of the commissioners in
accordance with the order of the court as a part of the cost
of maintenance and operation of the district.
Section 12. The board shall annually submit to the
budget commissioner under chapter twenty-nine of the Gen-
eral Laws estimates of the expenses of maintenance and
operation of the works constructed and the expenses of the
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 653. 607
board, and may expend for such purposes such sums of
money as may be appropriated therefor by the general court.
The amoimt of money required annually from each city
and town in the district to meet the debt and interest re-
quirements and the annual appropriations for maintenance
and operation, including expenses of the board, shall be de-
termined by the state treasurer in accordance with the
method provided by section eleven, and the state treasurer
shall issue his warrant requiring the assessors of each city
and town concerned to assess a tax to the amount stated in
the warrant, which shall be collected and paid to the state
treasurer as provided by section twenty of chapter fifty-
nine of the Genera] Laws.
Section 13. Payment from the state treasury for ex-
penditures incurred under this act shall be made in accord-
ance with the procedure prescribed under section eighteen of
chapter twenty-nine of the General Laws, and all other pro-
visions of said chapter twenty-nine shall apply in the case
of any project undertaken under this act or any expenditure
necessary for carrying out the purposes hereof, except in so
far as such provisions of law may be in conflict with appli-
cable federal laws and regulations.
Section 14. The cities and towns comprising the dis-
trict as provided in section one, by vote of the city council or
of a town meeting, shall determine what proportion, if any,
of the cost of the sewerage works and of the cost of main-
tenance and operation assessed on the particular city or
town as provided by this act the city or town shall pay.
The remaining portion, if any, of said cost shall be paid in
each city or town by assessment upon the owner of each
estate who enters or has entered his particular sewer into
the sewerage system of the municipality or the district in
the manner provided b}^ chapter eighty-three of the General
Laws, including section sixteen thereof. The provisions of
said chapter eighty-three are hereby made applicable to this
act.
At the meeting at which a determination is made as to
the proportion of the costs which is to be borne by the city
or town in question, or at a subsequent meeting, the said
city or town may by vote determine the method by which
the remaining portion of said costs shall be provided for.
Section 15. To meet the cost of the preparation of plans
for, and the construction of, the works authorized by this
act, the commonwealth, on behalf of the district, may ac-
cept and use any federal funds or any federal assistance, or
both, provided therefor under any federal law, authority to
make application therefor being hereby granted to the dis-
trict, with the approval of the governor. In case federal
funds or federal assistance are made available, the work
shall be carried out in all respects subject to the provisions
of the appropriate federal law providing for such construc-
tion and the rules and regulations made pursuant thereto,
and under such terras, conditions, rules and regulations, not
698 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 653.
inconsistent with such federal law, rules and regulations as
the district may establish, with the approval of the gover-
nor, to insure the proper execution of the work.
Section 16. The board is hereby authorized to act
jointly with the New Hampshire Water Resources Board, a
pubhc corporation of the state of New Hampshire with
similar powers and duties within that portion of the water-
shed of the Merrimack river lying within said state. Said
joint body shall be known as the Merrimack river valley
authority and is hereinafter referred to as the authority.
The authority shall act as an advisory planning board rela-
tive to all works and projects deemed by it reasonably neces-
sary and proper for the preservation and maintenance of the
health, welfare and safety of the inhabitants of the water-
shed of the Merrimack river and its tributaries in the state
of New Hampshire and this commonwealth, with power to
make recommendations to the legislative departments of
said state and this commonwealth relative to legislation
deemed by it necessary or proper to accomplish any or all of
such purposes, to recommend to the governing bodies of the
several cities and towns within said watershed in said state
and this commonwealth any matter or thing which the au-
thority believes will be conducive to the health, welfare or
safety of said inhabitants, and to make rules and regulations
within the scope of its powers and duties. The authority
shall annually on or before December thirty-first make a
report in writing to the governor of the state of New Hamp-
shire and to the governor of this commonwealth.
Section 17. Chapter four hundred and twenty of the
acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-six is hereby repealed.
Section 18. This act shall be submitted at the biennial
sta,to election in the year nineteen hundred and forty-eight
to the registered voters of the cities of Haverhill, Lawrence,
Lowell and Newburyport and the towns of Amesbury,
Andover, Billerica, Chelmsford, Dracut, Groveland, Merri-
mac, Methuen, Newbury, North Andover, Sahsbury,
Tewksbury, Tyngsborough and West Newbury in the form
of the following question, which shall be printed on the
ballot to be used at said election in said cities and towns, —
"Shall an act passed by the general court in the year 1947,
entitled 'An Act establishing the Merrimack River Valley
Sewerage District for the purpose of constructing, maintain-
ing and operating sewerage works in the Merrimack River
Valley', be accepted?" If a majority of the votes of the
registered voters in the territory embraced in said mu-
nicipalities in answer to said question is in the affirmative
this act shall thereupon take full effect, but not otherwise.
Approved June 28, 19J^7.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 654. 699
An Act further regulating the installation, use and C/iap.654
MAINTENANCE OF REVOLVING DOORS, SO CALLED, IN CER-
TAIN BUILDINGS.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend pr'^^mbiT^
to defeat its purposes, which in part are to insure the imme-
diate operation of certain provisions of law permitting the
use of revolving doors under certain circumstances as set
forth therein, and also to make certain that prosecutions for
alleged violations of laws relative to the use of such doors
may not be prematurely commenced, therefore it is hereby
declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public safety and convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 143 of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Tcr.
amended by strildng out section 21B, as most recently f 2iB!ttc..
amended bj^ section 1 of chapter 327 of the acts of 1946, and amended,
inserting in place thereof the following section: — /Section use of revoiv-
^IB. An inspector maj^ issue a certificate authorizing the an^exit'from
installation, maintenance or use of a revolving door as an exit p^^^^^J
or means of egress from a place of assembly within a building authOTiz^d,
to the outside of such building, if between such place of as- *"*"•
sembly and such door there exists one or more unobstructed
areas of safety, including stairways, exit corridors and similar
areas, which are, in the opinion of the inspector, sufficient
to accommodate with safety all persons reasonably to be
expected to use the same as means of egress or escape from
such place of assembly or such building, and said door is of
a type known as a collapsible revolving door, having four
wings, each of which is independently supported on a pivoted
column and each of which is provided with an a,utomatic
releasing mechanism of non-corrosive materials which will
permit, by means of ordinary pressure exerted upon opposite
wings by two persons, the wings to be folded back on one
another like the leaves of a book, there being no brackets,
bars, cables, chains or other devices to prevent the folding
back of the wings in such manner, and, being of such type,
meets with the approval of the commissioner. Such a door
shall be accredited as a required means of egress; provided,
that the diameter of its enclosure is not less than six feet
four inches and that there is on either side of, and imme-
diately adjacent to, said door a required exit of the so-called
swing door type.
In such instances, but only as to buildings in existence on
July first, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, as the inspector,
in accordance with regulations issued by the commissioner
under section fifty-four, determines that the nature of the
occupancy is such that it is neither practicable nor necessary
for the safety of persons who may use such a door to require
such additional exits of the so-called swing door type, such
additional exits shall not be required and such door shall be
accredited as a required means of egress.
700
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 654.
Door to be
inspected
annually.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 143,
§ 21C, etc.,
amended.
Use of revolv
ing doors as
an exit from
any building
authorized,
etc.
Annual
inspection
of door.
During sucli time as a certificate is outstanding as to any
such door, such door shall be inspected, at least once in each
period of twelve consecutive months, by an inspector, and
such a certificate shall continue in force and effect only
while such door is maintained in a safe and operable condi-
tion, as evidenced by the affidavit of a person having control
of the same filed with the inspector at least once in every
period of three consecutive months and by the report of the
inspector following such periodic inspection. Such person
shall be responsible, both civilly and criminally, for any
violation of any of the applicable provisions of law relative
to the installation, maintenance or use of such door.
Section 2. Said chapter 143 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 21C, inserted by section 2 of said
chapter 327, and inserting in place thereof the following
section : — Section 21 C. An inspector may issue a certificate
authorizing the installation, maintenance or use of a revolv-
ing door as an immediate exit or means of egress to the out-
side of any building subject to sections fifteen, twenty-one or
twenty-eight and not as an exit or means of egress from a
place of assembly as provided in section twenty-one B, if
said door is of a type known as a collapsible revolving door,
having four wings, each of which is independently supported
on a pivoted column and each of which is provided with an
automatic releasing mechanism of non-corrosive materials
which will permit, by means of ordinary pressure exerted
upon opposite wings by two persons, the wings to be folded
back on one another like the leaves of a book, there being no
brackets, bars, cables, chains or other devices to prevent the
folding back of the wings in such m.anner, and, being of such
type, meets with the approval of the commissioner. Such a
door shall be accredited as a required means of egress; pro-
vided, that the diameter of its enclosure is not less than six
feet four inches and that there is on either side of, and im-
mediately adjacent to said door a required exit of the so-called
swing door type.
In such instances as the inspector, in accordance with
regulations issued by the commissioner under section fifty-
four, determines that the nature of the occupancj^ is such
that it is neither practicable nor necessary for the safety of
persons who may use such a door to require such additional
exits of the so-called swing door type, such additional exits
shall not be required and such door shall be accredited as a
required means of egress if the diameter of its enclosure is
not less than six feet.
During such time as a certificate is outstanding as to any
such door, such door shall be inspected, at least once in each
period of twelve consecutive months, by an inspector, and
such a certificate shall continue in force and effect only while
such door is maintained in a safe and operable condition, as
e\adenced by the affidavit of the person having control of the
same filed with the inspector at least once in every period of
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 655. 701
three consecutive months and by the report of the inspector
following such periodic inspection.
Section 3. No prosecution against any person for an
alleged violation of any provision of sections twenty-one B
or twenty-one C, or both, of chapter one hundred and forty-
three of the General Laws, as in force immediately prior to
the effective date of this act, shall be commenced or main-
tained; nor shall any action for a violation of any provision
of said sections, as amended by this act, alleged to have
occurred within ninety days after the effective date hereof, be
commenced or maintained. Approved June S8, 1947.
An Act relative to probation officers appointed to (^/^qtj 555
ACT exclusively IN JUVENILE CASES IN CERTAIN DIS- "*
trict courts.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend ^^^^^^^^
to defeat its purposes which are to aid immediately in the ^^^^^
prevention of child delinquency and the rehabilitation of
dehnquent children, therefore it is hereby declared to be
an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preserva-
tion of the public convenience, safety and welfare.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section 83 A of chapter 276 of the General gj^J^^""-
Laws is hereby amended by striking out the first paragraph, § s'sa, etc.,
as amended by section 2 of chapter 566 of the acts of the ^'"^^^ed.
current year, and inserting in place thereof the following
paragi-aph : — The administrative committee of the district Appointment
courts shall designate, and from time to time redesignate, offiMr3l;o°a'^t
such district courts within each of the counties of the com- fuvennrcasi"
mon wealth as in the opinion of said committee should join jf! certain
in the appointment of probation officers to act exclusively
in juvenile cases in each such court, and the district courts
so designated or redesignated shall thereupon join in the
appointment of two full-time probation officers, one male and
one female, to act as aforesaid; provided, that the foregoing
provisions shall not apply to the municipal court of the city
of Boston, nor to the Boston juvenile court nor to the other
district courts in the county of Suffolk. Each such proba-
tion officer shall be appointed by the justices of the courts
so joining, vnth the written approval of said administrative
committee, which committee shall consult the board of pro-
bation relative thereto; provided, that if a majority of said
justices fails to agree in the selection of a person for ap-
pointment as such probation officer within a period of thirty
days after such designation by said administrative commit-
tee, such appointment shall be made by said administrative
committee, which committee shall consult said board of pro-
bation relative thereto. Each officer appointed under this
section shall be removable for cause by the justices of the
courts for which such appointment was made; provided,
inty.
702 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 055.
that no such officer shall be removed or discharged from
office unless such removal or discharge shall be approved
in writing by said administrative committee after consulta-
tion with said board of probation relative thereto. The jus-
tices of the courts for v/hich probation officers are appointed
under this section shall fix the compensation of such officers
in such amounts, not exceedmg four thousand dollars per
annum each, as may be approved by said administrative
committee and the county commissioners. Such justices
shall annually, not later than the first Wednesday in De-
cember, submit to the county commissioners of their re-
spective counties estimates of the amounts necessary to pay
the compensation for the ensuing year of the probation
officers appointed hereunder, and said county commission-
ers shall include such estimates in the estimates required by
section twenty-eight of chapter thirty-five.
G-^L.(Ter. SECTION 2. Said chapter 276 is hereby further am.ended
new '§ 83B, by adding after section 83A the following section : — Section
added. ^^^ rpj^g justices of the municipal court of the city of
officMs'toact Boston, acting as a whole or by a committee thereof, herein
w'iuircasi" referred to as the justices of the municipal court of the city
forsJi'ffoik^'^^ of Boston, shall designate, and from time to time redesig-
nate, such district courts in the county of Suffolk as in the
opinion of said justices should join in the appointment of
probation officers to act exclusively in juvenile cases in each
such court, and the district courts so designated or redesig-
nated shall thereupon join in the appointment of two full-
time probation officers, one male and one female, to act as
aforesaid; provided, that the foregoing provisions shall not
apply to the municipal court of the city of Boston. Each
such probation officer shall be appointed by the presiding
justices of the courts so joining, with the written approval
of the justices of said municipal court, who shall consult
the board of probation relative thereto; provided, that if
a majority of said presiding justices fail to agree in the
selection of a person for appointment as such probation
officer within a period of thirty days after such designation
by the justices of said municipal court, such appointment
shall be made by the justices of said municipal court, who
shall consult the board of probation relative thereto. Each
officer appointed under this section shall be removable for
cause by the presiding justices of the courts for which such
appointment was made; provided, that no such officer shall
be removed or discharged from office unless such removal
or discharge shall be approved in writing by the justices of
said municipal court after consultation with said board of
probation relative thereto. The justices of said municipal
court shall classify the probation officers appointed under
this section in the classes established under section eighty-
three and said probation officers shall receive the compensa-
tion provided for probation officers under said classification.
The provisions of law applicable to probation officers
appointed under section eighty-three shall, so far as they
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 656. 703
may be pertinent and not inconsistent herewith, apply to
probation officers appointed hereunder. In any case in
which he acts, a probation officer appointed hereunder shall
be deemed to be a probation officer of the court in which
the case is pending and such court shall be deemed to be
the court by which he is appointed.
Section 3. Prior to August first in the current year said
administrative committee and the justices of the municipal
court of the city of Boston, respectively, shall make desig-
nations or redesignations as provided in section eighty-
three A of chapter two hundred and seventy-six of the
General Laws, as amended by section one of this act, and
section eighty-three B of said chapter two hundred and
seventy-six, as inserted by section two of this act, and the
other provisions of said sections shall be fulfilled in time to
enable the probation officers appointed thereunder to assume
their duties not later than January first, nineteen hundred
and forty-eight. Approved June 28, 1947.
An Act authorizing the reinstatement in the service C/iap.656
OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF C. RIDGELY BROWN AND HIS
membership in, and RETIREMENT UNDER, THE STATE
RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would defeat ^^l^^^^^'
one of its purposes, which is to enable the person referred to ^'^^™
therein to receive the benefits thereof without delay, therefore
this act is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows. ■
C. Ridgely Brown, employed by the commonwealth from
eighteen hundred and ninety-eight to nineteen hundred and
eighteen and from nineteen hundred and twenty-four to
nineteen hundred and forty-six and separated from service
in the metropolitan district water supply commission on June
first, nineteen hundred and forty-six, may be reinstated by
said commission or its successor for the purpose of being re-
tired as hereinafter provided. Upon such reinstatement said
Brown may become a member of the state retirement system,
notwithstanding any provision of law governing said retire-
ment system which makes him ineligible for membership
therein, and shall be entitled to deposit in the annuity savings
fund of the state retirement system, within three months
from the effective date of this act, such amount as the board
of retirement of such system may determine in order to es-
tablish an account in said annuity savings fund in an amount
equal to that which he would have paid into said fund had
he been a member of such system during all or any portion of
such period of service immediately prior to attaining age
seventy, with regular interest thereon, and, upon the making
of such deposit, he shall be entitled to the retirement allow-
ance to which he would have been entitled had he been a
704
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 657.
member of such sj^tem during such period. In establishing
the amount of such annuity said board shall allow as a prior
service credit all service rendered to the commonwealth or
to any department, board, commission or division thereof
prior to the year nineteen hundred and twelve. The state
retirement board is hereby authorized to pay to the said
Brown a retirement allowance based upon such service.
Approved June 28, 19^7.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 150A.
§ 4, etc.,
amended.
Unfair labor
practice
defined.
Chap.Q57 An Act amending the provisions of the state labor
RELATIONS ACT RELATIVE TO UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES
AND CERTAIN INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section 4 of chapter 150A of the General
Laws, as appearing in section 2 of chapter 345 of the acts of
1938, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (3) and
inserting in place thereof the following subsection : —
(3) By discrimination in regard to hire or tenure of em-
ployment or any term or condition of employment, to en-
courage or discourage membership in any labor organiza-
tion; provided, that nothing in this chapter shall preclude
an employer from making and carrying out, except as pro-
vided in subsection six hereof, an agreement with a labor
organization (not established, maintained or assisted by any
action defined in this chapter as an unfair labor practice)
to require as a condition of employment membership therein,
if such labor organization is the representative of the em-
ployees as provided in subsection (a) of section five in the
appropriate collective bargaining unit covered by such
agreement when made, but no such agreement shall be
deemed to apply to any employee who is not eligible for full
membership and voting rights in such labor organization.
Section 2. Said section 4, as amended, is hereby further
amended by adding at the end the following subsection : —
(6) To discharge or otherwise discriminate against any
employee because he is not a member in good standing of a
labor organization with whom the employer has made an
agreement to require as a condition of employment member-
ship therein, unless
(A) Such labor organization shall have certified to the
employer that such employee —
(1) Was denied admission to, or deprived of, membership
in good standing as a result of a bona fide occupational dis-
qualification or the administration of discipline; and
(2) Has exhausted the remedies available to him within
the labor organization including any right of appeal permitted
by its constitution or by-laws; and
(B) Such employee shall have exhausted the remedies
available to him under sections six A and six B.
Section 3. Said chapter 150A is hereby further amended
by striking out section 4A, as so appearing, and inserting in
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 150A,
§ 4, etc.,
further
amended.
Same
subject.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 150A,
§ 4A, etc.,
amended.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 657. 705
place thereof the two following sections : — Section 4 A . It Strike unfair
shall be an unfair labor practice for any person or labor labor practice,
organization —
(1) To seize or occupy unlawfully private property as a
means of forcing settlement of a labor dispute ; or
(2) To authorize or engage in any strike, slowdown, boy-
cott or other concerted cessation of work or withholding of
patronage for the purpose of —
(a) Bringing about, directly or indirectly, the commission
of any unfair labor practice, or
(6) Injuring or interfering with the trade or business of any
person because such person has refused to commit an unfair
labor practice; or
(c) Interfering with, restraining or coercing employees in
their choice or rejection of representatives for the purpose of
collective bargaining after the commission has determined in
a proceeding under section five that such employees do not
desire to be represented by such labor organization; or
(3) To aid in any concerted activities of the types described
in this section by giving direction or guidance in the conduct
thereof or by providing funds for the payment of strike,
unemployment or other benefits to persons participating
therein.
Section /fB. It shall be an unfair labor practice for a labor Refusal to
organization to refuse to bargain collectively with any em- I'ectfveiy!" '
ployer who has recognized it as the exclusive representative ""^^ciice''^'"'
of emploj^ees in a unit appropriate for the purposes of col-
lective bargaining.
Section 4. Subsection (c) of section 5 of said chapter g. l. (Xer.
150 A, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding at the f sj^etl^"^'
end the following: — The commission may establish such amended,
rules or regulations as it deems appropriate to effectuate the J"^ufated*'°°^
policies of this chapter for the filing of petitions for in vest i- '^"^'^ ^
gation and certification by employers or employees or their
representatives and shall include therein provision for the
filing of a petition by an employer whenever it is alleged —
(1) That two or more labor organizations have presented
to the employer conflicting claims that each represents a
majority of the employees in a bargaining unit or units
claimed by them to be appropriate ; or
(2) That a labor organization not theretofore recognized
as the representative of a majority of the employees in the
bargaining unit claimed by it to be appropriate has requested
the employer to bargain with it as the exclusive representa-
tive of such employees, or without such request is attempting
to secure such recognition by strike, slowdown, boycott or
other concerted cessation of work or withholding of patronage.
Section 5. Subsection (a) of section 6 of said chapter g. l. (Ter.
150A, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out ^'e^'eu^^'
the words "section four" in line 3 and inserting in place amended.
thereof the words: — sections four, four A and four B, — so
as to read as follows: — (a) The commission is empowered, maypllt'ent
as hereinafter provided, to prevent any person from engaging unfair labor
706
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 657.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 150A,
new §§ 6A,
6B and 6C,
added.
Commission
may protect
employee from
unfair practice
of labor
organization.
in any unfair labor practice listed in sections four, four A
and four B affecting industry and trade. This power shall
be exclusive, and shall not be affected by any other means of
adjustment or prevention that has been or may be estab-
lished by agreement, code, law, or otherwise.
Section 6. Said chapter 150A is hereby further amended
by inserting after section 6, as so appearing, the three follow-
ing sections: — Section 6 A. Any employee who is required
as a condition of employment to be a member in good stand-
ing of a labor organization may file with the commission a
charge alleging (1) that, although eligible to membership,
he has been unfairly denied admission to, or unfairly sus-
pended or expelled from membership in, such organization
for reasons other than malfeasance in office or non-payment
of regular initiation fees, dues, or assessments and (2) that
such labor organization has requested, or is about to request,
his employer to discharge or otherwise discriminate against
him because of his failure to maintain membership in good
standing in such organization; provided, that such charge
shall be filed not more than fifteen days after notice of such
request has been given the employee by the labor organiza-
tion. Upon filing of such charge, the commission shall have
power to issue and cause to be served upon the labor organiza-
tion a complaint stating the charge in that respect and con-
taining a notice of hearing. The notice shall be given and
the subsequent proceedings shall be conducted in the manner
provided in section six. If upon all the evidence the com-
mission shall determine that the employee was unfairly
denied admission to membership in such organization, or
that such discipline —
(1) Was imposed by the labor organization in violation of
its constitution and by-laws ; or
(2) Was imposed without a fair trial, including an ade-
quate hearing and opportunity to defend : or
(3) Was not warranted by the offense, if any, committed
by the employee against the labor organization ; or
(4) Is not consistent with the established public policy of
the commonwealth;
then the commission shall state its determinations and
shall issue and cause to be served on the labor organization
an order requiring it, in its discretion, either to admit or
restore the employee to membership in good standing to-
gether with full voting rights, or else to refrain from seeking
to bring about any discrimination against him in his em-
ployment because he is not a member in good standing, and
to return to him such union dues and assessments as may
have been collected from him during the period of his sus-
pension or expulsion from the union. If the commission
shall not make such a determination after hearing, it shall
enter an order dismissing the charge filed by the employee.
Nothing contained in this section or in section four shall
be deemed to require a labor organization as a condition of
making or enforcing a contract requiring membership therein
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 658. 707
as a condition of employment, to accord to non-participants
in an insurance plan the right to vote on questions pertain-
ing thereto or to grant local organizations voting rights in a
convention proportionate to their membership.
Section 6B. Any person aggrieved by a final order of the Review
commission under section six A granting or denying relief, of order.
may obtain a review of such order in the manner provided in
section six.
Section 6C. During any discipHnary proceedings within
a labor organization or any proceedings under sections six A
and six B, or either of them, the employee shall continue to
pay the regular union dues and assessments.
Section 7. The first paragraph of section 7 of said g. l. (Xer.
chapter 150A, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking § 7] ^tc. '
out the words "five and six" in line 4 and inserting in place amended,
thereof the words: — five, six, six A and six B, — so as to
read as follows : — For the purpose of all hearings and in- Hearings and
vestigations which, in the opinion of the commission, are "^^^* '^* '°°*'
necessary and proper for the exercise of the powers vested in
it by sections five, six, six A and six B —
Section 8. Section 9 of said chapter 150A, as so appear- g l. (Xer.
ing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word "chap- §9', 4tc^? '
ter" in fine 1 the words: — , except as provided in section i"»ended.
four A, — so as to read as follows : — Section 9. Nothing in Effect of
this chapter, except as provided in section four A, shall be " *^ ^''
construed so as to interfere with or impede or diminish in any
way the right to strike.
Section 9. Section 10 of said chapter 150A, as so appear- g. l. (Ter.
ing, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (6), as f lo.'it^^'
amended by chapter 354 of the acts of 1945, and inserting in amended.'
place thereof the following subsection : —
Q)) This chapter shall not be deemed applicable to any Limitation
unfair labor practice involving employees who are subject to °^ <='»apter-
and protected by the Federal Railway Labor Act, or to any
unfair labor practice governed exclusively by the national
labor relations act or other federal statute or regulations
issued pursuant thereto, unless the federal agency administer-
ing such act, statute or regulation has declined to assert juris-
diction thereof, or except where such federal agency has con-
ceded to the commission jurisdiction over any such case or
proceedings. Approved June 28, 1947.
An Act increasing the salary of the commissioner of C hap. Q5S
public health and of the director of sanitary en-
gineering AND chief sanitary ENGINEER IN THE STATE
department of public HEALTH.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section 2 of chapter 17 of the General Laws, g. l. (Ter.
as most recently amended by section 21 of chapter 591 of ftl! amended.
the acts of 1946, is hereby further amended by striking out,
in line 7, the words "eighty-five hundred" and inserting in
708
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 659.
Salary of
commissioner
of public
health.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 17, new
§ 5A, added.
Salary of
director of
sanitary
engineering
and chief
sanitary
engineer.
place thereof the words : — ten thousand, — so as to read as
follows : — Section 2. The commissioner shall be a physician
skilled in sanitary science and experienced in public health
administration. Upon the expiration of the term of office
of a commissioner, his successor shall be appointed by the
governor, with the advice and consent of the council, for
five years. The commissioner shall receive a salary of ten
thousand dollars. He shall be the executive and adminis-
trative head of the department.
Section 2. Said chapter 17 is hereby further amended
by inserting after section 5, as appearing in the Tercentenary
Edition, the following section: — Section 5 A. The director
of sanitary engineering and chief sanitary engineer in the de-
partment shall receive a salary of ten thousand dollars, any
provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding.
Approved June 28, IQIP'.
Chap.Q59 An Act relating to unfair methods of competition and
UNFAIR AND DECEPTIVE ACTS AND PRACTICES IN THE
BUSINESS OF INSURANCE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The General Laws are hereby amended by inserting after
chapter 176C the following chapter: —
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), new
chapter 176D
added.
Purpose.
Unfair prac-
tices in in-
surance
business pro-
hibited.
Unfair prac-
tices defined.
Chapter 176D.
Unfair Methods of Competition and Unfair and De-
ceptive Acts and Practices in the Business of In-
surance.
Section 1. The purpose of this chapter is to regulate
trade practices in the business of insurance in accordance
with the intent of congress as expressed in the act of congress
of March nine, nineteen hundred and forty-five (Public Law
15, 79th Congress), by defining, or providing for the deter-
mination of, all such practices in this commonwealth which
constitute unfair methods of competition or unfair or de-
ceptive acts or practices and by prohibiting the trade prac-
tices so defined or determined.
Section 2. When used in this chapter —
"Person" shall mean any individual, corporation, asso-
ciation, partnership, reciprocal exchange, inter-insurer,
Lloyds insurer, fraternal benefit society, and any other legal
entity engaged in the business of insurance, including agents,
brokers and adjusters.
" Commissioner " shall mean the commissioner of insurance.
Section 3. No person shall engage in this commonwealth
in any trade practice which is defined in this chapter as, or
determined pursuant to this chapter to be, an unfair method
of competition or an unfair or deceptive act or practice in
the business of insurance.
Section 4. (a) The following are hereby defined as unfair
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 659. 709
methods of competition and unfair and deceptive acts or
practices in the business of insurance : —
(1) Making, issuing, circulating, or causing to be made,
issued or circulated, any estimate, illustration, circular or
statement misrepresenting the terms of any policy issued or
to be issued or the benefits or advantages promised thereby
or the dividends or share of the surplus to be received thereon,
or making any false or misleading statement as to the divi-
dends or share of surplus previously paid on similar poHcies,
or making any misleading representation or any misrepre-
sentation as to the financial condition of any insurer, or as
to the legal reserve system upon which any life insurer
operates, or using any name or title of any pohcy or class
of poHcies misrepresenting the true nature thereof, or making
any misrepresentation to any policyholder insured in any
company for the purpose of inducing or tending to induce
such policyholder to lapse, forfeit, or surrender his insurance.
(2) Making, publishing, disseminating, circulating or
placing before the public, or causing, directly or indirectly,
to be made, published, disseminated, circulated or placed
before the pubUc, in a newspaper, magazine or other publi-
cation, or in the form of a notice, circular, pamphlet, letter
or poster, or over any radio station, or in any other way, an
advertisement, announcement or statement containing any
assertion, representation or statement with respect to the
business of insurance or with respect to any person in the
conduct of his insurance business, which is untrue, deceptive
or misleading.
(3) Making, publishing, disseminating or circulating,
directly or indirectly, or aiding, abetting or encouraging the
making, publishing, disseminating or circulating, of any oral
or written statement or any pamphlet, circular, article or
literature which is false, or mahciously critical of or deroga-
tory to the financial condition of an insurer, and which is
calculated to injure any person engaged in the business of
insurance.
(4) (o) Entering into any agreement to commit, or by any
concerted action committing, any act of boycott, coercion
or intimidation resulting in or tending to result in unreason-
able restraint of the business of insurance, or (6) by any act
of boycott, coercion or intimidation monopolizing or at-
tempting to monopoHze any part of the business of insurance.
(5) Filing with any supervisory or other public official, or
making, publishing, disseminating, circulating or delivering
to any person, or placing before the public, or causing directly
or indirectly, to be made, published, disseminated, circulated,
delivered to any person, or placed before the public, any
false statement of financial condition of an insurer with intent
to deceive.
Making any false entry in any book, report or statement
of any insurer with intent to deceive any agent or examiner
lawfully appointed to examine into its condition or into any
of its affairs, or any public official to whom such insurer is
710 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 659.
required by law to report, or who has authority by law to
examine into its condition or into any of its affairs, or, with
like intent, wilfully omitting to make a true entry of any
material fact pertaining to the business of such insurer in
any book, report or statement of such insurer.
(6) Issuing or delivering or permitting agents, officers, or
employees to issue or deliver, agency company stock or other
capital stock, or benefit certificates or shares in any common-
law corporation, or securities or any special or advisory
board contracts or other contracts of any kind promising
returns and profits as an inducement to insurance.
(7) (a) Making or permitting any unfair discrimination
between individuals of the same class and equal expectation of
life in the rates charged for any contract of life insurance or of
life annuity or in the dividends or other benefits payable there-
on, or in any other of the terms and conditions of such contract.
(6) Making or permitting any unfair discrimination be-
tween individuals of the same class and of essentially the
same hazard in the amount of premium, policy fees, or rates
charged for any policy or contract of accident or health in-
surance or in the benefits payable thereunder, or in any of
the terms or conditions of such contract, or in any other
manner whatever.
(8) (a) Except as otherwise expressly provided by law,
knowingly permitting or offering to make or making any
contract of life insurance, life annuity or accident and health
insurance, or agreement as to such contract other than as
plainly expressed in the contract issued thereon, or paying
or allowing, or giving or offering to pay, allow, or give,
directly or indirectly, as inducement to such insurance, or
annuity, any rebate of premiums payable on the contract, or
any special favor or advantage in the dividends or other
benefits thereon, or any valuable consideration or inducement
whatever not specified in the contract; or giving, or selling,
or purchasing or offering to give, sell, or purchase as induce-
ment to such insurance or annuity or in connection there-
with, any stocks, bonds, or other securities of any insurance
company or other corporation, association, or partnership,
or any dividends or profits accrued thereon, or anything of
value whatsoever not specified in the contract.
(6) Nothing in clause (7) or paragraph (a) of clause (8)
of this subsection shall be construed as including within the
definition of discrimination or rebates any of the following
practices : — (i) in the case of any contract of life insurance
or life annuity, paying bonuses to policyholders or otherwise
abating their premiums in whole or in part out of surplus
accumulated from non-participating insurance; provided,
that any such bonuses or abatement of premiums shall be
fair and equitable to policyholders and for the best interests
of the company and its policyholders; (ii) in the case of life
insurance policies issued on the industrial debit plan, making
allowance to policyholders who have continuously for a
specified period made premium payments directly to an
Acts, 1947. —Chap. 659. 711
office of the insurer in an amount which fairly represents the
saving in collection expense; (iii) readjustment of the rate
of premium for a group insurance policy based on the loss or
expense experience thereunder, at the end of the first or any
subsequent policy year of insurance thereunder, which may
be made retroactive only for such policy year; provided,
that such readjustments shall not be unfairly discriminatory
as among policyholders.
Section 5. The commissioner shall have power to examine conmussioner
and investigate into the affairs of every person engaged in ™'^ean'*'^*^''
the business of insurance in this commonwealth in order to insurance
determine whether such person has been or is engaged in any ^"^'"''^^■
unfair method of competition or in any unfair or deceptive
act or practice prohibited by section three.
Section 6. (a) Whenever the commissioner shall have Proceedings
reason to believe that any such person has been engaged or m^ssioner™'
is engaging in this commonwealth in any unfair method of unfa-J'^rac-
competition or any unfair or deceptive act or practice de- tices,
fined in section four, and that a proceeding by the commis- '"''suiated.
sioner in respect thereto would be to the interest of the
public, he shall issue and serve upon such person a statement
of the charges in that respect and a notice of a hearing thereon
to be held at a time and place fixed in the notice, which shall
not be less than ten days after the date of the service thereof.
(b) At the time and place fixed for such hearing, such per-
son shall have an opportunity to bo heard and to show
cause why an order should not be made by the commissioner
requiring such person to cease and desist from the acts,
methods or practices so complained of. Upon good cause
shown, the commissioner shall permit any person to intervene,
appear and be heard at such hearing by counsel or in person.
(c) Nothing contained in this chapter shall require the
observance at any such hearing of formal rules of pleading
or evidence.
(d) The commissioner, upon such hearing, may administer
oaths, examine and cross-examine witnesses, receive oral and
documentary evidence, and shall have the power to subpoena
witnesses, compel their attendance, and require the produc-
tion of books, papers, records, correspondence, or other docu-
ments which he deems relevant to the inquiry. The com-
missioner, upon such hearing, may, and upon the request of
any party shall, cause to be made a stenographic record of
all the evidence and all the proceedings had at such hearing.
If no stenographic record is made and if a judicial review is
sought, the commissioner shall prepare a statement of tho
evidence and proceeding for use on review. In case of a
refusal of any person to comply with any subpoena issued
hereunder or to testify with respect to any matter concerning
which he may be lawfull.y interrogated, the superior court
sitting within and for Suffolk county or the county where
such party resides, on application of the commissioner, may
issue an order requiring such person to comply with such
subpoena and to testify; and any failure to obey any such
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Acts, 1947. — Chap. 659.
Findings of
commissioner
shall be
put in
writing.
Commissioner
may modify
his findings.
Appeal from
findings of thr
commissioner.
order of the court may be punished by the court as a con-
tempt thereof.
(e) Statements of charges, notices, orders, and other proc-
esses of the commissioner under this chapter may be served
by any one duly authorized by the commissioner, either in
the manner provided by law for service of process in civil
actions, or by registering and mailing a copy thereof to the
person affected by such statement, notice, order or other
process at his or its residence or principal office or place of
business. The verified return by the person so serving such
statement, notice, order or other process, setting forth the
manner of such service, shall be proof of the same, and the
return postcard receipt for such statement, notice, order, or
other process, registered and mailed as aforesaid, shall be
proof of the service of the same.
Section 7. (a) If, after such hearing, the commissioner
shall determine that the method of competition or the act
or practice in question is defined in section four and that the
person complained of has engaged in such method of compe-
tition, act or practice in violation of this chapter, he shall
reduce his findings to writing and shall issue and cause to be
served upon the person charged with the violation an order
requiring such person to cease and desist from engaging in
such method of competition, act or practice.
(b) Until the expiration of the time allowed under sub-
section (a) of section eight for filing a petition for review, by
appeal or writ of certiorari, if no such petition has been duly
filed within such time or, if a petition for review has been
filed within such time, then until the transcript of the record
in the proceeding has been filed in the supreme judicial court,
as hereinafter provided, the commissioner may at any time,
upon such notice and in such manner as he shall deem proper,
modify or set aside in whole or in part any order issued by
him under this section.
(c) After the expiration of the time allowed for filing such
a petition for review if no such petition has been duly filed
within such time, the commissioner may at any time, after
notice and opportunity for hearing, reopen and alter, modify
or set aside, in whole or in part, any order issued by him
under this .section, whenever in his opinion conditions of fact
or of law have so changed as to require such action or if the
pubhc interest shall so require.
Section 8. (a) Any person required by an order of the
commissioner under section seven to cease and desist from
engaging in any unfair method of competition or any unfair
or deceptive act or practice defined in section four may ob-
tain a review of such order by filing in the supreme judicial
court, within thirty days from the date of the service of such
order, a written petition praying that the order of the com-
missioner be set aside. A copy of such petition shall be
forthwith served upon the commissioner, and thereupon the
commissioner forthwith shall certify and file in such court a
transcript of the entire record in the proceeding, including
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 659. 713
all the evidence taken and the report and order of the com-
missioner. Upon such filing of the petition and transcript
such court shall have jurisdiction of the proceeding and of
the question determined therein, shall determine whether
the filing of such petition shall operate as a stay of such
order of the commissioner, and shall have power to make and
enter upon the pleadings, evidence, and proceedings set forth
in such transcript a decree modifying, affirming or reversing
the order of the commissioner, in whole or in part. The find-
ings of the commissioner as to the facts, if supported by a
fair preponderance of the evidence, shall be conclusive.
(h) To the extent that the order of the commissioner is Rehearing
affirmed, the court shall thereupon issue its own order com- addiwolfaT
manding obedience to the terms of such order of the com- evidence,
missioner. If either party shall apply to the court for leave
to adduce additional evidence, and shall show to the satis-
faction of the court that such additional evidence is material
and that there were reasonable grounds for the failure to
adduce such evidence in the proceeding before the commis-
sioner, the court may order such additional evidence to be
taken before the conmiissioner and to be adduced upon the
hearing in such manner and upon such terms and conditions
as to the court may seem proper. The commissioner may
modify his findings of fact, or make new findings by reason
of the additional evidence so taken, and he shall file such
modified or new findings which, if supported by a fair pre-
ponderance of the evidence, shall be conclusive, and his recom-
mendation, if any, for the modification or setting aside of his
original order, with the return of such additional evidence.
(c) A cease and desist order issued by the commissioner order of
under section seven shall become final — to'bMome"^'^
(1) Upon the expiration of the time allowed for fifing a final under
petition for review if no such petition has been duly filed condu'ions.
within such time; except that the commissioner may there-
after modify or set aside his order to the extent provided in
subsection (b) of section seven; or
(2) Upon the final decision of the court if the court directs
that the order of the commissioner be affirmed or the petition
for review dismissed.
(d) No order of the commissioner under this chapter or
order of a court to enforce the same shall in any way relieve
or absolve any person affected by such order from any lia-
bihty under any other laws of this commonwealth.
Section 9. (a) Whenever the commissioner shall have unfair prac-
reason to beheve that any person engaged in the business of jegn^j -n
insurance is engaging in this commonwealth in any method section four,
of competition or in any act or practice in the conduct of such
business which is not defined in section four, that such method
of competition is unfair or that such act or practice is unfair
or deceptive and that a proceeding by the commissioner in
respect thereto would be to the interest of the public, he
may issue and serve upon such person a statement of the
charges in that respect and a notice of a hearing thereon to
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Acts, 1947. — Chap. 659.
Commissioner
may request
attorney
general to act.
Transcript of
proceedings,
etc., to be
filed with
petition.
Additional
e\adence.
straining order
under certain
conditions.
Intervenor
may petition
court.
be held at a time and place fixed in the notice, which shall
not be less than ten days after the date of the service thereof.
Each such hearing shall be conducted in the same manner
as the hearings provided for in section six. The commis-
sioner shall, after such hearing, make a report in writing in
which he shall state his findings as to the facts, and he shall
serve a copy thereof upon such person.
(6) If such report charges a violation of this chapter and
if such method of competition, act or practice has not been
discontinued, the commissioner may, through the attorney
general, at any time after thirty days after the service of such
report cause a petition to be filed in the supreme judicial
court to enjoin and restrain such person from engaging in
such method, act or practice. The court shall have juris-
diction of the proceeding and shall have power to make and
enter appropriate orders in connection therewith and to
issue such writs as are ancillary to its jurisdiction or are
necessary in its judgment to prevent injury to the public
pendente lite.
(c) A transcript of the proceedings before the commis-
sioner, including all evidence taken and the report and find-
ings, shall be filed with such petition. If either party shall
apply to the court for leave to adduce additional evidence
and shall show, to the satisfaction of the court, that such addi-
tional evidence is material and there were reasonable grounds
for the failure to adduce such evidence in the proceeding
before the commissioner the court may order such additional
evidence to be taken before the commissioner and to be ad-
duced upon the hearing in such manner and upon such terms
and conditions as to the court may seem proper. The com-
missioner may modify his findings of fact or make new find-
ings by reason of the additional evidence so taken, and he
shall file such modified or new findings with the return of
such additional evidence.
(d) If the court finds that the method of competition com-
plained of is unfair or that the act or practice complained of
is unfair or deceptive, that the proceedings by the commis-
sioner with respect thereto are to the interest of the public
and that the findings of the commissioner are supported by
the weight of the evidence, it shall issue its order enjoining
and restraining the continuance of such method of competi-
tion, act or practice.
Section 10. If the report of the commissioner does not
charge a violation of this chapter, then any intervenor in the
proceedings may, within thirty days after the service of such
report, cause a petition to be filed in the supreme judicial
court for a review of such report. Upon such review, the
court shall have authority to issue appropriate orders and
decrees in connection therewith, including, if the court finds
that it is to the interest of the public, orders enjoining and
restraining the continuance of any method of competition,
act or practice which it finds, notwithstanding such report of
the commissioner, constitutes a violation of this chapter.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 659. 715
Section 11. Any person who violates a cease and desist ^^Xtiono^f
order of the commissioner under section seven after it has order of
become final, and while such order is in effect, shall forfeit <^o'»'»>«"°'>"-
and pay to the commonwealth a sum not to exceed one
thousand dollars for each violation, which may be recovered
in a civil action. In determining the amount of the penalty
the question of whether the violation was wilful shall be
taken mto consideration. Nothing herein shall be construed
as limiting a court in enforcing its own orders.
Section 12. The powers vested in the commissioner by Powers of
this chapter, shall be additional to any other powers to en- <=«™™««»°«e'-
force any penalties, fines or forfeitures authorized by law
with respect to the methods, acts and practices hereby de-
clared to be unfair or deceptive.
Section 13. If any person shall ask to be excused from at- Prosecution
tending and testifjdng or from producing any books, papers, tesUmony^
records, correspondence or other documents at any hearing ^^^^^^^^
on the ground that the testimony or evidence required of regulated,
him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to a penalty
or forfeiture, and shall notwithstanding be directed to give
such testimony or produce such evidence, he must nonethe-
less comply with such direction, but he shall not thereafter
be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for
or on account of any transaction, matter or thing concerning
which he may testify or produce evidence pursuant thereto,
and no testimony so given or evidence produced shall be re-
ceived against him upon any criminal action, investigation
or proceeding; provided, that no such individual so testify-
ing shall be exempt from prosecution or punishment for any
perjury committed by him while so testifying and the testi-
mony or evidence so given or produced shall be admissible
against him upon any criminal action, investigation or pro-
ceeding concerning such perjury, nor shall he be exempt from
the refusal, revocation or suspension of any license, permis-
sion or authority conferred, or to be conferred, pursuant to
the insurance laws of the commonwealth. Any such individ-
ual may execute, acknowledge and file in the office of the
commissioner a statement expressly waiving such immunity
or privilege in respect to any transaction, matter or thing
specified in such statement and thereupon the testimony of
such person or such evidence in relation to such transaction,
matter or thing may be received or produced before any
judge or justice, court, tribunal, grand jury or otherwise,
and if so received or produced such individual shall not
be entitled to any immunity or privilege on account of any
testimony he may so give or evidence so produced.
Section 11^. If any provision of this chapter, or the appli- anrirll^sion
cation of such provision to any person or circumstances, shall of chapter,
be held invahd, the remainder of the chapter, and the appli- affect°°
cation of such provision to persons or circumstances other remainder,
than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not lje affected
thereby. Approved .June 28, 194?'.
716
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 660.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 32. § 1,
etc., amended.
"Employee'
defined.
ChaV.QQO ^^ ^^'^ RELATIVE TO MEMBERSHIP OF CONSTITUTIONAL
OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL COURT IN THE
CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT SYSTEMS.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 32 of the General Laws,
as appearing in section 1 of chapter 658 of the acts of 1945,
is hereby amended by striking out the paragraph containing
the definition of "Employee" and inserting in place thereof
the following paragraph : —
"Employee", as applied to persons whose regular compen-
sation, except in the case of any register of probate, is paid
by any poUtical subdivision of the commonwealth except the
metropohtan district commission, shall mean any person who
is regularly employed in the service of any such political
subdivision, including members of the pohce and fire depart-
ments, teachers and employees of any free public library
maintained in any city or town to the support of which said
city or town contributes not less than one half of the cost,
and also including officials and public officers so paid whether
employed, appointed or elected by popular vote for stated
terms or otherwise, except members of the judiciary. "Em-
ployee", as applied to persons whose regular compensation
is paid by the commonwealth or the metropohtan district
commission as the case may be, shall mean any person,
whether employed or appointed for a stated term or other-
wise, who is engaged in duties wliich require that his time
be devoted to the service of either such governmental unit
in each year during the ordinary working hours of regular
and permanent employees and who is regularly and per-
manently employed in such service, including employees of
the general court, state officials, constitutional officers, mem-
bers of the general court or other persons elected by popular
vote, but excluding assistant attorneys general and members
of the judiciary.
Section 2. Section 3 of said chapter 32, as amended, is
hereby further amended by striking out clause (vi) of para-
graph (a) of subdivision (2) and inserting in place thereof the
following clause : — (vi) Any person hereafter elected by
popular vote to a state, county or municipal office or position,
if under age fifty-five on the date of his election, who files
with the board on a prescribed form a written application for
membership within ninety days after the date of assuming
office ; provided, that a member becoming an elected official
shall retain his membership and an elected official who is a
member shall remain a member upon his re-election or upon
his election or appointment to any other position which would
otherwise entitle him to membership, — by striking out
paragraph (b) of said subdivision (2) and inserting in place
thereof the following paragraph : — (6) Any person who is
an employee of any governmental unit on the date when a
system established under the provisions of sections one to
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 32. J 3,
etc., amended.
Eligibility
for member-
ship in
system as a
member in
service.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 660. 717
twenty-eight, inclusive, or under corresponding provisions of
earlier laws, hereafter becomes operative therein, shall be-
come a member in service as of such date unless within
ninety days thereafter he shall file with the board on a pre-
scribed form a notice of his election not to become a mem-
ber and a duly executed waiver of all present and prospective
benefits which might otherwise accrue to him if he became
a member. No other pension or retirement law of the com-
monwealth whether general or special shall be applicable to
any such member on or after the date such system becomes
operative in such governmental unit, except as otherwise
provided for in subdivision (7) of this section or in section
twenty-five. In so far as practicable and not later than sixty
days after the date such a system becomes operative in such
governmental unit, the board shall notify each such employee
in writing, or through meetings duly announced or by other
means, of his rights and duties if he becomes a member and
shall furnish him with a prescribed form to be filed with the
board upon which he may give notice of his election to be-
come a member in service or not to become a member, as he
may elect, — and by striking out paragraph (d) of said sub-
division (2) and inserting in place thereof the following
paragraph : — (d) In all cases involving part-time, pro-
visional, temporary, temporary provisional, seasonal or in-
termittent employment or service of any employee in any
governmental unit, including such employment or service of
any state official, the board shall have and exercise full
jurisdiction to determine such employee's eligibility for
membership.
Section 3. Section 4 of said chapter 32, as amended, is g. l. (Ter.
hereby further amended in paragraph (a) of subdivision ^tl! amended.
(1) by inserting after the word "provided," in fine 5 the
words : — , that he shall be credited with a year of creditable
service for each calendar year during which he served as an
elected official; and provided, further, — so that said para-
graph shall read as follows: — (1) (a) Any member in oeditabie
service shall, subject to the provisions and limitations of ^^i^l.
sections one to twenty-eight inclusive, be credited with all
service rendered by him as an employee in any governmental
unit after becoming a member of the system pertaining
thereto; provided, that he shall be credited with a year of
creditable service for each calendar year during which he
served as an elected ofiicial; and provided, further, that in
no event shall he be credited with more than one year of
creditable service for all such membership service rendered
during any one calendar year.
Section 4. Said chapter .32 is hereby further amended by g. l. (Ter.
inserting after subdivision (5) of section 3, as amended, the ^tl! amended,
following paragraph : —
(a) Any person who is now a member or who becomes a creditable
member of a system applicable to any governmental unit constitutional
shall be given credit in such system for any service rendered officer or as a
as a constitutional officer or as a member of the general court ^nTraUourt.
718
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 661.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 32. § 5,
etc., amended.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 32,
new § 28C,
added.
A constitu-
tional officer
or member of
general court
may retire.
Constitutional
officer or
member of
general court
may become
a member in
service.
by depositing in the annuity savings fund of such system
such sums and under such conditions as are set forth under
said sections.
Section 5. Section 5 of said chapter .32, as so amended, is
hereby further amended by striking out the first two sentences
of paragraph (d) of subdivision (1).
Section 6. Said chapter 32 is hereby further amended by
inserting after section 28B, inserted by chapter 605 of the
acts of 1946, the following section: — Section 28C. Any pro-
vision in sections 1 to 28, inclusive, to the contrary notwith-
standing, any member of the general court or any constitu-
tional officer who has served as such for not less than six
years in the aggregate and who has ceased to hold ofl&ce as
such and who has attained age fifty-five, may, upon his re-
quest, be retired by the state board of retirement, otherwise
his retirement allowance shall be deferred as provided in
subdivision (3) of section 10.
Section 7. Any present constitutional officer or member
of the general court, irrespective of age, may apply for and
be admitted to membership in the state employees' retire-
ment system by filing an application with the state board of
retirement within one year after July first of the current
year, and shall thereupon become a member in service. Any
such member shall be entitled to credit for service rendered
prior to said date upon depositing in the annuity savings
fund of said system such sums and under such conditions as
are set forth in sections one to twenty-eight, inclusive, of
chapter thirty-two of the General Laws ; provided, however,
that the sums to be deposited by any such member who is a
member of the general court shall not exceed one thousand
dollars in the aggregate. Upon the deposit of such sum or
sums, such member shall receive credit for all service as a
member of the general court or as a constitutional ofiicer
rendered by him prior to July first, nineteen hundred and
forty-seven. Approved June 28, 191^7.
'.661 An Act regulating the compensation of the auction-
eer IN THE OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF REAL ESTATE COM-
MISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF BOSTON AND RELATIVE TO THE
SALE OF PROPERTY OWNED BY SAID CITY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1, Chapter 652 of the acts of 1945 is hereby
amended by striking out section 2 and inserting in place
thereof the two following sections : — Section 2. The in-
cumbent of said position of auctioneer shall receive for his
services an annual salary of six thousand dollars.
Section 2A. No person except said auctioneer or the
chairman of said board of real estate commissioners shall sell
at public auction real estate acquired by the city of Boston
by tax title foreclosure, any provision of general or special
laws to the contrary notwithstanding. Neither of said per-
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 662, 663. 719
sons shall receive for making any such sales any compensa-
tion in addition to the salary or compensation established for
his office.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved June 30, 1947.
An Act repealing certain emergency provisions or (Jfid^ Ago
LAW relative to CERTAIN RATIONED PROPERTY. ^'
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 2 of the acts of 1942 is hereby re-
pealed.
Section 2. Nothing in this act shall be deemed to affect
the criminal responsibility of any person for any violation of
any provision of said chapter two prior to the effective date
hereof. Approved June 30, 1947.
An Act relating to the construction of certain addi- Chap.QQS
TIONS TO THE FREEZER BUILDING AND ITS FACILITIES
LOCATED ON THE STATE FISH PIER IN GLOUCESTER HARBOR.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 653 of the acts of 1945 is hereby
amended by striking out section 2 and inserting in place
thereof the following section : — Section 2. The department
is hereby authorized to expend such sums, not exceeding
three hundred and fifty thousand dollars, as may bo here-
after appropriated therefor to cover the cost of the work
authorized by section one; provided, that the Gloucester
Community Pier Association, Inc. shall first execute an
agreement with the department to repay to the common-
wealth the cost of such work, together with expenses inci-
dental thereto, in twenty equal annual payments, the first
payment to be made on the date of completion of said work
as determined by the department and said payments to be
in addition to the rentals provided for in the present lease
of said pier, or any renewal thereof; and provided, further,
that said Gloucester Community Pier Association, Inc., shall
forthwith execute an agreement with the department renew-
ing the present lease for the full period ending September
thirtieth, nineteen hundred and sixty-nine under the terms
provided in such right of renewal by chapter three hundred
and three of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-six, and
the department is hereby authorized to enter into such new
lease should such authority not now be in existence under
said chapter three hundred and three.
Section 2. Nothing in this act shall be deemed to abro-
gate or invalidate any action taken, or any contract or obli-
gation entered into, under said chapter six hundred and
fifty-three prior to the effective date of this act.
Approved June 30, 1947.
720
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 664, 665, 666.
Chap. 664: An Act increasing the amount of specified benefits
UNDER THE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACT FOR INJURIES
RESULTING IN PARTIAL LOSS OF NORMAL VISION IN BOTH
EYES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section 36 of chapter 152 of the General Laws,
as amended, is hereby further amended by striking out, in
hnes 2 and 3 of paragraph (b), as appearing in chapter 333 of
the acts of 1935, the words "one hundred and fifty" and
inserting in place thereof the words : — three hundred, — so
that said paragraph will read as follows : —
(h) For the reduction to twenty seventieths of normal
vision in both eyes, with glasses, a period of three hundred
weeks.
Section 2. Section one of this act shall apply only in case
of personal injuries occurring on or after its effective date.
Approved June SO, 1947.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 152.
§ 36, etc.,
amended.
Specific
injuries.
Application.
Chap. 665 An Act to increase the minimum weekly compensation
IN CERTAIN CASES UNDER THE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 152,
§ 34, etc.,
amended.
Total
incapacity.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 34 of chapter 152 of the General Laws, as most
recently amended by section 1 of chapter 321 of the acts of
1946, is hereby further amended bj^ inserting after the word
"wages" in line 8 the words: — , but not less than ten
dollars where the number of normal working hours of the
injured employee in a week are fifteen or more, — so as to
read as follows: — Section 34. While the incapacity for work
resulting from the injury is total, the insurer shall pay the
injured employee a weekly compensation equal to two thirds
of his average weekly wages, but not more than twenty-five
dollars nor less than eighteen dollars a week unless the
weekly wages of the injured employee are less than eighteen
dollars, in which case said weekly compensation shall be
equal to his average weekly wages, but not less than ten
dollars where the number of normal working hours of the
injured employee in a week are fifteen or more; provided,
that the amount does not exceed ten thousand dollars.
Approved June 30, 1947.
Chap. 666 An Act to provide for the taxation of diesel motor
FUEL.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 64A,
§ 1, etc..
amended.
"Diesel
engine fuel"
defined.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph (d) of section 1 of chapter 64 A of
the General Laws, as appearing in section 1 of chapter 357 of
the acts of 1936, is hereby amended by adding at the end
the following sentence : — "Diesel engine .fuel" shall mean
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 666. 721
all products of petroleum or coal tar used in or capable of
use in propelling motor vehicles using Diesel engines.
Section 2. Said chapter 64A is further amended by add- g-^y ^xer.
ing after section 4 the following section: — Section 4 A. new 'a a!
Every person operating over the highways of this common- ^'^ '^^\
wealth a motor vehicle which is propelled by a Diesel engine dS* pro-°^
shall for the purposes of this chapter be deemed a distributor ^e'^iated"*'^^'
thereunder. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate
a Diesel propelled vehicle upon or over such highways with-
out first obtaining a license as a distributor from the com-
missioner. Such license shall authorize the operation of one
or more Diesel propelled vehicles during the calendar year
and shall be renewed annually. The fee for such license and ^®®-
for each renewal thereof, to be collected by the commissioner
at time of issue, shall be one dollar and the form of license
issued by the commissioner shall set forth the name and ad-
dress of the distributor, the license number or numbers of
the Diesel propelled vehicle or vehicles registered by said
distributor and the date of expiration thereof. Every dis-
tributor licensed to operate Diesel propelled vehicles shall
file a return as required by section four showing the number
of gallons of Diesel engine fuel purchased for use of such
vehicles and shall pay to the commissioner, at the time of
filing, a tax upon Diesel engine fuel purchased during the
preceding calendar month at the rate provided by this chap-
ter upon the sale of Diesel engine fuel. All provisions of this
chapter relative to the collection, payment, abatement, veri-
fication, administration, including penalties, and disposition
of collections shall be applicable to the tax imposed by this
section.
Section 2A. The provisions of section four of chapter one Additional
hundred and twenty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and ^'"''^^ *^'''
thirty-one, as most recently extended by chapter five hun-
dred and seventy-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and
forty-five, imposing an additional excise tax of one cent on
each gallon of fuel, as defined in section one of chapter
sixty-four A of the General Laws, shall apply to Diesel en-
gine fuel as defined in said section one of chapter sixty-four A,
as amended by section one of this act.
Section 3. Section 33 of chapter 90 of the General g^l. (Ten ^
Laws, as amended, is hereby further amended by striking out etc', amended!
the fifth paragraph, as inserted by section 1 of chapter 249
of the acte of 1932, and inserting in place thereof the follow-
ing paragraph : —
For the registration of every motor bus not owned as pro- Registration
vided in the preceding paragraph which is used exclusively ^''^■
under contract for the transportation of school children, two
dollars ; provided, that any such motor bus may also be used
for the transportation of persons to and from church and
Sunday school services without the pajnnent of additional
registration fee. This and the two preceding paragraphs
shall apply to the registration of vehicles described therein
regardless of whether they are designed to be propelled other-
722
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 667.
Effective date.
wise than by fuel as defined in section one of chapter sixty-
four A, in this section referred to as "non-gasoline driven",
or designed to be propelled by fuel as so defined, in this sec-
tion referred to as "gasoline driven". The term "gasoline
driven" as used in this section shall include vehicles pro-
pelled by Diesel fuel as defined in paragraph (rf) of section
one of said chapter sixty-four A.
Section 4. This act shall take effect on January first, nine-
teen hundred and forty-eight. Approved June 30, 1947.
Chap.QQ7 An Act amending the law relative to contributory
RETIREMENT OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES.
Emergency
preamble.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 32, § 1,
etc., amended.
"Govern-
mental unit'
defined.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 32, § 3,
etc., amended.
Eligibility for
membership.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 32, § 3,
etc., further
amended.
Group B.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 32, §3,
etc., further
amended.
Retirement of
certain public
employees.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would result
in unnecessarily delaying the time when certain public em-
ployees would receive the benefits provided thereby, there-
fore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 32 of the General Laws,
as appearing in section 1 of chapter 658 of the acts of 1945,
is hereby amended by striking out the definition of "Govern-
mental unit" and inserting in place thereof the following: —
"Governmental unit", the commonwealth or any political
subdivision thereof, except that a teacher who is a member
of, or eligible for membership in, the teachers' retirement
system shall, for the purpose of membership and the require-
ments in connection therewith, be deemed to be employed
by the same governmental unit.
Section 2. Paragraph (d) of subdivision (2) of section 3
of said chapter 32, as amended, is hereby further amended by
adding at the end the words: — ; provided, that any person
holding a position for which the annual compensation is
fixed in an amount of two hundred dollars or less shall not be
eligible for membership except by vote of the board.
Section 3. Group B of paragraph (g) of subdivision (2)
of section 3 of said chapter 32, as most recently amended by
section 1 of chapter 403 of the acts of 1946, is hereby further
amended by adding at the end the words : — ; provided,
that no member who attains age sixty-five while classified in
Group A may thereafter be classified in Group B, irrespective
of change of employment.
Section 4. Section 3 of said chapter 32 is hereby further
amended by striking out subdivision (5), as most recently
amended by section 1 of chapter 003 of the acts of 1946, and
inserting in place thereof the following subdivision: —
(5) Any member of any system who had rendered service
as an employee of any governmental unit other than that
by which he is presently employed, for any previous period
during which the first governmental unit had no contributory
retirement system or during which he had inchoate rights to
a non-contributory pension or in a position which w^as not
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 667. 723
subject to an existing retirement system or which was
specifically excluded therefrom but which would be covered
under the law now in effect, or any member who during any
period of service for the governmental unit by which he is
presently employed had such inchoate rights or was so ex-
cluded from membership, or any employee who had a right
to become a member of an existing system in any other gov-
ernmental unit and who did not exercise such right, and
who, when he left the service of such other governmental
unit, had such right, may, either before January first, nine-
teen hundred and fifty-one, or within five years after be-
coming a member or being reinstated as such, and before the
date any retirement allowance becomes effective for him,
pay into the annuity savings fund of the system in one sum,
or in instalments, upon such terms and conditions as the
board may prescribe, an amount equal to that which would
have been withheld as regular deductions from his regular
compensation for such previous period or most recent por-
tion thereof as he may elect, in no event aggregating more
than twenty years, had such service been rendered in the
governmental unit by which he is presently employed and
in a position subject to the provisions of sections one to
twenty-eight, inclusive, or to corresponding provisions of
earlier laws. In addition to the payment of such sum or
instalments thereof, such member shall also pay into the
annuity savings fund an amount of intei-est such that at the
completion of such payments the value of his accumulated
payments, together with regular interest thereon, actually
made on account of such previous intrastate service shall
equal the value of his accumulated regular deductions which
would have resulted if regular deductions had been made
when regular compensation for such service was actually re-
ceived. Upon the completion of such payments such mem-
ber shall receive the same credit for such period of his
previous intrastate service or portion thereof elected as
would have been allowed if such service had been rendered
by him in the governmental unit by which he is presentlj'^
employed. Such member shall furnish the board with such
information as it shall require to determine the amount to
be paid and the credit to be allowed under this subdivision.
Section 5. Subdivision (1) of section 6 of said chapter 32, g l. (Xer.
as appearing in section 1 of chapter 658 of the acts of 1945, etc!, amended.
is hereby amended by striking out, in line 9, the words
"before attaining age fifty-five", — so as to read as follows:
— (1) Any member in service classified in either Group A or Group a or
Group B who becomes totally and permanently incapacitated member
for further duty b(;fore attaining age fifty-five and after totally or
completing twenty or more years of creditable service, or fnc^acft^t^d.
any such member who is a veteran as defined in section one
who becomes totally and permanently incapacitated for
further duty before attaining the maximum age for his
group and after completing ten or more years of creditable
service, upon his written application on a prescribed form
724
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 667.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 32, § 8.
etc., amended
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 32, § 11,
etc., amended.
Designation
of beneficiary
by member.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 32, § 18,
etc., amended.
Filing of
certain state-
ments or
records by
members.
Penalty for
failure to file.
filed with the board or upon such an appUcation by the head
of his department after a hearing, if requested, as provided
for in subdivision (1) of section sixteen and subject to the
conditions set forth in said section and in this section, shall
be retired for ordinary disability as of a date which shall be
specified in such application and which shall be not less than
fifteen days nor more than four months after the filing of
such application but in no event later than the maximum
age for his group. No such retirement shall be allowed unless
the board, after such proof as it may require, including in
any event an examination by the medical panel provided for
in subdivision (3) of this section and including a certification
of such incapacity by a majority of the physicians on such
medical panel, shall find that such member is mentally or
physically incapacitated for further duty, that such in-
capacity is likely to be permanent, and that he should be so
retired.
Section 6. Paragraph (b) of subdivision (1) of section 8
of said chapter 32, as so appearing, is hereby amended by
adding at the end of the first sentence the words : — , and if
his actual earnings are more than such regular compensa-
tion, his pension shall be reduced or suspended, as the case
may be.
Section 7. Paragraph (c) of subdivision (2) of section
11 of said chapter 32, as so appearmg, is hereby amended by
striking out the first sentence and inserting in place thereof
the following: — Any member, upon his written notice on
a prescribed form filed with the board prior to his death,
may nominate, and from time to time change, one or more
beneficiaries to receive in designated proportions, or in the
alternative, any sum becoming payable under the provisions
of this subdivision on his death, and/or any uncashed checks
in payment of amounts to which he was entitled from the
funds of the system of which he was a member, or any sum
payable to his estate from said funds; provided, that any
such beneficiary or beneficiaries nominated by a minor shall
be of his kindred.
Section 8. Section 18 of said chapter 32 is hereby
amended by striking out subdivision (1), as amended, and
inserting in place thereof the following subdivision: — (1)
Any employee or member upon request from the board shall
file with it such written statement or certified record or copy
thereof as shall be required by the provisions of sections one
to twenty-eight inclusive, or by rules and regulations of the
board consistent with law. If the board is satisfied that
there has been unreasonable delay in the filing of any such
required statement or record, it shall so notify in writing
such employee or member and the head of his department.
If within thirty days thereafter the board has not received
such required statement or record, it shall so notify in writ-
ing the head of such department and the treasurer of the
governmental unit in which such employee or member is
employed. Upon the receipt of such latter notice by the
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 668. 725
head of his department, such employee or member shall be
suspended from ser\'ice without compensation and such sus-
pension shall remain in force until such required statement
or record is so filed; provided, that in the case of any em-
ployee or member subject to the provisions of chapter thirty-
one, the pertinent provisions of section forty-two A, forty-
two B, forty-three and forty-five thereof shall apply. Any
member attaining the maximum age for his group during a
period of suspension as above set forth shall be retired for
superannuation but shall receive no retirement allowance
until he has complied with the request of the board. No
member shall be entitled to voluntary retirement or to a
return of his accumulated total deductions during the period
of any such suspension.
Section 9. Said chapter 32 is hereby further amended E^.^aJ^new
by inserting after section 28B, inserted by chapter 605 of §28C, added,
the acts of 1946, the following section : — Section 28C. Not- Non-members
withstanding the provisions of any general or special law to eUgiWe^™r
the contrary, any person who is employed in any govern- ^^de'i certl!^^
mental unit and who is prohibited from joining the contribu- conditions.
tory retirement system in effect therein, shall be eligible to
the benefits thereby provided in case of accidental disability
and/or accidental death, subject to the provisions of sec-
tions seven and nine as to requirements of examination by
medical panel and proof satisfactory to the board.
Section 10. Any teacher who is a member of the State- Certain
Boston retirement system, so called, and who, prior to be- hTv^e^crecHtabic
coming such member, withdrew accumulated deductions ^grtiin ""^^'^
from the teachers' retirement system, may deposit, prior to conditions.
January first, nineteen hundred and forty-eight, in the an-
nuity savings fund of said State-Boston retirement system
the amount so withdrawn without payment of interest from
the date of such withdrawal to the date of deposit. Upon
making such deposit, such teacher shall be entitled to credit
for all service to which he had been entitled in said teachers'
retirement system. Approved June SO, 19J{7.
C/iap. 668
An Act relative to the service of certain police offi-
cers AND GUARDS UPON RESERVATIONS OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE CRIMINAL JURISDICTION
OF CERTAIN COURTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OVER OF-
FENCES IN CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THE FORT DEVENS MILI-
TARY RESERVATION.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend Emergency
to defeat its purpose, which is, in part, to provide without '''^*™
delay more adequate police protection upon the reserva-
tions referred to therein, therefore it is hereby declared to
be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preserva-
tion of the public safety and convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 147 of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Ter.
amended by inserting after section 1, as appearing in the aew'i]iA.
added.
726
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 669.
Rights of
certain police
officers and
guards
serving on
reservation of
the United
States of
America.
Tercentenary Edition, the following section: — Section lA.
Upon requisition of the commanding officer or other person
in charge of a reservation of the United States of America,
the commissioner, or the mayor or the selectmen of any
city or town the territory of which adjoins or includes, in
whole or in part, such reservation, may provide police offi-
cers, who shall perform such police duties within such res-
ervation as such commanding officer or other person may
assign to them, and who shall, while on such assignment,
have the authority, immunities and privileges that they
would have while acting as duly appointed and qualified
police officers elsewhere within the commonwealth.
Guards appointed by the trustees of the University of
Massachusetts in connection with the operation of any part
of said university within the Hmits of any such reservation
may perform police duties under the direction of the com-
manding officer or other person in charge of such reserva-
tion, and while performing such duties within such limits
shall have the same authority, immunities and privileges as
duly appointed and qualified police officers acting as such
elsewhere within the commonwealth.
Section 2. The jurisdiction of the commonwealth over
the lands excepted and reserved by section one of chapter
four hundred and fifty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-one is hereby reaffirmed, and all criminal com-
plaints for offences committed thereon shall be made to and
received by the courts of the commonwealth within whose
jurisdiction the same are committed, and said courts shall
have jurisdiction of such offences.
Approved June SO, 1947.
Emergency
preamble.
C/iap. 669 An Act repealing the commonwealth EMERCiENcy de-
fense ACT OF 1941, AND, IN PART, THE LAWS PROVIDING
FOR THE SAFETY OF THE COMMONWEALTH DURING WORLD
WAR II, so CALLED.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend
to defeat its purpose, which is to terminate at the earliest
possible date the grant of emergency war powers to the
governor, conferred upon him to promote the effective
prosecution of the war between the United States and
certain foreign countries, which powers are no longer neces-
sary for said purposes, therefore it is hereby declared to be
an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation
of the public welfare and convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 719 of the acts of 1941, as amended,
and sections 1, 2, as amended, 3, 4, 6 to 11, inclusive, and 12,
as amended, of chapter 1.3 of the acts of 1942, are hereby
repealed.
Section 2. Section 5 of said chapter 13 is hereby amended
by striking out, in line 28, the words "said war" and in-
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 669. 72?
serting in place thereof the words : — World War II, so
called, — and by striking out the last paragraph and insert-
ing in place thereof the following paragraph: — The pro-
visions of this section, and any appointment or transfer
made thereunder, shall cease to be effective upon the expira-
tion of one year after the termination of the existing states
of war between the United States and certain foreign coun-
tries,— so as to read as follows: — Section 5. Notwith-
standing the provisions of chapter thirty-one of the General
Laws, or any other provision of law affecting civil service,
and the rules and regulations made thereunder, the director
of civil service, supported by a majority vote of the civil
service commission, may:
(1) Approve or extend provisional appointments without
time hmitations until lists can be estabhshed or until ap-
pointments can be made from eligible lists;
(2) Extend temporary appointments which are made
from civil service lists beyond the life of the list;
(3) Allow temporary transfers without regard to classi-
fication, beyond a period of six months;
(4) Restrict leaves of absence except for entrance into the
armed forces of the United States, for illness, and for such
other reason as said director deems to be in the pubUc interest ;
(5) Remove from eUgible lists the names of individuals
who refuse to accept positions which they have previously
signified a wilUngness to accept; and
(6) Restore to the eligible lists the names of persons
so removed; and
(7) Exclude from the operation of the civil service laws
and rules and regulations any of the positions or employ-
ments in temporary agencies, boards or other governmental
units of the commonwealth or of its pohtical subdivisions,
the existence and powers of which agencies, boards or other
units are limited to a period terminating not later than one
year after the termination of World War II, so called, or
any lesser period.
The provisions of this section, and any appointment or
transfer made thereunder, shall cease to be effective upon
the expiration of one year after the termination of the
existing states of war between the United States and certain
foreign countries.
Section 3. Nothing in this act shall be deemed to affect
the validity, legality or effectiveness of any order or regula-
tion heretofore issued or promulgated by the governor under
any provision of said chapter seven hundred and nineteen
or of said chapter thirteen, or the validity, legality or effec-
tiveness of any act heretofore done by any person pursuant
to or in reliance upon any provision of either or both of said
chapters, or of any such order or regulation, or the vahdity,
legality or effectiveness of any right or interest heretofore
vested in or accrued to any person in accordance with any
such provision, order or regulation.
Approved .June 30, 1947.
728 Acts. 1947. — Chap. 670.
C/iap. 670 An Act to provide for a special capital outlay pro-
gram FOR THE COMMONWEALTH.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend
to defeat its purpose, which is to provide funds immediately
for a special capital outlay program for the commonwealth,
therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law,
necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. To provide for a special program of con-
struction, reconstruction, alteration and improvement of
various state institutions and properties, and for the pur-
chase of certain property, the sums set forth in section two
of this act, for the several purposes and subject to the con-
ditions specified in said section two, are hereby made avail-
able, subject to the provisions of law regulating the dis-
bursement of pubhc funds and the approval thereof. If
funds shall be made available for any of said purposes by
the United States government the amounts made available
by said section two for such purposes shall be reduced by
the amounts of such federal funds made available therefor.
Section 2.
For the Service of the Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts.
For the construction of a soldiers' home in the city of
Holyoke, according to plans authorized by chapter
seven hundred and thirty-two of the acts of 1945 and
chapter four hundred and seventy-five of the acts of
1946, including cost of furniture and equipment . $1,800,000 00
For the Service of the Massachusetts Aeronautics Commission.
For the reimbursement to cities and towns for the state
share of airport construction as provided in chapter
five hundred and one of the acts of the current year,
to be available for matching federal funds for the
1947 fiscal year and succeeding years, including the
commonwealth's share of projects at the state-owned
airport at Bedford $750,000 00
For the Service of the Department of Education.
Bradford Durfee Technical Institute:
For additions, alterations and repairs to buildings at the
Bradford Durfee Technical Institute of Fall River,
including the purchase of furnishings and equipment
therefor as authorized by chapter five hundred and
eighty-two of the acts of the current year . . $200,000 00
University of Massachusetts:
For the construction of housing units for single or mar-
ried veterans and teachers, and to erect a certain
wooden building as an addition to the boarding hall,
including the purchase of furnishings and equipment 400,000 00
For the construction of the initial portion of an engi-
neering building, including the purchase of furnish-
ings and equipment ...... 275,000 00
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 670. 729
For the installation of a new boUer at the power plant . $50,000 00
For the construction of a new building at the Waltham
Field Station, as provided for by chapter five hundred
and twenty-nine of the acts of 1946, including pur-
chase of furnishings and equipment 275,000 00
For the construction of a physics building, authorized
by chapter five hundred of the acts of 1946, including
the purchase of furnishings and equipment . 450,000 00
For the construction of a disease control laboratory
authorized by said chapter five hundred, including
the purchase of furnishings and equipment . 475,000 00
Massachusetts School of Art:
For restoration of fire damage at the Massachusetts
School of Art, including the cost of furnishings and
equipment 65,000 00
For the Service of the Department of Mental Health.
For certain fireproofing and fire protection at the
Danvers, Grafton, Westborough, Worcester and
Monson state hospitals $167,400 00
For certain improvements of plumbing at Boston
psychopathic hospital, at Boston, Gardner, Grafton,
Medfield, Metropolitan, Taunton and Monson state
hospitals and at Belchertown state school . . 430,750 00
For certain improvements to kitchen and refrigeration
equipment, including necessary building alterations
at the Metropolitan and IMonson state hospitals 25,500 GO
For certain improvements to the power plants and in-
stallation of steam lines at the Boston psychopathic
hospital, and the Boston, Grafton, Medfield, Metro-
pohtan and Westborough state hospitals . 260,000 00
For certain improvements to the water supply systems
at the Foxborough, Gardner and Monson state hospi-
tals and Wren tham state school ... 211,00000
For certain improvements to the sewage disposal sys-
tems at the Gardner and Grafton state hospitals . 89,250 00
For the purchase and installation of X-ray equipment
at the Foxborough state hospital ... 10,000 00
For certain building alterations and improvements at
the Boston psychopathic hospital, at the Boston,
Foxborough, Gardner, Grafton, Metropolitan,
Worcester and Monson state hospitals and the
Walter E. Femald state school .... 133,800 00
For the purchase and installation of certain laundry
equipment at the Wren tham state school . . 13,000 00
Foxborough state hospital :
To provide additional kitchen and dining facilities and
for the establishment of a cafeteria system, so called,
including the cost of furnishings and equipment . 756,000 00
To provide fifty-four additional beds by an addition to
the tuberculosis building, including the cost of fur-
nishings and equipment ..... 300,000 00
Northampton state hospital:
For certain fireproofing and improvements to plumbing
facilities 350,000 00
Westborough state hospital:
To provide ninety-two additional beds and additional
day space by certain alterations and additions to
existing buildings, including the cost of furnishings
and equipment 215,000 00
730 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 670.
Worcester state hospital :
For the cost of certain alterations and additions to pro-
vide a new kitchen and cafeteria at the Summer
Street branch, so called, including the cost of furnish-
ings and equipment ...... $325,000 00
Belchertown state school:
For the construction of a dairy barn, including the
cost of furnishings and equipment .... 50,000 00
For the purchase and replacement of equipment and
furnishings at the various institutions in the depart-
ment of mental health 750,000 00
Camp Myles Standish state school:
For the preparation of plans and specifications for cer-
tain permanent buildings and appurtenant services
to provide a home for the care, treatment and occupa-
tional education of the feeble-minded . . 200,000 00
For the Service of the Department of Public Welfare.
Massachusetts hospital school:
For the construction of a thirty-bed cottage and an
industrial building, including the cost of furnishings
and equipment $305,000 00
For the cost of certain fire protection improvements . 40,000 00
For the Service of the Department of Public Health.
PondvUle Hospital:
For the construction of a nurses' home and recreation
building as provided for by chapter three hundred
and seventy of the acts of 1946, includmg the cost of
furnishings and equipment ..... $400,000 00
For the renovation and reconstruction of the power
plant, including the cost of furnishings and equip-
ment 210,000 00
For the Service of the Department of Public Works.
Waterway Activities:
For the construction of additions to the Gloucester fish
pier as authorized by an act of the current year $350,000 00
For further development of state-owned port facilities
at New Bedford, as provided by chapter five hundred
and thirty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and
forty-six, to be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for this purpose .... 200,000 00
For the projects authorized by items 8404-31, 8419-01,
8421-01 and 8422-01 of section 2 of chapter six hun-
dred and six of the acts of 1946, and for the amounts
transferred under said chapter to projects provided
for by chapter seven hundred and thirty-two of the
acts of 1945 2,303,300 00
To cover unexpected contingencies in the cost of proj-
ects authorized by this act, to be allocated by the
commission on administration and finance, with the
approval of the governor and council . . . 665,000 00
Section 3. No payment shall be made or obligation
incurred in carrying out any of the aforesaid projects until
plans, specifications and contracts therefor, and alterations
thereto subsequently proposed, have been approved by the
Massachusetts public building commission, unless otherwise
provided by such rules or regulations as said commission
may make.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 671. 731
Section 4. To meet the expenditures necessary in
carrying out the provisions of this act the state treasurer
shall, upon request of the governor and council and not
later than June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and forty-eight,
issue and sell at public or private sale bonds of the common-
wealth, registered or with interest coupons attached, as he
may deem best, to an amount to be specified by the governor
and council from time to time, but not exceeding, in the
aggregate, the sum of thirteen million five hundred thousand
dollars. All bonds issued by the commonwealth as aforesaid
shall be designated on their face. Capital Outlay Loan,
Act of 1947, and shall be on the serial payment plan for such
maximum term of years, not exceeding ten years, as the
governor may recommend to the general court pursuant to
section 3 of Article LXII of the Amendments to the Consti-
tution of the commonwealth, the maturities thereof to be so
arranged that the amounts payable in the several years
other than the final year shall be as nearly equal as in the
opinion of the state treasurer it is practicable to make them.
Said bonds shall bear interest semi-annually at such rate
as the state treasurer, with the approval of the governor,
shall fix, but such bonds shall be payable not earlier than
July first, nineteen hundred and forty-eight nor later than
June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifty-eight.
Approved June 30, 1947.
An Act establishing the amount of money which cities nhnf) 671
AND towns may APPROPRIATE FOR THE PURPOSE OF PRO- ^'
VIDING SUITABLE QUARTERS FOR POSTS OF THE AMERICAN
LEGION AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 9 of chapter 40 of the General Laws, as most «• l. (Ter.
recently amended by section 3 of chapter 468 of the acts of etc!, amended,
the current year, is hereby further amended by striking out
the first paragraph and inserting in place thereof the follow-
ing paragraph: — A city or town may, for the purpose of Headquarters
providing suitable headquarters for a post or posts of The iTteTans""
American Legion and of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of organizations.
the United States and for a chapter or chapters of the Dis-
abled American Veterans of the World War and for a post
or posts of the Jewish War Veterans of the United States
and for a post or posts of the Italian-American World War
Veterans of the United States, Inc. and for a post or posts
of La Legion Franco- Americainedes Etats-Unis d'Amerique,
and for a post or posts of the American Portuguese War
Veterans Association and for a chapter or chapters of the
Military Order of the Purple Heart and for a detachment or
detachments of the Marine Corps League and for a post or
posts of the American Veterans of World War II, AMVETS
— Department of Massachusetts, lease for a period not ex-
ceeding five years buildings or parts of buildings which shall
be under the direction and control of such post or posts, or
732 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 672.
chapter or chapters, or detachment or detachments subject
to regulations made in cities by the mayor with the approval
of the council and in towns by vote of the town, and for
said purposes a town with a valuation of less than five mil-
lion dollars may annually appropriate not more than two
thousand dollars; a town with a valuation of five million
dollars but not more than twenty-five million dollars may
annually appropriate not more than three thousand dol-
lars; a town with a valuation of more than twenty-five
million dollars but not more than fifty million dollars may
annually appropriate not more than four thousand dollars;
a town with a valuation of more than fifty million dollars
but not more than seventy-five million dollars may annu-
ally appropriate not more than five thousand dollars; a
town with a valuation of more than seventy-five million
dollars but not more than one hundred million dollars may
annually appropriate not more than six thousand dollars; a
town with a valuation of more than one hundred million
dollars but not more than one hundred and twenty-five
million dollars may annually appropriate not more than
seven thousand dollars; a town with a valuation of more
than one hundred and twenty-five million dollars but not
more than one hundred and fifty million dollars may annu-
ally appropriate not more than eight thousand dollars ; and
a town with a valuation of more than one hundred and
fifty milHon dollars may annually appropriate eight thou-
sand dollars, and in addition three thousand dollars for
each additional one hundred and fifty million dollars of
valuation, or major fraction thereof. The city council of a
city may, by a two thirds vote, appropriate money for
armories for the use of the state militia, for the celebration
of holidays, for the purpose of providing or defraying the
expenses of suitable quarters for posts of the Grand Army
of the Republic, including the heating and lighting of such
quarters, and for other hke pubHc purposes to an amount
not exceeding in any one year one fiftieth of one per cent
of its valuation for such year. Approved June SO, 1947.
Chap. Q72 An Act authorizing the sale of certain land in fram-
INGHAM OWNED AND HELD BY THE COMMONWEALTH FOR
THE PURPOSES OP THE REFORMATORY FOR WOMEN AND
NO LONGER NEEDED THEREFOR.
Kmergenoy Whcveas, The deferred operation of this act would tend
prcam o. ^^ defeat its purpose, which is to authorize without delay
the sale of a certain parcel of state-owned land held for the
purposes of the reformatory for women that is no longer
needed therefor, therefore it is hereby declared to be an
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation
of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The commissioner of correction, in the name and on be-
half of the commonwealth, may sell and convey, for such
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 673, 674. 733
price, approved by the governor and council, as said commis-
sioner may determine, a certain parcel of state land in the
town of Framingham held for the purposes of the reforma-
tory for women and no longer needed therefor, said parcel
being bounded as follows : — Northwesterly by Herbert
street; southeasterly by land occupied by private resi-
dences; southwesterly by the railroad location of the Bos-
ton and Albany Railroad; and easterly and northeasterly
by a certain new road constructed by the town of Framing-
ham. Approved July 1, 1947.
An Act extending a temporary law relative to the Chap. 673
APPOINTMENT OF VETERANS TO CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOY-
MENTS UNDER THE APPRENTICE TRAINING PROVISIONS OF
THE G. I. BILL OF RIGHTS, SO CALLED.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend Emergency
to defeat its purpose, which is to continue without interrup- ^'"'^*™
tion to enable veterans to avail themselves of the benefits of
the G. I. Bill of Rights, so called, relating to apprentice
training, or "on the job" training, therefore it is hereby
declared to be an emergency act, necessary for the immediate
preservation of the pubHc convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 2 of chapter 586 of the acts of 1946 is hereby
amended by striking out, in hne 2, the word "forty-seven"
and inserting in place thereof the word : — forty-eight, —
so as to read as follows: — Section 2. This act shall remain
in effect only until July first, nineteen hundred and forty-
eight, but employments approved prior thereto may con-
tinue for the period approved hereunder.
Approved July 1, 1947.
An Act relative to reimbursement for teachers (7/jq2) 674
retired prior to january first, nineteen hundred ^'
and forty-six.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapters four hundred and eighteen and
five hundred and fifty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred
and forty-six and chapter six hundred and fifteen of the acts
of nineteen hundred and forty-seven shall not apply to the
state pensions to be used for reimbursement purposes under
section twenty (2) (c) of chapter thirty-two of the General
Laws for teachers retired prior to January first, nineteen
hundred and forty-six.
Section 2. The pensions which have been established
for reimbursement purposes under section sixteen of said
chapter thirty-two, as in effect on December thirty-first,
nineteen liundred and forty-five, for teachers retired prior
to January first, nineteen hundred and forty-six, shall be
increased twenty per cent, not to exceed twelve hundred
734
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 675.
dollars, and the pensions so increased shall, subject to the
provisions of section twenty (2) (c) of said chapter thirty-
two, as appearing in section one of chapter six hundred and
fifty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-five, be
used for determining the reimbursement for pensions paid
to such teachers after July first, nineteen hundred and
forty-six. Approved July 1, 191^.7.
Chap. 67 5 An Act establishing the salaries of the district at-
torneys, ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEYS AND DEPUTY
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS, AND THE SPECIAL ASSISTANT DIS-
TRICT ATTORNEY IN SUFFOLK COUNTY.
Emergency
preamble.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 12, § 15,
etc., amended.
Salaries of
district
attorneys.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 12, § 16,
etc., amended.
Salaries of
assistant
district
attorneys.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend
to defeat its purpose, which in part is to make effective
on July first in the current year the salaries thereby estab-
lished, therefore this act is hereby declared to be an emer-
gency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the
public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 12 of the General Laws is hereby
amended by striking out section 15, as amended, and in-
serting in place thereof the following section: — Section 15.
District attorneys shall receive from the commonwealth
salaries as follows : —
For the Suffolk district, ten thousand eight hundred dol-
lars.
For the northern district, eight thousand four hundred
dollars.
For the eastern district, seven thousand two hundred
dollars.
For the middle district, seven thousand two hundred
dollars.
For the southeastern district, seven thousand two hundred
dollars.
For the southern district, seven thousand two hundred
dollars.
For the western district, seven thousand two hundred
dollars.
For the northwestern district, four thousand eight hun-
dred dollars.
Section 2. Said chapter 12 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 16, as amended, and inserting in
place thereof the following section: — Section 16. Assist-
ant, second assistant and third assistant district attorneys
and deputy district attorneys shall receive from the com-
monwealth salaries as follows : —
For the Suffolk district, two assistants, seventy-eight
hundred dollars; four assistants, six thousand dollars; two
assistants, five thousand dollars; and four assistants, four
thousand five hundred dollars.
For the northern district, assistant, six thousand dollars;
second assistants, four thousand eight hundred dollars.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 676. 735
For the eastern district, one assistant, four thousand
three hundred and twenty dollars; one assistant, three
thousand six hundred dollars; two assistants, two thousand
eight hundred and eighty dollars.
For the middle district, assistant, four thousand three
hundred and twenty dollars; second assistant, three thou-
sand six hundred dollars; third assistant, two thousand
eight hundred and eighty dollars.
For the southeastern district, assistant, four thousand
three hundred and twenty dollars; second assistant, three
thousand six hundred dollars; third assistant, three thou-
sand six hundred dollars; deputy district attorney, such
compensation as shall be fixed by the district attorney, with
the approval of the chief justice of the superior court.
For the southern district, assistant, four thousand three
hundred and twenty dollars; second assistant, three thou-
sand six hundred dollars; third assistant, three thousand
dollars; deputy district attorney, such compensation as
shall be fixed by the district attorney with the approval of
the chief justice of the superior court.
For the western district, assistant, two thousand eight
hundred and eighty dollars; second assistant, two thousand
four hundred dollars.
Section 3. Said chapter 12 is hereby further amended Edo.iJ.*"^'
by striking out section 20A, as appearing in the Tercente- §^0^^^^
nary Edition, and inserting in place thereof the following '^"""^ ^ "
section: — Section SO A. The district attorney for the Suf- fSLt
folk district may appoint an attorney at law as a special district attor-
assistant district attorney, whose duties shall be the listing suSoik.
and assignment of cases, under the supervision of the dis-
trict attorney, and may remove him at pleasure. Such spe-
cial assistant shall have all the powers of an assistant district
attorney and shall receive from the commonwealth such sal-
ary not exceeding four thousand eight hundred dollars as
the district attorney may determine.
Section 4. This act shall take effect on July first in the
current year.
(This hill, returned hy the governor to the Senate, the branch
in which it originated, with his objections thereto, was passed
hy the Senate, June SO, 1947, and, in concurrence, hy the
House of Representatives, July 1, 19^7, the objections of the
governor notwithstanding, in the manner prescribed hy the
constitution; and thereby has "the force of a law".)
An Act authorizing the department of public works Chav.Q7Q
TO make provisions for the continued development
OF THE general EDWARD LAWRENCE LOGAN AIRPORT
AT EAST BOSTON AND TO CLARIFY THE AUTHORITY OF THE
DEPARTMENT TO ENTER INTO LEASES AND OTHER CON-
TRACTS.
Whereas, The deferred operation of thip act would tend J^^ambre!^
to defeat its purpose, which is to take without delay the
736 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 676.
necessary steps for the further development of the General
Edward Lawrence Logan Airport, therefore it is hereby
declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immedi-
ate preservation of the public safety and convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The state department of public works, in
this act called the department, is hereby authorized and
directed further to enlarge, extend, improve and develop
the General Edward Lawrence Logan Airport, in this act
called the Logan Airport, and for that purpose shall have
and may exercise all pertinent authority and powers con-
ferred upon it by chapter six hundred and ninety-five of
the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-one, chapter five
hundred and twenty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred
and forty-three, chapter three hundred and eighty-three
of the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-five and chapter
five hundred and ninety-five of the acts of nineteen hundred
and forty-six.
Section 2. Chapter 383 of the acts of 1945 is hereby
amended by striking out section 6 and inserting the following
section : — Section 6. The department shall have authority,
notwithstanding any other statute to the contrary, over the
construction of the General Edward Lawrence Logan Air-
port and, subject to the restrictions herein imposed, may
lease at said airport for a period not exceeding twenty years,
under such covenants, terms and conditions as it prescribes,
land areas for hangars, shops, storage and other industrial
purposes, and may, subject to such restrictions, also lease
and award contracts for offices and other space rentals,
concessions, which shall be subject to review at least once
in every five years. The department shall establish a
schedule of aircraft landing fees, parking or tie-down fees,
services and other charges including the sale of gasoline or
other aviation fuels, oils, and other articles and supplies on
the lands it has acquired or holds for airport purposes, which
shall be subject to a review at least once in every three years.
All such contracts or leases or schedules of changes, in-
cluding any modifications thereof, shall be subject to the
approval of the Massachusetts aeronautics commission and
the governor and council.
Section 3. The Massachusetts public building commis-
sion is hereby authorized and directed to complete the plans
and specifications for that part of the terminal facilities at
the Logan Airport to be known as the Apron Building, to-
gether with a heating plant and other necessary facilities
and appurtenances therefor. Said plans shall be substanti-
ally the same as those prepared by the emergency pubUc
works commission for such terminal facilities under author-
ity of chapter five hundred and seventeen of the acts of
nineteen hundred and forty-three, which plans, now on file
in the office of said pubhc building commission, bear the
approval of said emergency public works commission as of
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 677. 737
October twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and forty-six, and
are signed and approved also by the department of pubHc
works, the Massachusetts aeronautics commission and the
engineering representatives of airhnes operating from the
Logan Airport. Said Massachusetts pubHc building com-
mission is further authorized and directed to complete de-
tailed plans for that part of said terminal facilities to be
knoMTi as the central building. Such plans shall be sub-
stantially the same as those prepared and approved as afore-
said. Said Massachusetts public building commission is
further authorized to enter into contracts for completion of
said plans and specifications and expenditures therefor shall
be paid from the proceeds of the bonds authorized by section
four.
Section 4, To meet the expenditures necessary in carry-
ing out the provisions of this act the state treasurer shall,
upon request of the governor and council not later than
June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifty, issue and sell at
public or private sale bonds of the commonwealth, regis-
tered or with interest coupons attached, as he may deem
best, to an amount to be specified by the governor and
council from time to time, but not exceeding, in the aggre-
gate, the sum of twelve million dollars, which shall provide
for not more than eighteen airline stations as shown on a
plan referred to in section three of this act.
The sum of one million three hundred thousand dollars is
hereby reserved from the total herein authorized for the
purpose of chapter five hundred and sixteen of the acts of
nineteen hundred and forty-six. All bonds issued by the
commonwealth as aforesaid shall be designated on their face,
Logan Airport Improvement Loan, and shall be on the serial
payment plan for such maximum term of years, not exceed-
ing eighteen years, as the governor may recommend to the
general court pursuant to section 3 of Article LXII of the
Amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth,
the mxaturities thereof to be so arranged that the amounts
payable in the several years other than the final year shall
be as nearly equal as in the opinion of the state treasurer it
is practicable to make them. Said bonds shall bear interest
semi-annually at such rate as the state treasurer, with the
approval of the governor, shall fix, but such bonds shall be
payable not earher than July first, nineteen hundred and
fifty-six, nor later than June thirtieth, nineteen hundred
and sixty-five. Approved July 1, 1947.
An Act further regulating the work hours of cer- Chap.Q77
TAIN persons employed BY THE COMMONWEALTH.
Whereas, One of the purposes of this act is to extend, on Emergency
July first in the current year, to state employees the bene- p''®*™*'*®-
fits provided for therein, therefore it is hereby declared to
be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preser-
vation of the public convenience.
738
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 678.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 149.
new § 30A,
added.
Work hours
of certain
employees of
the common-
wealth,
regulated.
Effective
date.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 149 of the General Laws is hereby
amended by inserting after section 30, as amended, the fol-
lowing section : — - Section SO A . Notwithstanding any other
provision of this chapter or other general or special law, the
service of all persons who, on the effective date of this sec-
tion or thereafter, are employed by the commonwealth is
hereby restricted to five days in any one week, and to such
hours in any one week, not less than thirty-seven and one
half hours, except in the case of part-time employment,
nor more than forty hours, and with Hke hours for hke
grades, as may be determined by the division of personnel
and standardization, with the approval of the governor and
council; provided, that this section shall not apply to the
state police uniformed force and detectives, metropolitan
district police, conservation officers, coastal wardens, forest
fire observers, teachers, armorers, elected officers, appoint-
ees of the governor, heads of departments and divisions and
their deputies and assistants, farm help, scrub women, clean-
ers or persons otherwise subject to this section having an
allowance for family maintenance. All service in excess of
forty hours in any one week rendered by any employee sub-
ject to this section at the request of an officer of the com-
monwealth or other person whose duty it is to employ,
direct or control such employees, shall be compensated for
as overtime work in accordance with the pertinent rule or
rules of the commission on administration and finance.
Section 2. The basic compensation of persons subject
to this act, established upon its effective date, shall not be
reduced by reason of any provision of this act, nor shall
this act be construed as increasing the hours of labor of any
persons subject thereto who, on its effective date, was re-
quired to work less than forty hours in any one week.
Section 3. This act shall take effect on July first, nine-
teen hundred and forty-seven. Approved July 1, 1947.
Chav.QlS ^^ ^^'^ establishing the salaries of registers of pro-
bate AND assistant REGISTERS OF PROBATE.
Emergency
preamble.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 30, § 45,
amended.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would defeat
one of its purposes, which is to have the increases in salary
provided for therein take effect on July first in the current
year, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency
law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section 45 of chapter 30 of the General Laws,
as appearing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended
by striking out, in lines 4 and 5, the words "registers and
assistant registers of probate and their assistants" and in-
serting in place thereof the words : — clerical assistants of
registers of probate, — so that the first sentence will read
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 678.
739
as follows : — All appointive offices and positions in the gov- classification
emment of the commonwealth, except those in the judicial atatl'^ffi^es
branch and those in the legislative branch other than the '^^'^ positions.
additional clerical and other assistants in the sergeant-at-
arms' office, but including clerical assistants of registers of
probate, shall be classified by the division of personnel and
standardization, subject to the approval of the governor and
council, in services, groups and grades according to the
duties pertaining to each office or position.
Section 2. Chapter 217 of the General Laws is hereby g l. (Xer.
amended by inserting after section 35 the two following sec- §§ 35A and
tions: — Section 85 A. The salaries of registers of probate 35b. added.
shall be as follows : — s^i^»«« •'f
registers of
probate.
County. Salary.
Suffolk $8,500
Middlesex 8,500
Essex 7,500
Norfolk 7,600
Worcester 7,600
Bristol 7,000
Hampden 7,000
Berkshire 6,600
Plymouth 5,600
Barnstable 5,000
Franklin 6,000
Hampshire 5,000
Dukes 3,000
Nantucket 3,000
assistant registers of pro- Salaries of
assistant
Date snan oe as loiiows
registers of
probate.
County.
Suffolk.
Salary.
First assistant register
Second assistant register .
Third assistant register
Fourth assistant register
Fifth assistant register
. .S6,500
5,500
. 5,500
. 4,500
4,000
Middlesex.
First assistant register ....... S6,500
Second assistant register ....... 5,500
Third assistant register ....... 5,500
Fourth assistant register ....... 4,500
Fifth assistant register ....... 4,000
Essex.
First assistant register ....... $5,600
Second assistant register ....... 5,000
Third assistant register ....... 4,600
Norfolk.
First assistant register ....... $5,500
Second assistant register ....... 5,000
Third assistant register ....... 4,600
740
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 679.
Worcester.
First assistant register ....... $5 500
Second assistant register ....... 5000
Third assistant register ....... 4*500
Bristol.
First assistant register $5,000
Second assistant register ....... 4*500
Hampden.
First assistant register .$5,000
Second assistant register ....... 4^500
Third assistant register ....... 4^000
Plymouth.
First assistant register $4,000
Berkshire.
First assistant register ....... $4,000
Barnstable.
First assistant register ....... $3,500
Hampshire.
First assistant register ....... $3,500
Franklin.
First assistant register ....... $3,500
Efifective
date.
Section .3. This act shall take effect on July first in the
current year.
(This bill, returned by the governor to the House of Rep-
resentatives, the branch in which it originated, loith his objec-
tions thereto, was passed by the House of Representatives,
July 1, 19Jf.7, and, in concurrence, by the Senate, July 1,
1947, the objections of the governor notwithstanding, in the
manner prescribed by the constitution; and thereby has "the
force of a law".)
Chav.679 ^^ ^^"^ relative to reimbursement to cities and towns
FOR certain expenses INCURRED FOR THE TRANSPORTA-
Emergency
preamble.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 71, new
I 7A, added.
TION OF PUPILS.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend
to defeat its purpose, which is to provide reimbursement
forthwith to cities and towns for certain expenses incurred
for the transportation of pupils, therefore it is hereby de-
clared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public welfare and convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 71 of the General Laws is hereby
amended by inserting after section 7 the following section:
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 680. 741
— Section 7 A. The state treasurer shall annually, on or Reimburse-
before November twentieth, pay to the several towns from ^nd townslor
the proceeds of the tax on incomes, which shall be available c^eTfor"'
therefor subject to appropriation, the sums required as re- tranaportation
imbursement for expenses approved by the commissioner of children^
education, incurred by any town for the transportation of
pupils once daily to and from any school within the town,
or in another town, in excess of five dollars per annum per
pupil in the net average membership of such town; pro-
vided, (a) that no transportation reimbursement shall be
made on account of any pupil who resides less than one and
one half miles from the school which he attends, measured
by a commonly travelled route; and (6) that the amount of
grant, per pupil, for transportation to private schools in
towns which furnish such transportation, shall not exceed
the amount of grant per pupil for transportation to public
schools.
There shall be allocated from the proceeds of the tax on
incomes such sums as the commissioner of education shall
certify as necessary for the payment of such reimburse-
ment.
No town shall be reimbursed for its transportation ex-
pense, in any year, an amount less than the amount of re-
imbursement for such expense received in the year nine-
teen hundred and forty-six.
Section 2. Section 7 of chapter 70 of the General Laws, q. l. (Xer.
as appearing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended ^'^•^' ?°! * '^'
by inserting after the word "chapter" in line 5 and after ^^"^
the words "Part I" in hne 8, in each instance, the words: —
and section seven A of chapter seventy-one.
Section 3. Section 18 of chapter 58 of the General gj^-^J^J-ig
Laws, as most recently amended by section 4 of chapter etc", amended!
735 of the acts of 1945, is hereby further amended by adding
at the end the words : — and section seven A of chapter
seventy-one.
Section 4. Section 6 of chapter 71 of the General Laws, g. l. (Xer.
as appearing in the Tercentenary Edition, is hereby amended fmended.*^ "'
by striking out the second and third sentences of the first
paragraph.
Section 5. Section 7 of said chapter 71, as amended, is g. l. (Ter.
hereby repealed. Approved July 1, 1947. ^tciJ'Ji^aUd.
An Act relative to the hours of work of certain Qfidj) ggQ
public employees. ^'
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 149 of the General Laws is hereby g. l. (Ter.
amended by striking out section 30, as most recently amended f 30; e\1?;
by section 1 of chapter 367 of the acts of 1936, and inserting in amended.
place thereof the following section : — Section SO. The serv- Hours of
ice of all laborers, workmen, mechanics, foremen and in- g^^^j^^j'^"'^''''
spectors now or hereafter employed by the commonwealth r^uiated'.'
or any county therein or any town which, by vote of the
?42
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 680.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.). 149.
§ 34. etc.,
amended.
Contracts for
public works
to contain
stipulation as
to six day
week. etc.
city council, or of the voters at a town meeting, accepts this
section or has accepted section one of chapter two hundred
and forty of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and six-
teen, or by any contractor or sub-contractor for or upon any
public works of the commonwealth or of any county therein
or of any such town is hereby restricted to eight hours in
any one day, to forty-eight hours in any one week, and to
six days in any one week. No officer of the commonwealth,
except as provided herein, or of any county or of any such
town, no such contractor or sub-contractor or other person
whose duty it is to employ, direct or control the service of
such laborers, workmen, mechanics, foremen or inspectors
shall require or permit any such laborer, workman, me-
chanic, foreman or inspector to work more than eight hours
in any one day, or more than forty-eight hours in any one
week, or more than six days in any one week, except in cases
of emergency. The provisions of this section shall not pro-
hibit the employment by the state department of public
works, or by any contractor or sub-contractor for said de-
partment, of laborers, workmen, mechanics, foremen or in-
spectors for more than eight hours in any one day in the con-
struction or reconstruction of highways when, in the opinion
of the commissioner of labor and industries, pubhc necessity
so requires.
Section 2. Said chapter 149 is hereby further amended
by striking out section 34, as most recently amended by
section 2 of said chapter 367, and inserting in place thereof
the following section: — Section 34. Every contract, except
for the purchase of material or supphes, involving the em-
ployment of laborers, workmen, mechanics, foremen or in-
spectors, to which the commonwealth or any county or any
town, subject to section thirty, is a party, shall contain a
stipulation that no laborer, workman, mechanic, foreman or
inspector working within the commonwealth, in the employ
of the contractor, sub-contractor or other person doing or
contracting to do the whole or a part of the work contem-
plated by the contract, shall be required or permitted to
work more than eight hours in any one day or more than
forty-eight hours in any one week, or more than six days
in any one week, except in cases of emergency, or, in case
any town subject to section thirty-one is a party to such a
contract, more than eight hours in any one day, except as
aforesaid; provided, that in contracts entered into by the
department of public works for the construction or recon-
struction of highways there may be inserted in said stipu-
lation a provision that said department, or any contractor
or sub-contractor for said department, may employ labor-
ers, workmen, mechanics, foremen and inspectors for more
than eight hours in any one day in such construction or
reconstruction when, in the opinion of the commissioner of
labor and industries, public necessity so requires. Every
such contract not containing the aforesaid stipulation shall
be null and void.
Acts, 1947. — Chaps. 681, 682. 743
Section 3. Said chapter 149 is hereby further amended g^^- (J|i"-
by inserting after section 34B the following section : — Sec- new § 34c,
Hon 34c. The provisions of sections thirty, thirty-four and '"^'*''^"
thirty-five and of any other pertinent sections shall apply §§'3o,''34°and^
to the commonwealth or any city or town only to the extent ^s, etc
that such application will not be inconsistent with the pro-
visions of section thirty A or section thirty-three A.
Approved July 1, 1947.
An Act for adjudication of restoration of soundness nhr,^ «ci
OF MIND. Lhavmi
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 123 of the General Laws is hereby amended by g. l. (Ter.
inserting after section 94, as appearing in the Tercentenary new^'§^|4A,
Edition, the following section: — Section 94A. Any person added.
adjudicated by any court to be an insane person, whether Petition by
or not in custody, may petition for adjudication of his or fora'djud^ca"
her sanity. The petition for such adjudication may be made ol^'her^sanity.
by such person or by any parent, guardian, conservator,
relative or friend of such person and shall be filed in the
probate court for the county in which the person resides,
is confined, or in which the adjudication of insanity was
made. The department of mental health shall be given
notice of the petition and may appear and participate in
the proceedings. Notice of such petition shall be given to
the husband or wife, if any, and to the guardian or con-
servator, if any, of such person, and the court may order
notice to be given to all other persons who may be inter-
ested. If the court, after hearing, finds that such person
is sane a decree to that effect shall be entered and if in cus-
tody or on leave of absence or on visit, so called, such person
shall forthwith be discharged. If the court finds that such
person is still insane it shall enter a decree to that effect and
shall dismiss the petition, and no further petition for an
adjudication of sanity shall be filed by or in behalf of such
person within one year of such dismissal.
Approved July 1, 1947.
An Act relative to the terms of certain bonds and nhfj^ «qo
NOTES TO BE ISSUED BY THE COMMONWEALTH. l^nap.OO^
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would cause Emergency
great inconvenience in the issues of bonds and notes to carry preamble.
out the purposes of various acts passed at the current session
of the general court, therefore it is hereby declared to be
an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preserva-
tion of the public safety and convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the
contrary, the notes which the state treasurer is authorized
744 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 682.
to issue under section five of chapter forty-nine of the acts
of nineteen hundred and thirty-three, as most recently
amended by section two of chapter two hundred and six
of the acts of the current year, shall be issued for maximum
terms of years to expire not later than November thirtieth,
nineteen hundred and fifty-two, as recommended by the
governor in a message to the general court, dated July first,
nineteen hundred and forty-seven, in pursuance of section 3
of Article LXII of the amendments to the constitution of
the commonwealth.
Section 2. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the
contrary, the bonds which the state treasurer is authorized
to issue under chapter five hundred and thirty-two of the
acts of the current year, further defining the rights, powers
and duties of the Port of Boston Authority pertaining to the
acquisition of certain waterfront properties in the city of
Boston, shall be issued for maximum terms of twenty years,
as recommended by the governor in his message to the
general court, dated July first, nineteen hundred and forty-
seven, in pursuance of section 3 of Article LXII of the
amendments to the constitution of the commonwealth.
Section 3. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the
contrary, the bonds which the state treasurer is authorized
to issue under chapter five hundred and seventy-five of the
acts of the current year, relative to the furnishing of water by
the metropolitan district commission to certain towns and
districts and to the construction of an aqueduct system from
Quabbin reservoir to the Chicopee valley, shall be issued
for maximum terms of fifty years, and the notes which the
state treasurer is authorized to issue under said chapter five
hundred and seventy-five shall be issued for terms not ex-
ceeding five years from their dates of issue, as recommended
by the governor in his message to the general court, dated
July first, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, in pursuance
of section 3 of Article LXII of the amendments to the con-
stitution of the commonwealth.
Section 4. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the
contrary, the bonds which the state treasurer is authorized
to issue under chapter six hundred and seventy-six of the
acts of the current year, authorizing the department of pub-
lic works to make provisions for the continued develop-
ment of the General Edward Lawrence Logan Airport at
East Boston and to clarify the authority of the department
to enter into leases and other contracts, shall be issued for
maximum terms of eighteen years and shall be payable not
earlier than July first, nineteen hundred and fifty-six nor
later than June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and sixty-five,
as recommended by the governor in his message to the gen-
eral court, dated July first, nineteen hundred and forty-
seven, in pursuance of section 3 of Article LXII of the
amendments to the constitution of the commonwealth.
Section 5. Notwithstanding any provision of law to
the contrary, the bonds which the state treasurer is author-
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 683. 745
ized to issue under chapter six hundred and seventy of the
acts of the current year, to provide for a special capital
outlay program for the commonwealth, shall be issued for
maximum terms of ten years and shall be payable not earlier
than July first, nineteen hundred and for^-eight nor later
than June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifty-eight, as
recommended by the governor in his message to the general
court, dated July first, nineteen hundred and forty-seven,
in pursuance of section 3 of Article LXII of the amendments
to the constitution of the commonwealth.
Approved July 1, 1947.
Chap.QSZ
new
chapter 123A,
dded.
An Act relative to the care, treatment and rehabili-
tation OF sexual psychopaths.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend Emergency
to defeat its purpose, which in part is to make immediately p''^*™'''*^-
effective the provisions therein contained relative to sexual
psychopaths, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emer-
gency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the
public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The General Laws are hereby amended by inserting after g. l. (Ter.
chapter 123 the following chapter: — f^^l
Chapter 123A.
Care, Treatment and Rehabilitation of Sexual
Psychopaths.
Section 1. The words "psychopathic personality" as used "Psychopathic
in this chapter shall have the following meaning: Those per- Sefine^f.''*^"
sons who by an habitual course of misconduct in sexual
matters have evidenced an utter lack of power to control
their sexual impulses and who, as a result are likely to at-
tack or otherwise inflict injury, loss, pain or other evil on
the objects of their uncontrolled and uncontrollable desires.
Section 2. Except as otherwise provided, aU laws hereto- Probate court
fore or hereafter m force relating to insane persons, to per- fuHadTction of
sons alleged to be insane, and to persons found to be insane, ^gcert°a^n°
shall apply with like force and effect to persons having a existence ot
psychopathic personality, to persons alleged to have such plrso^nTiHy.'*'
personality, and to persons found to have such personality,
respectively.
Before such proceedings are instituted, the facts shall be
submitted to the district attorney for the district in which
the alleged "psychopathic" resides or was at the time of
the act complained of, who, if he is satisfied good cause
exists therefor, shall prepare a petition setting forth suffi-
cient allegations to enable the person complained of to be
leasonably informed of the nature of the petition. The peti-
tion shall then be executed by one having knowledge of the
facts and the same shall be filed with the judge of the pro-
746
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 683.
Court shall
commit
psychopathic
personality
to department
of mental
health.
Department of
mental health
to report on
progress
toward
recovery.
Probate court
to have
jurisdiction of
hearing rela-
tive to dis-
charge of
person
committed.
bate court for the county in which the person resides or was
at the time of the act complained of.
The judge of probate shall set the matter down for hear-
ing and for examination of the person complained of. The
judge may at his discretion exclude the general pubhc from
attendance at such hearing. The person complained of may
be represented by counsel, and if the court determines that
he is financially unable to obtain counsel, the court may
appoint counsel for him. The person complained of shall be
entitled to have subpoenas issued out of the court to compel
the attendance of witnesses in his behalf. The court shall
appoint two duly hcensed quahfied physicians, certified by
the department of mental health, to assist in examination
of the person complained of. The proceedings had shall be
reduced to writing and shall become part of the records of
the court. As provided in section fifty-seven of chapter one
hundred and twenty-three, the judge, in his discretion, may
provide for the determination of the issue of psychopathic
personaUty by a jury. Upon such hearing, it shall be com-
petent to introduce evidence of the commission by said
person of any number of sex crimes together with whatever
punishments, if any, were inflicted.
Section S. If the person is adjudicated as having a psy-
chopathic personality, then the court shall commit such
person to the department of mental health to be placed by
it in a proper institution maintained by the commonwealth
and the department of mental health shall safely keep and
treat the person so committed until the release of such per-
son shall have been ordered by the proper authority.
Section 4. The department of mental health shall make
periodical examinations of any such person committed with
the view to determining the progress of cure, if any, and
shall, in an annual report submitted to the attorney general,
give a medical finding of each person so confined. The re-
ports in each individual's case shall not be destroyed earher
than six years after a final determination by the proper
authority of the recovery of said person from such psycho-
pathic personality.
Section 5. At any time after the commitment, the de-
partment of mental health, if satisfied that the person so
committed has fully recovered, shall set forth the facts in
writing and file the same before the committing court, send-
ing a copy of the same to the district attorney for the dis-
trict, and another to the nearest heirs or next of kin, if
known, of the person so committed. A hearing or exami-
nation for discharge may also be had at any time after com-
mitment upon the filing of a written petition by the com-
mitted person or on his behalf. In such case a copy shall
be sent to the district attorney for the district where pro-
ceedings were commenced. Not later than twenty-one days
after the said petition is filed, the court shall set a date for
such hearing and issue whatever process is necessary to
assure the presence in court of the committed person.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 684. 747
Said trial shall be conducted in the same manner as set
forth in section two, and upon a finding by the court or a
verdict by the jury that such person is fully recovered from
such psychopathic personahty then the court shall order
that such person be discharged from the department of
mental health; and if the court or jury finds such person
has not fuUy recovered from such psychopathic personahty
then the court shaU order that he be held and further treated
imder the pre\'ious commitment.
Section 6. The existence in any person of a condition of Psychopathic
psychopathic personality shall not in any case constitute a ^JdSen^in
defense to a charge of crime, nor relieve such person from aetujn."'
liabihty to be tried upon a criminal charge, unless such per-
son is in a condition of insanity, idiocy, imbecility or lunacy
within the meaning of the laws relating to crimes and crimi-
nal procedure.
No examination or trial provided for in this chapter shall
be a cause for postponement or delay in the trial of any
complaint or indictment. Any court in the commonwealth
having before it a person adjudged to have a psychopathic per-
sonahty convicted of any crime except murder shall stay
execution or sentence until such time as the person is dis-
charged from the department of mental health as provided
in section five. Approved July 1, 1947.
An Act further regulating the commitment and pa- Qliar) 684
ROLE OF DEFECTIVE DELINQUENTS AND DRUG ADDICTS. "'
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section 113 of chapter 123 of the General gj^}J|'-
Laws, as most recently amended by section 1 of chapter § lis. etc.,
185 of the acts of 1943, is hereby further amended by striking ^'^^'"^^'^■
out, in line 9, the words "or imprisonment for life", — so
as to read as follows: — Section 113. At any time prior to commitment
the final disposition of a case m which the court might com- *<* department
mit an offender to the state prison, the reformatory for AeWmnlntB
women, any jail or house of correction, the Massachusetts addkt^"^
reformatory, the state farm, the industrial school for boys,
the industrial school for girls, the Lyman school, any county
training school, or to the custody of the department of pub-
lic welfare, for any offense not punishable by death, a district
attorney, probation officer, or officer of the department of
correction, pubhc welfare or mental health may file in court
an apphcation for the commitment of the defendant in such
a case to a department for defective delinquents established
under sections one hundred and seventeen and one hundred
and twenty-four, or to a department for the care and treat-
ment of drug addicts, estabfished under authority of said
sections. On the filing of such an application the court
may continue the original case from time to time to await
disposition thereof. On the filing of an application for the
commitment to a department for defective delinquents the
748
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 684.
G. L. (Ter.
Ed.), 123,
§ 115, etc.,
amended.
Physicians'
certificates
to be filed
in certain
cases.
court shall give notice to the department of mental health
and said department shall cause such person to be exam-
ined by two experts in insanity with a view to determining
whether or not he is mentally defective, and shall file a
written report with the clerk of the court in which the case
is pending and the report shall be accessible to the court,
the probation ofiicer, the district attorney and to the de-
fendant and his attorney. If, on a hearing on an applica-
tion for commitment as a defective delinquent, the defend-
ant is found to be mentally defective, and the court, after
examination into his record, character and personahty, finds
that he has shown himself to be an habitual delinquent or
shows tendencies toward becoming such and that such de-
linquency is or may become a menace to the pubHc, and
that he is not a proper subject for a school for the feeble
minded or for commitment as an insane person, the court
shall make and record a finding to the effect that the de-
fendant is a defective delinquent and may commit him to
such a department for defective delinquents according to his
age and sex, as hereinafter provided. If, on a hearing on
an application for commitment as a drug addict, it appears
that the defendant is addicted to the intemperate use of
stimulants or narcotics, the court may commit him to a
department for the care and treatment of drug addicts.
Section 2. Chapter 123 of the General Laws is hereby
amended by striking out section 115, as most recently
amended by section 1 of chapter 557 of the acts of 1946,
and inserting in place thereof the following section : — Sec-
tion 115. No person shall be committed to a department
for defective delinquents under section one hundred and
thirteen or one hundred and fourteen or be removed thereto
under section one hundred and sixteen unless the report of
the department of mental health required under said sec-
tions contains a certificate by two psychiatrists who exam-
ined him that such person is mentally defective. No person
shall be committed to a department for the care and treat-
ment of drug addicts under section one hundred and thir-
teen or one hundred and fourteen unless there has been filed
with the judge a certificate by two physicians qualified as
provided in section fifty-three that such person is addicted
to the intemperate use of stimulants or narcotics.
All persons confined on October first, nineteen hundred
and forty-seven under commitment as defective delinquents
as provided in this chapter shall be examined forthwith by
two psychiatrists appointed by the commissioner of mental
health and all reports of such examinations shall be trans-
mitted to the commissioner of correction. In any case
where such examination discloses that the person examined
is not mentally defective immediate steps shall be taken by
the commissioner of correction in the probate court to secure
the termination of his defective deHnquent status.
The psychiatrists appointed to make such examinations
under this section shall have access to all records of the
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 684. 749
department of correction pertaining to the persons being
examined and shall be provided by the superintendent of
the institution with such necessary psychometric and psy-
chological examinations as they may require. Any person
under commitment as a defective delinquent who is exam-
ined under the above provisions and found to be insane
and no longer a proper subject to remain in the department
for defective delinquents shall be forthwith committed to a
state hospital as an insane person and transferred to the
designated state hospital upon the issue of the order of com-
mitment by a judge of any court authorized to issue an order
of commitment for insanity. While under commitment as
insane, the defective delinquent commitment shall remain
in force unless otherwise terminated by a proper judicial
order.
The fees of the psychiatrists or physicians issuing such
certificates or issuing certificates under section one hundred
and seventeen A, or conducting examinations of defective
delinquents under this section, shall be in the amount and
paid in the manner provided for like service in sections three
to one hundred and twelve, inclusive.
Section 3. Said chapter 123 is hereby further amended §j^*}J|'"-
by striking out section 118, as most recently amended by §ii8, etc..
section 2 of said chapter 557, and inserting in place thereof a™«°de<i-
the two following sections: — Section 118. Within one year Examination
after the commitment of a person as a defective delinquent, deUnSts.
and at least once in each ensuing three-year period, such
person shall be examined by two psychiatrists appointed
by the commissioner of mental health and a report of such
examination shall be filed with the commissioner of correc-
tion. Any such person under commitment as a defective
delinquent who is found by such examination not to be
mentally defective shall be taken before the probate court
by the commissioner of correction for discharge from de-
fective delinquent status.
Section 118 A. Only those defective delinquents who, in paroieof
the opinion of two psychiatrists appointed by the commis- deUnquents.
sioner of mental health, are fit persons for parole, shall be
presented by the superintendent of the institution to the
parole board for consideration for parole by said board.
The psychiatrists appointed to make examinations under
this section and section one hundred and eighteen shall have
access to all records of the department of correction pertain-
ing to the persons being examined and shall be provided by
the superintendent of the institution with such necessary
psychometric and psychological examinations as they may
require. Approved July 1, 1947.
750
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 685.
Chap. Q85 An Act in addition to the general appropriation act
MAKING appropriations TO SUPPLEMENT CERTAIN ITEMS
CONTAINED THEREIN, AND FOR CERTAIN NEW ACTIVITIES
AND PROJECTS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. To provide for supplementing certain items
in the general appropriation act, and for certain new ac-
tivities and projects, the sums set forth in section two, for
the particular purposes and subject to the conditions stated
therein, are hereby appropriated from the general fund or
ordinary revenue of the commonwealth, unless some other
source of revenue is expressed, subject to the provisions of
law regulating the disbursement of pubhc funds and the ap-
proval thereof, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nine-
teen hundred and forty-eight, in said section two referred to
as the year nineteen hundred and forty-eight, or for such
other period as may be specified.
Section 2.
Service of the Legislative Department.
Item
0101-20
For clerical and other assistance to the senate
committee on rules, including not more
than two permanent positions, to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose . . $2,100 00
0102-01 For traveling and such other expenses of the
committees of the general court as may be
authorized by order of either branch of
the general court, for the year nineteen
hundred and forty-eight and the previous
year, to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose 3,000 00
0102-12 For telephone service, for the year nineteen
hundred and forty-eight and the previous
year, to be in addition to any amount here-
tofore appropriated for the purpose . . 400 00
0102-40 For certain repairs to the office of the speaker
of the house of representatives . . 3,000 00
Service of the Judicial Department.
Supreme Judicial Court, as follows:
0301-05 For law clerks, stenographers and other cleri-
cal assistance for the justices, to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose .... $1,620 00
Justices of District Courts:
0302-1 1 For compensation of justices of district courts
while sitting in the superior court, for the
year nineteen hundred and forty-eight and
the previous year, to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose 4,500 00
0302-12 For expenses of justices of district courts
whUe sitting in the superior court, for the
year nineteen hundred and forty-eight and
the previous year, to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose 550 00
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751
Item
0308-03
Service of the Land Court.
For personal services in the examination of
titles, for publishing and serving citations
and other services, traveling expenses,
supplies and office equipment, and for the
preparation of sectional plans showing
registered land, for the year nineteen hun-
dred and forty-eight and the previous year,
to be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose .
$8,500 00
Service of the Board of Probation.
0311-01 For personal services of the commissioner,
clerks and stenographers, including not
more than forty-three permanent positions,
to be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose .
$3,480 00
Service of the Executive Department.
0401-37 For expenses of the New England Gov-
ernors' Freight Rate Committee, so-caUed,
for the year nineteen hundred and forty-
eight and the previous year
$4,200 00
0402-24
0403-15
Service of the Organized Militia.
For the cost of preparation and distribution
of service buttons to certain members of
the state guard, as authorized by chapter
thirty-six of the resolves of nineteen hun-
dred and forty-six, to be in addition to
any amoimt heretofore appropriated for
the purposes, and to be in addition to the
amount authorized in said chapter .
To cover certain small claims for damages to
private property arising from military
maneuvers, for the year nineteen hundred
and forty-eight and the previous year, to
be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose .
$1,500 00
587 43
Service of the Adjutant General.
0402-01 For the salary of the adjutant general, to be
in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose .
$2,200 00
Service of the State Quartermaster.
0406-05 For reimbursement for rent and maintenance
of armories not of the first class, up to and
including June thirtieth, nineteen hundred
and forty-eight, to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose $5,000 00
0406-09 For personal services necessary for the opera-
tion of the commonwealth depot and
motor repair park, including not more
than sixteen permanent positions, to be
in addition to any amount heretofore ap-
propriated for the purpose . 1,000 00
752
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 685.
Item
0406-23 (This item omitted.)
0406-24 For maintenance expenses of certain national
guard aviation facilities .... $1,250 00
Service of the State Surgeon.
0407-03 For the examination of recruits, for the year
nineteen hundred and forty-eight and the
previous year, to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose $3,500 00
Service of the Commission on Administration and Finance.
0414-03 For personal services of the bureau of the
comptroller, including not more than one
hundred and four permanent positions, to
be in addition to any amoxmt heretofore
appropriated for the purpose . . . $11,685 00
0414-09 For other expenses incidental to the duties
of the commission, to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose 2,924 00
Service of the State Superintendent of Buildings.
0416-01 For personal services of the superintendent
and ofRce assistants, including not more
than five permanent positions, to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose .... $210 00
0416-02 For personal services of engineers, assistant
engineers, firemen and helpers in the engi-
neer's department, including not more than
forty-five permanent positions, to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose ... 11,300 00
0416-03 For personal services of capitol police, in-
cluding not more than thirty-one perma-
nent positions, to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose 8,760 00
0416-12 For services, supplies and equipment neces-
sary for the maintenance and care of the
state house and grounds and of the Ford
building, so-called, including cleaning serv-
ices and supplies and other ordinary main-
tenance; the cost of furnishing heat, light
and power; and repair and renewal proj-
ects including painting and the rearrange-
ment of office space, for the year nineteen
hundred and forty-eight and the previous
year, to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose . 16,950 00
Service of the Art Commission.
0424-22 The unexpended balance of the appropria-
tion made by item 0424-22 of section two
of chapter seven hundred and thirty-six of
the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-five
is hereby reappropriated.
Service of the Massachusetts Fair Employment Practice Commission.
0426-01 For personal services and expenses of the
Massachusetts fair employment practice
commission, as authorized by chapter
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 685.
753
three hundred and sixty-eight of the acts
of nineteen hundred and forty-six, includ-
ing not more than six permanent positions,
to be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose . . $10,690 00
Service of the Outdoor Advertising Authority.
0428-01 For personal services and expenses of the
outdoor advertising authority, as author-
ized by chapter six hundred and twelve of
the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-six,
including not more than ten permanent
Eositions, to be in addition to any amount
eretofore appropriated for the purpose . $660 00
Service of the Massach^lsetts Public Building Commission.
0429-01 For personal services and other expenses of
the Massachusetts public building com-
mission, as authorized by chapter four
hundred and sixty-six of the acts of the
current year, including not more than six
permanent positions, to be in addition to
any amounts otherwise made available for
the purposes $3,640 00
The sum of thirty-six thousand eight hun-
dred and ninety dollars, as appropriated
in item 0606-01 of section two of chapter
two hundred and nineteen of the acts of
the current year, is hereby transferred to
and made available for the purposes of
item 0429-01 of this act.
Any funds available for expenditure of the
emergency public works commission at the
time of its termination, as provided by
chapter four hundred and sixty-six of the
acts of the current year, are hereby made
available to the Massachusetts public
building commission under the same terms
and conditions as though said funds had
originally been made available to said
Massachusetts public building commis-
sion.
0429-03 For the preparation of prehminary plans and
descriptive specifications, as authorized
by section one of chapter ninety-two A of
the General Laws 30,000 00
Service of the Massachusetts Aeronautics Commission.
0442-01 For personal services of employees, including
not more than sixteen permanent posi-
tions, and for administrative expenses, in-
cluding consultants' services, office rent
and other incidental expenses, to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose . . . $1,600 00
Service of the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
0501-02 For the salaries of officers and employees
holding positions established by law, and
other personal services, including not more
than sixty-seven permanent positions, to
be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose . $930 00
754
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 685.
Item
0503-02
For printing laws, etc. :
The unexpended balance of the appropriation
made by item 0503-02 in section two of
chapter three hundred and nine of the
acts of nineteen hundred and forty-six is
hereby reappropriated.
For matters relating to elections:
0504-02 Item 0504-02 of section two of chapter two
hundred and nineteen of the acts of the
current year is hereby amended by in-
serting after the word "elections" in the
third line the words: — , to be in addition
to any amount heretofore appropriated for
the purpose.
0504-03 For furnishing cities and towns with ballot
boxes, and for repairs to the same; for the
purchase of apparatus to be used at polling
places in the canvass and counting of votes;
and for providing certain registration
facilities, to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose .
$5,275 00
Service of the Treasurer and Receiver-General.
0601-02 For salaries of officers and employees holding
positions established by law, and addi-
tional clerical and other assistance, includ-
ing not more than thirty-nine permanent
Eositions, to be in addition to any amount
eretofore appropriated for the purpose . $5,840 00
State Board of Retirement:
0604-02 For services other than personal, printing
the annual report, and for office supplies
and equipment, for the year nineteen hun-
dred and forty-eight and the previous year,
to be in addition to any amount hereto-
fore appropriated for the purpose . 500 00
Service of the Auditor of the CommoniDealth.
0701-02 For personal services of deputies and other
assistants, including not more than thirty-
five permanent positions, to be in addition
to any amount heretofore appropriated for
the purpose ......
$4,880 00
Service of the Attorney General's Department.
0801-02 For the compensation of assistants in his
office, and for such other legal and personal
services as may be required, including not
more than forty-two permanent positions,
to be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose .
$1,100 00
Service of the Department of Agriculture.
0901-04 For services other than personal, printing the
annual report, office supplies and equip-
ment, and printing and furnishing trespass
posters, and for rent, to be in addition to
any amoimt heretofore appropriated for
the purpose ......
$13,600 00
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755
Special:
0901-31 For personal services and other expenses of a
survey of the production of cranberries, to
be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose .
Division of Livestock Disease Control:
0907-03 For services other than personal, including
printing the annual report, traveling ex-
penses of the director, office supplies and
equipment, and rent, to be in addition to
any amount heretofore appropriated for
the purpose ......
0907-04 Item 0907-04 of section two of chapter two
himdred and nineteen of the acts of the
current year is hereby amended by strik-
ing out in line four the word "ten" and
inserting in place thereof the word : —
nine.
1'he sum of four thousand, five hundred dol-
lars, as appropriated in item 0907-04 of
section two of chapter two hundred and
nineteen of the acts of the current year, is
hereby transferred and made available for
the purpose of item 1341-00 of this act.
Division of Markets:
0908-01 For personal services, including not more
than thirteen permanent positions, to be
in addition to any amount heretofore ap-
propriated for the purpose
$640 00
3,200 00
180 00
Service of the Department of Conservation.
1001-04 For clerical and other assistance to the com-
missioner, including not more than fifteen
permanent positions, to be in addition to
any amount heretofore appropriated for
the purpose $1,000 00
Division of Forestry:
1002-14 For the expenses of forest fire patrol, as au-
thorized by section twenty-eight A of
chapter forty-eight of the General Laws,
to be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose . 800 00
Division of INIarine Fisheries:
1004-71 For personal services, including not more
than seven permanent positions, and in-
cluding personal services required in con-
nection with the activities provided for
under item 1004-84 and item 1004-85, to
be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose . 550 00
Service of the Department of Banking and Insurance.
Division of Banks:
1101-02 Item 1101-02 of chapter two hundred and
nineteen of the acts of the current year is
hereby amended in line three after the
word "than" by striking out the words
"one hundred and forty-two", and insert-
ing in place thereof the words: — one
hundred and forty-three.
756
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 685.
Division of Insurance:
1103-02 For other personal services of the division,
including expenses of the board of appeal
and certain other costs of supervising
motor vehicle liability insurance, and in-
cluding not more than two hundred and
nineteen permanent positions, partly
chargeable to item 2970-02, to be in addi-
tion to any amount heretofore appropri-
ated for the purpose ....
1103-03 For other expenses, including printing the
annual report, travel expenses, rent of
offices and the purchase of necessary office
supplies and equipment, to be in addition
to any amount heretofore appropriated for
the purpose ......
$97,710 00
15.000 00
Service of the Department of Corporations and Taxation.
1201-02 For personal services of the corporations and
tax divisions, the division of field investi-
gation and temporary taxes, the adminis-
tration of an excise on meals and the in-
come tax division, as authorized by and
subject to the provisions contained in item
1201-02 of section two of chapter two
himdred and nineteen of the acts of the
current year, the sum of three thousand
and seventy-five dollars is hereby appro-
priated from the General Fund, to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose .... $3,075 00
1201-03 For other services and expenses of the corpo-
rations and tax divisions, including neces-
sary ofiice supplies and equipment, travel,
and for printing the annual report, to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose .... 9,230 00
1201-12 For expenses other than personal services of
the division of field investigation and tem-
porary taxes, to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose 1,170 00
1201-22 For expenses other than personal services for
the administration of an excise on meals
the sum of sixty-five hundred and twenty-
five dollars is hereby appropriated from the
General Fund, to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose; provided, that a sum equivalent
to the expenditures under this item shall
be transferred to the General Fund from
amounts collected under chapter sixty-
four B of the General Laws . 6,525 00
1202-02 For services other than personal of the in-
come tax division, including traveling ex-
penses, office supplies and equipment and
rent, the sum of twenty-three thousand
four hundred and forty dollars is hereby
appropriated from the General Fund; to
be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose; provided,
that a sum equivalent to the expenditures
from this item shall be transferred to the
General I'und from receipts from the in-
come tax 23,440 00
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 685.
757
Division of Accounts:
1203-01 For personal services, including not more
than one hundred and sixteen permanent
positions, partly chargeable to item 1203-
11, to be in addition to any amount here-
tofore appropriated for the purpose .
1203-12 For the expenses of certain books, forms and
other material, which may be sold to cities
and towns requiring the same for main-
taining their system of accounts, to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose ....
Service of the Department of Education.
1301-09 (See item 3513-01.)
Education of deaf and bHnd pupils :
1301-41 For the education of deaf and blind pupils of
the commonwealth, as provided by section
twenty-six of chapter sixty-nine of the
General Laws, to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose ......
Division of Public Libraries:
1303-01 For personal services of regular agents and
other assistants, including not more than
sixteen permanent positions, to be in addi-
tion to any amount heretofore appropri-
ated for the purpose ....
1303-03 For the purchase of books and other publica-
tions, and for the cost of binding and re-
binding; provided, that contracts or
orders for such work shall not be subject
to the restrictions prescribed by section
one of chapter five of the General Laws, to
be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose .
Division of the Blind:
1304-08 For aiding the adult blind, subject to the
conditions provided by law, including the
cost of certain medical assistance and sup-
Elies, to be in addition to any amount
eretofore appropriated for the purpose .
1304^11 Item 1304-11 of section two of chapter two
hundred and nineteen of the acts of the
current year is hereby amended by insert-
ing after the word "positions" in the
fourth line the words: — , and including
the sum of one hundred and forty-two dol-
lars and fifty-nine cents for the adjust-
ment of a certain item of account.
Massachusetts Maritime Academy:
1306-10 For the maintenance of the academy and
ship, including not more than fifty-two
permanent positions, with the approval of
the commissioner of education, to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose ....
For the maintenance of and for certain im-
provements at the following state teach-
ers' colleges, and the boarding halls
attached thereto, with the approval of
the commissioner of education :
$2,100 00
5,000 00
$12,600 00
1.650 00
1.100 00
25.000 00
2,000 GO
758
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 685.
Item
1307-00 State teachers' college at Bridgewater, in-
cluding not more than sixty-two perma-
nent positions, to be in addition to any
amoimt heretofore appropriated for the
purpose $17,535 00
1308-00 State teachers' college at Fitchburg, including
not more than sixty-three permanent posi-
tions, to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose . 11,380 00
1309-00 State teachers' college at Framingham, in-
cluding not more than sixty-four perma-
nent positions, to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose 9,800 00
1309-32 The unexpended balance of the appropria-
tion made by item 1309-32 of section two
of chapter four himdred and four of the
acts of nineteen hundred and forty-five is
hereby reappropriated.
1311-00 State teachers' college at Lowell, including
not more than thirty-seven permanent
positions, to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose . 4,464 00
1312-00 State teachers' college at North Adams, in-
cluding not more than twenty-seven per-
manent positions, to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose 5,000 00
1313-00 State teachers' college at Salem, including
not more than fifty-one permanent posi-
tions, to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose . 7,640 00
1314-00 State teachers' college at Westfield, including
not more than thirty permanent positions,
to be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose . 4,220 00
1315-00 State teachers' college at Worcester, includ-
ing not more than forty-one permanent
Eositions, to be in addition to any amount
eretofore appropriated for the purpose 6,092 00
1321-00 Massachusetts School of Art, including not
more than twenty-nine permanent posi-
tions, to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose 8,042 00
Textile Schools :
1331-00 For the maintenance of the Bradford Durfee
technical institute of Fall River, with the
approval of the commissioner of education
and the trustees, including not more than
twenty-one permanent positions, and in-
cluding the sum of ten thousand dollars
which is to be assessed upon the city of
Fall River as a part of the charges to be
paid by said city to the commonwealth in
the calendar year nineteen hundred and
forty-seven, to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose 12,830 00
1332-00 For the maintenance of the Lowell textile
institute, with the approval of the com-
missioner of education and the trustees,
including not more than sixty-three perma-
nent positions, and including the sum of
ten thousand dollars which is to be as-
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 685.
759
sessed upon the city of Lowell as a part of
the charges to be paid by said city to the
commonwealth in the calendar year nine-
teen hundred and forty-seven, to be in
addition to any amoimt heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose ....
1332-36 For the annual cost of lease of dormitories at
the Lowell textile institute, as authorized
by chapter four hundred and twenty-eight
of the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-
six ...... .
1333-00 For the maintenance of the New Bedford
technical institute, with the approval of
the commissioner of education and the
trustees, including not more than twenty-
five permanent positions, and including the
sum of ten thousand dollars which is to be
assessed upon the city of New Bedford as
a part of the charges to be paid by said city
to the commonwealth in the calendar year
nineteen hundred and forty-seven, to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose ....
University of INIassachusetts :
1341-00 For maintenance and current expenses of the
University of Massachusetts, with the ap-
proval of the trustees, including not more
than five hundred and thirty-two perma-
nent positions, to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose; and from the amount herein ap-
propriated sums not exceeding in the aggre-
gate five hundred dollars are hereby au-
thorized to be e.xpended for experimental
purposes in connection with the cultiva-
tion of beach plums, as authorized by
chapter five hundred and thirty-four of the
acts of nineteen hundred and forty-one. .
1341-77 For personal services for the maintenance of
the boarding hall, including not more than
forty-one permanent positions, to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose ....
1341-83 For the cost of field and laboratory work in
connection with the Dutch elm disease and
other shade tree diseases and insects, to be
in addition to any amount heretofore ap-
propriated for the purpose
$33,195 GO
33,680 40
6,330 00
218,576 00
11,160 00
22.500 00
Service of the Department of Civil Service and Registration.
Division of Civil Service:
1402-02 For other personal services of the division,
including not more than one hundred and
sixty-two permanent positions, to be in
addition to any amoxmt heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose . ... $600 00
Division of P^egistration :
1403-02 For clerical and certain other personal serv-
ices of the division, including not more than
forty permanent positions, to be in addi-
tion to any amount heretofore appropri-
ated for the purpose .... 4,230 00
760
Acts, 1947. — Chap, 685.
Item
1403-03 For services of the division other than per-
sonal, printing the annual reports, office
supplies and equipment, except as other-
wise provided, for the year nineteen hun-
dred and forty-eight and the previous year,
to be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose .
Board of Registration in Pharmacy:
1407-03 For traveling expenses, to be in addition to
any amount heretofore appropriated for
the purpose ......
Board of Registration of Certified Public
Accountants :
1414-02 For expenses of examinations, including the
preparation and marking of papers, and
for other expenses, for the year nineteen
hundred and forty-eight and the previous
year, to be in addition to any amount here-
tofore appropriated for the purpose .
Board of Registration of Barbers:
1420-01 For personal services of members of the
board and assistants, including not more
than eight permanent positions, to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose ....
Service of the Department of Industrial Accidents.
1501-03 For traveling expenses, to be in addition to
any amount heretofore appropriated for
the purpose ......
$4,600 00
400 00
2,600 00
220 00
$1,000 00
1601-31
1601-54
1605-01
1605-02
Service of the Department of Labor and Industries.
For personal services for the division of occu-
pational hygiene, including not more than
ten permanent positions, to be in addition
to any amount heretofore appropriated for
the purpose ......
For other expenses in administering sections
two hundred and ninety-five A to two
hundred and ninety-five O, inclusive, of
chapter ninety-four of the General Laws,
to be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose .
(See item 3516-01.)
(See item 3516-02.)
$600 00
380 00
Service of the Department of Mental Health.
1701-02 For personal services of officers and em-
ployees, including not more than ninety-
two permanent positions, to be in addition
to any amount heretofore appropriated for
the purpose $5,220 00
1701-12 For the cost of boarding out of patients under
the provisions of section sixteen of chapter
one hundred and twenty-three of the Gen-
eral Laws, to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose 25,000 00
Special :
1701-22 For the purchase and installation of certain
tabulating and billing equipment 37,000 00
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761
Item
1702-00
1710-00
1711-00
1712-00
1713-00
1714-00
1715-00
1716-00
1717-00
1718-00
1719-00
1720-00
1721-00
1722-00
1723-00
1724-00
Division of Mental Hygiene:
For expenses, including not more than sixty-
six permanent positions, of investigating
the nature, causes and results of mental
diseases and defects and the publication of
the results thereof, and of what further
preventive or other measures might be
taken and what further expenditures for
investigation might be made which would
give promise of decreasing the number of
persons afflicted with mental diseases or
defects, to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose . $5,970 00
For the maintenance of and for certain
improvements at the following institu-
tions under the control of the Depart-
ment of Mental Health, to be in addition
to amounts heretofore appropriated for
the purposes:
Boston psychopathic hospital, including not
more than one hundred and eighty perma-
nent positions ..... 52,000 00
Boston state hospital, including not more
than seven hundred and sixteen permanent
positions 77,000 00
Danvers state hospital, including not more
than six hundred and thirty-one permanent
positions 107,000 00
Foxborough state hospital, including not
more than three hundred and seventy-two
permanent positions .... 72,500 00
Gardner state hospital, including not more
than three hundred and sixty-three perma-
nent positions ..... 69,000 00
Grafton state hospital, including not more
than five hundred and three permanent
positions 82,500 00
Medfield state hospital, including not more
than five hundred and fourteen permanent
positions 100,000 00
MetropoHtan state hospital, including not
more than four hundred and sixty-eight
permanent positions .... 86,000 00
Northampton state hospital, including not
more than four hundred and eighty-five
permanent positions .... 71,000 00
Taunton state hospital, including not more
than five hundred and seventeen perma-
nent positions 107,000 00
Westborough state hospital, including not
more than four hundred and sixty-eight
permanent positions .... 80,000 00
Worcester state hospital, including not more
than six hundred and forty-six permanent
positions 61,000 00
Monson state hospital, including not more
than four hundred and thirty-five perma-
nent positions ..... 62,000 00
Belchertown state school, including not more
than three hundred and twenty-eight per-
manent positions ..... 9,000 00
Walter E. Femald state school, including not
more than five hundred and twenty-one
permanent positions .... 94,000 00
762
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 685.
Item
1725-00 Wrentham state school, including not more
than four hundred and twenty-seven per-
manent positions ..... $42,000 00
1726-00 State school at Camp Myles Standish, so
called, including not more than two hundred
and three permanent positions . . 41,370 00
Service of the Department of Correction.
For the maintenance of and for certain im-
provements at the following institutions
under the control of the Department of
Correction :
1802-00 State farm, including not more than four
hundred and fifty-three permanent posi-
tions, to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose . $95,000 00
1803-00 State prison, including not more than one
himdred and fifty-four permanent posi-
tions, for the year nineteen hundred and
forty-eight and the previous year, to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose .... 50,000 00
1805-00 Massachusetts reformatory, including not
more than two hundred permanent posi-
tions, to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose . 55,000 00
1806-00 Reformatory for women, including not more
than one himdred and twenty-seven per-
manent positions, to be in addition to any
amoxmt heretofore appropriated for the
purpose 17,000 00
1807-00 State prison colony, including not more than
two hundred and fourteen permanent posi-
tions, to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose . 46,000 00
Service of the Department of Public Welfare.
Item 1901-02 of section two of chapter two
hundred and nineteen of the acts of the
current year is hereby amended in Une two
by striking out the words "thirty-eight"
and inserting in place thereof the words: — ,
thirty-seven.
State Board of Housing:
1902-01 For personal services, including not more
than nine permanent positions, to be in
addition to any amoimt heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose .... $14,580 00
1902-02 For expenses, as authorized by section eight-
een of chapter eighteen of the General
Laws, to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose . 2,500 00
Division of Child Guardianship:
1906-03 For the care and maintenance of children,
including not more than two permanent
positions, to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose . 170,000 00
The sum of ten thousand dollars as appro-
priated in item 0701-21 of chapter two
hundred and nineteen of the acts of the
current year is hereby transferred and
made available for the purpose of item
1906-03 of this act.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 685.
763
The sum of five thousand dollars as appro-
priated in item 1004-82 of chapter two
hundred and nineteen of the acts of the
current year is hereby transferred and
made available for the purpose of item
1906-03 of this act.
The sum of fifteen thousand dollars as appro-
priated in item 1301-09 of chapter two
hundred and nineteen of the acts of the
current year is hereby transferred and
made available for the purpose of item
1906-03 of this act.
1907-11 For the settlement of certain claims of the
city of Boston, involving temporary aid
given to indigent persons with no legal
settlement, with the approval of the at-
torney general .....
For the maintenance of and for certain
improvements at the institutions under
the control of the trustees of the Massa-
chusetts training schools, with the ap-
proval of said trustees, to be in addition
to any amount heretofore appropriated
for the purpose, as follows:
1915-00 Industrial school for boys, including not more
than one hundred and twenty-five perma-
nent positions ....
1916-00 Industrial school for girls, including not more
than ninety-five permanent positions
1917-00 Lyman school for boys, including not more
than one hundred and forty-nine perma-
nent positions .....
Massachusetts Hospital School:
1918-00 For the maintenance of the Massachusetts
hospital school, including not more than
one hundred and seventy-two permanent
positions, to be expended with the ap-
proval of the trustees thereof, to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose ....
Tewksbury State Hospital and Infirmary:
1919-00 For the maintenance of the Tewksbury state
hospital and infirmary, including not more
than seven hundred and one permanent
positions, to be expended with the ap-
proval of the trustees thereof, to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose ....
$125,000 00
37,000 00
19,600 00
10,000 00
15,000 00
5,000 00
Service of the Department of Public Health.
2001-02 For personal services of the health council
and office assistants, including not more
than twenty-eight permanent positions, to
be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose . $9,720 00
Division of Local Health Administration :
2002-01 For personal services of the director and
assistants, and district health officers and
assistants, including not more than thirty-
three permanent positions, to be in addi-
tion to any amount heretofore appropri-
ated for the purpose .... 4,620 00
764
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 685.
Division of Cancer and Other Chronic
2003-01
2004-01
2005-01
2005-02
2006-01
2007-07
200&-11
2009-01
2010-01
2010-02
2015-01
For personal services of the division, includ-
ing not more than sixteen permanent posi-
tions, to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose . $1,200 00
Division of Maternal and Child Health:
For personal services of the division, includ-
ing not more than twenty permanent posi-
tions, to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose . 960 00
Division of Communicable Diseases:
For personal services of the director, epi-
demiologists, bacteriologists, and assistants
in the diagnostic laboratory and the
Wassermann laboratory, including not
more than thirty-eight permanent posi-
tions, to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose . 900 00
For services other than personal, traveling
expenses, laboratory, office and other
necessary supplies, including the purchase
of animals and equipment, and including
the expenses of the Wassermann labora-
tory, and of a study of poliomyelitis, to be
in addition to any amount heretofore ap-
propriated for the purpose . . 5,000 00
Venereal Diseases:
For personal services for the control of
venereal diseases, including not more than
eight permanent positions, to be in addi-
tion to any amount heretofore appropri-
ated for the purpose .... 1,620 00
Division of Biologic Laboratories:
For personal services in the investigation and
production of antitoxin and vaccine lymph
and other specific material for protective
inoculation, diagnosis and treatment, in-
cluding not more than forty-eight perma-
nent positions, to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose 1,080 00
For personal services for a program for the
production and utilization of blood plasma
and other products derived from blood,
including not more than fifty-eight per-
manent positions, to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose; provided, that no charge shall
be made for said products . 7,800 00
Dental Health:
For personal services of the division includ-
ing not more than six permanent positions,
to be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose . . . 360 00
Hospitals :
(This item omitted.)
(This item omitted.)
Division of Sanitary Engineering:
For personal services of the director, engi-
neers, chemists, clerks and other assistants,
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 685.
765
including personal services for administer-
ing the law relative to shellfish, and
including not more than fifty-one per-
manent positions, to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose $1,300 00
Division of Sanatoria and Tuberculosis:
2020-01 For personal services of the division, includ-
ing certain diagnostic clinics for tubercu-
losis, and including not more than thirty
permanent positions, to be in addition to
any amount heretofore appropriated for
the purpose 2,040 00
For the maintenance of and for certain
improvements at the sanatoria, to be in
addition to any amounts heretofore ap-
propriated for the purpose, as follows:
2022-00 Lakeville state sanatorium, including not
more than two hundred and fifty-five per-
manent positions ..... 7,000 00
2023-00 North Reading state sanatorium, including
not more than two himdred and seven
permanent positions ... 8,490 00
2024-00 Rutland state sanatorium, including not more
than two hundred and eighty permanent
positions 36,020 00
2025-00 Westfield state sanatorium, including not
more than three hundred and eighteen
permanent positions .... 16,000 00
Pondville Hospital:
2031-00 For maintenance of the Pondville hospital
including care of radium, and including
not more than two hundred and fifty-seven
permanent positions, to be in addition to
any amount heretofore appropriated for
the purpose 3,000 00
Service of the Department of Public Safety.
Administration :
2101-02 For personal services of clerks and stenogra-
phers, including not more than eighty-two
permanent positions, to be in addition to
any amount heretofore appropriated for
the purpose $630 00
Division of State Police:
2102-01 For the salaries of officers and detective in-
spectors, including not more than three
himdred and fifty permanent positions
partly chargeable to item 2970-04, to be
in addition to any amounts heretofore
appropriated for the purpose . 12,400 00
2102-02 For personal services of civilian employees,
including not more than one hundred and
thirty-five permanent positions, to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose .... 16,590 00
2102-03 For other necessary expenses of the division,
to be in addition to the amount appro-
priated in item 2970-05 and to any
amounts heretofore appropriated for the
purpose 13,360 00
766
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Fire Prevention Service:
2103-02 For personal services of fire and other in-
spectors, including not more than twenty
permanent positions, to be in addition to
any amount heretofore appropriated for
the purpose ...... $2,820 00
Division of Inspection:
2104-11 For the salaries of officers for the building
inspection service, including not more
than thirty-one permanent positions, to be
in addition to any amount heretofore ap-
propriated for the purpose 3,780 00
2104-21 For the salaries of officers for the boiler in-
spection service, including not more than
twenty-six permanent positions, to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose . 3,180 00
Board of Standards:
2106-01 For personal services and e.xpenses of the
board, including not more than seven per-
manent positions, to be in addition to any
amoimt heretofore appropriated for the
purpose 2,410 00
Board of Elevator Regulations:
2107-01 For personal services and expenses of the
board, as authorized by chapter six hun-
dred and forty-three of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and forty-five, including not
more than seven permanent positions, to
be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose . 2,350 00
Board of Fire Prevention Regulations:
2108-01 For personal services and expenses of the
board, as authorized by chapter seven
hundred and ten of the acts of nineteen
hundred and forty-five, including not
more than six permanent positions, to be
in addition to any amount heretofore ap-
propriated for the purpose 1,550 00
Service of the Department of Public Works.
Functions of the department relating to
waterways and public lands:
2202-01 For personal services of the director, chief
engineer and assistants, including not more
than twenty permanent positions, to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose ....
Functions of the department relating to
airports:
30-01 From the amount appropriated in item 2230-
01 of section two of chapter two hundred
and nineteen of the acts of the current
year the sum of two hundred and thirteen
thousand, six hundred and thirty-one dol-
lars is hereby transferred and made avail-
able for the purposes of item 2230-02 of
this act, and the sum of seventy-five thou-
sand dollars is hereby transferred and
made available for the purposes of item
2230-03 of this act.
$12,660 00
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 685.
767
For personal services of operating the Logan
airport including not more than eighty-
five permanent positions, to be in addition
to any amount heretofore made available
for the purpose, and the amount herein
appropriated is hereby made available for
the year nineteen hundred and forty-eight
and the previous year ....
For other expenses of operating the Logan
airport, including rental of equipment, for
the year nineteen hundred and forty-eight
and the previous year, to be in addition to
any amount heretofore made available for
the purpose ......
$41,917 00
88.000 00
Service of the Department of Fublic Utilities.
2301-03 For personal services of the inspection divi-
sion, including not more than twenty-two
permanent positions, to be in addition to
any amoimt heretofore appropriated for
the purpose $480 00
Special Investigations:
2301-10 For personal services and expenses of an in-
vestigation of the New York, New Haven
and Hartford Railroad Company, includ-
ing expenses of the department of the
attorney general in connection with said
investigation, to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose 10,000 00
2301-12 For personal services and expenses of an
audit of the metropolitan transit author-
ity, including the cost of preparation of a
report thereon, as authorized by chapter
five hundred and forty-four of the acts of
the current year ..... 5,000 00
Specials:
2320-01 For the expenses of a proceeding for a judi-
cial determination of certain powers and
duties of the trustees of the Boston Ele-
vated Railway Company, as authorized
by chapter eighty-nine of the resolves of
nineteen hundred and forty-one, to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose .... 5,000 00
2330-01 For expenses of the convention of the Na-
tional Association of Railroad and Utilities
Commissioners, to be held in Boston in
the year nineteen hundred and forty-eight,
to be expended with the approval of the
governor and council .... 6,000 00
Unclassified Accounts and Claims.
For the compensation of veterans who may
be retired by the governor imder the pro-
visions of sections fifty-six to fifty-nine, in-
clusive, of chapter thirty-two of the Gen-
eral Laws, for the year nineteen hundred
and forty-eight and the previous year, to
be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose .
$6,600 00
768
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 685.
The Following Appropriations are Made from the Highway
Fund:
Item
Service of the Department of Public Works.
Functions of the department relating to
highways:
2900-02 For personal services and expenses of admin-
istrative and engineering work performed
in connection with all highway activities;
for personal services and expenses of the
department secretary and department busi-
ness agent; and for the payment of dam-
ages caused by defects in state highways,
with the approval of the attorney general,
to be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose . $400,000 00
2900-12 For projects for improving state highways
and through routes, including bridges, and
including construction and reconstruction,
to be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose, it being the
intent of the general court that state high-
ways shall be made continuous whether or
not the sections to be made state highways
require construction work; and, upon
agreement with city or town officials, for
construction of needed improvements on
other through routes not designated as
state highways and without acceptance by
the commonwealth of responsibility for
maintenance; provided, that no portion
of the sum herein appropriated shall be
used, whether or not in conjunction with
city or town funds, for projects which can
be included in federal aid programs except
where it may be desirable to construct such
a highway to standards not acceptable to
federal aid programs; and provided fur-
ther, that the amount herein appropriated
shall include the cost of construction of an
overpass or underpass under authority of
chapter four hundred and eighty-six of the
acts of nineteen hundred and forty-six,
notwithstanding the hmitation as to the
cost of construction prescribed in said
chapter $1,000,000 00
Public Works Buildmg:
2900-80 For personal services for the maintenance and
operation of the public works building, in-
cluding not more than sixty-three perma-
nent positions, to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose ...... 16,350 00
2900-82 For other expenses for the maintenance and
operation of the public works building,
including the cost of elevator repairs and
maintenance, for the year nineteen hun-
dred and forty-eight and the previous year,
to be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose . . . 15,621 00
Administration:
2921-02 For personal services of clerks and assistants
to the commissioner, including not more
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769
than thirteen permanent positions, to be
in addition to any amount heretofore ap-
propriated for the purpose $2,730 00
2921-04 For telephone service in the pubHc works
building, including not more than six per-
manent positions, for the year nineteen
hundred and forty-eight and the previous
year, to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose . 530 00
Service of the Department of Public Safety.
Division of State Police:
2970-04 For the salaries of officers and detective in-
spectors, to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose,
and to be in addition to the amount appro-
priated in item 2102-01 ....
2970-05 For other necessary expenses of the division,
to be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose, and to be in
addition to the amount appropriated in
item 2102-03
$37,310 00
19,040 00
The Following Appropriations are Payable from the Veterans'
Services Fund:
Service of the Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts.
3504-30 For the maintenance of the Soldiers' Home
in Massachusetts, with the approval of the
trustees thereof, including not more than
two hundred and seventy-one permanent
positions, to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose,
and to be in addition to certain receipts
from the United States government
$67,420 00
Service of the Treasurer and Receiver-General.
3506-21 For personal services and other expenses of
the treasurer and receiver-general in con-
nection with the payment of the veterans'
bonus, so called, including expenses of the
Erevious year, to be in addition to amounts
eretofore appropriated for the purpose, as
authorized by chapter seven hundred and
thirty-one of the acts of nineteen himdred
and forty-five, as amended
3506-31 For personal services and expenses of the
veterans' bonus appeal board, so called, as
authorized by section five of chapter five
hundred and eighty-one of the acts of
nineteen hundred and forty-six
$18,400 00
11.000 00
Service of the Department of Education.
3513-01 For assistance to children of certain war
veterans, for the year nineteen hundred
and forty-eight and for previous years, as
authorized by section seven B of chapter
sixty-nine of the General Laws and corre-
sponding provisions of earUer law
$23,500 00
770
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 685.
Item
3513-23
For maintenance, including the furnishing of
necessary equipment, and including cer-
tain tuition payments to the townri of Aver,
and for personal services in the operation
of the college for veterans established at
Fort Devens under authority of chapter
five hundred and ninety-six of the acts of
nineteen hundred and forty-six, with the
approval of the board of trustees referred
to in said act, to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose; provided, that any revenue re-
sulting from the activities herein author-
ized shall be credited to the Veterans'
Services Fund .....
$18,000 00
Service of the Department of Labor and Industries.
Division of Apprentice Training:
3516-01 For personal services of clerical and other
assistants of the division of apprentice
training, employed in connection with the
carrying out of a certain program in co-
operation with the federal government;
provided, that the funds herein appro-
priated shall be available only during the
continuance of said program with said
co-operation ......
3516-02 For travel and other necessary expenses in
connection with the carrying out of said
program as aforesaid ....
$68,000 00
14,400 00
Miscellaneous.
For the salaries of assistant registers of
probate of the several counties, to be in
addition to any amount heretofore ap-
propriated for the purpose:
Middlesex:
0306-69 Five assistant registers .... $6,620 00
Suffolk:
0306-73 Five assistant registers . . . . 7,186 00
Special:
2801-22 For the cost of making and exhibiting a relief
map of the Battle of Bunker Hill, as au-
thorized by chapter three hundred and
ninety-eight of the acts of the current year 2,500 00
0604-21 For a certain payment, as authorized by
chapter four hundred and fourteen of the
acts of the current year . 614 67
0444-04 For expenses of special boards established to
divide certain counties into representative
districts and to assign representatives
thereto, as authorized by chapter one hun-
dred and eighty-two of the acts of the cur-
rent year 6,000 00
0802-02 Item 0802-02 of section two of chapter two
hundred and nineteen of the acts of the
current year is hereby amended by insert-
ing, after the words 'three A" in the sec-
ond line, the words: — and three B.
0420-01 For expenses of the commissioners on uni-
form state laws, to be in addition to any
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 685.
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amount heretofore appropriated for the pur-
pose .......
1004-87 For the cost of construction and improve-
ment of certain fishways, as provided by
law, to be in addition to any amount here-
tofore appropriated for the purpose
8602-47 For the cost of establishing a playground on
or near the Alewife Brook Parkway, so-
called, as authorized by chapter four hun-
dred and ninety-one of the acts of the cur-
rent year, to be assessed as part of the cost
of maintenance of parks reservations
0445-01 For personal services and other expenses of
the commission on alcoholism, as author-
ized by chapter five hundred and thirteen
of the acts of the current year
0419-21 For expenses of the New England Interstate
Water Pollution Control Commission, as
authorized by chapter four hundred and
twenty-one of the acts of the current year
8602-46 For the establishment of a winter sports cen-
ter at Fellsmere Pond, so-called, as author-
ized by chapter four hundred and fifty-one
of the acts of the current year, to be as-
sessed as part of the cost of maintenance
of parks reservations ....
8607-26 For expenses of construction, equipment and
maintenance of a park at Magazine Beach,
so-called, as authorized by chapter four
hundred and fifty-six of the acts of the cur-
rent year, to be included as part of the cost
of maintenance of the Charles River basin;
provided, that the sum of ten thousand
dollars is herebj' transferred from the
Charles River basin improvement fund to
the Charles River basin maintenance fund
1002-12 Item 1002-12 of section two of chapter two
hundred and nineteen of the acts of the
current year is hereby amended by insert-
ing after the word "positions", in line
eight, the words: — and including the pur-
chase of two fire trucks, as authorized by
chapter four hundred and seventy of the
acts of the current year, at a cost not to ex-
ceed twelve thousand dollars.
For an investigation relative to the erection
of a certain memorial, as authorized by
chapter forty-one of the resolves of the cur-
rent year, to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose
For expenses of participation by the com-
monwealth in the one hundredth anniver-
sary of the Boston Poultry Show, as author-
ized by chapter forty-two of the resolves
of the ciurent year ....
For an investigation relative to shellfish, as
authorized by chapter forty-three of the
resolves of the current year, to be in addi-
tion to any amount heretofore appropri-
ated for the purpose ....
For an investigation relative to the transfer
of certain plates issued to carriers, as
authorized by chapter forty-seven of the
resolves of the current year
0283
0203
0268
0204
$200 00
3,500 00
1,000 00
5,000 00
6,500 00
2,000 00
10,000 00
4,000 00
1,000 00
2,000 00
500 00
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Item
3604-54
0201
0202
2001-23
0285
3304-04
0280
0207
0208
0209
0210
0211
0102-42
0101-19
For the expenses of the national convention
of the Yankee Division Veterans' Associa-
tion, as authorized by chapter forty-four
of the resolves of the current year; pro-
vided, that the funds herein appropriated
shall be available for the pajinent of ex-
penses incurred during the fiscal year
ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred
and forty-seven $3,000 00
For an investigation relative to the preva-
lence of sex crimes, as authorized by chap-
ter fourteen of the resolves of the current
year 5,000 00
For an investigation of the provisions of
the employment security law, so-called, as
authorized by chapter sixteen of the re-
solves of the current year . . 3,000 00
For a study of the greenhead fly nuisance, as
authorized by chapter twenty-two of the
resolves of the current year, to be in addi-
tion to any amount heretofore appropri-
ated for the purpose .... 2,500 00
For a study of shore protection, as authorized
by chapter thirty-six of the resolves of the
current year, to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose 5,000 00
For an examination, by the department of
conservation under the direction of the
attorney general, of land titles of the Grey-
lock state reservation, as authorized by
chapter thirty-nine of the resolves of the
current year ...... 200 00
The unexpended balance of the appropria-
tion made by item 0280 of section two of
chapter six hundred and seventeen of the
acts of nineteen hundred and forty-six is
hereby reappropriated.
For an investigation of the development of
inland waterways, as authorized by chap-
ter fifty-five of the resolves of the current
year 1,000 00
For an investigation of public expenditures,
as authorized by chapter fiftj^-six of the
resolves of the current year . . 25,000 00
For a study of the laws of public welfare, as
authorized by chapter fifty-seven of the
resolves of the current year . 10,000 00
For a study of providing for assistance to the
towns of Granville, Tolland and Sandis-
field, as authorized by chapter fifty-eight of
the resolves of the current year . 1 ,000 00
For an investigation of means of water trans-
portation between New Bedford, Woods
Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket,
as authorized by chapter sixty of the re-
solves of the current year . 2,500 00
For expenses of the committee on labor and
industries, as authorized by an order of
the general court ..... 5,000 00
For personal services of the counsel to the
house of representatives and assistants,
including not more than six permanent
positions, to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose . 1 ,000 00
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773
The unexpended balance of the amounts ap-
propriated by item 0101-25 of section two
of chapter three hundred and nine and of
chapter six hundred and seventeen of the
acts of 1946 is hereby reappropriated.
For the sanding of MaUbu Beach on the
ocean side of Old Colony Boulevard in
Dorchester, to be assessed as part of the
cost of maintenance of parks reservations .
The unexpended balance of the appropria-
tion made by item 2841-03 of section two
of chapter six hundred and seventeen of
the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-six
is hereby reappropriated.
For expenses of the committee on pensions
and old age insurance, as authorized by an
order of the general court
For expenses of the committee on counties, as
authorized by an order of the general court
For the purchase of certain land and for the
construction of a protective fence on the
Neponset river by the metropohtan dis-
trict commission, as authorized by chapter
five hundred and twenty-nine of the acts
of the current year, to be assessed as part
of the cost of maintenance of parks reserva-
tions, to be in addition to any amoimt
heretofore appropriated for the purpose
For the compensation for travel of door-
keepers, assistant doorkeepers, general
court officers, pages and other employees
of the sergeant-at-arms, authorized by law
to receive the same, to be in addition to
any amoimt heretofore appropriated for
the purpose ......
For personal services of agents, clerks, ste-
nographers, and other assistants, including
not more than thirty-one permanent posi-
tions, to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose .
For personal services, including not more
than nine permanent positions, to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose ....
For salaries of persons employed in the de-
partment of correction in certain super-
visory and administrative work in prison
industries, including not more than seven
permanent positions; provided, that of the
amount herein appropriated the propor-
tions properly chargeable to the prison
industries fund at the Massachusetts re-
formatory, the reformatory for women, the
state prison, and the state prison colony
shall be determined by the comptroller;
to be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose .
For maintenance of the Charles River basin,
including retirement of veterans under the
provisions of the General Laws, to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose ....
For the maintenance and operation of a sys-
tem of sewage disposal for the north metro-
politan sewerage district, including retire-
.$5,000 00
2,500 00
1.000 00
1.000 00
16,000 00
11,160 00
26,490 00
360 00
2.220 00
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ment of veterans under the provisions of
the General Laws, to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose $11,230 00
8807-<X) For the maintenance and operation of a sys-
tem of sewage disposal for the south metro-
politan sewerage district, including re-
tirement of veterans under the provisions
of the General Laws, to be in addition to
any amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose ...... 11,320 00
8902-00 For the maintenance and operation of the
metropoHtan water system, including re-
tirement of veterans under the provisions
of the General Laws, to be in addition to
any amount heretofore appropriated for
the purpose 37,480 00
2931-03 For maintenance of boulevards and park-
ways, including installation of traffic lights,
to be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose . 21,012 00
0409-27 For certain structural alterations at the Con-
cord armory; provided, that the sum of
five thousand dollars is paid into the state
treasury by the town of Concord prior to
performance of the work, as authorized by
chapter five hundred and seventy-three of
the acts of the current year 5,000 00
0205 For an investigation relative to certain civil
service matters, as authorized by chapter
fifty-two of the resolves of the current year 1,000 00
0206 For an investigation by a special commission
to be known as "Market Authority", as
authorized by chapter fifty-three of the
resolves of the current year 2,500 00
0212 For an investigation of certain problems of
education as authorized by chapter sixty-
seven of the resolves of the current year . 5,000 00
0213 For a study of problems relating to veterans
as authorized by chapter sixty-eight of
the resolves of the current year 3,000 00
0214 For a study of the relief of traffic and other
conditions in the city of Boston, as au-
thorized by chapter sixty-nine of the re-
solves of the current year . 2,500 00
0303-02 For compensation of the secretary of the
judicial council, as authorized by section
thirty-four C of chapter two hundred and
twenty-one of the General Laws, to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose .... 1,500 00
0101-14 For compensation of pages of the senate and
house of representatives with the approval
of the sergeant-at-arms, including not
more than fifteen permanent positions, to
be in addition to any amoimt heretofore
appropriated for the purpose . 2,350 00
0406-25 To purchase additional land for the state
rifle range, as authorized by chapter six
hundred and four of the acts of the current
year 30,000 00
0287 For an investigation relative to a new edition
of the General Laws, as authorized by
chapter seventy of the resolves of the
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 685.
775
current year, to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose $1,600 00
0246 For an investigation of the prevention of
child delinquency, as authorized by chap-
ter seventy-one of the resolves of the
current year 3,000 00
0247 For an investigation relative to certain pubhc
health matters, as authorized by chapter
seventy-three of the resolves of the cur-
rent year 2,500 00
0102-33 For a further study by the committee on
insurance, as authorized by a joint order
of the general court, to be in addition to
any amount heretofore appropriated for
the purpose 7,000 00
0244 For expenses of the committee on taxation
of the general court in attending the an-
nual conference of the national tax asso-
ciation during the year nineteen hundred
and forty-eight, as authorized by a joint
order of the general court . 6,000 00
0102-25 For expenses of the joint committee on ways
and means, as authorized by a joint order
of the general court, to be in addition to
any amount heretofore appropriated for
the purpose 7,600 00
0248 For an investigation relative to the develop-
ment of aviation, as authorized by chapter
seventy-four of the resolves of the current
year 3,000 00
1201-02 For payments to certain persons, as author-
ized by chapter seventy-seven of the re-
solves of the current year 9,061 81
Item 0405-01 of section two of chapter two
hundred and nineteen of the acts of the
current year is hereby amended in the
fourth line by striking out the word
"eight" and inserting in place thereof the
word : — seven ; and by striking out the
figures "21,820 00" and inserting in place
thereof the figures $19,840 GO.
Item 0405-02 of section two of chapter two
hundred and nineteen of the acts of the
current year is hereby amended in the
fourth and fifth lines by striking out the
words "eighty-two" and inserting in place
thereof the words: — eighty-three, and
by striking out the figures "193,000 00"
and inserting in place thereof the figures
194,980 00.
Item 2820-32 of section two of chapter two
hundred and nineteen of the acts of the
current year is hereby amended by strik-
ing out the first sentence and inserting in
place thereof the following sentence: —
For the purchase by the state purchasing
agent of motor vehicles for which funds
are not otherwise available.
2022-26 ¥oT the installation of a fire alarm system
at the Lakeville state sanatorium, to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose .... 1,76000
1806-26 For the repair and replacement of skylights
at the Massachusetts reformatory 13,230 00
776
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The sum of fifteen thousand dollars of the
amount appropriated in item 3504-01 of
section two of chapter six hundred and
seventeen of the acts of nineteen hundred
and forty-six is hereby transferred and
made available for the purpose of item
3504^2 of said act.
2015-21 For the continuation of the investigation and
preparation of a report relative to the dis-
posal of sewage in the Merrimack river
valley, as authorized in chapter sixty-
three of the resolves of the current year . $1,000 00
2001-01 For the salary of the commissioner of pubHc
health, to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose 1,600 00
0221 For an investigation of the fish industry, as
authorized by an order of the general court 3,000 00
0223 For an investigation of workmen's compen-
sation laws, as authorized by chapter
seventy-eight of the resolves of the current
year 5,000 00
0286 For expenses of a convention of the National
Association of Beach Erosion Boards to be
held in the year nineteen hundred and
forty-eight, to be expended with the ap-
proval of the special commission on shore
protection established by chapter thirty-
six of the resolves of the current year 3,000 00
3625 For reimbursement to cities and towns for
old age assistance for the year nineteen
hundred and forty-eight and for previous
years, to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose 1,500,000 00
0102-18 For travel of the committee on public wel-
fare, in accordance with a joint order of the
general court 2.500 00
0101-02 For expenses of senators, including travel,
for the year nineteen hundred and forty-
eight and the previous year, to be in addi-
tion to any amount heretofore appropri-
ated for the purpose .... 35 00
0101-04 For expenses of representatives, including
travel, for the year nineteen hundred and
forty-eight and the previous year, to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose .... 1,325 00
0228 For an investigation of community property
rights, as provided in chapter seventy-six
of the resolves of the current year 5,000 00
0102-11 For contingent expenses of the senate and
house of representatives, and necessary
expenses in and about the state house,
and including the expense of improvement
of the loud-speaking system, with the ap-
proval of the sergeant-at-arms, to be in
addition to any amoimt heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose .... 1,400 00
The sum of sixty-seven thousand four him-
dred and eighty dollars is hereby appro-
priated from the general fund to be allo-
cated in the following amounts for the
purposes set forth in the following items,
and to be in addition to the amounts
previously appropriated in said items:
Item 0306-41 $800 00
Item 0306-42 . . . 900 00
Acts, 1947.—
Chap. 685.
Item 0306-43 . . $1,300 00
Item 0306-45
1,200 00
Item 0306-46
800 00
Item 0306-47
700 00
Item 0306-48
800 00
Item 0306-49
1,400 00
Item 0306-51
1,200 00
Item 0306-52
900 00
Item 0306-53
1,400 00
Item 0306-54
1,200 00
Item 0306-61
260 00
Item 0306-62
580 00
Item 0306-63
1,880 00
Item 0306-65
2,820 00
Item 0306-66
260 00
Item 0306-67
2,280 00
Item 0306-68
260 00
Item 0306-71
2,880 00
Item 0306-72
720 00
Item 0306-74
3,120 00
Item 0310-01
17,200 00
Item 0310-02
6,400 00
Item 0310-03
3,480 00
Item 0310-04
3,840 00
Item 0310-05
3,020 00
Item 0310-06
3,000 00
Item 0310-07
2,080 00
Item 0310-08
800 00
$67,480 00
777
2202-11 For the improvement, development, main-
tenance and protection of rivers and har-
bors, tidewaters and foreshores within the
commonwealth, as authorized by section
eleven of chapter ninety-one of the General
Laws, and of great ponds, and any unex-
pended balance of the appropriation for
these purposes remaining at the end of
the current fiscal year may be expended in
the succeeding fiscal year: provided, that
all expenditures shall be upon condition
that at least fifty per cent of the cost is
covered by contributions from munici-
palities or other organizations and indi-
viduals, except that in the case of dredging
channels for harbor improvements at least
twenty-five per cent of the cost shall be so
covered; and, provided further, that the
entire cost of preliminary plans and surveys
of work to be undertaken hereunder may
be borne by the commonwealth, to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose ....
3150-44 For the improvement, development, main-
tenance and protection of rivers and har-
bors, tidewaters and foreshores outside of
the main Boston Harbor and within the
limits of the area described in section two
of chapter ninety-one A, the Port of Bos-
ton Authority may exercise the same
powers and be subject to the same limita-
ti(jns as the Department of Public Works
exercises on projects outside of Boston
Harbor and undertaken as provided in sec-
tion eleven of said chapter ninety-one; pro-
vided, that all expenditures under this
item shall be upon condition that at least
50,000 00
778
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Item
fifty per cent of the cost is covered by con-
tributions from municipalities or other or-
ganizations and individuals, except that in
case of dredging channels for harbor im-
provements at least twenty-five per cent
of the cost shall be so covered; and, pro-
vided further, that the entire cost of pre-
liminary plans and surveys of work to be
imdertaken hereunder may be borne by
the commonwealth ....
1341-98 For the purchase of additional equipment
and furnishings for certain new buildings
at the University of Massachusetts .
1801-15 For the preparation of plans for the construc-
tion of a new state prison on land now
owned by the commonwealth in the town
of Bridgewater, to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose, and it is hereby provided that
amounts expended under item 8418-01 of
chapter six hundred and six of the acts of
nineteen hundred and forty-six shall be
charged to this item ....
3504-35 For the cost of construction of a three hun-
dred bed hospital building at the Soldiers'
Home in Massachusetts, to be located upon
land donated to the commonwealth by the
city of Chelsea, including the cost of the
preparation of plans and of furnishings and
equipment, to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose .
1918-24 For the cost of certain alterations and for
the purchase of equipment and furnish-
ings for the administration building, so
called, at the Massachusetts hospital
school ......
1301-20 For expenses of the Board of Education, as
required by chapter six hundred and fifty-
two of the acts of the current year .
Items 1004-84 and 1004-85 of section two of
chapter two hundred and nineteen of the
acts of the current year are hereby amended
in the first line, in each case, by striking out
the word "payment" and substituting
therefor the word : — reimbursement.
0102-22 For expenses of the committee on conserva-
tion in connection with its investigation
relative to the acquisition by the United
States of property in this commonwealth
for the establishment of migratory bird
reservations, as authorized by an order of
the general court in the year nineteen hun-
dred and forty-five ...
The unexpended balances remaining in appro-
priation items 0401-36, 0430-25, 1341-85,
1341-86, 1713-27, 1716-29, 1725-26, 1801-
16, 1916-21, 1919-26, 2001-22 and 2024-24
of section two of chapter seven hun-
dred and thirty-two of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and forty-five are hereby
reappropriated.
The imexpended balances remaining in appro-
priation items 1315-33, 1717-29 and
1802-23 of section two of chapter four
hundred and four of the acts of nineteen
$50,000 00
108,000 00
7,000 00
267,000 00
32.000 00
i.OOO 00
651 99
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779
hundred and forty-five are hereby reappro-
priated.
The iinexpended balances remaining in appro-
priation items 0409-26, 1308-35, 1805-25
and 1806-21 of section two of chapter seven
hundred and thirty-six of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and forty-five are hereby
reappropriated.
2820-03 For certain claims and other payments, as
authorized by chapters twenty-four,
twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven,
twenty-eight, thirty-one, thirty-two,
thirty-three, thirty-four, forty, fifty-one
and sixty-five of the resolves of the current
year .......
2501-01 Notwithstanding any provision of law regu-
lating the determination of the total
amounts of receipts from income taxes to
be paid to cities and towns without appro-
priation, the sum of twenty-eight million
dollars is hereby appropriated from the
General Fund for payment of the amounts
due to them from such receipts, and the
total amounts to be paid by the state treas-
urer on or before November twentieth,
nineteen hxindred and forty-seven, from
the sum herein appropriated, shall be not
less than nine million, nine hundred thou-
sand dollars; provided, that a sum equiva-
lent to the expenditures under this item
shall be transferred from said receipts to the
General Fund .....
3626 Notwithstanding the provisions of section
ten of chapter sixty-four B of the General
Laws regulating payments from receipts
under said chapter to cities and towns,
heretofore made without appropriation, a
sum not exceeding one million, five hun-
dred thousand dollars is hereby appropri-
ated from the old age assistance fund for
such payments, and the total amounts to
be paid by the state treasurer, on or before
November twentieth, nineteen hundred
and forty-seven, from the sum herein
appropriated, shall be not less than eight
hundred thousand dollars
1908-01 Item 1908-01 of section two of chapter two
hundred and nineteen of the acts of the
current year is hereby amended by insert-
ing after the word "positions" in the
fourth line the words: — ; provided, that
the position of business agent, so called,
shall not be subject to the civil service laws
or the rules and regulations made there-
under.
2501-02 Notwithstanding any provision of law regu-
lating the determination of the total
amounts of receipts from taxes paid by
domestic business and domestic manufac-
turing corporations and foreign manufac-
turing and other foreign corporations to
be paid to cities and towns, heretofore paid
without appropriation, the sum of twenty-
one million dollars is hereby appropriated
from the General Fund for payments of the
$13,262 72
28,000.000 00
1,500,000 00
780
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amounts due to them from such receipts,
and the total amounts to be paid by the
state treasurer, on or before November
thirtieth, nineteen hundred and forty-
seven, from the sum herein appropriated,
shall be not less than eight million, nine
hundred and ten thousand dollars: pro-
vided, that a sum equivalent to the ex-
penditures under this item shall be trans-
ferred from said receipts to the General
Fund $21,000,000 00
0102-50 For the services of a physician during the
legislative session, subject to the approval
of the sergeant-at-arms; provided, that
section twenty-one of chapter thirty of the
General Laws shall not apply to the pay-
ments made under this item . . 1,000 00
1501-02 For personal services of secretaries, inspec-
tors, clerks and office assistants, including
not more than one hundred and nineteen
permanent positions, to be in addition to
any amount heretofore appropriated for
the purpose 2,760 00
0102-31 For expenses of a joint special committee on
redistricting, to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose, as authorized by a joint order of
the general court 2,500 00
0441-03 For expenses of the Grand Army of the Re-
Eublic, Department of Massachusetts, to
e in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose . 140 00
2301-05 For personal services of the telephone and
telegraph division, including not more than
seven permanent positions, to be in addi-
tion to any amount heretofore made avail-
able for the purpose .... 300 00
2999
3191
3625
8902-35
Deficiencies.
For deficiencies in certain appropriations of
previous years, in certain funds, as follows
General Fund .....
Highway Fund ....
Port of Boston Fund
Old Age Assistance Fimd .
MetropoUtan Water Maintenance Fund
$20,872 93
3,787 55
11,020 83
140 66
5,340 67
Section 3. The provisions of section four of chapter two
hundred and sixty-one of the acts of the current year are
hereby extended and continued in effect for the fiscal year
nineteen hundred and forty-eight.
Section 4. No moneys appropriated under this act shall
be expended for reimbursement for the expenses of meals
for persons while travehng within the commonwealth at the
expense thereof, unless such reimbursement is in accordance
with rules and rates which are hereby authorized to be es-
tabhshed from time to time by the commission on adminis-
tration and finance.
Acts, 1947. — Chap. 685. 781
Section 5. The allowance to state employees for expenses
incurred by them in the operation of motor vehicles owned
by them and used in the performance of their official duties
shall not exceed five and one half cents a mOe.
Section 6. Amounts included for permanent positions in
sums appropriated in section two for personal services are
based upon schedules of permanent positions and salary rates
as approved by the joint committee on ways and means, and,
except as otherwise shown by the files of said committee, a
copy of which shaU be deposited with the division of personnel
and standardization, no part of sums so appropriated in sec-
tion two shall be available for pajanent of salaries of any
additional permanent positions, or for payments on account
of reallocations of permanent positions, or for payments on
account of any change of salary range or compensation of
any permanent position, notwithstanding any special or gen-
eral act to the contrary.
Section 7. In addition to the payment of regular salaries,
sums appropriated for personal services in the fiscal year
nineteen hundred and forty-eight shall be available for the
payment of such other forms of compensation as may be
due under existing statutes, or under the provisions of rules
and regulations made in accordance with said statutes.
Section 8. All money paid into the treasury of the com-
monwealth from federal subventions and grants may be ex-
pended without specific appropriation, if such expenditures
are otherwise in accordance with law; provided, that appli-
cations for such subventions and grants, and for transfers
within said subventions and grants, shall be subject to the
approval of the commission on admmistration and finance.
Section 9, Notwithstanding the provisions of section
thirteen of chapter twenty-nine of the General Laws or any
other provisions of the General Laws, unexpended balances
of maintenance appropriations for the fiscal year nineteen
hundred and forty-six may be applied during the fiscal year
nineteen hundred and forty-eight to the payment of charges
properly attributed to the fiscal year nineteen hundred and
forty-six as determined by the comptroller.
Section 10. To meet the cost of increases in salaries of
officers and employees of the commonwealth whose salaries
are estabfished by statute and were not increased by the
provisions of sections one to forty-eight, inclusive, of chap-
ter five hundred and ninety-one of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and forty-six or by any other act enacted during the
year nineteen hundred and forty-six or the current year, and
of employees of the department of public welfare employed
in the commodity distribution section, all of which salaries
are hereby increased as provided by section forty-nine of
said chapter five hundred and ninety-one for the period
beginning July first, nineteen hundred and forty-seven and
ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and forty-eight, the
sum of twenty-six thousand, one hundred and eighty-five
dollars is hereby appropriated for the fiscal year nineteen
782 Acts, 1947. — Chap. 685.
hundred and forty-eight to be paid in the following amounts
from the following funds :
General Fund $22,825 00
Highway Fund 840 00
Old Age Assistance Fund .... 2,520 00
The sum herein appropriated is to provide the amounts re-
quired to be added to each of the appropriation items for
personal services for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and
forty-eight in order to meet the cost of said salary increases.
The comptroller is hereby directed to transfer said amounts
from the sum herein appropriated to the appropriation items
aforesaid which cover the personal services of persons whose
salaries are so mcreased, the same to be in each instance in
addition to the amounts already appropriated in said items.
Section 11. The budget commissioner is hereby directed
to send a copy of sections four to nine, inclusive, of this act
to each departmental, divisional and institutional head im-
mediately following the passage of this act.
Section 12. This act shall take effect as of July first,
nineteen hundred and forty-seven. Approved July 1, 1947.
RESOLVES.
Resolve providing for an inquiry into matters of state Qfidp^
AND MUNICIPAL FINANCE BY AN UNPAID TEMPORARY ^'
SPECIAL COMMISSION.
Resolved, That a temporary special commission, consisting
of five persons appointed by the governor, to be known as
the Governor's Advisory Commission on State and Municipal
Finances, is hereby estabUshed for the purpose of securing
information relative to matters of state and municipal
finance for use as a basis of recommendations by the gover-
nor for legislation, as outlined in the governor's address,
printed as current senate document numbered one. The
governor shall designate one of such members as the chair-
man of the commission and may fill vacancies in the mem-
bership occurring from any cause. The members of the com-
mission shall receive no compensation for their services, but
shall be reimbursed for expenses actually and necessarily
incurred by them in the performance of their duties hereunder.
The commission is hereby authorized and directed:
(a) To review the financial and other relationships be-
tween the commonwealth and its municipalities, including
the distribution of grants in aid and shared taxes, and the
conditions and limitations of such distributions, and to make
recommendations for the improvement of such relationships
and the establishment of a more equitable and coordinated
policy for the furnishing of financial assistance by the com-
monwealth to its municipalities.
(6) To review the present tax structures of the common-
wealth and its municipahties, and to make recommendations
regarding possible new or additional sources of revenue re-
quired to balance state and municipal budgets without re-
course to additional taxation of real property.
(c) To examine the real property tax in municipalities of
the commonwealth, its elTect on the home owner and rent
payer and to make recommendations to insure that the bene-
fits of revenues raised from other sources shall be reflected
in the relief of the burden imposed upon real property.
The study of any subject or matter adjudged by the com-
mission to be relevant or germane to its review or examina-
tions or helpful to it in the consummation of its work shall
be deemed within the scope of the commission's inquiry
hereunder.
The commission shall be furnished with quarters in the
state house and may hold either public or private hearings
at any place within the commonwealth. The commission
and any member thereof shall have the power to summons
witnesses to testify relating to any matter within the scope
784 Resolves, 1947. — Chap. 2.
of its inquiry hereunder and summons the production of all
books, papers, records and documents deemed material or
pertinent relating thereto, to administer oaths to witnesses
and to take testimony. The commission may employ, and
at its pleasure remove, counsel, a secretary and such other
officers and clerical, stenographic or technical assistance as
it may require, and fix their compensation within the amount
appropriated for the purposes of this resolve. Said com-
mission may expend for the purposes hereof a sum not
exceeding twenty thousand dollars, which sum is hereby ap-
propriated from the general fund or revenue of the common-
wealth. It may request and shall receive from any depart-
ment, division, board, district, bureau, commission or agency
of the commonwealth or of any political subdivision thereof,
such assistance and data as will enable it properly to con-
summate its review and examinations hereunder.
The commission shaU from time to time and not later than
March fifteenth of the current year make a report or reports
to the governor of the results of its review and examinations
and its recommendations hereunder.
Approved January 9, 194-7.
Chap. 2 Resolve reviving and continuing the special com-
mission ESTABLISHED TO MAKE AN INVESTIGATION AND
STUDY RELATIVE TO REVISING THE CHARTER OF THE CITY
OF BOSTON AND SPECIAL LAWS GOVERNING SAID CITY AND
THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK.
Resolved, That the unpaid special commission established
by chapter ninety of the resolves of nineteen hundred and
forty-six is hereby revived and continued for the purpose of
continuing its investigation relative to reviewing the opera-
tion of the charter of the city of Boston and of special laws
governing said city and the county of Suffolk, with a view to
determining the advisability or necessity of revising said
charter and special laws. The fact that any person who was
appointed a member of such commission by the president of
the senate or the speaker of the house of representatives has
prior to the date of passage of this resolve ceased to be a
member of the general court shall not be held to terminate
his membership on the commission nor to create a vacancy
therein. Said commission shall be provided with quarters
in the state house or elsewhere, may require by summons
the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the produc-
tion of books and papers. Said commission may report from
time to time and shall make a supplementary report to the
general court of the results of its investigation and its recom-
mendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation neces-
sary to carry its recommendations into effect, by fifing the
same with the clerk of the senate as soon as may be, but in
no event later than the fifteenth day of March in the year
nineteen hundred and forty-seven.
Approved January 15, 1947.
Resolves, 1947. — Chaps. 3, 4, 5. 785
Resolve providing for a further investigation and Chap. 3
STUDY relative TO THE ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRA-
TION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION, AND RELA-
TIVE TO ESTABLISHING THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE
CHIEF MOTH SUPERINTENDENT IN SAID DEPARTMENT.
Resolved, That an unpaid special commission, to consist of
one member of the senate to be designated by the president
thereof, two members of the house of representatives to be
designated by the speaker thereof, and two persons to be
appointed by the governor, is hereby established to make
an investigation and studj^ relative to the organization and
administration of the department of conservation, and also
to investigate and study the subject matter of house docu-
ment numbered 1691 of the year 1946, relative to establish-
ing the powers and duties of the chief moth superintendent in
the department of conservation. The investigation and
study hereby authorized shall be in furtherance of the
investigation and study authorized to be made by the
joint committee on departmental rules and regulations
under orders adopted by the senate on May 27th and
June 10th, 1946, and by the house of representatives on
May 24th and June 7th, 1946. Said commission may ex-
pend for clerical and other assistance and for expenses the
unexpended balance of the sum appropriated by Item 0102-27
of section 2 of chapter 617 of the acts of 1946. Said commis-
sion shall report to the general court the results of its investi-
gation and study hereunder, including its recommendations,
if any, and drafts of legislation necessaiy for carrying such
recommendations into effect, by filing the same with the
clerk of the house of representatives on or before IVIarch 3rd
in the current year. Approved January 24, 1947.
Resolve validating the acts of sabina burns maroney Chap.
OF brookline as a notary public.
Resolved, That the acts of Sabina Burns Maroney of
Brookline as a notary public between July 18th, 1942, and
November 12th, 1942, both dates inclusive, in so far as the
same may have been invahd by reason of the fact that, upon
the change of her name from Sabina T. Burns, she failed to
re-register under her new njime and pay to the state secre-
tary a fee of one dollar as required by section thirteen of
chapter thirty of the General Laws, are hereby confirmed
and made vaHd. Approved January 29, 1947.
Resolve validating the acts of milton cordon of Chap. 5
NEWTON AS A NOTARY PUBLIC
Resolved, That the acts of Milton Gordon of Newton as a
notary public between August 3, 1945 and October 30,
1946, both dates inclusive, are hereby confirmed and made
786 Resolves, 1947. — Chaps. 6, 7, 8.
valid to the same extent as if during said time he had been
qualified to discharge the duties of said office.
Approved January 29, 1947.
Chap. 6 Resolve validating the acts of marie j. wasson of
SOMERVILLE AS A NOTARY PUBLIC.
Resolved, That the acts of Marie J. Wasson of Somerville
as a notary public between June twenty-seventh, nineteen
hundred and forty-two, and November twenty-seventh, nine-
teen hundred and forty-six, both dates inclusive, in so far
as the same may have been invalid by reason of the fact
that, upon the change of her name from Marie J. Holland,
she failed to re-register under her new name and pay to the
state secretary a fee of one dollar as required by section
thirteen of chapter thirty of the General Laws, are hereby
confirmed and made valid.
Approved February 7, 19^7.
Chap. 7 Resolve providing for an investigation by the judicial
COUNCIL OF CERTAIN MATTERS RELATIVE TO THE USE AND
EFFECT OF RECORDS OF CONVICTION OF CERTAIN OFFENCES
RELATING TO THE OPERATING AND PARKING OF MOTOR
VEHICLES.
Resolved, That the judicial council be requested to investi-
gate the subject matter of current senate document num-
bered two hundred and ninety-nine, relative to providing
that the record of conviction of certain offences relating to the
operation or parking of motor vehicles shall not be used to
affect the credibility of a witness and shall not constitute a
criminal record, and to include its conclusions and recom-
mendations, if any, in relation thereto, with drafts of such
legislation as may be necessary to give effect to the same, in
its annual report for the year nineteen hundred and forty-
seven. Approved February 12, 1947.
Chap. 8 Resolve relative to the filing of reports by the
governor's advisory commission on state AND mu-
nicipal FINANCES.
Resolved, That the Governor's Advisory Commission on
State and Municipal Finances, established by chapter one
of the resolves of the current year, may make, not later than
April fifteenth in the current year, a report or reports to the
governor of the results of its review and examinations and
its recommendations under said chapter one, notwithstand-
ing any provision of said chapter one to the contrary.
Approved March 18, 1947.
Resolves, 1947. — Chaps. 9, 10. 787
Resolve PROviDmo for an investigation by the ju- (Jfidp
DICIAL COUNCIL RELATIVE TO FURTHER REGULATING THE
SERVICE OF CIVIL PROCESS ON NON-RESIDENT DEFENDANTS.
Resolved, That the judicial council be requested to investi-
gate the subject matter of current house document num-
bered thirteen hundred and thirty-seven relative to further
regulating the service of process in civil cases, and to include
its conclusions and recommendations in relation thereto,
with drafts of such legislation as may be necessary to give
effect to the same, in its annual report for the current year.
Approved March 27, wXl.
Resolve providing for the continuation of the inves- r<hnrt 10
TIGATION and STUDY RELATIVE TO THE ORGANIZATION ^'
AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVA-
TION, AND RELATIVE TO ESTABLISHING THE POWERS AND
DUTIES OF THE CHIEF MOTH SUPERINTENDENT IN SAID
DEPARTMENT, AND INCREASING THE MEMBERSHIP OF SAID
COMMISSION.
Resolved, That the special unpaid commission established
under chapter thi'ee of the resolves of the current year is
hereby authorized to continue its investigation and study
under said chapter three. The membership of said com-
mission is hereby increased by the addition of one member
of the house of representatives to be designated by the
speaker thereof. Said commission shall continue to be pro-
vided with quarters in the state house or elsewhere, shall
hold hearings at any place within the commonwealth, and
may require by summons the attendance and testimony of
witnesses and the production of books and papers relating
to matters under investigation. Authority to administer
oaths to any person testifying before said commission is
hereby expressly granted to any member of said commission.
Any justice of the supreme judicial court or of the superior
court may, upon application of said commission, compel
the attendance of witnesses summoned as aforesaid and the
giving of testimony before said commission in furtherance
of any investigation under this resolve or chapter three of
the resolves of the current year, in the same manner and
to the same extent as before said courts. No person shall be
excused from attending and testifying in the course of such
investigation, or from producing any books, papers or docu-
ments, on the ground that his testimony or evidence, docu-
mentary or otherwise, may tend to criminate him or subject
him to a penalty or forfeiture ; but he shall not be prosecuted
or subjected to penalty or forfeiture for or on account of
any action, matter or thing concerning which he may be
required to testify or produce evidence, documentary or
otherwise, in the course of such investigation, except for
perjury committed in such testimony.
788 Resolves, 1947. — Chap. 11.
Said commission may expend for legal, clerical and other
services and expenses the unexpended balance of the sum
appropriated by Item 0102-32 of section two of chapter
six hundred and seventeen of the acts of nineteen hundred
and forty-six. Said commission shall report to the general
court the results of its investigation and study and its recom-
mendations, if an};-, together with drafts of legislation neces-
sary to carry its recommendations into effect, by filing the
same with the clerk of the house of representatives on or
before April first in the current year; and be it further
Resolved, That this resolve shall be effective as of March
third in the current year. Approved March 31, 1947.
Chap. 11 Resolve reviving and continuing the special com-
mission TO INVESTIGATE AND STUDY RELATIVE TO RAPID
TRANSIT IN THE BOSTON METROPOLITAN AREA.
Resolved, That the unpaid special commission, established
by chapter 56 of the resolves of 1943, and continued under
chapter 85 of the resolves of 1945, is hereby revived and
continued for the purpose of continuing its investigation
and study of the subject of rapid transit in the Boston
metropolitan area, and supplementary and feeder services
in connection therewith. The fact that any person who was
appointed a member of such commission by the president
of the senate or the speaker of the house of representatives
has prior to the date of passage of this resolve ceased to be a
member of the general court shall not be held to terminate
his membership on the commission nor to create a vacancy
therein.
For the purpose of such investigation and study, said
commission may employ necessary engineering, legal and
other assistance, and shall prepare a supplementary com-
prehensive plan or plans showing the rapid transit routes
and the supplementary and feeder services in connection
therewith which it recommends, the district or districts
which it recommends to be served, and such statistical
information and data as it may deem to be of assistance
to the general court in the consideration of any legislation
recommended. Said commission may utilize the services
of the department of public utilities, the Boston transit de-
partment, the state planning board, the state department
of public works and any engineering or other departments,
suitably organized to prepare plans or other information,
of any city or town within the district or districts which it
expects will be served by the proposed rapid transit system,
and out of the sum which it is hereby authorized to expend
may make funds available to said commission, board and
departments, or any of them.
Said special commission shall make a final report to the
general court by filing the same with the clerk of the house
of representatives not later than April fourth, nineteen
hundred and forty-seven, accompanied by such plans,
Resolves, 1947. — Chaps. 12, 13, 14. 789
statistics and drafts of legislation as it may deem necessary
or appropriate.
For the purposes of this resolve, said commission may
expend the unexpended balance of the amounts appro-
priated by item 0268 in section 2 of chapter 736 of the acts
of 1945, and item 0268 in section 2 of chapter 617 of the
acts of 19-16, and said balance is hereby made available
for the payment of expenses incurred by said commission.
All amounts expended by said commission under authority
of this resolve and of said chapter 85 of the resolves of 1945
shall be apportioned equitably among the cities and towns
benefited when a rapid transit system is established pursuant
to said report, and shall be paid to the commonwealth
according to the method of apportionment to be included
in the reconunendations of said commission.
Approved AI arch 31, 1947.
Resolve validating the acts of mary e. Herbert of Chap. 12
CAMBRIDGE AS A NOTARY PUBLIC.
Resolved, That the acts of Mary E. Herbert, of Cambridge,
as a notary public between January twenty-fifth, nineteen
hundred and forty-six, and January first, nineteen hundred
and forty-seven, both dates inclusive, are hereby confirmed
and made valid to the same extent as if during said time
she had been qualified to discharge the duties of said office.
Approved April 1, 1947.
Resolve validating the acts of julia t. lynch of pitts- Chap. 13
FIELD as a notary PUBLIC.
Resolved, That the acts of Julia T. Lynch, of Pittsfield,
as a notary public between August twenty-fifth, nineteen
hundred and forty-two and January thirty-first, nineteen
hundred and forty-seven, both dates inclusive, in so far as
the same may have been invalid by reason of the fact that;
upon the change of her name from Julia M. Tone, she failed
to re-register under her new name and pay to the state sec-
retary a fee of one dollar as required by section thirteen of
chapter thirty of the General Laws, are hereby confirm.ed
and made valid. Approved April 3, 1947.
Resolve providing for an investigation and study by Chap. 14
A special commission relative to the prevalence of
SEX crimes and means for the suppression thereof.
Resolved, That an unpaid special commission, to consist
of one member of the senate to be designated by the presi-
dent thereof, three members of the house of representatives
to be designated by the speaker thereof, and three persons
to be appointed by the governor, is hereby established for
the purpose of making an investigation and study relative
790 Resolves, 1947. — Chaps. 15, 16.
to the prevalence of sex crimes, with a view to determining
what changes in, or additions to, the laws relating to sex
crimes are necessary or advisable to provide better means
of suppressing such crimes. Said commission, in the course
of its investigation and study hereunder, shall consider par-
ticularly the advisability of providing for the imposition of
substantial mandatory sentences upon conviction of sex
crimes and for a stricter supervision of sex criminals upon
their release, and also the advisability of segregating such
criminals in separate buildings or quarters at the institution
to which they are sentenced or committed. Said commis-
sion may expend for clerical and other assistance and ex-
penses such sums as may hereafter be appropriated therefor.
Said commission shall be provided with quarters in the state
house or elsewhere and may require by summons the at-
tendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of
books and papers. The commission shall report to the gen-
eral court the results of its investigation and study, and its
recommendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation
necessary to carry its recommendations into effect, by filing
one or more reports with the clerk of the house of repre-
sentatives at such time or times as the commission may
elect; provided, that the commission shall so file its final
report not later than the first Wednesday of December in
the current year. Approved April 4, 1947.
Chap, 15 Resolve validating the acts of lillian g. baker of
BOSTON AS A NOTARY PUBLIC.
Resolved, That the acts of Lillian G. Baker of Boston as a
notary public between July fourteenth, nineteen hundred
and forty-six, and February nineteenth, nineteen hundred
and forty-seven, both dates inclusive, in so far as the same
may have been invalid by reason of the fact that, upon the
change of her name from Lillian G. Reingold, she failed to
re-register under her new name and pay to the state secretary
a fee of one dollar as required by section thirteen of chapter
thirty of the General Laws, are hereby confirmed and made
valid. Approved April 10, 1947.
Chap, 16 Resolve providing for an investigation and study by
A SPECIAL commission RELATIVE TO THE EMPLOYMENT
security law.
Resolved, That an unpaid special bi-partisan commission,
to consist of one member of the senate to be designated by
the president thereof, three members of the house of repre-
sentatives to be designated by the speaker thereof, and
three persons to be appointed by the governor, is hereby
established for the purpose of making an investigation and
study of the provisions of chapter one hundred and fifty-
one A of the General Laws, known as the employment
Resolves, 1947. — Chaps. 17, 18, 19. 791
security law, with respect to all phases of its eligibility pro-
visions and benefit structure. Said commission may call
upon the departments, commissions and officers of the com-
monwealth for such information as it may desLre in the
course of its investigation and may solicit information from
any other source to assist it in its investigation. Said com-
mission may expend for clerical and other services and ex-
penses such sums as may hereafter be appropriated therefor.
Said commission shall report to the general court the results
of its investigation and study, and its recommendations, if
any, together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry
its recommendations into effect, by filing the same with the
clerk of the house of representatives not later than the first
day of August in the current year.
Approved April 14, 1947-
Resolve providing for an investigation by the judicial Qfiaj) 17
COUNCIL RELATIVE TO SUBJECTING CERTAIN PERSONS TO
CIVIL AND CRIMINAL LIABILITY FOR WRONGFUL ACTS OF
CERTAIN MINORS UNDER THEIR CARE.
Resolved, That the judicial council be requested to investi-
gate the subject matter of current senate document num-
bered 100 relative to subjecting certain persons to civil and
criminal liabihty for wrongful acts of certain minors under
their care, and to include its conclusions and recommenda-
tions in relation thereto, together with drafts of such legis-
lation as may be necessary to give effect to the same, in its
annual report for the year nineteen hundred and forty-seven.
Approved April 15, 1947.
Resolve providing for an investigation by the judicial Chap. 18
COUNCIL RELATIVE TO THE TERMINATION OF ANY TRUST
CREATED BY WILL WHICH HAS EXISTED FOR THIRTY YEARS
OR MORE.
Resolved, That the judicial council be requested to in-
vestigate the subject matter of current senate document
numbered 230, relative to the termination of any trust
created by will which has existed for thirty years or more,
and to include its conclusions and recommendations in rela-
tion thereto, with drafts of such legislation as may be neces-
sary to give effect to the same, in its annual report for the
current year. Approved April 15, 1947.
Resolve providing for an investigation by the judicial Chap. 19
COUNCIL relative TO FURTHER REGULATING THE PROVING
OF WILLS.
Resolved, That the judicial council be requested to in-
vestigate the subject matter of current house document
numbered thirteen hundred and sixty-three, relative to
792 Resolves, 1947. — Chaps. 20, 21.
further regulating the proving of wills, and to include its
conclusions and its recommendations, if any, in relation
thereto, together with drafts of such legislation as may be
necessaiy to give effect to the same, in its annual report
for the year nineteen hundred and forty-seven.
Approved April 18, 1947.
Chap. 20 Resolve providing for an investigation by the judi-
cial COUNCIL relative TO THE CHANGE OF NAME OF
PERSONS.
Resolved, That the judicial council be requested to in-
vestigate the subject matter of current house document
numbered sixteen hundred and seventy-five, relative to the
change of name of persons, and to include its conclusions
and its recommendations, if any, in relation thereto, to-
gether with drafts of such legislation as may be necessary
to give effect to the same, in its annual report for the year
nineteen hundred and forty-seven.
Approved April 25, 1947.
Chap. 21 Resolve reviving and further continuing the special
COMMISSION relative TO THE LAWS PERTAINING TO THE
SAFETY OF PERSONS IN BUILDINGS.
Resolved, That the unpaid special commission established
by chapter sixty-seven of the resolves of nineteen hundred
and forty-three and revived and continued by chapter sev-
enty-seven of the resolves of nineteen hundred and forty-five
and by chapter seventy-four of the resolves of nineteen
hundred and forty-six is hereby revived and continued for
the purpose of continuing its investigation and study of the
subject matter of safety in buildings, including single and
two-family dwellings. Said commission shall include in its
report the results of said investigations and studies and its
recommendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation
to carry the same into effect. Said commission shall be
provided with quarters in the state house or elsewhere, may
hold hearings, may require by summons the attendance and
testimony of witnesses and the production of books and
papers; may travel within and without the commonwealth;
and may expend for necessary assistance and expenses such
sums as may be appropriated therefor. The commission
shall report to the general court the results of its investi-
gations and its recommendations, if any, together with
drafts of legislation necessary to carry its recommendations
into effect, by filing with the clerk of the senate during the
current year such partial or interim reports as it deems
advisable and by filing a final report with said clerk not
later than the second day of February, nineteen hundred
and forty-eight. Approved April 28, 1947.
Resolves, 1947. — Chaps. 22, 23, 24, 25. 793
Resolve relative to the appropriation for the in- (JJiap, 22
VESTIGATION AND STUDY BY THE JOINT BOARD RELATIVE
TO THE PROTECTION OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE RE-
LIEF FROM THE GREENHEAD FLY NUISANCE IN THE TIDAL
AREAS IN NORTHERN ESSEX COUNTY.
Resolved, That the joint board, composed of the depart-
ment of pubUc health and the state reclamation board,
created by chapter fifty-eight of the resolves of nineteen
hundred and forty-six, is hereby authorized to expend for
the purposes authorized by said resolve, in addition to any
sums heretofore appropriated, such sums as may be appro-
priated therefor. In connection with the investigation said
joint board is hereby authorized to accept financial or other
assistance from the federal government, private individuals,
research institutions and other private institutions.
Approved April 29, 1947.
Resolve in favor of irwin warren ward. Chap. 23
Resolved, That Irwin Warren Ward, a correction officer at
the Sherborn reformatory for women, shall be eligible for
transfer upon the request of the appointing authorities of
any of the penal or correctional institutions under the juris-
diction of the department of correction v\ithin the same
classification, notwithstanding the provisions of section
four A of chapter one hundred and twenty-five of the Gen-
eral Laws. Approved May 2, 1947.
Resolve in favor of edward j. shaughnessy of medford.' Chap. 24
Resolved, That, for the purpose of discharging a moral
obligation of the commonwealth and after an appropriation
has been made therefor, there shall be allowed and paid out
of the state treasury to Edward J. Shaughnessy of Medford,
a former guard at the state prison, who, while on duty at
said prison, was assaulted by certain inmates thereof, and
sustained injuries resulting in his permanent disability and
retirement, a sum equal to the amount he would have earned
if he had been employed from July first, nineteen hundred
and forty-five, to August twenty-third, nineteen hundred and
forty-five, inclusive. Approved May 3, 1947.
Resolve in favor of allan keniston of west tisbury. Chap. 25
Resolved, That, for the purpose of discharging a moral
obligation of the commonwealth and after an appropriation
has been made therefor, there shall be allowed and paid out
of the state treasury to Allan Keniston of West Tisbury a
sum not exceeding two hundred and thirty-six dollars and
fifty cents, to reimburse him for expenses of hospital and
794 Resolves, 1947. — Chaps. 26, 27, 28.
medical care necessarily incurred by him on account of in-
juries sustained on April nineteenth, nineteen hundred and
forty-six, while on duty, as an employee of the department
of conservation, at a forest fire. No payment shall be made
hereunder until there shall have been filed with the comp-
troller an agreement signed by said Allan Keniston that the
amount, if any, paid or to be paid for legal services rendered
in connection with the passage of this resolve shall not ex-
ceed ten per cent of the sum paid hereunder.
Approved May S, 1947.
Chap. 26 Resolve in favor of the town of millville.
Resolved, That there shall be allowed and paid to the
town of Millville out of the state treasury, subject to appro-
priation, the sum of seven hundred and six dollars and one
cent, being the amount of excess interest paid by said town
on certain state loans. Approved May S, 1947.
Chap. 27 Resolve providing for an annuity for william h. pratt
of marshfield, a former member of the state police.
Resolved, That, for the purpose of discharging a moral
obligation of the commonwealth, there be allowed and paid
out of the state treasury, subject to appropriation, to William
H. Pratt of Marshfield, formerly a member of the state police,
who was injured in the performance of his duties as a member
of the state police on June twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred
and twenty-seven, an annuity of seven hundred and fifty
dollars, payable in equal monthly instalments, for a period
of five years commencing June first, nineteen hundred and
forty-seven. Said annuity shall cease upon the death of
said Pratt if it occurs prior to the expiration of said period of
five years. No payment shall be made hereunder until there
has been filed with the comptroller an agreement signed by
said William H. Pratt that the amount, if any, paid or to be
paid for legal services rendered in connection with the pas-
sage of this resolve shall not exceed ten per cent of the maxi-
mum amount payable hereunder. Approved May S, 1947.
Chap. 28 Resolve providing for the payment of an annuity to
FREDA COREY, WIDOW OF DAVID J. COREY.
Resolved, That, for the purpose of promoting the public
good, there may be paid out of the state treasury, subject
to appropriation, the sum of one hundred dollars monthly
to Freda Corey, widow of David J. Corey, former Ueutenant
in the state guard, who was killed by the accidental dis-
charge of a rifle at the East Newton Street armory in Boston
on August thirtieth, nineteen hundred and forty-six. No
payment shall be made hereunder unless and until there has
Resolves, 1947. — Chaps. 29, 30, 31. 795
been filed with the comptroller a statement signed by said
Freda Corey that no compensation has been paid or will be
paid for legal services rendered in connection with the pas-
sage of this resolve. Approved May 5, 1947.
Resolve in favor of james t/. christian of concord. Chap. 29
Resolved, That there shall be allowed and paid out of the
state treasury, subject to appropriation, to James W. Chris-
tian of Concord, who has served as a prison officer at the
Massachusetts reformatory for over thirty-nine 3'ears and is
disabled on account of injury sustained in the performance
of duty, by reason of being assaulted by certain inmates of
said reformatory, an annuity equal to two thirds the salary
received by him during the last year of his service. He shall
be entitled to receive said annuity upon his retirement from
the service of the commonwealth and such annuity shall be
in lieu of any retirement allowance or pension to which he
may be otherwise entitled. Approved May 8, 1947.
Resolve increasing the scope of the investigation Chap. 30
AND STUDY TO BE MADE BY THE SPECIAL COMMISSION
RELATIVE TO THE LAWS PERTAINING TO THE SAFETY OF
PERSONS IN BUILDINGS,
Resolved, That the unpaid special commission, established
by chapter sixty-seven of the resolves of nineteen hundred
and forty-three and most recently revived and continued by
chapter 21 of the resolves of the current year, shall, in the
course of its investigation and study, consider the subject
matter of current house document numbered eighteen hun-
dred and fifty-one, relative to the supervision of electricians.
Approved May 8, 1947.
Resolve in favor of manuel a. inacio, also known as Chap. 31
MANUEL ends.
Resolved, That, after an appropriation therefor has been
made, the department of public works is hereby authorized
to pay to Manuel A. Inacio, also known as Manuel Enos, of
the town of Falmouth (North Falmouth) the sum of one
hundred and sixty dollars in full compensation for a certain
parcel of land owned by said Inacio, also known as Enos,
which was taken by eminent domain by said department in
connection with a state highway in said town. No payment
shall be made hereunder until there has been filed with the
comptroller an agreement signed by said Manuel A. Inacio,
also known as Manuel Enos, that the amount, if any, paid
or to be paid for legal services rendered in connection with
the passage of this resolve shall not exceed ten per cent of
said sum. Approved May 12, 1947.
796 Resolves, 1947. — Chaps. 32, 33, 34.
Chav 32 Resolve in favor of hymen j. sclar.
Resolved, That, for the purpose of dischargmg a moral
obhgation of the commonwealth and subject to appropria-
tion, there shall be allowed and paid out of the state treasury
to Hymen J. Sclar the sum of four hundred dollars in full
settlement of his claim against the commonwealth, for in-
juries sustained in the line of duty while attending the
Massachusetts state guard encampment at Camp O'Connor,
in Framingham, Massachusetts, in the year nineteen hun-
dred and forty-five. No payment shall be made hereunder
until there has been filed with the comptroller an agreement
signed by said Hymen J. Sclar that the amount, if any, paid
or to be paid for legal services rendered in connection with
the passage of this resolve shall not exceed ten per cent of
the amount paid or payable hereunder.
■Approved May 12, 1947,
Chap. 33 R-ESOLVE in favor of STANISLAVA S. NEVINS OF CAMBRIDGE.
Whereas. The district attorney for the southeastern dis-
trict took possession of, and held, as material evidence in a
criminal prosecution, a one and one half ton Ford truck, for
a period of thirty weeks ; and
Whereas, Said Ford truck was the property of Stanivslava
S. Nevins of Cambridge, who, as a result of the aforesaid
taking by the district attorney, was deprived of the posses-
sion of said truck, and of the usual income therefrom, which
said usual income was forty dollars weekly, for a period of
thirty weeks; therefore be it
Resolved, That, subject to appropriation, there shall be
paid from the state treasury to said Stanislava S. Nevins
the sum of twelve hundred dollars as full compensation for
his loss aforesaid; and be it further
Resolved, That no payment shall be made hereunder until
there has been filed with the comptroller an agreement
signed by said Stanislava S. Nevins that the amount, if
any, paid or to be paid for legal services rendered in con-
nection with the passage of this resolve shall not exceed ten
per cent of the amount paid or payable hereunder.
Approved May 12, 1947.
Chap. 34 Resolve in favor of james m. hajjar of lawrence.
Resolved, That, for the purpose of discharging a moral
obligation of the commonwealth and after an appropriation
has been made therefor, there be allowed and paid out of
the state treasury the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars
to James M. Hajjar of Lawrence, as compensation for in-
juries sustained by him on August twenty-ninth, nineteen
Resolves, 1947. — Chaps. 35, 36. 797
hundred and forty-two, while in the performance of mihtary
duty with C company, twenty-fourth infantry, Massachu-
setts state guard. Said compensation shall be paid in twelve
monthly instalments of sixty-two dollars and fifty cents
each, begimiing August first in the current year. No pay-
ment shall be made hereunder until said Hajjar shall have
signed and filed with the comptroller an agreement that
the amount, if any, paid or to be paid for legal services
rendered in connection with the passage of this resolve shall
not exceed ten per cent of the sum so payable to him.
Approved May 16, 1947.
Resolve providing for a study as to the advisability QJiq^q^ 35
and feasibility of the unification of certain serv- ^'
ices now performed by the departments of correc-
tion, public health, mental health, education and
public welfare and the industrial accident board.
Resolved, That the chairman of the commission on ad-
ministration and finance, and the commissioners of the de-
partments of correction, pubhc health, mental health, edu-
cation and pubhc welfare and the chairman of the industrial
accident board, or, in the case of each of said commissioners
and the chairman of the industrial accident board, a person
in his department or board designated by him for the pur-
pose, acting as a joint board, are hereby authorized and di-
rected to consider and study the feasibility of unification of
certain services performed by said departments and indus-
trial accident board, referred to by the governor in senate
document numbered one of the present session. In connec-
tion with such study said joint board may require the assist-
ance of any officer or employee in any of the departments
and board referred to. Said joint board shall report its find-
ings and recommendations, if any, together with drafts of
legislation to carry such recommendations into effect, by
filing the same with the clerk of the senate on or before the
first Wednesday of December in the current year.
Approved May 22, 1947.
Resolve reviving and continuing the special commis- Chap. 36
siON established to study the problem of providing
better PROTECTION ALONG THE COAST LINE OF THE COM-
MONWEALTH AGAINST LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY CAUSED
BY STORMS.
Resolved, That the unpaid special commission, established
by chapter seventy of the resolves of nineteen hundred and
forty-six, is hereby revived and continued for the purpose of
continuing its study of the problem of providing better pro-
tection along the coast line of the commonwealth against loss
of life and property caused by storms, with a view to recom-
mending plans for permanent relief against such losses. Said
798 Resolves, 1947. — Chaps. 37, 38.
commission shall be provided with quarters in the state house
or elsewhere, may hold hearings, may travel within and with-
out the commonwealth, and may expend for expert, clerical
and other assistance and for expenses such sums as may be
appropriated therefor. Said commission shall report to the
general court the results of its study, and its recommenda-
tions, if any, together with drafts of legislation necessary to
carry its recommendations into effect, by filing the same with
the clerk of the house of representatives not later than the
first Wednesday of December in the current year.
Approved May 22, 1947.
Chap. 37 Resolve providing for an investigation relative to
THE CONSTRUCTION OF FLOOD CONTROL PROTECTION ALONG
A PORTION OF THE WARE RIVER.
Resolved, That the department of public works and the
metropolitan district commission, acting as a joint board,
are hereby authorized and directed to make an investigation
of the subject matter of current house document numbered
fifteen hundred and twenty-one, relative to providing for
the construction of flood control protection along the Ware
river, from Barre Plains district of the town of Barre to the
Wheelwright district of the town of Hardwick. Said joint
board shall report to the general court the results of its
investigation, and its recommendations, if any, together
with estimates of cost and drafts of legislation necessary to
carry its recommendations into effect, by fifing the same
with the clerk of the house of representatives on or before
the first Wednesday of December in the current year.
Approved May 22, 1947.
Chap. 38 Resolve directing the metropolitan district com-
mission TO MAKE an investigation AND STUDY OF THE
advisability AND FEASIBILITY OF THE ACQUISITION BY
THE COMMISSION OF CERTAIN PUBLIC BATHING BEACHES
AND OTHER PROPERTY IN THE METROPOLITAN PARKS
DISTRICT.
Resolved, That the metropolitan district commission is
hereby authorized and directed to investigate the advisability
and feasibility of the acquisition by said commission for the
commonwealth, as a part of the system of metropolitan
parks under the control of said commission, of public bathing
beaches and other property in the metropolitan parks dis-
trict, with particular reference to localities in the South
Boston district of the city of Boston known as Carson beach,
M Street beach, City Point beach, Farragut beach, the
Strandway district, Farragut road, Columbus park. Marine
park, the Aquarium at City Point, the Columbus park.
Marine park and L Street bath houses, and to localities in
the Dorchester district of said city known as Tenean beach
Resolves, 1947. — Chaps. 39, 40. 799
and Savin Hill beach. Said commission shall report to the
general court the results of its investigation, and its recom-
mendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation neces-
sary to carry said recommendations into effect, by filing the
same with the clerk of the senate on or before the first
Wednesday of December in the current year. Said report
shall include a statement showing the amount that would be
assessed upon each city and town of the metropolitan parks
district if such recommendations should be enacted into law.
Approved May 22, 1947.
Resolve providing for a study by the department of Chap. 39
CONSERVATION UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL OF THE TITLES TO THE SEVERAL PARCELS OF
LAND COMPRISING THE GREYLOCK STATE RESERVATION.
Resolved, That the department of conservation, under
the direction of the attorney general, is hereby directed to
investigate and examine the titles to the various parcels of
land acquired by gift, purchase or otherwise for the Grey-
lock state reservation for the purpose of ascertaining whether
an}^ part of such land is held subject to any condition, trust
or restriction which would make invalid any legislation
purporting to grant the right to hunt birds and mammals,
or to fish, and in this connection shall consider the subject
matter of current house document numbered four hundred
and eight3\ For the purposes of this resolve the Greylock
reservation commission shall allow said department and the
attorney general to examine all deeds and documents in its
possession relating to the titles of such land. For the pur-
pose of the examination of titles to land said commission
may expend such sums as may be appropriated therefor
from the inland fisheries and game fund. Said department
shall report to the general court the result of its study and
its recommendations, if any, together with drafts of legisla-
tion necessary to carry its recommendations into effect, by
filing the same with the clerk of the senate on or before the
first Wednesday of December in the current year.
Approved May 24, 1947.
Resolve in favor op dana f. killam of boxford. Chap. 40
Resolved, That, for the purpose of discharging a moral
obligation of the commonwealth, there be allowed and paid
out of the treasury of the commonwealth, subject to appro-
priation, to Dana F. Killam of Boxford the sum of five hun-
dred and seventeen dollars and forty-five cents, to compen-
sate him for expenses of hospital and medical care due to
injuries received by him while assisting a state police officer
in the taking of an injured person to a hospital.
Approved May 24, 1947.
800 Resolves, 1947. — Chaps. 41, 42.
Chav. 41 Resolve reviving and continuing the special commis-
sion APPOINTED TO MAKE AN INVESTIGATION AND STUDY
RELATIVE TO THE ERECTION WITHIN THE COMMONWEALTH
OF A STATUE OR OTHER SUITABLE MEMORIAL TO COMMEM-
ORATE THE LATE GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON, JR.
Resolved, That the unpaid special commission established
by chapter sixty-one of the resolves of nineteen hundred and
forty-six is hereby revived and continued for the purpose of
continuing its investigation and study relative to the erection
within the commonwealth of a statue or other suitable me-
morial to commemorate the late General George S. Patton,
Jr. Said commission shall be provided with quarters in the
state house or elsewhere, may travel within and without the
commonwealth and may expend for the services of a sculptor
in making a model of a memorial and of a landscape architect
for plans and designs for the landscaping of such memorial,
and also for clerical and other services and expenses, such
sums as may be appropriated therefor. Said commission
shall report to the general court the results of its investigation
and study hereunder, and its recommendations, if any, to-
gether with drafts of legislation necessary to carry said
recommendations into effect, by filing the same with the
clerk of the house of representatives not later than the first
Wednesday of December in the current year.
Approved May ^4, 1947.
Chap. 42 EesOLVE providing for the PARTICIPATION BY THE COM-
MONWEALTH IN THE OBSERVANCE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH
ANNIVERSARY OF THE BOSTON POULTRY SHOW.
Resolved, That an unpaid special commission, to consist
of one member of the senate to be designated by the president
thereof, three members of the house of representatives to be
designated by the speaker thereof, and three persons to be
appointed by the governor, is hereby established for the pur-
pose of formulating and carrying out plans for the participa-
tion by the commonwealth in the observance of the one
hundredth anniversary of the Boston Poultry Show in Jan-
uary, nineteen hundred and forty-eight. Said commission
shall have charge of the interests of the commonwealth and
its citizens in the preparation and exhibition at said show of
the poultry products of the commonwealth and those phases
that illustrate the history, progress, material welfare and
plans for the future development of the industry, and in all
other matters relating to said show. For said purposes,
said commission may expend such sums as may be appro-
priated therefor. Approved May 24, 1947.
Resolves, 1947. — Chaps. 43, 44. 801
Resolve keviving, continuing and increasing the mem- nhp^ 4.0
BERSHIP OF the COMMISSION ESTABLISHED TO MAKE AN ^^"^' ^'^
investigation and STUDY RELATIVE TO EDIBLE SHELLFISH
AND SHELLFISH CHLORINATING PLANTS.
Resolved, That the unpaid special commission, established
by chapter sLxty-five of the resolves of nineteen hundred and
forty-five, and revived and continued by chapter seventy-
seven of the resolves of nineteen hundred and forty-six, is
hereby further revived and continued for the purpose of
contmuing its investigation and study relative to shellfish in
areas determined under section seventy-four of chapter one
hundred and thirty of the General Laws, or corresponding
provisions of earlier or later laws, to be contaminated, and
relative to the reclaiming of shellfish from such areas by
means of purification plants. The membership of said com-
mission is hereby increased by the addition of the director
and chief engmeer of the division of sanitary engineering of
the department of public health. Said commission shall, in
the course of its investigation, confer with the state depart-
ments of conservation and public health relative to the
matters referred to it for investigation and study, and may
expend for the purposes of this resolve such sums, not ex-
ceeding, in the aggregate, two thousand dollars as may here-
after be appropriated therefor.
Said commission shall make a supplementary report to
the general court of the results of its investigation, and its
recommendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation
necessary to carry its recommendations into effect, by filing
the same with the clerk of the house of representatives on or
before the first Wednesday of December in the current year.
Approved May S4, 1947.
Resolve providing for a proper representation of the Chav 44
COMMONWEALTH AT THE NATIONAL CONVENTION OF THE ^'
YANKEE DIVISION VETERANS ASSOCIATION TO BE HELD
IN THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD IN THE CURRENT YEAR.
Resolved, That, in order that the commonwealth may be
properly represented at the national convention of the '
Yankee Division Veterans Association to be held in the city
of Springfield on June twenty-sixth, twenty-seventh, twenty-
eighth and twenty-ninth in the current year, and after an
appropriation has been made therefor, there may be ex-
pended, for such purpose, with the approval and under the
direction of the governor and council, a sum not exceeding
three thousand dollars. Approved May 27, 1947.
802 Resolves, 1947. — Chaps. 45, 46, 47.
Chap. 45 Resolve providing for an investigation by the com-
mission ON ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE RELATIVE TO
THE RETENTION OF EXAMINATION PAPERS BY STATE DE-
PARTMENTS, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS CONDUCTING EX-
AMINATIONS, AND TO THE INSPECTION OF SUCH PAPERS.
Resolved, That the commission on administration and
finance is hereby authorized and directed to investigate the
subject matter of current house document numbered nine-
teen hundred and sixty-four, relative to the retention of
examination papers by state departments, boards and com-
missions conducting examinations, and to the inspection of
such papers. Said commission shall report to the general
court the results of its investigation, and its recommenda-
tions, if anj'-, together with drafts of legislation necessary
to carry such recommendations into effect by filing the same
with the clerk of the house of representatives on or before
the first Wednesday of December in the current year.
Approved June 4, 1947.
Chap. 46 Resolve increasing the scope of the investigation
AND STUDY BY THE SPECIAL COMMISSION ESTABLISHED TO
MAKE AN INVESTIGATION AND STUDY RELATIVE TO THE
LAWS PERTAINING TO THE SAFETY OF PERSONS IN BUILD-
INGS.
Resolved, That the unpaid special commission established
by chapter sixty-seven of the resolves of nineteen hundred
and forty-three and revived and continued by certain re-
solves thereafter, including chapter twenty-one of the re-
solves of the current year, in the course of its investigation
and study of the subject matter of safety in buildings, in-
cluding single and two-family dwellings, shall consider and
study the subject matter of current house documents num-
bered six hundred and sixty-eight and fifteen hundred and
sixty-nine and of current senate documents numbered three
hundred and seventy-six, four hundred and twenty-five and
four hundred and twenty-seven, all relating to said subject
matter, and shall also consider the advisability of providing
for the improvement of the health, safety and convenience
of residents of the commonwealth by the adoption of mini-
mum plumbing requirements which shall apply throughout
the commonwealth. Approved June 4, 1947.
Chap. 47 Resolve providing for an investigation by a special
COMMISSION RELATIVE TO THE REGULATION OF THE TRANS-
FER OF CERTAIN DISTINGUISHING PLATES ISSUED TO CAR-
RIERS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES, AND
THE ISSUANCE BY SAID DEPARTMENT OF CERTAIN CERTIFI-
CATES AND PERMITS TO VETERANS OF WORLD WAR II.
Resolved, That an unpaid special commission, to consist
of one member of the senate to be designated by the presi-
Resolves, 1947. — Chaps. 48, 49. 803
dent thereof, three members of the house of representatives
to be designated by the speaker thereof and three persons
to be appointed by the governor, is hereby established for
the purpose of investigating the subject matter of current
senate documents numbered four hundred and four hundred
and three, relative to the regulation of the transfer of cer-
tain distinguishing plates issued to carriers by the depart-
ment of public utilities, and of current house documents
numbered one hundred and eighty-seven and twelve hun-
dred and fifty-one, relative to the issuance by said depart-
ment of certain certificates and permits to veterans of World
War II. Said commission may expend for clerical and other
services and expenses, such sums as may be appropriated
therefor. Said commission shall report to the general court
the results of its investigation, and its recommendations, if
any, together with drafts of legislation necessary to carrj'
its recommendations into effect, by filing the same with the
clerk of the house of representatives on or before the first
Wednesday of December in the current year.
Approved June 4-, 1947.
Resolve PROviDmc for an investigation by the chair- QJiav. 48
MAN OF THE COMMISSION ON ADMINISTRATION AND FI-
NANCE, THE DIRECTOR OF PERSONNEL AND STANDARDIZA-
TION AND THE DIRECTOR OF CIVIL SERVICE CONCERNING
WAYS AND MEANS FOR EXPEDITING APPEALS OF STATE
EMPLOYEES FROM POSITION CLASSIFICATION.
Resolved, That the chairman of the commission on ad-
ministration and finance, the director of personnel and
standardization and the director of civil service, acting
jointly, are hereby directed to make an investigation rela-
tive to ways and means for expediting appeals of state em-
ployees from position classification, and in this connection
to report how appeals are now handled, the cause of delay
in reaching decisions, how many appeals have been made
since July first, nineteen hundred and forty-six, and the
number of appeals pending at the time of their report here-
under, and to consider the subject matter of current house
document numbered fourteen hundred and twenty-eight.
They shall report their findings to the general court by filing
the same with the clerk of the house of representatives on
or before the first Wednesday of December in the current
year. Approved June 4, 1947.
Resolve providing for an investigation by the armory ChaV' 49
COMMISSION RELATIVE TO THE ERECTION OF NEW AR-
MORIES in CERTAIN CITIES AND TOWNS, AND RELATIVE TO
CERTAIN MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE CONSTRUCTION,
REPAIR, EQUIPMENT AND USE OF ARMORIES.
Resolved, That the armory commission is hereby author-
ized and directed to investigate the subject matter of current
804 Resolves, 1947. — Chaps. 50, 51.
senate document numbered five hundred and seventy-one,
relative to the use of armories by veterans' organizations
for certain athletic purposes, the subject matter of current
house document numbered one hundred and sixty, relative
to the erection of a new armory in the city of Gardner, the
subject matter of current house document numbered one
hundred and sixty-three, relative to the erection of a new
armory in the town of Aliddleborough, the subject matter
of current house document numbered two hundred and
forty-nine, relative to the erection of a new armory in the
city of Melrose, the subject matter of current house docu-
ment numbered six hundred and seventy-four, relative to the
erection of a new armory in the South Boston district of
the city of Boston, the subject matter of current house
document numbered eight hundred and ninety-nine, rela-
tive to the erection of a new armory in the town of Palmer,
the subject matter of current house document numbered
eleven hundred and sixty-three, relative to the erection of
a new armory in the city of Boston, the subject matter of
current house document numbered nineteen hundred and
seven, relative to the construction, repair and equipment of
armories, and the subject matter of current house document
numbered thirteen hundred and ninety, relative to the
construction of a new armory in the East Boston district
of the city of Boston. Said commission shall report to the
general court the results of its investigations hereunder,
and its recommendations, if any, together with drafts of
legislation necessary to carry said recommendations into
effect, by filing the same with the clerk of the house of
representatives on or before the first Wednesday in De-
cember in the current year. Approved June 4, 1947 .
Chap. 50 Resolve providing for an investigation by the judi-
cial COUNCIL relative TO NOTICE TO THE ATTORNEY
general by the REGISTERS OF PROBATE IN CHARITY
TRUST CASES.
Resolved, That the judicial council be requested to in-
vestigate the subject matter of current house document
numbered six hundred and fifty-three, relative to notice to
the attorney general by the registers of probate in charity
trust cases, and to include its conclusions and recommenda-
tions, if any, in relation thereto, with drafts of such legisla-
tion as may be necessary to give effect to the same, in its
annual report for the current year. Approved June 4, 1947.
Chav. 51 Resolve providing for the payment from the state
TREASURY OF THE BALANCE OF THE ESTATE OF THE LATE
NELLIE SULLIVAN, WHICH ESTATE ESCHEATED TO THE
COMMONWEALTH.
Resolved, That, subject to appropriation, there be allowed
and paid from the state treasury, under the direction of the
Resolves, 1947. — Chap. 52. 805
attorney general, to the heirs at law or next of kin of Nellie
Sullivan, who died in the city of Boston in June, nineteen
hundred and twenty-eight, or to their lawful representatives,
such sum, if any, as may be found by the attorney general
to have been paid into said treasury as the balance of the
assets belonging to the estate of said Nellie Sullivan, under
section ten of chapter one hundred and ninety-four of the
General Laws, or corresponding provision of earlier law, not-
withstanding the expiration of the time limited under said
section for the recovery of such sum. No payment shall be
made hereunder until there shall have been filed with the
comptroller an agreement signed by the heirs at law or next
of kin of said Nellie Sullivan, or their respective lawful repre-
sentatives, that the amount, if any, paid or to be paid for
legal services rendered in connection with the passage of this
resolve shall not exceed ten per cent of the sum payable to
them hereunder. Approved June 7, 1947.
Resolve providing for an investigation by an unpaid Chap. 52
SPECIAL commission OF CERTAIN MATTERS PERTAINING TO
CIVIL SERVICE.
Resolved, That an unpaid special commission, to consist
of one member of the senate to be designated by the presi-
dent thereof, three members of the house of representatives
to be designated by the speaker thereof and three persons to
be appointed by the governor, is hereby established for the
purpose of making an investigation of the subject matter of
current senate documents numbered three hundred and forty-
five and three hundred and forty-six and of current house
documents numbered one hundred and ninety-three, four
hundred and sixty-nine and seven hundred and seventy-four,
relative to making the veterans' preference provisions of the
civil service laws applicable to promotions under said laws,
the subject matter of current senate document numbered
four hundred and six, relative to further regulating appoint-
ments of veterans under the civil service laws, the subject
matter of current senate document numbered five hundred
and twenty-five, relative to further providing for the em-
ployment of veterans under the civil service laws, the subject
matter of current house document numbered three hundred
and sixty-six, relative to temporary service of members of
the Boston fire department and to the compensation for
such service, the subject matter of current house document
numbered ten hundred and forty-one, relative to providing
for promotions, without competitive examination, of state
employees with twenty years of service in the lowest clerical
grade, the subject matter of current house document num-
bered ten hundred and forty-five, relative to providing for
the institution and use of performance ratings for civil service
employees, and the subject matter of current house docu-
ment numbered sixteen hundred and twelve, relative to the
compensation to be paid to certain veterans of World War II
806 Hesolves, 1947. — Chaps. 53, 54.
who received delayed civil service promotions. Said com-
mission shall be provided with quarters in the state house or
elsewhere, shall hold public hearings, and may expend for
clerical and other services and expenses such sums as may
be appropriated therefor. Said commission shall report to
the general court the results of its investigation, and its
recommendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation
necessary to carry its recommendations into effect, by filing
the same with the clerk of the house of representatives on or
before the first Wednesday in December in the current year.
Approved June 11, 1947.
Chap. 53 Resolve providing for an investigation and study by
A SPECIAL COMMISSION TO BE KNOWN AS "MARKET AU-
THORITY" RELATIVE TO THE HANDLING OF ESSENTIAL
FRESH FOODS WITHIN THE COMMONWEALTH.
Resolved, That a special unpaid commission, to be known
as "Market Authority" and to consist of one member of the
senate to be designated by the president thereof, three
members of the house of representatives to be designated by
the speaker thereof, the commissioner of agriculture, ex
officio, and seven persons to be appointed by the governor,
of whom one shall be a representative of the fruit industry,
one a representative of the poultry industry, one a repre-
sentative of the vegetable industry, one a representative of
car-lot receivers, so called, one a commission merchant, one
a representative of the retail fruit, poultry or vegetable
trade and one the director of markets of the city of Boston,
is hereby established for the purpose of investigating the
handling of essential fresh foods within the commonwealth,
with a view to making recommendations for the improve-
ment of market facilities for such handling. Said com-
mission may expend for clerical and other assistance and
expenses such sums as may be appropriated therefor, shall
be provided with quarters in the state house or elsewhere,
and may travel and hold hearings within or without the
commonwealth. Said commission shall report to the general
court the results of its investigations and its recommenda-
tions, if any, together with drafts of legislation necessary
to carry its recommendations into effect, by filing the same
with the clerk of the senate not later than the first Wednes-
day in December, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, and
shall at the same time file a copy of said report with the
governor. Approved June 12, 1947.
Chaj). 54 Resolve reviving and continuing the special commis-
SION ESTABLISHED TO MAKE AN INVESTIGATION RELATIVE
TO AUTHORIZING THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
WORKS TO IMPROVE FAIRHAVEN HARBOR.
Resolved, That the unpaid special commission established
by chapter fifty-nine of the resolves of nineteen hundred and
Resolves, 1947. — Chap. 55. 807
forty-six is hereby revived and continued for the purpose of
continuing its investigation relative to the advisability and
expediency of providing for the improvement of the port
facilities at Fairhaven Harbor. Said commission may ex-
pend for expert, clerical and other services and expenses such
sums as may be appropriated therefor. Said commission
shall make a supplementary report to the general court of
the results of its investigation, and its recommendations,
together with drafts of legislation necessary to give effect
to the same, by filing the same with the clerk of the house
of representatives on or before the first Wednesday of De-
cember in the current year. Approved June 12, 191^7.
Resolve providing for an investigation and study by Qy^^rQ 55
A SPECIAL COMMISSION RELATIVE TO THE DEVELOPMENT ^'
OF INLAND WATERWAYS OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
Resolved, That an unpaid special commission, to consist
of two members of the senate to be designated by the presi-
dent thereof, five members of the house of representatives to
be designated by the speaker thereof and two persons to
be appointed by the governor, is hereby established for the
purpose of making an investigation and study relative to
the development of the inland waterways of the common-
wealth in matters of flood control, adequacy of developed
power, pollution control and relative to the benefits, if any,
to be derived from the opening of the Connecticut river to
navigation between Hartford and Holyoke. Said commis-
sion, in the course of its investigation and study, shall also
consider the subject matter of current senate document
numbered one hundred and eleven, relative to estabhshing
the Merrimack Valley Authority, of current senate docu-
ment numbered three hundred and twenty-eight, relative
to providing for an investigation and study of the feasibifity
of further developing the hydroelectric power of the water-
ways of the commonwealth, of current house document
numbered twelve hundred, relative to a survey and study
of the use made of the natural resources of the common-
wealth available for furnishing of electric power, of current
house document numbered fourteen hundred and seventeen,
relative to providing for a study of flood control and the
development of electrical power from flood control projects
on the rivers and streams of the commonwealth, of current
house document numbered seventeen hundred and thirty,
relative to the benefits, if any, to be derived from the open-
ing of the Connecticut river to navigation between the cities
of Hartford and Holyoke, and of current senate document
numbered two hundred and eighty and current house docu-
ment numbered fifteen hundred and four, relative to the
screening by the department of conservation of the outlet
and spillway of the East Otis reservoir in the town of Otis,
and of current house document numbered fifteen hundred
and twenty-three, relative to the advisabiUty of dredging
808 Resolves, 1947. — Chap. 56.
the Merrimack river from the city of Lawrence to the sea
for the purpose of making said river navigable. Said com-
mission may call upon the departments of conservation,
public health, pubhc utilities, pubhc works and other de-
partments, boards, commissions and officers of the common-
wealth for such information as it may desire in the course
of its investigation. Said commission shall be provided with
quarters in the state house or elsewhere and shall hold pubhc
hearings if it deems it necessary. Said commission may ex-
pend such sums as may be appropriated for carrying out
the purposes of this resolve. Said commission shall report
to the general court the results of its investigation, and its
recommendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation
necessary to carry such recommendations into effect, by
fihng the same with the clerk of the house of representatives
on or before the first Wednesday of December in the current
year. Approved June 13, 1947.
Chap. 56 Resolve providing for an investigation and study by
AN UNPAID SPECIAL COMMISSION OF THE GENERAL SUBJECT
OF PUBLIC EXPENDITURES WITH A VIEW TO ALLEVIATING
THE BURDEN THEREOF.
Resolved, That an unpaid special commission, to consist
of one member of the senate to be designated by the presi-
dent thereof from the membership of each of the committees
on ways and means, on counties and on municipal finance,
two members of the house of representatives to be designated
by the speaker thereof from the membership of each of said
committees, and three persons to be appointed by the gov-
ernor, hereinafter called the commission, is hereby estab-
lished for the purpose of making an investigation and study
of the general subject of public expenditures, considering all
possible economies which may be effected through legislative
action, with a view to the reduction of government costs of
the commonwealth and of its political subdivisions. The
commission shall point out specifically and in detail what
services now performed by the commonwealth or its political
subdivisions can be eliminated and what obligations thereof
can be abandoned, and generally shall investigate and study
the entire problem of public expenditures with a view to
alleviating the burden thereof. The commission may call
upon the commissioner of corporations and taxation and
other departments, commissions and officers of the common-
wealth and of the several counties and municipalities for
such information as it may desire in the course of its investi-
gation and study. The commission shall be provided with
quarters in^the state house or elsewhere, shall hold public
hearmgs, and shall have the power to summon witnesses and
to require the production of books, records, contracts and
papers and the giving of testimony under oath. The com-
mission may expend for expert, clerical and other services
and expenses such sums as may be appropriated therefor.
Resolves, 1947. — Chap. 57. 809
Said commission shall also consider the advisability of pro-
viding a continuous and progressive program for achieving
and maintaining the utmost economy and efficiency in the
administration of the affairs of the commonwealth and of
its political subdivisions.
The commission shall report to the general court the re-
sults of its investigation and study, and its recommendations,
if any, together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry
such recommendations into effect, by filing the same with
the clerk of the house of representatives not later than the
first Wednesday of December in the current year.
Approved June 17, 194-7.
Resolve establishing an unpaid special commission to Chap. 57
STUDY AND REVISE THE LAW^S RELATING TO PUBLIC WELFARE.
Resolved, That a special unpaid commission, to consist of
one member of the senate to be designated by the president
thereof, two members of the house of representatives to be
designated by the speaker thereof, and three persons to be
appointed by the governor, is hereby established to make a
survey and study of the laws of the commonwealth relating
to public welfare, with a view to the revision and codifica-
tion of said laws and to the recommending of such changes
therein and additions thereto as may appear necessary or
desirable. In making said survey and study, said commis-
sion shall consider the subject matter of so much of the gov-
ernor's address, printed as current senate document num-
bered one, as relates to a complete recodification of the public
welfare laws to clarify the responsibilities of the common-
wealth and cities and towns, and so much thereof as relates
to an amendment of existing statutes to provide more ade-
quate safeguards surrounding the organization of charitable
corporations, and the subject matter of current senate docu-
ment numbered four hundred and thirty and of current
house documents numbered thi-ee hundred and fifty-four,
nine hundred and seventy-five and sixteen hundred and
fifteen. Said commission shall hold hearings, shall be pro-
vided with quarters in the state house or elsewhere and may
expend for expenses and legal, clerical and other assistance
such sums as may be appropriated therefor. Said commis-
sion shall report to the general court the results of its study,
and its recommendations, if any, together with drafts of
legislation necessary to carry said recommendations into
effect, by filing the same with the clerk of the house of repre-
sentatives not later than the first Wednesday of December
in the current year. Approved June 25, 1947.
810 Resolves, 1947. — Chap. 58.
Chav. 58 Resolve establishing a special unpaid commission to
INVESTIGATE AND STUDY THE MATTER OF PROVIDING AS-
SISTANCE AND RELIEF FOR THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWNS
OF GRANVILLE, TOLLAND AND SANDISFIELD AND TO PROTECT
THE INTERESTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH FROM CERTAIN
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, INCLUDING THE LOSS OF TAXES,
RESULTING FROM THE PURCHASE AND USE BY THE STATE OF
CONNECTICUT, OR AGENCIES THEREOF, OF LAND IN SAID
TOWNS FOR WATER SUPPLY OR WATERSHED PURPOSES.
Resolved, That an unpaid special commission, to consist
of one member of the senate to be designated by the presi-
dent thereof, three members of the house of representatives
to be designated by the speaker thereof, the attorney general,
the commissioner of public works, the commissioner of cor-
porations and taxation and the director and chief engineer
of the division of sanitary engineering of the department of
public health, is hereby established for the purpose of mak-
ing an investigation and study of the probable economic
conditions and financial loss to the towns of Granville, Tol-
land and Sandisfield and to the commonwealth, including
the loss of taxes and the damage to the farming and dairy
industries, resulting from the purchase of certain lands in
said towns by the state of Connecticut or political subdivi-
sions or agencies thereof, the removal of the buildings from
said lands, the construction of reservoirs, the alteration,
relocation and discontinuance of highways and the conver-
sion of said lands into forest land and the holding of said
lands for water supply or watershed purposes. The attorney
general, the commissioner of public works, the director and
chief engineer of the division of sanitary engineering of the
department of public health and the commissioner of cor-
porations and taxation, or any of them, if he so elects, may
designate an officer or employee of his department to serve
in his place on the commission. Said commission may re-
quire information of the department of agriculture, or any
of the divisions thereof, and such other departments, com-
missions, boards and officers of the commonwealth as have
or can obtain information in relation to the subject matter
of this resolve. Said commission may travel within and
without the commonwealth and may expend for clerical
and other services and expenses, such sums as may be ap-
propriated therefor. Said commission shall report to the
general court the results of its investigation and study, and
its recommendations, if any, together with drafts of legisla-
tion necessary to carry such recommendations into effect,
by filing the same with the clerk of the senate on or before
the first Wednesday in December in the year nineteen hun-
dred and forty-eight. Approved June 25, 1947.
Resolves, 1947. — Chaps. 59, 60. 811
Resolve increasing the scope of the investigation Qhav 59
AND STUDY TO BE MADE BY THE SPECIAL COMMISSION ES- ^'
TABLISHED TO MAKE AN INVESTIGATION AND STUDY RELA-
TIVE TO THE EMPLOYMENT SECURITY LAW.
Resolved, That the unpaid special commission established
by chapter sixteen of the resolves of the current year for the
purpose of making an investigation and study relative to the
employment security law, shall, in the course of its investi-
gation and study, consider the subject matter of current
senate document numbered one hundred and seventy,
amended, relative to hearings on applications for a review
of the determination of the validity of claims for unemploy-
ment compensation. Approved June 25, 1947.
Resolve providing for an investigation by a special Char). 60
COMMISSION relative TO THE OPERATION OF STEAMSHIPS
AND OTHER MEANS OF WATER TRANSPORTATION BETWEEN
NEW BEDFORD, WOODS HOLE, MARTHA's VINEYARD AND
NANTUCKET.
Resolved, That an unpaid special commission, to consist
of one member of the senate to be designated by the presi-
dent thereof, four members of the house of representatives
to be designated by the speaker thereof, and four persons to
be appointed by the governor, of which appointees one shall
be a resident of New Bedford, one a resident of Martha's
Vineyard, one a resident of Nantucket and one a resident of
Falmouth, is hereby established for the purpose of making
an investigation of the operation of steamships and other
means of water transportation between New Bedford, Woods
Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, with a view to de-
termining what action should be taken to better serve the
interests of the public with respect to said transportation
facilities in matters relating to equipment, passenger and
freight rates and charges and other matters relating to such
facilities. Said commission may call upon the department
of public utilities and other departments, commissions,
boards and officers of the commonwealth for such informa-
tion as it may desire in the course of its investigation. Said
commission shall be provided with quarters in the state
house or elsewhere, shall hold public hearings, shall have the
power to summon witnesses and to require the production of
books, records, contracts and papers and the giving of testi-
mony under oath and may expend for expert, clerical and
other services and expenses such sums as may hereafter be
appropriated therefor. Said commission shall report to the
general court the results of its investigation, and its recom-
mendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation neces-
sary to carry its recommendations uito effect, by filing the
same with the clerk of the house of representatives not later
than the first Wednesday of December in the current year.
Approved June 26, 1947.
812 Resolves, 1947. — Chaps. 61, 62, 63.
Chap. 61 Resolve in favor of the towns of bourne, mashpee and
SANDWICH.
Resolved, That, notwithstanding the provisions of section
twenty-four of chapter forty-eight of the General Laws, the
towns of Bourne, Mashpee and Sandwich shall not be
assessed, or be required to pay, any portion of the expenses
incurred by the division of forestry of the department of con-
servation in the extinguishment of the forest fire which oc-
curred in said towns in April, nineteen hundred and forty-six.
Approved June 26, 19J^7.
Chap. 62 Resolve increasing the scope of the investigation and
STUDY TO BE MADE BY THE SPECIAL COMMISSION ESTAB-
LISHED TO MAKE AN INVESTIGATION AND STUDY RELATIVE
TO THE EMPLOYMENT SECURITY LAW, AND EXTENDING THE
TIME OF FILING OF A REPORT BY SAID COMMISSION.
Resolved, That the unpaid special commission established
by chapter sixteen of the resolves of the current year for the
purpose of making an investigation and study relative to
the employment security law shall, in the course of its in-
vestigation and study, consider the subject matter of cur-
rent senate documents numbered two hundred and twenty-
five, two hundred and twenty-eight, three hundred and five
and three hundred and sixty-eight and of current house
documents numbered six hundred and twenty-six, six hun-
dred and thirty-seven and two thousand and ninety-nine,
relating to said law, and also consider the recommendations
for changes in said law contained in current house document
numbered seven hundred and fifty-two. Notwithstanding
the provisions of said chapter sixteen, the report referred
to therein shall be filed on or before November twentieth in
the current year. Approved June 26, 1947.
Chap. 63 Resolve authorizing the continuance of the joint
BOARD IN the MATTER OF DISPOSAL OF SEWAGE IN THE
MERRIMACK RIVER VALLEY.
Resolved, That the joint board, composed of the Merri-
mack River Valley Sewerage Board and the department of
public health, created by chapter sixty-two of the resolves
of nineteen hundred and forty-five and granted additional
powers and duties by chapter forty-seven of the resolves
of nineteen hundred and forty-six, be continued until the
first Wednesday in December in the year nineteen hundred
and forty-seven, at or before which time said joint board
shall report to the general court by filing a report with the
clerk of the house of representatives. Said joint board may
expend such sums as may be hereafter appropriated therefor.
Approved June 26, 1947.
Resolves, 1947. — Chaps. 64, 65, 66. 813
Resolve increasing the scope of the investigation and Chap. 64
STUDY TO BE MADE BY THE SPECIAL COMMISSION ESTAB-
LISHED TO INVESTIGATE AND STUDY THE LAWS AND PRAC-
TICES RELATING TO THE ADOPTION OF CHILDREN THROUGH-
OUT THE COMMONWEALTH.
Resolved, That the unpaid special commission estabUshed
by chapter seventy-five of the resolves of nineteen hundred
and forty-six for the purpose of making an investigation and
study of the laws and practices relating to the adoption of
children throughout the commonwealth shall, in the course
of such investigation and study, consider the subject matter
of current senate document numbered five hundred and
eighty-six, providing that a probate court may waive the
requirement of a report from the department of public wel-
fare in proceedings for the adoption of children under the
age of fourteen. Approved June 26, 1947.
Resolve in favor of carl f. riedell of osterville in QJiQr)^ 65
THE TOWN OF BARNSTABLE.
Resolved, That, for the purpose of discharging a moral ob-
ligation of the commonwealth and after an appropriation has
been made therefor, there shall be allowed and paid from the
state treasury to Carl F. Riedell of Osterville in the town of
Barnstable the sum of four thousand nine hundred and
fifty-nine dollars and twenty-five cents as compensation for
injuries received by him while fighting a forest fire on April
twentieth, nineteen hundred and forty-six. No payment
shall be made hereunder until said Riedell shall have signed
and filed with the comptroller an agreement that the amount,
if any, paid or to be paid for legal services rendered in con-
nection with the passage of this resolve shall not exceed ten
per cent of the sum payable hereunder, nor until said Riedell
shall have executed and filed with the comptroller a release,
satisfactoiy in form to the attorney general, in full satis-
faction of his claim against the commonwealth for compensa-
tion on account of said injuries.
Approved June 26, 1947.
Resolve increasing the scope of the study to be made QfiQ/n^ QQ
BY the special COMMISSION ESTABLISHED TO MAKE A
STUDY OP THE PROBLEM OF PROVIDING BETTER PROTECTION
ALONG THE COAST LINE OF THE COMMONWEALTH AGAINST
THE LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY CAUSED BY STORMS.
Resolved, That the unpaid special commission established
by chapter seventy of the resolves of nineteen hundred and
forty-six and revived and continued by chapter thirty-six
of the resolves of the current year, shall, in the course of
making its study of the problem of providing better pro-
814 Resolves, 1947. — Chaps. 67, 68.
tection along the coast line of the commonwealth against
loss of life and property caused by storms, consider the sub-
ject matter of current house document numbered eighteen
hundred and eighty-six, relative to providing for the im-
provement of Provincetown harbor.
Approved June 27, 1947.
Chap. 67 Resolve providing for an investigation and study by a
SPECIAL UNPAID COMMISSION OF CERTAIN PROBLEMS OF
EDUCATION IN THE COMMONWEALTH.
Resolved, That a special unpaid commission, to consist of
three members of the senate to be designated by the presi-
dent thereof, seven members of the house of representatives
to be designated by the speaker thereof, and five persons to
be appointed by the governor, is hereby established for the
purpose of making an investigation and study of the prob-
lems of higher education in the commonwealth, particularly
those pertaining to the enlargement of the University of
Massachusetts, including the feasibility of incorporating in
said university the state teachers colleges and other state
institutions of higher education. Said commission, in the
course of its investigation and study, shall consider the
subject matter of so much of the governor's address, printed
as current senate document numbered one, as relates to the
consideration of the report of the recess commission on edu-
cation with particular reference to the enlargement of the
University of Massachusetts, and the subject matter of cur-
rent senate documents numbered five, eighty-five, one hun-
dred and fifty-eight, one hundred and fifty-nine and three
hundred and fifty-six, and of current house documents num-
bered one hundred and twenty-six, three hundred and thirty,
five hundred and ninety-four, ten hundred and sixty-seven,
ten hundred and sixty-eight, twelve hundred and ninety-five
and twelve hundred and ninety-seven. Said commission
shall also make such recommendations as to the member-
ship and the powers and duties of the boards of trustees of
the state institutions of higher education as it may deem
necessary or desirable. Said commission may expend for
clerical and other services and expenses such sums as may
be appropriated therefor. Said commission shall report to
the general court the results of its investigation and study,
and its recommendations, if any, together with drafts of
legislation necessary to carry said recommendations into
effect, by filing the same with the clerk of the house of repre-
sentatives not later than the first Wednesday of December
in the current year. Approved June 27, 1947.
Chap. 68 Resolve providing for a special commission to make a
SURVEY AND STUDY OF PROBLEMS RELATING TO VETERANS,
including HOUSING AND HOSPITAL FACILITIES.
Resolved, That an unpaid commission, consisting of one
member of the senate, to be appointed by the president
Resolves, 1947. — Chap. 69. 815
thereof, three members of the house of representatives, to
be appointed by the speaker thereof, and one member to be
appointed by the governor, is hereby estabUshed for the pur-
pose of making a survey and study of problems relating to
veterans, including housing and hospital facilities. Said
commission, in co-operation with the state board of housing
and the state planning board, shall specifically study housing
facilities in relation to veterans. Said commission shall also
study the progress and development of the authorized
hospital addition at the Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts at
Chelsea, and the proposed soldiers' home to be constructed
in the city of Holyoke. Said commission shall also, in the
course of its survey and study, consider the subject matter
of current senate documents numbered one hundred and
seventy-six, one hundred and seventy-seven and three hun-
dred and seventy-seven, and of current house document
numbered two hundred and seventy-two, relative to addi-
tional construction projects and additional equipment and
facilities at the Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts. Said com-
mission is hereby authorized to make progress reports to the
general court from time to time relative to all matters re-
lating to the soldiers' homes. Said commission shall also
study the operation of all statutes providing assistance and
benefits to veterans of World War II. Said commission,
during its inquiry, shall have the assistance and co-operation
of the chairman of the commission on administration and
finance and the commissioner of veterans' services. Said
commission shall be provided with quarters in the state
house or elsewhere and may expend for necessary assistance
and expenses such sums, not exceeding, in the aggregate, five
thousand dollars, as may hereafter be appropriated therefor.
The commission shall report to the general court the results
of its survey and study and its recommendations, if any,
together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry such
recommendations into effect, by filing the same with the
clerk of the house of representatives on or before the first
Wednesday of December in the current year.
Approved June 27, 1947.
Resolve providing for an investigation relative to Chap. 69
THE immediate RELIEF OF TRAFFIC, HOUSING, STREET
lighting and RECREATIONAL CONDITIONS OF THE CITY OF
BOSTON.
Resolved, That an unpaid special commission, to consist
of one member of the senate to be designated by the presi-
dent thereof, three members of the house of representatives
to be designated by the speaker thereof, the members of the
state planning board and the members of the state board of
housing, is hereby established for the purpose of making an
investigation and study of traffic conditions, housing, street
lighting and recreational facilities in the city of Boston.
816 Resolves, 1947. — Chap. 70.
For the purposes of such mvestigation and study, said
commission may employ necessary engineering and other
assistants and shall prepare such plans, statistical informa-
tion and other data as it may deem to be of assistance to the
general court in the consideration of any legislation recom-
mended. Said commission may also utilize the services of
the department of public utilities, the Boston transit com-
mission and the state department of public works in carry-
ing out the provisions of this resolve.
Said commission shall make a report to the general court
by filing the same with the clerk of the house of representa-
tives on or before the first Wednesday of December in the
current year, accompanied by such plans, statistics and
drafts of legislation as it may deem necessary or appropriate.
For the purposes of this resolve, said commission may ex-
pend such sums as may hereafter be appropriated therefor.
Approved June 27, 1947.
Chap 70 Resolve providing for the revival and continuance
OF THE SPECIAL COMMISSION ESTABLISHED TO MAKE AN
INVESTIGATION RELATIVE TO THE PREPARATION OF A NEW
EDITION OF THE GENERAL LAWS, AND RELATIVE TO THE
PREPARATION OF AN INDEX OF CERTAIN SPECIAL LAWS.
Resolved, That the special commission to make an investi-
gation relative to the preparation of a new edition of the
General Laws and relative to the preparation of an index of
certain special laws, created by chapter sixty-nine of the
resolves of nineteen hundred and forty-six, is hereby revived
and continued for the purpose of making an investigation of
the subject matter of house document numbered eight hun-
dred and twenty-seven of nineteen hundred and forty-six,
relative to the preparation of a new edition of the Greneral
Laws, and the subject matter of house document numbered
fourteen hundred and eighteen of nineteen hundred and
forty-six, relative to the preparation of an index of special
acts affecting counties, cities, towns and districts, the metro-
politan districts, railroads and street railways, and said
commission shall continue its investigation and study of the
matters referred to it. Said commission may expend for its
future expenses and clerical and other assistance such sums
as may hereafter be appropriated therefor, together with the
unexpended balance of the original appropriation which was
made for said purposes. Said commission shall make a sup-
plemental report to the general court of the results of its in-
vestigation, and its recommendations, if any, together with
drafts of legislation necessary to carry such recommendations
into effect, by filing the same with the clerk of the house of
representatives on or before the first Wednesday of December
in the current year. Approved June 27, 19^7.
Resolves, 1947. — Chaps. 71, 72. 817
Resolve providing for a further investigation and Chap. 71
STUDY relative TO THE PREVENTION OF CHILD DELIN-
QUENCY, THE REHABILITATION OF DELINQUENT CHILDREN
AND AS TO THE ADVISABILITY OF ESTABLISHING INSTITU-
TIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF SUCH CHILDREN.
Resolved, That an unpaid special commission, to consist
of two members of the senate to be designated by the presi-
dent thereof, three members of the house of representatives
to be designated by the speaker thereof, and five persons to
be appointed by the governor, is hereby established for the
purpose of making a further investigation and study relative
to the prevention of child delinquency, the rehabilitation of
delinquent children and as to the advisability of establishing
institutions for the treatment of such children. The com-
mission shall, in the course of its investigation and study,
consider the subject matter of current house document num-
bered fifty-six, relative to authorizing the trustees of Massa-
chusetts training schools to establish, maintain and supervise
a reception center for the classification and treatment of
delinquent children. The commission shall be provided with
quarters in the state house or elsewhere, may hold hearings,
may require by summons the attendance and testimony of
witnesses and the production of books and papers, and may
expend for clerical and other services and expenses such sums
as may be appropriated therefor. Said commission shall
report to the general court the results of its investigation
and study hereunder, and its recommendations, together
with drafts of legislation necessary to carry such recom-
mendations into effect, by filing one or more reports with
the clerk of the senate at such time or times as the commis-
sion may elect; provided, that the commission shall so file
its final report on or before the first Wednesday of Decem-
ber in the current year. Approved June 28, 191^7.
Resolve increasing the scope of the survey and study Chap. 72
BY the SPECIAL COMMISSION ESTABLISHED TO STUDY AND
REVISE THE LAWS RELATING TO PUBLIC WELFARE.
Resolved, That the special unpaid commission established
by chapter fifty-seven of the resolves of the current year to
make a survey and study of the laws of the commonwealth
relating to pubfic welfare shall, in making said survey and
study, consider the subject matter of current house docu-
ment numbered eighteen hundred and seventy-one, relative
to boarding homes for aged persons and to the licensing and
supervision of the same by the department of public welfare.
Approved June 28, 1947.
818 Resolves, 1947. — Chaps. 73, 74.
Chav 73 l^ESOLVE providing for an investigation and study by a
SPECIAL commission RELATIVE TO CERTAIN PUBLIC HEALTH
MATTERS.
Resolved, That an unpaid special commission, to consist
of one member of the senate to be designated by the presi-
dent thereof, three members of the house of representatives
to be designated by the speaker thereof, and three persons to
be appointed by the governor, is hereby estabhshed to make
a study relative to so much of the Governor's Address,
printed as current senate document numbered one, as relates
to the co-ordination of local, state and federal activities in
the field of public health, and relative to the public health
laws and policies of the commonwealth. Said commission
shall also consider the subject matter of current house docu-
ment numbered eighteen hundred and seventy, relative to
the regulation of certain hospitals, sanatoria, convalescent
and nursing homes by the department of public health.
Said commission may expend for clerical and other services
and expenses such sums as may be appropriated therefor.
Said commission shall report to the general court the results
of its study and its recommendations, together with drafts
of legislation necessary to give effect to the same, by filing
the same with the clerk of the house of representatives on or
before the first Wednesday of December in the current year.
Approved June 28, 191^7 .
Chap. 74 Resolve providing for an investigation and study by a
SPECIAL commission RELATIVE TO THE ADVANCEMENT AND
DEVELOPMENT OF AVIATION, MAKING THE GENERAL EDWARD
LAWRENCE LOGAN AIRPORT SELF-SUPPORTING, AND CERTAIN
RELATED MATTERS.
Resolved, That an unpaid special commission, to consist
of two members of the senate to be designated by the presi-
dent thereof, three members of the house of representatives
to be designated by the speaker thereof, and two persons to
be appointed by the governor, is hereby established for the
purpose of making an investigation and study of the subject
matter of so much of the governor's address, printed as cur-
rent senate document numbered one, as relates to the setting
aside of an airport in the metropolitan area for development
by the government of the United States for the use of national
guard and reserve military flying activities; current house
document numbered two hundred and thirty-four, providing
for the advancement of aviation by reduction of noise from
aircraft motor exhausts, propellers and air friction; current
house document numbered two hundred and thirty-five,
providing for the advancement of aviation by elimination of
noise from aircraft motor exhausts, propeller and air friction;
current house document numbered two hundred and thirty-
six, providing for an investigation and study by an unpaid
Resolves, 1947. — Chap. 75. 819
special commission relative to the problem of reduction of
noises caused by aircraft motors, exhaust gases, propellers
and air friction and for the greater development of aviation
within this commonwealth; current house document num-
bered ten hundred and twenty relative to making the General
Edward Lawrence Logan airport at East Boston self-sup-
porting; current house document numbered twelve hundred
and sixty, providing for an investigation and study by an
unpaid special commission relative to the problem of reduc-
tion of noises caused by aircraft motors, exhaust gases, pro-
pellers and air friction and for the greater development of
aviation within this commonwealth ; Appendix D of current
house document numbered eighteen hundred and twelve,
relative to establishing airport approach regulations for the
General Edward Lawrence Logan airport; and Appendix H
of current house document numbered eighteen hundred and
twelve, providing for a study by a special commission relative
to aeronautics and aviation, and to consider such other mat-
ters related to the development of air navigation facilities in
the commonwealth as it may deem advisable. Said commis-
sion shall be provided with quarters in the state house or
elsewhere, may travel within or without the commonwealth,
and may expend for travel and other expenses, and for clerical
and other assistance, such sums as may be appropriated
therefor. Said commission shall report to the general court
the results of its Lavestigation and study, and its recom-
mendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation nec-
essary to carry said recommendations into effect, by filing
the same with the clerk of the senate on or before the first
day of February in the year nineteen hundred and forty-eight.
Approved June 28, 191^7.
Resolve increasing the scope of the investigation and Chap. 75
STUDY BY the SPECIAL COMMISSION ESTABLISHED TO MAKE
A FURTHER INVESTIGATION AND STUDY RELATIVE TO THE
PREVENTION OF CHILD DELINQUENCY, THE REHABILITATION
OF DELINQUENT CHILDREN AND AS TO THE ADVISABILITY
OF ESTABLISHING INSTITUTIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF
SUCH CHILDREN.
Resolved, That the special commission established by a
resolve passed in the current year to make a further investi-
gation and study relative to the prevention of child de-
linquency, the rehabilitation of delinquent children and as
to the advisability of establishing institutions for the treat-
ment of such children, shall, in the course of its investigation
and study, consider the subject matter of current house docu-
ment numbered twenty-one hundred and twelve, relative to
commitments to the Massachusetts training schools.
Approved June 28, 191^1 .
820 Resolves, 1947. — Chaps. 76, 77, 78.
Chap. 76 Resolve providing for an investigation and study by a
SPECIAL COMMISSION RELATIVE TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
COMMUNITY PROPERTY RIGHTS BETWEEN HUSBAND AND
WIFE IN THIS COMMONWEALTH.
Resolved, That an unpaid special commission, to consist
of three members of the senate to be designated by the
president thereof, five members of the house of representa-
tives to be designated by the speaker thereof, and three per-
sons to be appointed by the governor, is hereby estabHshed
for the purpose of making an investigation and study of the
subject matter of current house document numbered twenty-
two hundred and forty-six, relative to the establishment of
community property rights between husband and wife in
Massachusetts. The commission shall be provided with
quarters in the state house, may hold hearings and require
the attendance and testimony of witnesses under oath and
the production of books and papers. It may employ such
clerical and legal and expert assistance as may be necessary,
may travel within and without the commonwealth in pur-
suance of its duties, and may also incur such other incidental
expenses as may be necessary in the conduct of the inves-
tigation and study, and may expend for said purposes such
sums as may be appropriated therefor. The commission
shall report to the general court the results of its investiga-
tion and study, and its recommendations, if any, together
with drafts of legislation necessary to carry said recom-
mendations into effect, by filing the same with the clerk of
the house of repre'sentatives on or before the first Wednesday
of December in the current year.
Approved June 28, 1947.
Chav 77 Resolve in favor of certain persons temporarily em-
ployed in THE INCOME TAX DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF CORPORATIONS AND TAXATION.
Resolved, That, for the purpose of discharging a moral ob-
ligation of the commonwealth, and after an appropriation
has been made therefor, there be allowed and paid from the
state treasury to certain persons temporarily employed in
the income tax division of the department of corporations
and taxation, for services performed during an emergency,
the sum of nine thousand and sixty-one dollars and eighty
cents. Approved June 28, 1947.
Chap. 78 Resolve providing for an investigation and study by a
SPECIAL COMMISSION RELATIVE TO THE SUBJECT OF BENE-
FITS PAYABLE UNDER THE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION LAW
IN THE CASE OF CERTAIN INJURIES.
Resolved, That an unpaid special commission, to consist
of two members of the senate to be designated by the presi-
Resolves, 1947. — Chap. 79. 821
dent thereof, three members of the house of representatives
to be designated by the speaker thereof, and three persons
to be appointed by the governor, one of whom shall be a
representative of labor, one a representative of industry and
one a representative of the public, is hereby established for
the purpose of making an investigation and study of the sub-
ject of benefits payable under the workmen's compensation
law in the case of certain injuries. Said commission, in the
course of its study hereunder, shall consider the subject mat-
ter of current house document numbered eighteen hundred
and three, relative to increasing the benefits payable under
the workmen's compensation law in the case of certain
specified injuries. Said commission shall be provided with
quarters in the state house or elsewhere, may hold hearings,
may require by summons the attendance and testimony of
witnesses and the production of books and papers, may travel
within and without the commonwealth, and may expend for
legal, clerical and other assistance and for expenses such sums
as may hereafter be appropriated therefor. Said commis-
sion shall report to the general court the results of its in-
vestigation and study, and its recommendations, if any,
together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry its
recommendations into effect, by filing the same with the
clerk of the senate not later than the first Wednesday of
December in the current year. Approved June 28, 1947.
Resolve validating the acts of helman Herman heller (^/j^^rj 79
AS A NOTARY PUBLIC.
Resolved, That the acts of Helman Herman Heller, whose
name was formerly Helma Gahler and who is sometimes
known as Hyman Herman Holler, as a notary public between
April twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and forty and April
twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, both dates
inclusive, are hereby confirmed and made valid in so far as
they may have been invalid by reason of having been per-
formed by said Heller under the assumed name of Hyman
Herman Heller, in which name the commission was granted.
Approved July 1, 19^7.
822
Amendment to Constitution.
SII|? Qlommnmuf altlj of MwaBvulpxatttB
In the Year One Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty- Five.
Proposed
amendment
to the
constitution
to provide a
guarantee of
the right of
free speech
for the people.
Proposal for a legislative amendment of the consti-
tution PROVIDING a guarantee OF THE RIGHT OF FREE
SPEECH FOR THE PEOPLE.
A joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives
hereby declares it to be expedient to alter the Constitution
by the adoption of the following Article of Amendment, to
the end that it may become a part of the Constitution, if
similarly agreed to in a joint session of the next General
Court and approved by the people at the state election next
following :
ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT.
Article XVI of Part the First is hereby annulled and the
following is adopted in place thereof:
Article XVI. The liberty of the press is essential to the
security of freedom in a state: it ought not, therefore, to
be restrained in this commonwealth. The right of free
speech shall not be abridged.
In Joint Session, Juno 28, I'Jio.
The foregoing legislative amendment of the Constitution
is agreed to in joint session of the two houses of the General
Court, the said amendment having received the affirmative
votes of a majority of all the members elected; and it is
referred to the next General Court in accordance with a
provision of the Constitution.
IRVING N. HAYDEN,
Clerk of the Joint Session.
Certified to
the secretary
of the com-
monwealth
for submis-
sion to the
people at the
next state
election.
In Joint Session, June 9, 1947.
The foregoing legislative amendment is agreed to in joint
session of the two houses, the said amendment having re-
ceived the affirmative votes of a majority of all the mem-
bers elected; and this fact is hereby certified to the Secre-
tary of the Commonwealth, in accordance with a provision
of the Constitution.
IRVING N. HAYDEN,
Clerk of the .Joint Session.
Amendment to Constitution. 823
In the Year One Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty-Six.
Proposal for a legislative amendment of the consti-
tution RESTRICTING THE USE OF REVENUE FROM FEES,
DUTIES, EXCISE OR LICENSE TAXES RELATING TO REGIS-
TRATION, OPERATION OR USE OF VEHICLES ON PUBLIC
HIGHWAYS, OR TO FUELS USED FOR PROPELLING SUCH
VEHICLES, EXCEPT REVENUE FROM AN EXCISE TAX IM-
POSED IN LIEU OF LOCAL PROPERTY TAXES FOR THE
PRIVILEGE OF REGISTERING SUCH VEHICLES.
A joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives Proposed
hereby declares it to be expedient to alter the Constitution ?"th?°^°^
by the adoption of the following Article of Amendment, to resthctin'"'
the end that it may become a part of the Constitution, if the use of
similarly agreed to in a joint session of the next General flJs^.Xtlesr
Court and approved by the people at the state election ^^^^^^^°^^^^g
next following : relating to
registration,
ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT. usroYveliides
Art. . No revenue from fees, duties, excises or highways, etc.
license taxes relating to registration, operation or use of
vehicles on public highways, or to fuels used for propelling
such vehicles, shall be expended for other than cost of
administration of laws providing for such revenue, making
of refunds and adjustments in relation thereto, payment of
highway obligations, or cost of construction, reconstruction,
maintenance and repair of public highways and bridges and
of the enforcement of state traffic laws; and such revenue
shall be expended by the commonwealth or its counties,
cities and towns for said highway purposes only and in such
manner as the general court may direct ; provided, that this
amendment shall not apply to revenue from any excise tax
imposed in lieu of local property taxes for the privilege of
registering such vehicles.
In .Joint Session, June 6, 1946.
The foregoing legislative amendment of the Constitution
is agreed to in joint session of the two houses of the General
Court, the said amendment having received the affirmative
votes of a majority of all the members elected; and it is
referred to the nexi; General Court in accordance with a
provision of the Constitution.
IRVING N. HAYDEN,
Clerk of the Joint Session.
824
Amendment to Constitution.
In Joint Session, June 9, 1947.
Sfe sMretao' "^^^ foregoing legislative amendment is agreed to in joint
mom^ea°^" session of the two houses, the said amendment having re-
fer Bubmission ceived the affirmative votes of a majority of all the members
^thlSlxf* elected; and this fact is hereby certified to the Secretary
state election. Qf ^j^g Commonwealth, in accordance with a provision of
the Constitution.
IRVING N. HAYDEN,
Clerk of the Joint Session .
Acts and Resolves Approved, etc. 825
NUMBER OF ACTS AND RESOLVES APPROVED,
AND LIST OF ACTS AND RESOLVES VETOED
BY THE GOVERNOR AND PASSED OVER HIS
VETO AND ACTS DECLARED EMERGENCY
LAWS BY THE GOVERNOR UNDER AUTHOR-
ITY OF THE CONSTITUTION.
The general court, during its first annual session held in
1947, passed 683 Acts and 79 Resolves, which received ex-
ecutive approval.
The governor returned 15 Acts and 3 Resolves with his
objections thereto in WTiting. Upon 13 Acts and 3 Resolves
his objections were sustained.
Thirteen (13) Acts entitled, respectively, "An Act au-
thorizing Salem Relief Committee (Inc.) to grant and con-
vey its funds and other property to the Samaritan Society
and thereupon to be dissolved"; "An Act authorizing the
city of Peabody to appropriate money for the payment of,
and to pay, a claim of Walter J. Parsons, Jr. for services
rendered to the park department of said city"; "An Act
providing for a close season on all birds and mammals dur-
ing certain periods"; "An Act to reduce the years of service
required under the provisions of the contributory retirement
law relative to ordinary disability"; "An Act authorizing
the city of Springfield to pay an annuity to Mae Murray,
widow of Fred E. Murray"; "An Act authorizing the county
of Middlesex to pay a sum of money to Connolly's Garage,
Inc."; "An Act authorizing the city of Peabody to appro-
priate money for the payment of and to pay the unpaid
balance of the salary of a former deputy chief of the fire de-
partment for the year nineteen hundred and forty-five";
"An Act increasing certain benefits for accidental disability
retirement and additional accidental death benefits, under
the contributory retirement law"; "An Act permitting
cities and towns to sell certain real estate for a nominal con-
sideration to certain veterans"; "An Act authorizing the
registration of practitioners before the Department of Public
Utilities, and providing that such practitioners may there-
after represent parties at certain hearings"; "An Act rela-
tive to the status of certain teachers upon their return to
service in a municipal school department after terminating
certain federal government service"; "An Act relative to
the retirement of certain veterans of World War 11"; "An
Act relative to the pensioning of foremen, inspectors, me-
chanics, draw tenders, assistant draw tenders and store-
keepers in the employ of the city of Chelsea"; and three (3)
Resolves entitled, respectively, "Resolve in favor of William
826 Acts A^'D RESOL^'ES Approved, etc.
M. O'Donnell of "Westfield"'; "Resolve in favor of William
P. Herlihy of Cambridge" and "Resolve in favor of Henry
Baker Company, of Boston"' were passed and laid before
the governor for his approval: were returned by him with his
objections thereto, to the branch in which they respectively
originated; were reconsidered, and the vote being taken on
their passage, the objections of the governor thereto not-
withstanding, they were rejected, and said acts and resolves
thereby became void.
Two (2) Acts entitled, respectively, "An Act establishing
the salaries of the district attorneys, assistant district attor-
neys and deputy district attorneys, and the special assistant
district attorney in Suffolk county" (Chapter 675) and "An
Act establishing the salaries of registers of probate and
assistant registers of probate" (Chapter 678) were passed
and laid before the governor for his approval; were returned
by him with his objections thereto, to the branch in which
they respectively originated; were reconsidered, agreeably
to the pro^■isions of the constitution, and the vote being
taken on their passage, the objections of the governor
thereto notwithstanding, they were passed, and said acts
have thereby the force of law.
Four (4) Acts entitled, respectively, "An Act authorizing
the ratification of a proposed compact between the common-
wealth and certain states specified therein, pro\'iding for
abatement of existing pollution and control of future pollu-
tion of interstate waters" (Chapter 421); "An Act pro^^d-
ing that the state racing commission may grant licenses for
additional days of racing in certain cases" (Chapter 567);
"An Act to further facilitate and encourage the pro\'iding of
homes during the present emergency" (Chapter 568) and
"An Act providing for the peaceful settlement of industrial
disputes dangerous to the public health and safety" (Chap-
. ter 596) were declared to be emergency laws b\- the governor
in accordance with the pro\'isions of the forty-eighth amend-
ment to the Constitution "The Referendum. II. Emer-
gency Measures". Said Chapter 421 thereby took effect at
2.25 P.M. on June 4, 1947; said Chapter 567 at 11.45 a.m.
on June 24, 1947; said Chapter 568 at 11.45 a.m, on June
24, 1947 and said Chapter 596 at 7.50 p.m. on June 27, 1947.
The general court was prorogued on Tuesday, July 1,
1947, at ten minutes before ten o'clock p.m., the session hav-
ing occupied 182 daj-s.
Return of Votes, etc. 827
Return of votes ox question no. 1, being an initiative petition,
submitted under the provisions of article xlviii of the
amendments to the constitution to the voters of the com-
monwealth at the state election held november 5, 1946.
Question No. 1 {Law Proposed by Initiative Petition).
Shall this measure, which by amendments of the General Laics {Ter. Ed.),
provides for payment by the Commonwealth of adequate pensions to deserv-
ing citizens sixty-jive years of age or over in need of relief or support, who
shall have resided in the Commonwealth not less than five years immediately
preceding the date of application for such pension, and who shall have re-
sided in the Commonwealth continuously for one year immediately pre-
ceding said date of application, u-hich is further described as follows: —
The measure, by amendments of General Laws {Ter. Ed.), c. 6, provides
for an old age pension commission of three persons, one to be a qualified
physician, another to be an attorney at law and a third to be a non-profes-
sional person, who are to be appointed and may be removed for cause by
the Governor with the advice and consent of the Council, and are to serve
under the Governor and Council. Not more than two members of said Com-
mission shall be members of the saine political party. Original appoint-
ments of members shall be for one, two and three years respectively, and
thereafter appointments are to be for three years. Such members are to
devote their whole time to the work of the Commission during business
hours and be engaged in no other business, occupation or profession. One
of their number is to be designated as chairman by the Governor and shall
receive a salary of 86,000, and each other member $5,500 per year, with
their necessary expenses. The commission is empowered to make and en-
force rules and. regulations as it may deein necessary in the performance of
its duties and as may be approved by the Governor and Council.
The measure strikes out chapter 118 A of the General Laivs {Ter. Ed.),
and inserts in its place a new chapter entitled "Adequate pensions for cer-
tain aged citizens."
It is provided that pensions hereunder shall be paid from the date of
application therefor, but in no event before the applicant reaches the age
of sixty-five. The Commission shall render a decision in not less than thirty
days from the date of application for a penMon or a request for an increase
of the amount thereof. Such pension shall, wherever practicable, be paid
to the aged person in his own home or in lodgings or in a boarding home,
which for the purposes hereof shall include any institution providing
shelter, care and treatment for aged persons which is not supported in
whole or in part by public funds, provided, that no inmate of such a board-
ing home or institution shall be eligible for a pension under this chapter
while being cared for under a contract. Such pension shall be paid by
check or in cash which shall be delivered to the pensioner at his residence,
if he so requests, and shall be paid semi-monthly unless the pensioner pre-
fers less frequent payments. Such pension shall be on the basis of need
and the amount thereof shall be determined in accordance with budgetary
standards established by the Commission. Budgetary standards shall be
such as to enable an individual pensioner to maintain a standard of living
828 Return of Votes, etc.
compatible with decency and health. Such pensions, except as hereinafter
provided, shall be at the rate of not less than ijS.OO monthly. The pen-
sioner's budget at such times as may be required shall include medical
care, if recommended by a recognized physician, eye-glasses, if recommended
by a recognized optician, dental care and false teeth, if recommended by
a recognized dentist.
In computing the pensioner's payment under this chapter, the Commis-
sion shall deduct from the pensioner's budget or the minimum payment,
whichever is greater, the amount of income the person paid or to be paid a
pension hereunder may be receiving from any source, and may deduct
therefrom such reasonable amount as may be deemed to represent the finan-
cial value of board, lodging or other assistance ivhich is being furnished to
such persons from any source.
Upon the death of a person drawing a pension, whose funeral cost does
not exceed the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars and in whose estate
there are insufficient assets to cover the full cost of the funeral, the Coinmis-
sion shall pay to the funeral director the difference between the assets and
the cost of the funeral, a sum not exceeding one hundred and twenty-five
dollars.
Expenses for medical, hospital and other services rendered to a pensioner,
which remain unpaid at the time of his death or commitment to an institu-
tion as an insane person, shall be paid directly to the person rendering such
services.
No pension under this chapter shall be discontinued nor shall the amount
thereof be decreased until the expiration of fifteen days after notice has been
given by the Commission to the pensioner.
Provision is made by which a person receiving a pension may be absent
from the Commonwealth on a visit without having such pension suspended.
It is provided that General Laws (Ter. Ed.), c. 273, ^20, which relates
to the support of parents by children, shall not apply when parents are
eligible to receive a pension.
Provision is made that there shall be set up in the Commission a sub-
division of appeals under the jurisdiction of a supervisor of appeals. Any
person aggrieved by the failure of the Commission to pay an adequate pen-
sion under this chapter, or by the failure of the Commission to approve or
reject an application for a pension or a request for an increase in the amount
thereof, within thirty days after receiving such application or request, shall
have a right to a fair hearing, after due notice, upon appeal to the subdivision
of appeals in the form and manner prescribed by the Commission; provided
that such appeal is received by the subdivision of appeals within sixty days
after official notice of the action taken by the Old Age Pension Commission
has been received by the applicant or pensioner. The decision of the sub-
division of appeals shall be final and binding upon the Commission.
The Commission or any interested person aggrieved by any decision in
any proceeding before the subdivision of appeals may obtain judicial review
of such decision by filing, within twenty days of the date of mailing of such
decision, a petition for review thereof in the district court within the judicial
district wherein the pensioner or the applicant for a pension lives.
In any proceeding for review the findings of the subdivision of appeals as
to facts shall be conclusive, such proceedings shall be heard in a summary
manner and given precedence over all other civil cases. From the decision
of a district court upon review an appeal may be taken to the Supreme
Judicial Court.
Return of Votes, etc. S29
The possession by an applicant for pension under this chapter of assets
consisting of cash, active securities or inactive securities, or any combination
of such assets, shall not disqualify him from receiving such pension; pro-
vided, that the total of such assets, figuring the present cash value of such
inactive securities at the sum determined by the Old Age Pension Commis-
sion, does not exceed the sum of $300.
A person is not to be disqualified from receiving a pension because of
the ownership of an equity in vacant land from which there is insufficient
income to provide for his budgetary needs or minimum payments, or the
ownership of an equity in real estate by an applicant who resides thereon
or who, in the opinion of the Commission is residing elsewhere because of
physical or mental incapacity, provided that if such equity on the basis of
assessed valuation exceeds an average of $3,000 during the five years im-
mediately preceding application for the pension, the applicant shall execute
a bond in the penal sum for the amount of the equity in excess of $3,000
conditioned on repayment to the Commonwealth of all amounts paid as
such pension without interest, such bond to be secured by a mortgage on the
applicant's real estate. Provision is made for the recording of such bond
and mortgage without a fee and the apportionment of the proceeds realized
from any of them between the Federal government and the Commonwealth.
A person is not to be disqualified from receiving a pension by reason of
the ownership of a policy of group insurance or of a policy of insurance
in an amount not exceeding $1,000 or of a policy of insurance in an amount
not exceeding $3,000, having a cash surrender value not in excess of $1,000,
if such policy has been in effect not less than fifteen years.
No pension shall be granted to an applicant who at any time within five
years immediately^ prior to the filing of an application for such pension
has made an assignment or transfer of property so as to render himself
eligible to su^h pension. No pension shall be subject to trustee process or
assignment, and no applicant for a pension, who knowingly makes any
false statement or perpetrates any fraud or deception in relation to his
application, shall be granted any pension nor be eligible for one during one
year thereafter. A person, his executor or administrator shall be liable in
contract to the Commonwealth for expenses incurred by it for a pension
paid to such person under this chapter if such person or his estate is in
possession of funds not otherwise exempted thereunder.
If an application for a pension under this chapter is effected by the eligi-
bility of the applicant to receive aid under General Laws {Ter. Ed.), c. 115,
which relates to State and Military Aid and Soldiers' Relief, the applicant
shall be entitled to exercise such options and execute such waivers as may be
necessary to receive the pension which he seeks.
All cities and towns in the Commonwealth shall furnish suitable head-
quarters for the carrying out of the duties of the commission in such cities
and towns.
The measure further provides that there shall be established and set up
on the books of the Commonivealth a separate fund, to be known as the Old
Age Pension Fund, consisting of receipts credited to said fund under Gen-
eral Laws {Ter. Ed.), c. 64B, G. L. (Ter. Ed.), c. 128A, § 15, as amended,
G. L. {Ter. Ed.), c. 138, § 27, as amended, and all proceeds of taxes as-
sessed under Acts of 1941, c. 729, \\9 and 9 A.
The Old Age Assistance Fund as in force immediately prior to the
effective date of this act is hereby continued in existence, but shall hereafter
be entitled "The Old Age Pension Fund."
830
Return of Votes, etc.
It is provided that all civil service employees in the Department of Public
Welfare of the Commonwealth, including the supervisor, referees and em-
ployees of the subdivision of appeals in said department or of any city or
town, employed in the administration of the Old Age Assistance Law on
the effective date of this proposed measure, shall be transferred to the service
of the Old Age Pension Commission, retaining their present civil service
seniority retirement rights and any step increases from the minimum pay
of their grade earned during their service with said department or said
bureaus.
It is provided that all records and property used in the administration of
the Old Age Assistance Law and which are the property of the Co7nmon-
wealth are to be transferred to the Old Age Pension Commission.
This act shall take effect on March first, nineteen hundred and forty-
seven, — which proposed law was approved in the House of Representa-
tives by a vote of 126 in the affirmative and 79 in the negative, and on
which the Senate did not vote, — be approved?
County of Barnstable.
Cities and Towns.
Total
BaUots.
Barnstable 792
Bourne 269
Brewster ........ 89
Chatham 200
Dennis 200
Eastham 99
Falmouth 605
Harwich 223
Mashpee ........ 41
Orleans 128
Provincetown ....... 252
Sandwich 120
Truro 58
Wellfleet 110
Yarmouth 225
Totals 3,411
1,292
1,078
3,162
624
427
1,320
178
122
389
306
282
788
415
334
949
143
122
364
810
753
2,168
417
300
940
25
113
179
302
225
655
348
449
1,049
244
217
581
102
118
278
186
206
502
478
272
975
14,299
County of Berkshire.
Adams 1,207
Alford 16
Becket 52
Cheshire 152
Clarksburg ....... 85
Dalton 444
Egremont ....... 84
Florida 37
Great Barrington ...... 545
Hancock 26
Hinsdale 115
Lanesborough ....... 159
Lee 384
Lenox 296
Monterey ....... 34
Mount Washington ...... 21
New Ashford ....... 6
New Marlborough ...... 84
North Adams ...... 1,834
Otis 46
Peru 5
PiTTSPIELD 4,038
Richmond ....... 43
Sandisfield 26
1,402
2,252
4,861
23
25
64
70
63
185
199
235
586
178
204
467
688
579
1,711
123
68
275
49
46
132
808
1,009
2,362
43
56
125
179
166
460
206
173
538
405
593
1,382
424
406
1,126
71
49
154
8
13
42
22
6
34
83
120
287
3.125
3,043
8,002
72
52
170
14
15
34
7,581
6,900
18,519
131
65
239
22
74
122
Return of Votes, etc.
831
County of Berkshire. — Concluded.
Cities and Towns.
Total
Ballots.
Savoy ........ 15
Sheffield 138
Stockbridge 154
Tyringham 10
Washington ....... 7
West Stockbridge 87
Williamstown ....... 255
Windsor 15
Totals 10,420
33
58
106
243
223
604
284
212
650
32
20
62
32
15
54
103
169
359
896
405
1,556
30
30
75
County of Bristol.
Acushnet ....... 457
Attlbboro 3,223
Berkley 99
Dartmouth 734
Dighton 322
Easton 619
Fairhaven 1,205
Fall River 17,971
Freetown ....... 141
Mansfield 773
New Bedford ...... 15,800
North Attleborough 1,552
Norton ........ 323
Raynham . 163
Rehoboth 396
Seekonk 677
Somerset ........ 957
Swansea . 920
Tadnton 3,346
Westport 423
Totals 50,101
324
556
1,337
2,487
2,981
8,691
104
115
318
1,671
1,019
3,424
243
416
981
908
853
2,380
1,537
1,359
4,101
5,963
19,061
42,995
248
197
586
840
838
2,451
11,282
14,863
41,945
1.196
2,097
4,845
436
358
1.117
286
275
724
228
462
1.086
302
673
1,652
493
1,080
2,530
415
859
2,194
3,769
6,538
13,653
340
652
1,415
33,072
55,252
138,425
County of Dukes County.
Chilmark
Edgartown
Gay Head
Gosnold .
Oak Bluffs
Tisbury .
West Tisbury
17
110
8
13
160
168
17
Totals
493
35
180
27
n
147
226
47
264
29
7
283
357
654
64
31
2.203
County of Essex.
Amesbury
Andover .
Beverly
Boxford .
Danvers .
Essex
Georgetown
Gloucester
Groveland
Hamilton
Havehuill
Ipswich .
Lawre.vce
Lynn
Lynnfield
Manchester
Marblehead
1,277
1,079
1,905
4,261
1,438
2,268
1,652
5,358
3,000
4,508
3,644
11.1.52
105
204
113
422
1,733
1,697
1,409
4,839
176
211
208
595
211
293
376
880
2,.570
2,262
2,801
7,633
245
351
321
917
249
442
386
1,077
5,683
4,590
6,660
16,933
731
803
1,025
2,559
10,399
6,267
14,241
30,907
17,452
8,970
12,006
38,428
404
729
386
1.519
324
603
391
1.318
1,816
2.978
1,600
6,394
832
Return of Votes, etc.
County of Essex — Concluded.
Cities and Towns.
Total
Ballots.
Merrimac ....... 330
Methuen 3,118
Middleton 213
Nahant 319
Newbury 147
Nbwburtport ...... 1,610
North Andover ...... 1,124
Pbabodt 2,676
Rockport ....... 459
Rowley 180
Salem 7,141
Salisbury 359
Saugus 2,144
Swampscott ....... 1,856
Topsfield 142
Wenham ........ 140
West Newbury 139
Totals 69,909
320
430
1,080
2.187
3,723
9,028
181
281
676
410
333
1,062
324
252
723
1,827
2,507
5,944
1,086
1,325
3,536
1,985
3,396
8,056
643
593
1,695
256
308
744
4,431
6.974
18,546
315
566
1,240
1,676
1,803
5,623
2,413
1.285
5,654
253
171
566
351
184
675
207
201
547
County of Franklin.
Ashfield 84
81
138
303
Bernardston
123
100
145
368
Buckland
164
173
278
615
Charlemont
81
87
120
288
Colrain .
166
91
184
441
Conway .
Deerfield .
73
59
128
260
334
216
426
975
Erving .
139
83
184
406
Gill
84
104
144
332
Greenfield
2,889
1,677
2,316
6,882
Hawley .
4
18
17
39
Heath .
16
19
48
83
Leverett .
34
56
46
136
Leyden .
15
32
40
87
15
16
17
48
Montague
1.173
519
1,542
3,234
New Salem
40
67
42
149
Northfield
212
304
202
718
480
660
932
2,072
Rowe
17
29
23
69
Shelburne
194
270
280
744
21
19
28
68
Sunderland
91
108
102
301
Warwick .
34
61
47
132
Wendell .
28
36
65
129
Whately .
79
70
134
283
Totals 6.590
4.945
7.627
19.162
County of Hampden.
Agawam ........ 994
Blandford . 63
Brimfield 94
Chester 95
Chicopee ....... 5,127
East Longmeadow ...... 632
Granville ....... 76
Hampden ....... 163
Holland 31
HOLYOKE ....... 6.848
Longmeadow ....... 966
Ludlow 965
Monson 321
Montgomery ....... 8
Palmer 1,018
RusseU 101
818
1,063
2,875
90
84
227
151
165
400
103
156
354
4.987
6,957
17,071
331
669
1,632
56
108
240
157
156
466
36
47
114
9,458
8,007
24,313
1,422
739
3,127
591
1,081
2,637
447
635
1.303
28
13
49
797
1,704
3.519
178
130
409
Return of Votes, etc.
County of Hampden — Concluded.
833
Cities and Towns.
Yes.
No.
Blanks.
Total
Ballots.
Southwiok .....
180
130
183
493
23,588
15,527
21,263
60.378
Tolland
6
12
21
39
Wales
40
46
77
163
West Springfield ....
2,458
2,388
2,052
6,898
2,384
1,989
2,581
6,954
Wilbraham
451
531
439
1,421
Totals
46,589
40,273
48,220
135,082
County of Hampshire.
636
1,262
650
2,548
240
253
344
837
23
70
40
133
41
91
71
203
988
1,174
1,470
3.632
38
48
35
121
122
193
135
450
203
214
291
708
162
141
264
567
136
104
213
453
8
15
29
52
,345
3,502
3,317
9,164
39
104
46
189
28
31
80
839
1,344
858
3,041
122
201
143
466
744
592
1,605
2,941
27
64
44
135
182
340
305
827
37
57
66
160
6,960
5.707
County of Middlesex.
308
632
369
1.309
5.026
8,879
4,729
18.634
90
198
145
433
418
562
437
1,417
337
518
434
1,289
309
432
313
1,054
2,995
7.026
3,079
13.100
1,086
1.071
1,151
3,308
32
80
52
164
307
268
344
919
12.619
15,442
13,773
41,834
64
153
81
298
864
1,419
1,080
3,363
759
1,935
763
3,457
758
651
1,133
2,542
32
85
57
174
5.932
4,590
5,844
16,366
2,859
3,996
2,996
9,851
293
523
443
1,259
381
718
396
1,495
361
602
491
1,454
873
1,303
1,059
3,235
1,424
2.775
1,207
5.406
165
488
211
864
111
388
198
697
12,805
10.551
16,083
39.439
7,247
6,904
8,326
22,477
1,762
2.732
2.798
7.292
867
784
1.150
2,801
7,160
9,086
9,281
25,527
3,181
6,657
3,112
12,950
1,720
2,789
2,046
6,555
7,422
19,727
7.201
34,350
374
358
457
1,189
834
Return of Votes, etc.
County of Middlesex — Concluded.
Cities and Towns.
Blanks.
Total
Ballots.
Pepperell 307
Reading ........ 1,231
Sherborn 104
Shirley. 168
SOMEKVILLE 11,072
Stoneham 1,599
Stow 124
Sudbury 225
Tewksbury ....... 451
Townsend ....... 272
Tyngsborough ....... 175
Wakefield 1,837
Waltham ....... 4,803
Watertown 4,479
Wayland 470
Westford 362
Weston 353
Wilmington 564
Winchester 1,438
WoBURN ........ 2,063
Totals 113,638
380
429
1,116
3,077
1,148
5,456
224
141
469
289
244
701
12,918
11,996
35,986
1,870
1,540
5,009
230
146
500
464
259
948
586
570
1,607
269
303
844
233
235
643
3,605
2,258
7,700
6,332
5,237
16,372
5,722
4,197
14,398
730
546
1.746
429
515
1,306
1,411
315
2,079
725
686
1.975
4,166
1,578
7,182
3,033
3,382
9,078
161,015
126,964
401,617
County of Nantucket.
County of Norfolk.
Avon ........ 338
Bellingham 430
Braintree ....... 2,552
Brookline 5,906
Canton . 778
Cohasset 395
Dedhara 2,033
Dover 146
Foxborough 534
Franklin 804
Holhrook 465
Medfield 319
Medway ■ • 391
MiUis 27b
Milton 2,793
Needham 1.501
Norfolk 202
Norwood ....... 1,829
PlainviUe 211
QaiNCY 10,983
Randolph 1.035
Sharon 425
Stoughton 1.063
Walpole 1.016
Wellesley 1.394
Westwood 480
Weymouth ....... 3,582
Wrentham 304
Totals 42,245
County of Plymouth.
282
360
980
166
726
1.322
3,576
1,975
8,103
11,142
7,461
24,509
1,021
1,049
2,848
765
512
1,672
2,913
2,087
7,033
424
146
716
775
603
1,912
628
1,285
2,717
551
565
1,581
396
389
1,104
445
608
1,344
302
408
986
5,561
2,673
11,027
3,675
1,446
6,622
216
195
613
2,594
2,184
6,607
274
300
785
10,874
9,713
31,570
950
1,135
3,120
900
535
1,860
1,175
1,106
3,344
1,102
1,013
3,131
5,407
1,508
8,309
919
627
2,026
3,372
3,138
10,092
425
399
1,188
147,121
Abington
Bridgewater
Brockton
Carver
Duxbury .
East Bridgewater
Halifax .
902
846
987
2,735
532
807
811
2,150
,763
7,225
9,760
25,754
59
157
112
328
204
701
300
1,265
411
436
529
1,376
102
142
82
326
Return of Votes, etc.
County of Plymouth — Concluded.
835
Cities and Towns.
Total
Ballots.
Hanover 237
Hanson ........ 247
Hingham ....... 1,055
Hull 411
Kingston 230
Lakeville 167
Marion ........ 145
Marshfield 303
Mattapoisett ....... 154
Middleborough 886
Norwell 217
Pembroke 248
Plymouth 1,243
Plympton 41
Rochester 66
Rockland 1,089
Scituate 533
Wareham ....... 645
West Bridgewater 482
Whitman 997
Totals 20,429
441
314
992
314
340
901
2,196
877
4,128
453
503
1,367
417
394
1,041
218
213
598
434
230
809
587
349
1,239
333
264
751
1,334
967
3,187
472
271
960
338
218
804
1,730
1,750
4,723
125
63
229
174
66
306
1,099
1,278
3,466
1,022
728
2,283
864
846
2,355
428
446
1,356
1,068
1,304
3.369
County of Suffolk.
Boston 100,247
Chelsea 3,990
Ebvere 4,613
Winthrop 2,784
Totals 111,634
81,481
104,545
286.273
3,322
5,994
13.306
3,093
5.033
12.739
2,919
2.348
8.051
County of Worcester.
Ashburnham ....... 241
Athol 1,179
Auburn ........ 830
Barre 238
Berlin ........ 94
Blackstone ....... 515
Bolton 65
Boylston 108
Brookfield 114
Charlton 221
Clinton 1,430
Douglas 325
Dudley 403
East Brookfield 85
FlTCHBURQ 5,035
Gardner ....... 1,706
Grafton ........ 517
Hardwick 198
Harvard 122
Holden 538
Hopedale ....... 585
Hubbardston ....... 86
Lancaster ....... 256
Leicester ........ 438
Leominster . 3,911
Lunenburg ....... 244
Mendon ........ 166
Milford 1,652
Millbury 594
Millville 175
New Braintree ....... 24
North Brookfield 265
Northborough ....... 279
Northbridge 1,091
Oakham ........ 30
Oxford 394
Paxton 75
Petersham ....... 86
326
328
895
1,244
1,601
4,024
1,112
1,070
3,012
379
511
1.128
240
120
454
375
1,047
1,937
169
88
322
230
183
521
215
193
522
259
418
898
1,444
2,866
5.740
307
466
1.098
330
841
1,574
136
204
425
5,078
6,173
16,286
2,034
2,887
6,627
744
1,168
2,429
186
409
793
307
121
550
827
637
2,002
471
541
1,597
153
114
353
393
332
981
595
715
1,748
1,227
3.401
8,539
397
291
932
142
236
544
993
3,619
6,264
833
1,171
2,598
84
412
671
51
47
122
388
500
1,153
485
339
1,103
1,528
1,391
4,010
81
82
193
494
686
1.574
230
101
406
146
107
339
836
Return of Votes, etc.
County of Worcester — Concluded.
Cities and Towns.
Total
Ballots.
Phillipston . 50
Princeton ....... 69
Royalston ....... 81
Rutland 327
Shrewsbury 824
Southborough ....... 216
Southbridge 1,784
Spencer ........ 644
Sterling 172
Sturbridge 148
Sutton 214
Templeton 316
Upton 244
Uxbridge 697
Warren 321
Webster 1,378
West Boylston 264
West Brooktield 149
Westborough 489
Westminster 163
Winchendon 324
Worcester 20,403
Totals 53,682
60
52
162
168
108
335
93
94
268
98
163
678
1,296
1,042
3,162
489
280
985
1,477
3,742
7,003
894
1,431
2,969
346
247
765
236
297
681
328
333
875
434
440
1,190
339
464
1,047
689
1,235
2,621
332
648
1,301
1,150
3,046
6,574
393
280
937
243
244
636
1,069
634
2,192
263
241
667
720
676
1,720
25,673
28.399
74,375
Aggregate of Votes.
Total
Ballots.
Barnstable
Berkshire
Bristol .
Dukes Count
ESSEX
Fbanklin
Hampden
Hampshire
Middlesex
Nantucket
Norfolk
Plymouth
Suffolk .
Worcester
Totals
3,411
0,870
5,018
14,299
10,420
17.579
17,344
45,343
50,101
33,072
55,252
138,425
493
684
1,026
2,203
69,909
67,120
73,466
200,485
6,590
4,945
7,627
19,162
46,689
40,273
48,220
135,082
6,9G0
9,790
9,957
26,707
13,638
161,015
126,964
401.617
174
349
453
976
42,246
60,830
44,046
147,121
20,429
24 361
24,008
68,798
:il,634
90,815
117.920
320,369
53,582
61,.323
79,602
194,407
536,175
568,026
610,793 1,714.994
Return of Votes, etc.
837
Return of votes on question no. 2, being an initiative petition,
submitted under the provisions of article xlviii of the
amendments TO THE CONSTITUTION TO THE VOTERS OF THE COM-
MONWEALTH AT THE STATE ELECTION HELD NOVEMBER 5, 1946.
Question No. 2 {Law Proposed by Initiative Petition) .
Shall this measure which provides that no labor union may be operated
or maintained unless there is filed with the Commissioner of Labor and
Industries a statement signed by the President and Treasurer setting forth
the union's officers, aims, scale of dues, fees, fines, assessments and the
salaries of the officers.
The President and Treasurer of a labor union is required to file annually
with the Commissioner of Labor and Industries a detailed statement in
writing setting forth all receipts and expenditures of the union which shall
be open to the public, and the said Commissioner is given the power to sum-
mons witnesses and records; and there is a penalty of not less than $50.00
nor more than $500.00 for whoever fails to file a statement or whoever
knowingly makes a false statement, — which was disapproved in the
House of Representatives by a vote of 60 in the affirmative and 154 in
the negative and in the Senate by a vote of 6 in the affirmative and
24 in the negative, — be approved?
County of Barnstable.
Cities and Towns.
Total
Ballots.
Barnstable 1,767
Bourne 681
Brewster 206
Chatham 413
Dennis 496
Eastham 193
Falmouth 1,073
Harwich ........ 495
Mashpee ........ 45
Orleans 351
Provincetown ....... 454
Sandwich , 298
Truro 120
WeUfleet 235
Yarmouth ....... 563
Totals 7,390
County of Berkshire.
Adams ........ 1,823
Alford 33
Becket 80
Cheshire 243
Clarksburg ....... 155
Dalton 783
Egremont ....... 154
Florida 58
Great Barrington ...... 969
Hancock ........ 49
Hinsdale 184
Lanesborough ....... 275
Lee 559
Lenox ........ 516
438
957
3,162
176
463
1,320
56
127
389
89
286
788
122
331
949
42
129
364
346
749
2,168
133
312
940
22
112
179
84
220
655
176
419
1,049
66
217
581
38
120
278
60
207
502
131
281
975
658
2,380
4,861
4
27
64
38
67
185
92
251
586
94
218
467
295
633
1,711
39
82
275
26
48
132
306
1,087
2,362
13
63
125
67
209
460
81
182
538
170
663
1,382
144
466
1,126
838
Return of Votes, etc.
County ofJBerkshlre — Concluded.
Cities and Towns.
Total
Ballots.
Monterey ....... 68
Mount Washington ...... 16
New Ashford ....... 16
New Marlborough ...... 126
North Adams ...... 3,014
Otis 89
Peru 7
PiTTSKIELD ....... 7,287
Richmond ....... 116
Sandisfield 41
Savoy 33
Sheffield 293
Stockbridge ....... 311
Tyringham ....... 22
Washington ....... 19
West Stockbridge 139
WiUiamstown 790
Windsor 29
33
53
154
10
16
42
10
8
34
29
132
287
1,545
3,443
8,002
25
56
170
10
17
34
2,680
8,552
18,519
41
82
239
10
71
122
9
64
106
94
217
604
116
223
650
14
26
62
14
21
54
43
177
359
287
479
1,556
35
75
Totals
18,297
County of Bristol.
Acushnet ....... 610
Attleboro ....... 4,461
Berkley 129
Dartmouth 2,036
Dighton 424
Easton 1.108
Fairhaven 2.283
Fall River 19,753
Freetown 297
Mansfield ....... 1.386
New Bedford 21,022
North Attleborough 2.197
Norton ........ 555
Raynham ....... 318
Rehoboth 467
Seekonk 763
Somerset ........ 1,185
Swansea ........ 1,108
Taunton 4,925
Westport 675
Totals 65.702
194
533
1,337
1,450
2,780
8,691
54
135
318
441
947
3.424
147
410
981
462
810
2,380
588
1,230
4,101
5,272
17,970
42.995
77
212
586
386
679
2,451
7.491
13,432
41.945
685
1,963
4.845
212
350
1,117
117
289
724
186
433
1.086
223
666
1.652
333
1,012
2.530
285
801
2,194
2.465
6,263
13,653
126
614
1,415
21,194
51.529
138,425
County of Dukes County.
Chilmark
Edgartown
Gay Head
Gosnold .
Oak Bluffs
Tisbury .
West Tisbury
Totals
30
19
50
99
226
57
271
554
12
13
39
64
21
3
7
31
232
68
290
590
284
117
350
751
47
23
44
114
County of Essex.
Amesbury ....... 1,652
Andover 2.967
Beverly ....... 5.660
Boxford 238
Danvers 2.562
Essex 290
Georgetown ....... 345
Gloucester ....... 3,377
684
1.925
4.261
906
1,485
5.358
2,018
3.474
11.152
80
104
422
905
1.372
4.839
103
202
595
161
384
880
1.594
2.662
7,633
Return of Votes, etc.
County of Ebboz — Concluded.
839
Cities and Towns.
Total
Ballots.
Groveland 392
Hamilton 550
Haverhill 6,622
Ipswich 1,236
Lawrence 11,369
Lynn 17,778
Lynnfield 942
Manchester 781
Marblehead 4,150
Merrimac 443
Methuen 4,014
Middleton 310
Nahant 548
Newbury 339
Newburyport 2,364
North Andover . . . . . . 1,668
Peabody 3,066
Rockport 792
Rowley 346
Salem 7,782
Salisbury 431
Saugus 2,783
Swampscott 3,602
Topsfield 334
Wenham 394
West Newbury 264
Totals 90,390
198
327
917
171
356
1.077
3,665
6,646
16,933
341
982
2.559
7,503
12,035
30.907
10.137
10,513
38.428
215
362
1.519
159
378
1.318
858
1,386
6,394
189
448
1,080
1,819
3.195
9,028
107
258
675
189
325
1.062
136
248
723
1,048
2,532
5,944
796
1,071
3.535
1,792
3.199
8,056
365
538
1.695
104
294
744
4,215
6,549
18,546
224
585
1,240
1.245
1.595
5,623
852
1,100
5,554
77
155
566
113
168
675
86
197
547
County of Franklin.
Ashfield 122
Bernardston ....... 153
Buckland 233
Charlemont 126
Cobain 185
Conway ........ 99
Deerfield 422
Erving 159
Gill 146
Greenfield 3,436
Hawley 12
Heath 20
Leverett . 48
Leyden 32
Monroe 20
Montague ....... 1,199
New Salem 58
Northfield 378
Orange 841
Rowe 33
Shelburne 380
Shutesbury 23
Sunderland 146
Warwick . 60
Wendell 38
Whately 109
Totals 8,478
46
135
303
62
153
368
90
292
615
34
128
288
75
181
441
38
123
260
149
404
975
58
189
406
49
137
332
1..335
2.111
6.882
5
22
39
13
50
83
38
50
136
22
33
87
7
21
48
517
1.518
3,234
39
52
149
117
223
718
280
951
2.072
10
26
69
99
265
744
13
32
68
51
104
301
24
48
132
17
74
129
36
138
283
19,162
County of Hampden.
Agawam 1,257 683
Blandford 97 42
Brimfield 182 63
Chester 128 57
Chicopee 6.375 4,297
East Longmeadow ...... 738 309
Granville 120 24
Hampden 230 98
Holland 68 9
HoLTOKE 10,255 6,477
935
2,875
88
227
155
400
354
,399
17,071
585
1,632
96
240
138
466
37
114
,581
24,314
840
Return of Votes, etc.
County of Hampden — Concluded.
Cities and Towns.
Total
Ballots.
Longmeadow ....... 2,115
Ludlow 1.061
Monson ......-• 557
Montgomery ....... 17
Palmer 1,276
RusseU 158
Southwick 236
Springfield ....... 26,278
Tolland 19
Wales 65
West Springfield 3.210
Westfield 2,872
Wilbraham 726
Totals 58,040
416
596
3.127
597
979
2,637
187
559
1,303
17
15
49
.528
1,715
3,519
121
130
409
76
181
493
5,551
18,549
60,378
2
18
39
20
78
163
1,858
1.830
6,898
1,749
2,333
6,954
285
410
1,421
33,466
J,576
County of Hampshire.
Amherst 1,412
Belchertown ....... 373
Chesterfield 50
Cummington ....... 88
Easthampton ....... ^'^^^
Goshen „76
Granby • • 265
Hadley 332
Hatfield 235
Huntington ....... 181
Middlefield 22
Northampton ....... 4,242
Pelham ........ 85
Plainfield 36
South Hadley 1,542
Southampton ....... 257
Ware 989
Westhampton ....... 67
Williamsburg ....... 386
Worthington 84
Totals 12,293
523
613
2,548
126
338
837
32
51
133
39
76
203
736
1,325
3,632
12
33
121
67
118
450
98
278
708
69
263
567
54
218
453
4
26
52
1,958
2,964
9,164
41
63
189
18
26
80
721
778
3,041
92
117
466
338
1,614
2,941
25
43
135
131
310
827
20
56
160
County of Middlesex.
Acton ,„727
Arlington 10,015
Ashby 217
Ashland 631
Ayer ....-• oo2
Bedford '. ,592
Belmont 7,909
BiUerica 1,441
Boxborough ....... 83
BurUngton 407
Cambridoe ....... 1»,714
CarUsle 155
Chelmsford 1,558
Concord 2,015
Dracut 916
Dunstable 91
Everett ....••■• 7,093
Framingham ....... '*'5?q
Groton .....••• 559
HoUiston 799
Hopkinton ....... 653
Hudson 1.431
Lexington ....... d,d4S
Lincoln 532
Littleton , A^^
LowELi- 14,579
224
358
1,309
4,557
4,062
18,634
74
142
433
316
470
1,417
261
466
1,289
171
291
1,054
2,601
2,590
13,100
766
1,101
3,308
32
49
164
197
315
919
10,663
12,4.57
41,834
48
95
298
759
1,046
3,363
630
812
3,457
585
1.041
2.542
26
57
174
3.931
5,342
16,366
2,028
3,300
9,851
255
445
1,269
257
439
1,495
243
558
1,454
646
1,158
3,235
1,000
1,058
5,406
148
184
864
116
216
697
11,209
13,651
39,439
Return of Votes, etc.
County of Middlesex — Concluded.
841
Cities and Towns.
Total
Ballots.
Maldbn 9,948
Marlborouqh ...... 2,576
Maynard 1,009
Mbdford ....... 11,416
Melrose 8,160
Natick 3,107
Newton 21,734
North Reading . . . . . . 566
Pepperell 443
Reading 3,212
Sherborn 264
Shirley 311
SOMERVILLE ....... 15,184
Stoneham 2,540
Stow 280
Sudbury 524
Tewksbury 731
Townsend 329
Tyngaborough ....... 297
Wakefield 4,075
Waltham 7,222
Watertown 7.304
Wayland 864
Westford 545
Weston 1,436
Wilmington 851
Winchester 4,562
WoBURN 3,889
Totals 193.292
5,120
7,411
22,477
1,717
2,999
7,292
689
1,103
2,801
5,695
8,416
25.527
2,145
2,645
12,950
1,472
1,976
6,555
6,180
6.436
34,350
180
443
1.189
264
409
1,116
1,116
1.128
5.456
69
136
469
124
266
701
9,653
11.149
35,986
1,041
1,428
5,009
88
132
500
172
252
948
329
547
1,607
187
328
844
141
205
643
1,475
2,150
7,700
3,922
5.228
16,372
3,244
3,850
14,398
340
542
1,746
233
528
1,306
378
265
2,079
450
674
1.975
1,161
1.459
7.182
1,993
3.196
9.078
Jl,321
117,004
401,617
County of Nantucket.
County of Norfolk.
Avon 439
Bellingham 433
Braintree ....... 4,451
Brookline ....... 13,335
Canton 1,342
Cohasset 898
Dedham ........ 3,650
Dover 472
Foxborough ....... 1,052
Franklin 1,079
Holbrook 702
Medfield 559
Medway ........ 679
MillU 427
Milton 6,666
Needham ....... 4,294
Norfolk 302
Norwood ....... 2,605
Plainville 373
QuiMcr 16,240
Randolph 1,392
Sharon 1,051
Stoughton 1.558
Walpole 1.632
Wellealey 5,635
West wood 1,085
Weymouth 5,005
Wrentham 621
TotaU 77,877
202
339
980
163
726
1,322
1,853
1,799
8,103
4,057
7,117
24.509
530
976
2,848
263
511
1,672
1,570
1,813
7,033
98
146
716
304
556
1,912
441
1,197
2.717
316
563
1.581
165
380
1,104
291
474
1,344
184
375
986
2,073
2,288
11,027
1,030
1,298
6,622
128
183
613
2,216
1,786
6,607
120
292
785
6,985
8,345
31,570
707
1,021
3,120
310
499
1,860
661
1,125
3,344
596
903
3,131
1,294
1,380
8,809
402
539
2,026
2,210
2,877
10,092
183
384
1,188
147,121
842
Return of Votes, etc.
County of Plymouth.
Cities and Towns.
Total
Ballots.
Abington 1,315
Bridgewater 987
Brockton 10,923
Carver 168
Duxbury 762
East Bridgewater 665
Halifax 169
Hanover ........ 530
Hanson 438
Hingham 2,544
Hull 643
Kingston ....... 474
LakeviUe 271
Marion 479
Marshfield 746
Mattapoisett 442
Middleborough 1,622
NorweU 562
Pembroke ....... 448
Plymouth 2,155
Plympton 130
Rochester 181
Rockland 1.463
Scituate 1,221
Wareham 1.118
West Bridgewater ...... 668
Whitman 1.422
Totals 32,546
506
914
2,735
353
810
2,150
6,487
8.344
25.754
47
113
328
190
313
1.265
205
506
1.376
58
99
326
157
305
992
147
316
901
712
872
4.128
226
498
1,367
160
407
1,041
102
225
598
100
230
809
161
332
1,239
78
231
751
546
1.019
3,187
142
256
960
147
209
804
774
1.794
4,723
39
60
229
58
67
306
762
1.241
3.466
328
734
2.283
394
843
2.355
281
407
1.356
781
1,166
3.369
County of SuSolk.
Boston 122,538
Chelsea ........ 4,595
Revbke ........ 5,253
Winthrop 4,307
Totals 136,693
70,227
93,508
286,273
2,970
5,741
13,306
2,807
4,679
12,739
1,655
2,089
8,051
County of Worcester.
Ashburnham 449
Athol 1.908
Auburn 1.454
Barre 493
Berlin 270
Blackstone ....... 566
Bolton 170
Boylston 279
Brookfield 245
Charlton 396
Clinton 2,217
Douglas 470
Dudley 554
East Brookfield 181
FiTCHBURO ....... 7,450
Gardner ....... 2,881
Grafton 1.048
Hardwick 284
Harvard ........ 327
Holden 1.155
Hopedale 841
Hubbardfiton 179
Lancaster ....... 532
Leicester ....... 761
Leominster ....... 3.911
Lunenburg ....... 505
Mendon 243
Milford 1.795
Millbury 1.044
MiUviUe 168
124
322
895
518
1,598
4,024
546
1,012
3,012
174
401
1,128
67
117
454
308
1,063
1,937
59
93
322
64
178
521
73
204
522
126
376
898
823
2,700
5,740
199
429
1.098
182
838
1,574
61
183
425
3,132
5.704
16.286
1,111
2,635
6.627
349
1,032
2,429
105
404
793
98
125
550
269
588
2,002
232
524
1,597
72
102
353
148
301
981
324
663
1,748
1,227
3,401
8,539
147
280
932
90
211
544
820
3,649
6,264
613
941
2,598
105
398
671
Return of Votes, etc.
County of Worcester — Concluded.
843
Cities and Towns.
Total
Ballots.
New Braintree ....... 58
North Brookfield 529
Northborough 637
Northbridge 1,793
Oakham 85
Oxford 657
Paxton 242
Petersham 184
Phillipston 70
Princeton 198
Royalston 146
Rutland 291
Shrewsbury 1,793
Southborough ....... 628
Southbridge 2,518
Spencer ........ 1,115
Sterling 422
Sturbridge 275
Sutton 441
Templeton ....... 556
Upton . 437
Uxbridge ....... 1,064
Warren 490
Webster 1,937
West Boylaton 497
West Brookfield 319
Westborough ....... 1,308
Westminster ....... 322
Winchendon ....... 723
Worcester ....... 34,598
Totals 87,109
16
48
122
119
505
1,153
162
304
1,103
986
1,231
4,010
36
72
193
221
696
1,574
68
96
406
50
105
339
33
59
162
37
100
335
39
83
268
213
74
578
445
924
3,162
182
175
986
760
3,725
7,003
446
1,408
2,969
126
217
765
97
309
681
140
294
875
198
436
1,190
154
456
1,047
359
1,198
2.621
168
643
1.301
650
2,987
5,574
158
282
937
87
230
636
277
607
2,192
113
232
667
303
694
1.720
14,255
25.522
74,375
Aggregate of Votes.
Counties. Yes.
No.
Blanks.
Total
Ballots.
B.\RNSTABLE ....... 7,390
1.979
4,930
14,299
Berkshire
18,297
7.008
20.038
45,343
Bristol .
65,702
21,194
51.529
138.425
Dukes County
852
300
1.051
2.203
Essex
90,390
43,045
67,050
200,485
Franklin
8.478
3.224
7.460
19,162
Hampden
58,040
33,466
43,576
135,082
Hampshire
12.293
5.104
9.310
26,707
Middlesex
193,292
91,321
117,004
401,617
Nantucket
358
124
494
976
Norfolk
77.877
29,352
39,892
147.121
Plymouth
32.646
13,941
22,311
68.798
Suffolk .
136,693
77.659
106.017
320.369
Worcester
87.109
33.054
74,244
194,407
Totals 789,317
360,771
564,906
1.714,994
APPENDIX
The following table and indexes have been prepared by Fernald
HuTCHiNS, Esq., and Henry D. Wiggin, Esq., counsel, respectively,
to the Senate and House of Representatives, in accordance with section
fifty-one of chapter three of the General Laws, as amended.
TABLE
TO WHAT EXTENT THE GENERAL LAWS OF THE COMMON-
WEALTH, AS APPEARING IN THE TERCENTENARY
EDITION, HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY LEGISLATION
ENACTED BY THE GENERAL COURT SINCE
JANUARY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED
AND THIRTY-TWO.* t
Chapter 1. — Jurisdiction of the Commonwealth and of the United States.
Sect. 3 revised, 1933, 278 § 1.
Chapter 2. — Arms, Great Seal and Other Emblems of the Commonwealth.
Sect. 8 added, 1941, 121 (designating the American elm as the state
tree).
Sect. 9 added, 1941, 121 (designating the Chickadee as the state bird).
Chapter 3. — The General Court.
Sect. 1 revised, 1946, 130 § 1.
Sect. 5 amended, 1937, 364 § 1; 1939, 508 § 1.
Sect. 6 revised, 1937, 364 § 2; amended, 1939, 424 § 1; repealed,
1943, 549 § 2. (See 1939, 424 § 3.)
Sect. 6A added, 1939, 424 § 2 (imposing restrictions on the granting
of authority to use the designation of junior college); repealed, 1943,
549 § 2. (See 1939, 424 § 3.)
Sect. 7 revised, 1937, 364 § 3; first sentence amended, 1943, 549
§2A.
Sect. 9 revised, 1937, 236 § 1; 1941, 307 § 1; amended, 1941, 600 § 1;
revised, 1945, 38 § 1. (See 1941, 307 § 2; 1941, 600 § 2.)
Sect. 9 stricken out and sections 9 and 9A (relative to payment of
allowances for travel and other expenses to members of the general
court) inserted, 1945, 248 § 1. (See 1945, 248 §§4, 5.)
Sect. 10 amended, 1945, 38 § 2; revised, 1945, 248 § 2. (See 1945,
248 §§ 4, 5.)
Sect. 11 repealed, 1937, 236 § 2.
Sect. 12 revised, 1937, 360 § 1; 1943, 260 § 1. (See 1937, 360 §§ 3-5;
1943, 260 § 3.)
Sect. 13 revised, 1937, 360 § 2; amended, 1941, 230; revised, 1943,
260 § 2. (See 1937, 360 §§ 3-5; 1943, 260 § 3.)
• For table showing changes in legislation made during the years 1921 to 1931,
inclusive, see Table of Changes contained in pages 485-597 of the Acts and Resolves
of 1932.
t References in this table are to the Tercentenary Edition of the General Laws,
as most recently amended, unless otherwise specified.
848 Changes in the [Chaps. 4, 5.
Sect. 15 revised, 1945, 421 § 1. (See 1945, 421 § 5.)
Sect. 18 amended, 1941, 433 § 1; 1943, 104; revised, 1945, 421
§ 2. (See 1941, 433 § 4; 1945, 421 § 5.)
Sect. 19 amended, 1935, 210.
Sect. 20 revised, 1939, 508 § 2; amended, 1941, 433 § 2; 1945, 38
§ 3; 421 § 4; revised, 1945, 488 § 1. (See 1941, 433 § 4; 1945, 421
§ 5; 488 §§ 2, 3.)
Sect. 20A added, 1937, 189 (relative to the purchase of uniforms for
the sergeant-at-arms, doorkeepers, assistant doorkeepers, general court
oflficers and pages of the general court).
Sect. 21 revised, 1945, 421 § 3. (See 1945, 421 § 5.)
Sect. 22 amended, 1939, 508 § 3.
Sect. 23 revised, 1941, 347.
Sect. 46 amended, 1939, 508 § 4.
Sect. 47 amended, 1939, 508 § 5.
Sect. 49 amended, 1939, 508 § 6.
Sect. 51 amended, 1939, 508 § 7.
Sect. 53 revised, 1939, 376 § 1. (See 1939, 376 § 2.)
Chapter 4. — Statutes.
Sect 5 revised 1935 69
Sect. 7, clause Ninth revised, 1941, 509 § 1; 1945, 242 § 1; 637 § 1;
clause Eighteenth amended, 1934, 283; 1935, 26; 1936, 180; 1937,
38; 1938, 245; 1941, 91 § 1; 1946, 190. (See 1941, 509 § 9; 1945, 279.)
Sect. 10. Affected, 1942, 5.
Chapter 5. — Printing and Distribution of Laws and Public Documents.
As to the distribution of the Tercentenary Edition of the General
Laws, see 1941, Resolve 19.
Sect. 1, last paragraph revised, 1932, 254; two paragraphs added at
end, 1937, 373; section revised, 1938, 419; amended, 1941, 428; first
paragraph amended, 1945, 580 § 1. (See 1945, 580 § 9.)
Sect. 2, paragraphs (4) and (6) revised, 1939, 508 § 8; 1945, 252.
Sect. 3, paragraph in lines 10-11 revised, 1947, 320 § 1; paragraphs
in lines 12-42 amended, 1938, 196; second of said paragraphs amended,
1941, 351 § 1; 1947, 320 § 2; paragraphs in lines 63-68 revised, 1947,
320 § 1.
Sect. 4A added, 1947, 569 (providing for the printing and distribu-
tion of a cumulative table of changes in the general statutes from time
to time during the session of the general court) .
Sect. 6 amended, 1939, 508 § 9; revised, 1943, 344 § 1; amended,
1945, 580 § 2. (See 1945, 580 § 9.)
Sect. 8 amended, 1945, 580 § 3. (See 1945, 580 § 9.)
Sect. 9 amended, 1933, 245 § 1; 1946, 209 § 1.
Sect. 10 revised, 1939, 508 § 10; first paragraph amended, 1945,
38 §4.
Sect. 11, paragraph in thirteenth line revised, 1941, 329; paragraph
in lines 14-31 stricken out, and two paragraphs inserted, 1945, 538;
section amended, 1947, 295.
Sect. 18 amended, 1935, 226 § 1; revised, 1943, 313; amended, 1946,
466.
Chap. 6.] GENERAL LaWS. 849
Chapter 6. — The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Council, Certain
Officers under the Governor and Council, and State Library.
For temporary legislation establishing an emergency finance board
and defining its powers and duties, see 1933, 49.
Sect. 1 amended, 1946, 591 § 1.
Sect. 2 amended, 1946, 591, § 2.
Sect. 3 amended, 1943, 314 § 1. (See 1943, 314 § 2.)
Sect. 8 amended, 1941, 722 § 1; revised, 1943, 348 § 1.
Sect. 12B added, 1932, 14 (relative to the observance of the anni-
versary of the death of Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski).
Sect. 12C added, 1932, 153 (relative to the observance of the anni-
versary of the battle of Bunker Hill). (See 1941, 91.)
Sect. 12D added, 1932, 242 (relative to the observance of the
anniversary of the Boston Massacre, etc.).
Sect. 12E added, 1934, 191 (relative to the observance of the anni-
versary of the death of Commodore John Barry).
Sect. 12F added, 1935, 23 (relative to the observance of the anni-
versary of the battle of New Orleans); amended, 1938, 49.
Sect. 12G added, 1935, 96 (providing for an annual proclamation by
the governor relative to American Education Week).
Sect. 12H added, 1935, 148 (relative to the observance of the anni-
versary of the death of General Marquis de Lafayette).
Sect. 121 added, 1935, 184 (relative to the annual observance of Indian
Day); revised, 1939, 56.
Sect. 12 J added, 1938, 22 (relative to the annual observance of April
nineteenth as Patriots' Day).
Sect. 12K added, 1938, 80 (relative to the annual observance of
Evacuation Day, so called).
Sect. 12L added, 1941, 387 (relative to the annual observance of
Veteran Firemen's Muster Day).
Sect. 12M added, 1947, 561 (providing for the annual observance of
good government day).
Sect. 15 amended, 1946, 201.
Sect. 16 amended, 1941, 490 § 1.
Sect. 17 amended, 1932, 305 § 1; 1933, 120 § 1, 336 § 1; 1934, 374
§ 1; 1935, 475 § 1; revised, 1939, 393 § 1; amended, 1945, 393 § 1;
revised, 1945, 619 § 1; amended, 1946, 368 § 2; revised, 1946, 612 § 1;
amended, 1947, 466 § 1; 513 § 1. (See 1933, 336 § 3.)
Sect. 18 and heading stricken out and new section inserted, under
heading "armory commission", 1937, 300 § 1; sentence added at end,
1941, 19. (See 1937, 300 § 2.)
Sect. 22 amended, 1936, 341 § 1; heading and section amended,
1943, 455 § 1; 1945, 393 § 2; paragraph added at end, 1946, 584 § 18;
section amended, 1946, 591 § 3. (See 1936, 341 § 2; 1946, 584 § 22.)
Sect. 24 amended, 1941, 596 § 1; 1943, 455 § 2; 1945, 393 § 3.
Sect. 25 revised, 1945, 730 § 2.
Sect. 28 amended, 1938, 18; 1947, 315.
Sect. 28A amended, 1934, 208 § 1; 1945, 393 § 4.
Sect. 28E added, 1934, 208 § 2 (relative to the dissemination of in-
formation concerning the public bequest fund).
Sect. 31 revised, 1943, 479.
850 Changes in the [Chap. 7
Sect. 32, second paragraph amended, 1947, 30 § 1 ; paragraph added
at end, 1937, 227; same paragraph revised, 1938, 473 § 1; same para-
graph revised, 1943, 43.
Sect. 42 added, under caption "milk regulation board", 1932,
305 §2; revised, 1946, 496.
Sects. 43-45 added, 1933, 120 § 2 (relative to the alcoholic beverages
control commission).
Sect. 43 amended, 1933, 375 § 1.
Sect. 44, first paragraph revised, 1933, 376 § 1.
Sect. 45 revised, 1941, 596 § 2.
Sects. 46 and 47 added, 1933, 336 § 2 (relative to the Greylock reser-
vation commission). (See 1933, 336 § 3.)
Sect. 48 added, under caption "state racing commission", 1934,
374 § 2; last paragraph revised, 1941, 596 § 3.
Sects. 49-52 added, under caption "state planning board", 1935,
475 § 2.
Sect. 49 amended, 1936, 307; 1939, 451 § 1; revised, 1941, 466 § 5.
(See 1941, 466 §§ 1-4, 7A, 8.)
Sect. 50 A added, 1941, 466 § 7 (relative to the powers and duties of
the state planning board formerly exercised by the metropoUtan plan-
ning division). (See 1941, 466 §§ 1-4, 7A, 8.)
Sects. 53-55 added, 1945, 619 § 2 (estabHshing a Port of Boston
Authority). (See 1945, 619 §§ 4-11.)
Sect. 56 added, 1946, 368 § 3 (establishing the Massachusetts Fair
Employment Practice Commission).
Sects. 57-59 added, 1946, 583 § 1 (relative to the Massachusetts
Aeronautics Commission). (See G. L. 90 §§ 36-38, repealed by 1946,
583 § 2. See also 1946, 583 § 4.)
Sect. 60 added, 1946, 612 § 2 (establishing the Outdoor Advertising
Authority). (See 1946, 612 §§ 5, 6.)
Sects. 61 and 62 added, 1947, 466 § 2 (establishing the Massachu-
setts Public Building Commission). (See 1947, 466 §§ 4-6.)
Sect. 63 added, 1947, 513 § 2 (establishing a commission on alco-
holism) .
Chapter 7. — Commission on Administration and Finance.
Sect. 3 amended, 1946, 591 § 4 /
Sect. 6 A added, 1941, 433 § 3 ^providing for the appointment of the
postmaster and assistant postm ^ster of the central mailing room by the
Commission on Administration and Finance). (See 1941, 433 § 4.)
Sect. 7 amended, 1945, 457.
Sect. 22, clause (17) revised, 1933, 353 § 1.
Sect. 23A added, 1933, 353 § 2 (providing a preference in the pur-
chase of supplies and materials by contractors for certain state work in
favor of domestic supplies and materials).
Sect. 25 A added, 1943, 344 § 2 (authorizing the state purchasing
agent to regulate purchases of supplies and transfers thereof from one
state agency to another).
Sect. 26 amended, 1939, 451 § 2.
Sect. 29 amended, 1945, 580 § 4. (See 1945, 580 § 9.)
Sect. 33 revised, 1939, 499 § 1; 1945, 292 § 1.
Chaps. 8-10.] GENERAL LaWS. 851
Chapter 8. — State Superintendent of Buildings, and State House.
Sects. 1-12 affected, 1935, 327; 1941, 627 § 3.
Sect. 1 revised, 1938, 249 § 1. (See 1938, 249 § 6.)
Sect. 4 amended, 1935, 251; revised, 1937, 84 § 1; 1938, 249 § 2.
(See 1937, 84 § 2; 1938, 249 § 6.)
Sect. 5 revised, 1935, 460 § 1; amended, 1938. 387 § 1; 1946, 591
§ 5. (See 1935, 460 § 2; 1938, 387 § 2.)
Sect. 9 amended, 1938, 249 § 3. (See 1938, 249 § 6.)
Sect. 10 amended, 1938, 249 § 4; 1943, 440 § 1. (See 1938, 249 § 6.)
Sect. lOA revised, 1933, 170; 1941, 267; amended, 1943, 440 § 2;
revised, 1945, 706; sentence added at end, 1946, 585.
Sect. 12 revised, 1938, 249 § 5; sentence inserted after "officers" in
line 12, 1947, 66. (See 1938, 249 § 6.)
Sect. 17 amended, 1932, 188 | 1; 1933, 199 § 1; 1947, 350 § 1.
Sect. 18 amended, 1932, 188 § 2; 1933, 199 § 2; 1947, 350 § 2.
Chapter 9. — Department of the State Secretary.
Sect. 1 amended, 1946, 591 § 6.
Sect. 2 revised, 1935, 416; 1939, 283; 1941, 587.
Sect. 6 amended, 1934, 25 § 1.
Sect. 7 amended, 1934, 25 § 2; 1939, 342 § 1.
Sect. 9 amended, 1934, 127.
Sect. 15 amended, 1934, 19.
Sect. 17 amended, 1934, 37; revised, 1936, 31 § 1.
Sect. 20 added, 1935, 402 (regulating the publication and sale of the
Massachusetts Reports and of the advance sheets of the opinions and
decisions of the Supreme Judicial Court); revised, 1943, 426.
Sects. 21-25 added, under the caption "commission on interstate
co-operation", 1937, 404 § 1 (establishing a commission on interstate
co-operation as successor to the commission on interstate compacts
affecting labor and industries and defining its powers and duties, and
providing for a commission required to be estabhshed under an inter-
state compact on the minimum wage). (See 1937, 404 §§ 2, 3.)
Sect. 21 amended, 1941, 394 § 1.
Sect. 23 amended, 1941, 394 § 2.
Sect. 25 repealed, 1943, 255 § 2. (See 1943, 255 § 3.)
Chapter 10. — Department of the State Treasurer,
For temporary legislation establishing an emergency finance board,
and defining its powers and duties, see 1933, 49.
Sect. 1 amended, 1946, 591 § 7.
Sect. 5, first sentence revised, 1941, 596 § 4; 1945, 489.
Sect. 8 amended, 1932, 180 § 1; revised, 1943, 427 § 1.
Sect. 11 revised, 1939, 499 § 2; amended, 1945, 292 § 2.
Sect. 17 amended, 1941, 194 § 1.
Sect. 17A added, 1943, 362 § 2 (providing for the receipt and dis-
posal, by the state treasurer, of certain gifts made to the commonwealth
for military purposes).
Sect. 18 revised, 1945, 658 § 2. (See 1945, 658 § 11.)
Sect. 19 revised, 1945, 658 § 3. (See 1945, 658 § 11.)
852 Changes in the [Chaps. ii-13.
Chapter 11. — Department of the State Auditor.
Sect. 1 amended, 1946, 591 § 8.
Sect. 2, first sentence revised, 1941, 596 § 5.
Sect. 5 revised, 1946, 591 § 9.
Chapter 12. — Department of the Attorney General, and the District
Attorneys.
Sect. 1 amended, 1946, 591 ^ 10.
Sect. 2 amended, 1934, 133 § 1; revised, 1941, 647 § 2. (See 1934,
133 § 2.)
Sect. 3, last sentence amended, 1932, 180 § 2; section amended,
1943, 83 § 1.
Sect. 3B amended, 1933, 318 § 1; 1934, 291 § 1; paragraph inserted
after first paragraph, 1943, 409 § 3. (See 1933, 318 § 9; 1934, 291 § 6.)
Sect. 3C added, 1947, 337 (authorizing the attorney general to settle
certain claims against state officers and employees without suit being
brought) .
Sect. 6A added, 1947, 238 (authorizing the attorney general to call
conferences of district attorneys, sheriffs and police officials of cities and
towns) .
Sect. 11 amended, 1939, 499 § 3; 1945, 292 § 3.
Sect. 14, paragraph in lines 5 and 6 revised, 1935, 209; paragraph
in fines 7 and 8 revised, 1935, 433 § 1; section revised, 1935, 458 § 1;
next to last paragraph revised, 1941, 470 § 1.
Sect. 15 revised, 1935, 458 § 2; paragraph in fine 8 revised, 1937,
279 § 1; section revised, 1947, 675 § 1. (See 1947, 675 § 4.)
Sect. 16, paragraph in fines 9-11 revised, 1935, 433 § 2; section
revised, 1935, 458 § 3; paragraph in lines 23 and 24 revised, 1937,
279 § 2; next to last paragraph revised, 1941, 470 § 2; section revised,
1947, 675 § 2. (See 1947, 675 § 4.)
Sect. 20A revised, 1947, 675 § 3. (See 1947, 675 § 4.)
Sect. 25 amended, 1937, 64 § 1.
Chapter 13. — Department of Civil Service and Registration.
Sect. 1 revised, 1939, 238 § 1. (See 1939, 238 §§ 52-55.)
Sect. 2 revised, 1939, 238 § 2; first paragraph amended, 1945, 681
§ 1; second paragraph amended, 1946, 591 i;- 11; paragraph inserted
after second paragraph, 1941, 403. (See 1939, 238 ^S^ 52-55; 1945, 681
§2.)
Sect. 2A added, 1939, 238 § 3 (relative to the appointment and com-
pensation of civil service commissioners) ; fourth sentence revised, 1941,
457; same sentence amended, 1945, 725 -^ 6; section revised, 1946, 591
§ 12. (See 1939, 238 iis^ 52-55.)
Sect. 3 amended, 1932, 180 § 3; revised, 1939, 238 § 4. (See 1939,
238 §§ 52-55.)
Sect. 4 revised, 1939, 238 § 5.
Sect. 5 revised, 1939, 238 § 6.
Sect. 6 revised, 1939, 238 § 7.
Sect. 8 amended, 1934, 329; 1946, 591 § 13.
Chaps. 14, 15.] GENERAL Laws. 853
Sect. 9A added, 1945, 376 (authorizing the director of registration
to make certain rules and regulations governing the conduct of exami-
nations by the several boards of registration and examination).
Sect. 10 amended, 1932, 8; 1939, 36.
Sect. 11 amended, 1937, 379.
Sect. 12 repealed, 1937, 425 § 13. (See 1937, 425 § 15.)
Sects. 12A-12C added, under the heading "board of registration
IN CHIROPODY (podiatry) ", 1937, 425 § 1. (See 1937, 425 §§ 14, 15.)
Sects. 13-15 and the heading before section 13 stricken out and new
sections 13-15D added under heading "board of registration in
nursing", 1941, 620 § 2. (See 1941, 620 §§ 1, 4-12.)
Sect. 17 revised, 1934, 339 § 1.
Sect. 20 revised, 1946, 550 § 1; 1947, 417.
Sect. 25 revised, 1941, 596 § 6.
Sect. 29 and its caption stricken out and new section inserted, under
the caption "board of registration in embalming and funeral
directing", 1936, 407 § 1. (See 1936, 407 §§ 5-8.)
Sect. 31 revised, 1936, 407 ^; 2; 1946, 591 § 14. (See 1936, 407
§§ 5-8.)
Sect. 32 revised, 1935, 420 § 1 ; amended, 1939, 238 § 8. (See 1935,
420 § 2.)
Sect. 36, first sentence revised, 1945, 517 § 1; second paragraph
revised, 1941, 596 § 7. (See 1945, 517 § 2.)
Sect. .39 amended, 1941, 385 § 1; 1947, 509 § 1. (See 1941, 385
§ 2; 1947, 509 § 2.)
Sect. 40 amended, 1933, 149 § 1; two sentences added at end, 1934,
299 § 1. (See 1934, 299 § 2.)
Sect. 41 amended, 1938, 337 § 1; 1946, 591 § 15. (See 1938, 337 n< 2.)
Sects. 42-44 added, under caption "board of registration of
hairdressers", 1935, 428 § 1. (See 1935, 428 §§ 5, 7.)
Sect. 43 amended, 1937, 385 § 1.
Sect. 44 amended, 1946, 591 § 16.
Sects. 44A-44D added, under caption "board of registration of
architects", 1941, 696 § 1. (See 1941, 696 §§ 3, 4.)
Sects. 45-47 added, under caption "board of registration of pro-
fessional engineers and of land surveyors", 1941, 643 § 1. (See
1941, 643 §§ 3-5.)
Sect. 47 amended, 1941, 722 § lA.
Chapter 14. — Department of Corporations and Taxation.
Sect. 2 amended, 1943, 316; 1946, 591 § 17.
Sect. 4 revised, 1941, 596 § 8.
Chapter 15. — Department of Education.
Sect. 1 revised, 1947, 652 § 1.
Sects. lA-lC added, 1947, 652 § 2 (establishing a board of educa-
tion which shall have supervision and control of the department of
education). (See 1947, 652 §§ 14, 15.)
Sect. 2 amended, 1946, 591 § 18; repealed, 1947, 652 § 13.
Sect. 2A added, 1946, 531 (providing for a deputy commissioner of
education, and establishing his powers and duties); repealed, 1947,
652 § 13.
854 Changes in the [Chaps. 16, i7.
Sect. 3 amended, 1941, 138; repealed, 1947, 652 § 13.
Sect. 3A added, 1943, 549 § 1 (establishing a board of collegiate
authority in the department of education); revised, 1947, 652 § 3.
Sect. 4 revised, 1939, 409 § 2; last sentence revised, 1947, 344 § 2;
section revised, 1947, 652 § 4. (See 1939, 409 §§ 1, 5.)
Sect. 5 revised, 1941, 596 § 9; 1947, 652 § 5.
Sect. 6 revised, 1947, 652 § 6.
Sect. 6A amended, 1938, 446 § 13; revised, 1941, 531; 1946, 552 § 1;
1947, 652 § 7. (See 1938, 446 § 14.)
Sect. 6B added, 1941, 676 § 1 (relative to the supervisor of guidance
and placement); revised, 1947, 652 § 8. (See 1941, 646; 1947, 652
§13.)
Sect. 12 revised, 1935, 367; 1939, 409 § 3. (See 1939, 409 §§ 1, 5.)
Sect. 16 revised, 1945, 658 § 4. (See 1945, 658 § 11.)
Sect. 17 revised, 1945, 658 § 5. (See 1945, 658 § 11.)
Sect. 18 revised, 1945, 658 § 6. (See 1945, 658 § 11.)
Sect. 19 amended, 1942, 1 § 2; revised, 1946, 257 § 7; 1947, 344 § 3.
(See 1942, 1 § 9.)
Sect. 20, caption preceding section revised, 1947, 344 § 4; section
amended, 1947, 344 § 5.
Sect. 21, caption preceding section changed, 1946, 257 § 9; section
revised, 1946, 257 § 8.
Sect. 22, caption preceding section changed, 1942, 1 § 3; section
amended 1942, 1 § 4. (See 1942, 1 § 9.)
Chapter 16. — Department of Public Works.
Sect. 2 amended, 1946, 591 § 19.
Sect. 4 amended, 1947, 472 § 1. (See 1947, 472 § 2.)
Sect. 5 revised, 1941, 596 § 10; two sentences added at end, 1945,
308; section revised, 1946, 234 § 1; amended, 1947, 586. (See 1946,
234 § 2.)
Sect. 5A added, 1938, 407 § 1 (establishing a division of waterways
in the department of public works); amended, 1946, 591 § 20. (See
1941,695 § 14; 1946,582 §5.)
Sect. 6 amended, 1935, 418 § 1; 1939, 393 § 2; 1945, 241 § 2. (See
1939, 393 § 5; 1945, 241 § 3.)
Sect. 8 added, 1947, 472 § 3 (relative to the powers and duties of the
public works building police).
Chapter 17. — Department of Public Health.
Sect. 2 amended, 1946, 591 § 21; 1947, 658 § 1.
Sect. 3 revised, 1939, 233 § 1; amended, 1946, 591 § 22. (See 1939,
233 §§ 2, 3.)
Sect. 4 revised, 1941, 596 § 11; 725 § 1. (See 1941, 725 §§ 4-6.)
Sect. 5A added, 1947, 658 § 2 (increasing the salary of the director
of sanitary engineering and chief sanitary engineer in the department of
public health).
Sect. 6 revised, 1941, 725 § 2. (See 1941, 725 §§ 4-6.)
Sect. 7 revised, 1941, 725 § 3. (See 1941, 725 §§ 4-6.)
Chaps. 18-21.1 GENERAL LawS. 855
Chapter 18. — Department of Public Welfare.
Sect. 2 amended, 1946, 591 § 23.
Sect. 7 amended, 1935, 311 § 1; revised, 1941, 596 § 12.
Sect. 8 revised, 1941, 351 § 2.
Sect. 9 revised, 1941, 596 § 13.
Sect. 11 repealed, 1945, 336 § 1.
Sect. 15 amended, 1945, 336 § 2.
Sects. 17 and 18 added, under caption "state board of housing",
1933, 364 § 1 (establishing within the department a state board of
housing).
Sect. 17 amended, 1935, 449 § 1 ; 1938, 485 § 1. (See 1938, 485 § 2.)
Sect. 18 amended, 1935, 449 § lA; first sentence revised, 1941,
596 § 14.
Chapter 19. — Department of Mental Health (former title, Department of
Mental Diseases).
Sect. 1 revised, 1938, 486 § 2; 1939, 511 § 1. (See 1938, 486 §§ 1,
21, 22; 1939, 511 § 3.)
Sect. 2 revised, 1938, 486 § 3; 1939, 511 § 2; 1946, 591 § 24. (See
1938, 486 §§ 21, 22; 1939, 511 § 3.)
Sect. 3 repealed, 1938, 486 § 4.
Sect. 4 revised, 1938, 486 § 5. (See 1938, 486 §§ 21, 22.)
Sect. 4A amended, 1938, 486 § 6. (See 19.38, 486 §§ 21, 22.)
Sect. 5 amended, 1935, 314 § 2, 421 § 3. (See 1935, 421 §§ 5, 6.)
Chapter 20. — Department of Agriculture.
Sect. 2 amended, 1946, 591 § 25.
Sect. 4 amended, 1933, 74 § 1; revised, 1934, 340 § 1; amended, 1941,
490 § 2; revised, 1941, 596 § 15; amended, 1943, 447. (See 1934, 340
§18.)
Sect. 6 added, 1934, 340 § 2 (experts and assistants in division of
livestock disease control). (See 1934, 340 § 18.)
Sects. 7-9 added, under caption "division of milk control", 1941,
691 § 1. (See 1941, 691 §§ 3-6.)
Sect. 7 revised, 1945, 497 § 1. (See 1945, 497 § 2.)
(For prior temporary legislation, see 1934, 376; 1936, 300; 1938, 334;
1939,413; 1941,418 § 1; 631 § 1.)
Chapter 21. — Department of Conservation.
Sect. 1 amended, 1934, 340 § 3; revised, 1939, 491 § 1. (See 1934,
340 §18; 1939,491 § 12.)
Sect. 2 amended, 1946, 591 § 26.
Sect. 3 revised, 1933, 75 § 1; amended, 1934, 340 § 4; revised, 1939,
491 § 2. (See 1934, 340 § 18; 1939, 491 § 12.)
Sects. 3A and 3B repealed, 1932, 180 § 4.
Sect. 4 revised, 1939, 491 § 3; amended, 1946, 591 § 27. (See 1939,
491 § 12.)
Sect. 6 revised, 1939, 491 § 4; amended, 1946, 591 § 28. (See 1939,
491 § 12.)
866 Changes in the [Chaps. 22, 23.
Sect. 6A inserted, 1941, 599 § 3 (establishing a bureau of law enforce-
ment in the division of fisheries and game). (See 1941, 599 § 4A.)
Sect. 7 revised, 1933, 329 § 3; 1937, 413 § 1. (See 1937, 413 §§ 3, 4.)
Sect. 7A added, 1934, 173 § 1 (establishing the office of state orni-
thologist in the division of fisheries and game) ; revised, 1939, 491 § 5.
(See 1934, 173 § 2; 1939, 491 § 12.)
Sects. 7B and 7C added, 1939, 491 § 6 (relative to the division of
wildlife research and management). (See 1939, 491 § 12.)
Sect. 7B amended, 1946, 591 § 29.
Sect. 8 repealed, 1939, 491 § 7. (See 1939, 491 § 12.)
Sect. 8A revised, 1933, 329 § 4. Section stricken out and new sec-
tions 8A-8C added, 1939, 491 § 8. (See 1939, 491 § 12.)
Sect. 8A amended, 1946, 591 § 30.
Sects. 8B-8C stricken out and new sections 8B-8D inserted, 1941,
598 § 6. (See 1941, 598 §§ 8, 9.)
Sects. 9 and 10 repealed, 1934, 340 § 5. (See 1934, 340 § 18.)
Sect. 11 revised, 1933, 75 § 2; section and its caption stricken out
and new section inserted under the caption "division of parks and
recreation", 1939, 491 § 9; section amended, 1946, 343; revised,
1946, 591 § 31. (See 1939, 491 § 12.)
Sect. 12 revised, 1933, 75 § 3; amended, 1941, 490 § 3.
Chapter 22. — Department of Public Safety.
Sect. 2 amended, 1946, 591 § 32.
Sect. 4 revised, 1946, 591 § 33.
Sect. 7B added, 1945, 631 (relative to payment of compensation for
injuries or death of officers or inspectors of the department of public
safety performing police services).
Sect. 9A, sentence added at end, 1939, 503 § 4; same sentence re-
vised, 1943, 175; paragraph added at end, 1947, 407. (See 1939, 503
§5.)
Sect. 9B amended, 1939, 508 § 11.
Sect. 9C added, 1933, 239 (relative to the uniform of members of the
state police).
Sect. 9D added, 1945, 694 (relative to time off for certain members
of the division of state poHce).
Sect. 11 revised, 1945, 643 § 1. (See 1945, 643 § 3.)
Sect. 13 added, 1943, 544 § 1 (establishing within the department
of public safety, a board of standards and appeals) ; revised, 1945, 645
§ 1; first two sentences revised, 1945, 722 § 3; 1946, 522. (See 1943,
544 §7; 1945,645 §§5,6; 722 §4.)
Sect. 14 added, 1945, 710 § 1 (establishing within the department
of public safety a board of fire prevention regulations). (See 1945,
710 § 18.)
Chapter 23. — Department of Labor and Industries.
Sect. 2 revised, 1943, 321; 1946, 591 § 34.
Sect. 3 amended, 1934, 331 § 1; two sentences revised, 1935, 479 § 1;
section amended, 1941, 490 § 4. (See 1935, 479 § 7.)
Sect. 4 amended, 1934, 331 § 2; 1935, 479 § 2; first two sentences
amended, 1939, 261 § 1; section amended, 1941, 490 § 5; first two sen-
Chaps. 24, 25.] GENERAL LaWS. 857
tences revised, 1941, 596 § 16; same two sentences revised, 1941,
707 § 1. (See 1939, 261 § 25.)
Sect. 5 amended, 1935, 479 § 3. (See 1935, 479 § 7.)
Sect. 8 amended, 1939, 261 § 2. (See 1939, 261 § 25.)
Sect. 9 revised, 1935, 60 § 1.
Sect. 9A revised, 1932, 99; repealed, 1933, 73.
Sect. 9B repealed, 1933, 73.
Sect. 9C revised, 1932, 187; repealed, 1933, 73.
Sect. 9D repealed, 1939, 261 § 3.
Sect. 9E amended, 1941, 490 § 6.
Sect. 9G amended, 1939, 459 § 2. (See 1939, 459 § 3.)
Sect. 9H revised, 1933, 362; 1939, 261 § 4.
Sects. 9I-9N added, 1935, 479 § 4 (establishing the Unemployment
Compensation Commission, and defining its powers and duties) ; same
sections revised and the powers and duties of the commission conferred
and imposed upon the director of the division of unemployment com-
pensation, 1939, 20 § 1; name of said division changed to division of
employment security, 1941, 685 § 4. (See 1935, 479 §§ 6, 7; 1939,
20 §§ 6, 7, 8, 9.)
Sect, 91, paragraph (a) revised, 1941, 685 § 4; 709 § 4; paragraph (6)
revised, 1941, 596 § 17; 1946, 591 § 35. (See 1941, 685 § 6; 709 §§ 1-3.)
Sect. 9K, first sentence revised, 1941, 709 § 5; fourth sentence (as
appearing in 1939, 20 § 1) revised, 1947, 610 § 1. (See 1941, 709 §§ 1-3.)
Sect. 9L amended, 1941, 709 § 6.
Sect. 9N, paragraph (6) revised, 1941, 611 § 1; section revised, 1941,
685 § 5; paragraph (a) amended, 1947, 610 § 2; paragraph (6) amended,
1946, 591 § 36. (See 1941, 611 §§ 2, 3, 685 § 6.)
Sects. 90-9R added, under the caption "labor relations com-
mission", 1938, 345 § 1 (incorporating the provisions of 1937, 436 rela-
tive to the labor relations commission as an addition to the general
laws). (See 1938, 345 §§ 3, 4.)
Sect. 11 A (and caption) added, 1934, 331 § 3 (division of occupa-
tional hygiene).
Sects. IIB-IID added, under the caption "the Massachusetts
development and industrial commission", 1937, 427 (establishing
the Massachusetts development and industrial commission for the pro-
motion and development of the industrial, agricultural and recreational
resources of the commonwealth).
Sect. IIC revised, 1941, 596 § 17A.
Sects. IIE-IIL added, under the caption "division of apprentice
training", 1941, 707 § 2. (For prior temporary legislation see 1938,
448; 1939, 471.)
Chapter 24. — Department of Industrial Accidents.
Sect. 2 amended, 1946, 509 § 1; 591 § 37. (See 1946, 509 § 2.)
Sect. 3B added, 1945, 60 (establishing a division of self-insurance in
the department of industrial accidents, and defining its powers and
duties) .
Chapter 25. — Department of Public Utilities.
Sect. 2 amended, 1946, 591 § 38.
Sect. 4 revised, 1938, 221.
858 Changes in the [Chaps. 26, 27.
Sect. 8A added, 1939, 442 § 2 (authorizing the appointment of em-
ployees for the administration and enforcement of the sale of securities
law).
Sect. 9A added, 1933, 76 § 2 (providing for certain employees serv-
ing directly under the commission of the department to perform its
duties relative to smoke abatement in Boston and vicinity) ; repealed,
1934 352 § 2
Sect. 10 amended, 1933, 76 § 3; 1934, 352 § 3; 1939, 442 § 3.
Sect. lOA added, 1933, 76 § 4 (providing for the apportionment of
expenses incurred by the department in the performance of its duties
relative to smoke abatement in Boston and vicinity) : repealed, 1934,
352 § 4.
Sects. 11 and 12 repealed, 1935, 411 § 1. (See 1935, 411 § 2.)
Sect. 12A revised, 1938, 445 § 1; repealed, 1939, 442 § 1.
Sect. 12B revised, 1932, 290 § 2; repealed, 1939, 442 § 1.
Sects. 12C-12F repealed, 1933, 76 § 1; new sections 12C-12E added,
under caption "division of smoke inspection", 1934, 352 § 1.
Sect. 12C revised, 1941, 596 § 18.
Sect. 12F added, 1935, 405 § 1 (establishing in the department a com-
mercial motor vehicle division, under the charge of a director thereof) ;
phrase added at end, 1935, 477 § 2; section amended, 1939, 335 § 1;
revised, 1941, 596 § 19; new sentence added at end, 1941, 653 § 1. (See
1939, 335 § 2.)
Sect. 12G added, 1936, 117 (authorizing the director of the commer-
cial motor vehicle division in the department of public utilities to sum-
mon witnesses, administer oaths and take testimony).
Chapter 26. — Department of Banking and Insurance.
For temporary legislation providing for the liquidation of certain
trust companies, see 1939, 515; 1941, 143; 1943, 122.
Sect. 2 amended, 1943, 315; 1946, 591 § 39.
Sect. 3 revised, 1941, 596 § 20.
Sect. 4 revised, 1941, 596 § 21.
Sect. 6 amended, 1943, 317; 1946, 591 § 40.
Sect. 8A revised, 1934, 2; amended, 1935, 419; second sentence
revised, 1947, 94.
Sect. 9 amended, 1947, 260 § 1.
Sect. 10, sentence added at end, 1943, 346; section amended, 1947,
260 § 2.
Chapter 27. — Department of Correction.
Sect. 1 amended, 1946, 591 § 41.
Sect. 2 revised, 1939, 90; 1941, 596 § 22.
Sect. 4 repealed, 1941, 690 § 7.
Sect. 5 revised, 1934, 350 § 1; 1937, 399 § 1. (See 1934, 350 §§ 2-4;
1937, 399 §§ 3-6.)
Sect. 5A added, 1941, 690 § 6 (relative to the employment of agents
and employees of the parole board to perform duties in connection with
the release of prisoners); last sentence stricken out, 1945, 449 § 1.
(See 1941, 690 §§ 8, 10.)
Chaps. 28, 29.] GENERAL LaWS. 859
Chapter 28. — Metropolitan District Commission.
For legislation abolishing the metropolitan district water supply
commission and transferring its functions to the metropolitan district
commission, see 1947, 583.
Sect. 2 amended, 1946, 591 § 42.
Sect. 3 revised, 1936, 244 § 1; 1941, 596 § 23. (See 1936, 244 § 4.)
Sect. 4 amended, 1936, 244 § 2. (See 1936, 244 § 4.)
Sects. 5 and 6 repealed, 1941, 466 § 6.
Chapter 29. — State Finance.
For temporary legislation as to emergency state financing, see 1933,
49, 104, 307, 341, 365, 367, 368; 1934, 41, 66, 313, 335; 1935, 221, 300,
380, 392, 456; 1936, 309; 1937, 338; 1938, 20, 57, 481, 501 § 3; 1939,
288,417,418,496; 1941,129; 1943,413; 1945,324; 1947,206.
For legislation relative to the collection of certain taxes and other
charges due the commonwealth, see 1943, 568; 1945, 325, 712; 1946,
615.
Sect. 1, paragraph added at end, 1939, 502 § 1; same paragraph
revised, 1941, 509 § 2; same paragraph stricken out, 1945, 242 § 2.
(See 1941, 509 § 9.)
Sect. 3 revised, 1939, 502 § 2; amended, 1945, 242 § 3.
Sect. 4 amended, 1939, 502 § 3; 1945, 242 § 4.
Sect. 5 revised, 1939, 502 § 4; 1941, 656 § 2; 1945, 242 § 5; 637 § 2.
(See 1941, 656 § 17; 1945, 279.)
Sect. 5A amended, 1939, 502 § 5; 1945, 242 § 6.
Sect. 6 amended, 1937, 426 § 1; revised, 1939, 502 § 6; amended,
1941, 490 § 7; 656 § 3; revised, 1945, 242 § 7; fifth sentence revised,
1945, 548 § 2. (See 1937. 426 § 2; 1941, 656 § 17; 1945, 548 § 3.)
Sect. 8 revised, 1947. 312.
Sect. 8A added, 1939, 427 (relative to competitive bidding on state
contracts); revised, 1941, 547 § 1.
Sect. 9A revised, 1939, 502 § 7; amended, 1941, 656 § 4; 1945, 242
§ 8. (See 1941, 656 § 17.)
Sect. 9B added, 1941, 564 § 1 (providing for the allotment of certain
appropriations by the ejovernor). (See 1941, 564 § 2.)
Sect. 10 amended, 1936, 256; revised, 1939, 502 § 8; 1941, 656 § 5;
amended, 1945, 242 § 9; repealed, 1945, 637 § 3. (See 1941, 656 § 17;
1945, 279.)
Sect. 11 amended, 1939, 502 § 9; 1941, 656 § 6; repealed, 1945,
242 § 10. (See 1941, 656 § 17.)
Sect. 12 amended, 1939, 502 § 10; revised, 1945, 242 § 11; 637 § 4.
(See 1945, 279.)
Sect. 14 revised, 1939, 502 § 11; 1945, 242 § 12.
Sect. 18, last sentence revised, 1945, 248 § 3. (See 1945, 248 §§ 4, 5.)
Sect. 20A added, 1937, 407 (relative to public inspection of certain
orders and claims, in advance of approval or rejection thereof, in con-
nection with state contracts).
Sect. 25 amended, 1941, 656 § 7. (See 1941, 656 § 17.)
Sect. 26 revised, 1939, 502 § 12; amended, 1941, 656 § 8; 1945, 242
§ 13; revised, 1947, 636 § 1. (See 1941, 056 § 17.)
860 Changes in the [Chap. 30.
Sect. 27 amended, 1937, 359; revised, 1039, 502 § 13; amended,
1941, 656 § 9; revised, 1947, 636 § 2. (See 1941, 656 § 17.)
Sect. 29 amended, 1939, 502 § 14; 1943, 345; revised, 1947, 636 § 3.
Sect. 31, last sentence amended, 1932, 127 § 2; section amended,
1941, 508; last sentence amended, 1945, 545; section revised, 1945,
635 § 1; 1946, 580 § L (See 1946, 580 § 3; 1947, 527.)
Sect. 31A added, 1946, 520 (providing for payment of accumulated
vacation allowances of state employees upon death or separation from
service) .
Sect. 31B added, 1946, 580 § 2 (providing that teachers in certain
state institutions may be paid weekly).
Sect. 34 amended, 1936, 333; affected, 1946, 608 § 3.
Sect. 38, subdivision (h) added, 1934, 356; first paragraph amended,
1945, 658 § 7. (See 1945, 658 § 11.)
Sect. 47 stricken out and sections 47, 47A inserted, 1945, 637 § 5.
(See 1945, 279.)
Sect. 48A added, 1937, 252 (authorizing the use of facsimile signa-
tures of the governor on certain bonds and notes of the commonwealth) ;
amended, 1946, 128.
Sect. 50 revised, 1939, 502 § 15; 1941, 656 § 10; 1945, 242 § 14.
(See 1941, 656 § 17.)
Sect. 62 repealed, 1943, 83 § 2.
Sect. 63 added, 1937, 157 (providing for taxpayers' petitions for en-
forcement of certain provisions of law relative to state finance).
Chapter 30. — General Provisions Relative to State Departments, Com-
missions, Officers and Employees.
Provisions relative to expenses incurred for certain meals by state
employees, 1933, 174 § 8; 1934, 162 § 6; 1935, 249 § 7; 1936, 304 § 7;
1937, 234 §6; 1938, 356 §5; 1939, 309 §4; 1941, 419 §4; 1943, 68 § 4;
370 § 4.
Provisions relative to the purchase of passenger automobiles, 1939,
309 § 4; 1941, 419 § 4; 1943, 68 § 4; 370 § 4.
Provisions relative to expenses incurred bv state employees in the
operation of motor vehicles, 1939, 309 § 5; 1941, 419 § 5; 1943, 68 § 5;
370 § 5; 1945, 404 § 5; 682 § 4; 1946, 309 § 5; 617 § 5; 1947, 219 § 5;
685 § 5.
For legislation relative to commencement of terms of certain state
officers, see 1939, 304.
Sect. 7 revised, 1937, 414 § 1; amended, 1941, 512; 1947, 376.
Sect. 9A added, 1946, 269 (regulating the separation from the service
of the commonwealth of certain war veteran.s holding unclassified offices
or positions) ; revised, 1947, 242.
Sect. 9B added, 1946, 524 (protecting certain officers and employees
of the commonwealth against arbitrary removal).
Sect. 24 revised, 1937, 430; 1945, 508; 1946, 408.
Sect. 24A added, 1945, 565 (relative to compensation for state em-
ployees who are required to work on state-wide legal holidays) ; amended,
1946, 411.
Sect. 28 revised, 1941, 656 § 11. (See 1941, 656 § 17.)
Sect. 30A amended, 1945, 580 § 5.
Sect. 32 revised, 1939, 499 § 4; 1945, 292 § 4.
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Sect. 32A added, 1939, 499 § 4A (relative to the force and effect of
rules and regulations included in annual reports); repealed, 1945, 292
§5.
Sect. 33 revised, 1939, 499 § 5; 1945, 292 § 6.
Sect. 33 A amended, 1939, 499 § 6; 1945, 292 § 7.
Sect. 35 amended, 1945, 580 § 6. (See 1945, 580 § 9.)
Sect. 39 revised, 1934, 351; amended, 1935, 217 § 1; revised, 1935,
472 § 1.
Sect. 42 revised, 1936, 359; amended, 1941, 450 § 1.
Sect. 44B added, 1941, 678 § 1 (relative to pipe lines for conveying
petroleum and its products and by-products).
Sect. 45, first sentence amended. 1947, 678 § 1.
Sect. 46 revised, 1947, 613 § 1. ' (See 1947, 613 §§ 2, 3.)
Sect. 47, last sentence revised, 1941, 656 § 12; same sentence stricken
out, 1945, 637 § 6. (See 1941, 656 § 17; 1945, 279.)
Sects. 53-57 added, 1945, 485 (providing for the prompt disposition
of certain grievances of state employees relating to their employment).
Chapter 31. — Civil Service.
For temporary legislation protecting the civil service rights of cer-
tain persons in the military or naval service of the United States, see
1941, 708; 1943, 172, 338, 548; 1945, 610; 1946, 61. 62, 238, 271 §§ 1-4;
1947, 4, 11, 14, 71, 203, 367.
For temporary legislation relative to transfers of civil service em-
ployees during the present emergency, see 1943, 492.
Sect. 1, definitions contained in fourth to eighth lines revised, 1939,
238 § 9; revised, 1945, 703 § 1. (See 1939, 238 §§ 52-55.)
Sect. 2 revised, 1939, 238 § 10; 1945, 725 § 1.
Sect. 2A added, 1939, 238 § 11 (relative to the duties of the director
of civil service) ; clause (h) revised, 1939, 506 § 1 ; clause (e) revised,
1941, 402 § 2; clause (c) amended, 1941, 721; section revised, 1945,
725 § 2. (See 1939, 238 §§ 52-55.)
Sect. 3, clause (g) added, 1937, 223 (giving preference to bhnd per-
sons in the employment of typists in certain cases by state depart-
ments, boards and commissions); section amended, 1939, 238 § 12;
revised, 1939, 498 § 1; clause (a) revised, 1941, 190; section revised,
1945, 702. (See 1939, 238 §§ 51-55.)
Sect. 4, fourth paragraph amended, 1938, 72; paragraph in line 19
stricken out and new paragraph inserted, 1941, 49; sixth paragraph re-
vised, 1932, 282 § 1; section amended, 1939, 238 § 13; paragraph
added at end, 1939, 256 § 1; paragraphs added at end by 1941, 625
§ 1, 1941, 627 § 1 and 1941, 686 § 2, respectively; paragraphs added at
end by 1943, 246 § 1 and 1943, 402 § 1, respectively; section revised,
1945, 701 § 4. (See 1932, 282 § 4; 1943, 246 § 2; 402 § 2.)
Sect. 5 amended, 1935, 405 § 2; 1936. 244 § 3; 1939, 238 § 14; re-
vised, 1941, 402 § 3; amended, 1945, 355; 701 § 4A.
Sect. 5A added, 1937, 414 § 2 (relative to the employment by cer-
tain municipal officers of persons to serve in a confidential capacity).
Sect. 6, sentence added at end, 1932, 260; section amended, 1939,
238 § 15.
Sect. 6A added, 1935, 228 (dispensing with educational requirements
as a condition of taking certain civil service examinations).
862 Changes in the Chap. 31.
Sect. 7 revised, 1939, 397.
Sect. 8 amended, 1939, 238 § 16; revised, 1939, 396; 1945, 703 § 3.
Sect. 10 revised, 1939, 238 § 17; 1939, 498 § 2; last sentence stricken
out and five sentences inserted, 1945, 703 § 4,
Sect. 12 amended, 1939, 238 § 18; revised, 1945, 704 § 1; amended,
1946, 271 § 5.
Sect. 12A added, 1945, 704 § 2 (providing procedure for reviewing
markings on civil service examination papers).
Sect. 13 amended, 1938, 174 § 2; revised, 1945, 703 § 5.
Sect. 13 A amended, 1939, 238 § 19; revised, 1945, 725 § 3.
Sect. 14 amended, 1939, 238 § 20; repealed, 1945, 725 § 5.
Sect. 15 revised, 1939, 238 § 21; 1939, 506 § 2; 1941, 491; second
paragraph revised, 1945, 704 § 3; last paragraph stricken out and
three paragraphs inserted, 1945, 704 § 4; section revised, 1946, 103;
paragraph added at end, 1947, 13.
Sect. 15A added, 1933, 267 (restricting the appointment of persons for
temporary employment under the civil service laws); amended, 1934,
105; repealed, 1943, 523.
Sect. 15B added, 1943, 520 (authorizing certain promotions from the
labor service to the official service of a department, board or commis-
sion \mder the civil service laws); amended, 1946, 52.
Sects. 15C and 15D added, 1945, 704 § 5 (requiring lists of civil
service officers and employees to be filed annually with the director of
civil service and establishing the method of determining seniority).
Sect. 15C amended, 1946, 53.
Sect. 15D, paragraph 2 revised, 1947, 426.
Sect. 15E added, 1946, 540 (providing that injuries received by per-
sons employed in a provisional capacity shall not disqualify them for
permanent employment under the civil service laws).
Sect. 16A added, 1939, 506 § 3 (relative to transfers under the civil
service laws); revised, 1945, 703 § 6.
Sect. 17 amended, 1934, 94; revised, 1939, 76; amended, 1939, 238
§22.
Sect. 18 amended, 1939, 238 § 23; revised, 1945, 703 § 9; amended,
1947, 22.
Sect. 18A added, 1941, 627 § 4 (positions in the labor service of the
department of public works to be classified by districts); sentence
added at end, 1945, 389.
Sect. 19A added, 1932, 146 (relative to appointments to the regular
fire forces in certain cities having reserve fire forces) ; amended, 1939,
238 § 24; revised, 1941-, 38; amended, 1943, 530.
Sect. 20 amended, 1939, 238 § 25; revised, 1939, 419 § 3; 1945,
704 § 6; 1947, 354 §1. (See 1947, 354 §2.)
Sect. 20A amended, 1939, 238 § 26; revised, 1941, 39.
Sect. 20B added, 1937, 416 § 3 (providing for appointments to the
regular police force of the metropolitan district commission from the
list of members of the reserve police force); amended, 1939, 238 § 27;
repealed, 1939, 441 § 2. (See 1937, 416 § 5; repealed, 1939, 441 § 3.)
Sect. 20C added, 1941, 621 (relative to appointments to the regular
police force in certain cities and towns).
Sect. 20D added, 1945, 703 § 2 (relative to the serving of probation-
ary periods in offices and positions subject to civil service).
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Sect. 21 amended, 1932, 89; revised, 1933, 137; amended, 1939,
238 § 28; 1943, 194, 469; 1946, 216.
Sect. 22 amended, 1939, 238 § 29; paragraph added at end, 1946, 345.
Sect. 22A added, 1946, 221 (making certain veterans eligible for
examinations and appointment to police and fire departments notwith-
standing certain age requirements) ; revised, 1947, 287.
Sect. 23 amended, 1939, 238 § 30.
Sect. 24 amended, 1939, 238 § 31.
Sect. 25 amended, 1939, 238 § 32; 1946, 145.
Sect. 29 amended, 1939, 238 § 33; revised, 1945, 725 § 4.
Sect. 30 amended, 1939, 238 § 34; repealed, 1945, 725 § 5.
Sect. 31 amended, 1939, 238 § 35; revised, 1939, 422 § 1.
Sect. 31A added, 1939, 422 § 2 (relative to the making of reports by
department heads pertaining to civil service employees).
Sect. 31B added, 1941, 165 § 1 (relative to the preparation and keep-
ing of rosters of positions in the classified civil service and incumbents
thereof in connection with the payment of salaries or compensation).
(See 1941, 165 § 2.)
Sect. 32 amended, 1939, 238 § 36; revised, 1939, 420 § 1.
Sect. 32A added, 1939, 420 § 2 (providing that records and files re-
lating to civil service employees be public records); repealed, 1945,
703 § 10.
Sect. 33 amended, 1939, 238 § 37; revised, 1939, 420 § 3.
Sect. 34 amended, 1939, 238 § 38; revised, 1939, 420 § 4.
Sect. 35 repealed, 1941, 559.
Sect. 36 amended, 1939, 238 § 39; revised, 1945, 701 § 1.
Sect. 37 amended, 1939, 238 § 40.
Sect. 38 amended, 1939, 238 § 41; revised, 1939, 422 § 3.
Sect. 39 amended, 1939, 238 § 42.
Sect. 40 amended, 1939, 238 § 43; repealed, 1945, 703 § 10.
Sect. 42 amended, 1939, 238 § 44.
Sect. 42A repealed, 1945, 667 § 4.
Sect. 42B repealed, 1945, 667 § 4.
Sect. 43 revised, 1945, 667 § 1; paragraph (/) revised,*|1946,'' 379;
section revised, 1947. 373 § 1.
Sect. 45 amended, 1934, 249 § 2; revised, 1945, 667 § 2.
Sect. 45A added, 1934, 190 (providing a method of avoiding multi-
plicity of petitions for judicial review to determine seniority rights in
the classified labor service) ; amended, 1941, 166.
Sect. 45B added, 1941, 135 (requiring clerks of district courts to fur-
nish certain information to the director of civil service); amended,
1945, 667 § 3.
Sect. 46 amended, 1932, 282 § 2; revised, 1934, 249 § 1; amended,
1941, 257; repealed, 1945, 667 § 4.
Sect. 46B amended, 1939, 238 § 45; repealed, 1945, 667 § 4.
Sects. 46C and 46D added, 1933, 320 (providing for the reinstate-
ment of certain municipal officers and employees).
Sect. 46C amended, 1934, 84; 1936, 66; revised, 1938, 297 § 1;
amended, 1939, 238 § 46; revised, 1945, 704 § 8; amended, 1947,
373 § 2.
Sect. 46D repealed, 1945, 704 § 7.
Sect. 46E added, 1934, 207 (providing that a leave of absence of less
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than six months shall not be deemed a separation from the classified
civil service in certain cases); first paragraph revised, 1945, 703 § 7;
paragraph added at end, 1936, 297; same paragraph amended, 1939,
238 § 47; 1941, 136.
Sect. 46F added, 1935, 337 (providing for the reinstatement of mem-
bers of the poUce force of the metropohtan district commission in cer-
tain cases); amended, 1939, 238 § 48; repealed, 1945, 704 § 7.
Sect. 46G added, 1935, 408 (relative to seniority rights in respect to
the suspension and re-employment of persons in the classified civil serv-
ice in certain cases); revised, 1938, 297 § 2; 1945, 704 § 9.
Sect. 46H added, 1936, 287 § 1 (providing for the reinstatement in
the classified civil service of retired municipal officers and employees in
certain cases of invahd retirement); amended, 1939, 238 § 49.
Sect. 461 added, 1945, 703 § 8 (providing for the estabhshment of
re-employment lists of persons separated from the official or labor
service otherwise than by resignation or discharge); amended, 1946, 60;
revised, 1947, 12.
Sect. 46J added, 1946, 288 (relative to the right of civil service em-
ployees to petition the general court and to appear before committees
thereof).
Sect. 47 revised, 1945, 701 § 2.
Sect. 47A added, 1941, 195 (providing that certain employees in the
classified public service shall not be subject to a probationary period);
revised, 1945, 701 § 3; second paragraph amended, 1946, 59.
Sect. 47B added, 1941, 290 (relative to the classification and estab-
lishment of seniority of certain civil service employees) ; revised, 1945,
701 § 5.
Sects. 47C and 47D added, 1941, 402 § 1 (establishing a merit system,
substantially similar to the civil service system, for certain officers and
employees of local boards of pubfic welfare). (See 1941, 402 §§ 4-9.)
Sect. 47C amended, 1941, 588 § 1. (See 1941. 588 § 3.)
Sect. 48 revised, 1945, 701 § 6; paragraph added at end, 1947, 239.
Sect. 49 repealed, 1945, 701 § 7.
Sect. 49A added, 1939, 183 (authorizing cities and towns to place
certain oflSces under the civil service laws by vote of the voters thereof) ;
revised, 1941, 414; revised, 1945, 701 § 8.
Chapter 32. — Retirement Systems and Pensions.
For temporary legislation protecting the retirement rights of certain
persons in the military or naval service of the United States, see 1941,
708; 1943, 172, 419, 548; 1945, 455, 610, 699; 1947, 4, 11, 14, 203, 367.
For legislation relative to the temporary re-employm.ent of former
officers and employees of the commonwealth or of any political sub-
division thereof during the continuance of the existing state of war
between the United States and any foreign country, see 1942, 16 ; 1943,
502; 1946, 55, 306.
Sect. 1, new paragraph added, 1934, 360 § 1. (See 1934, 360 § 5;
1937, 271.)
Sect. 2, paragraphs (10) and (11) revised, 1935, 390.
Sect. 3, paragraph (4) revised, 1932, 268.
Sect. 4, sentence added at end of paragraph (S) A (c), 1934, 360 § 2;
Chap. 32.] GENERAL LawS. 865
paragraph (3) amended, 1936, 370 § 1. (See 1934, 360 § 5; 1936,
370 § 2; 1937, 271.)
Sect. 5, paragraph added at end of paragraph (S) C (c), 1934, 360
§ 3; paragraph H added at end, 1934, 360 § 4. (See 1934, 360 § 5;
1937, 271.)
Sects. 1-5, as amended, stricken out and sixteen new sections 1-5 A in-
serted, 1938, 439 § 1. (See 1938, 439 §§ 6, 7; 1939, 16 §§ 1, 2.)
The following references to sections 1 to 5A apply to sections inserted
by 1938, 439 § 1 :
Sect. 1, definition of "Member" revised, 1941, 379 § 1.
Sect. 2, paragraph (5) amended, 1941, 194 § 3; paragraph (14)
amended, 1939, 503 § 1; subparagraph entitled "Group 1 " of paragraph
(14) amended, 1945, 630; paragraph (15) stricken out and new para-
graphs (14A) and (15) inserted, 1939, 503 § 2; paragraph (16) amended,
1939, 433. (See 1939, 503 § 5.)
Sect. 4, paragraph (1) (a) amended, 1941, 670 § 1.
Sect. 4F, paragraph (1) revised, 1941, 379 § 2, 722 § 2; paragraph (2)
revised, 1941, 722 § 3; paragraph (4) revised, 1941, 379 § 3.
Sect. 4H, paragraph added at end, 1941, 379 § 4.
Sect. 5A, paragraph (3) (a) amended, 1939, 451 § 3; paragraph (8)
revised, 1939, 508 § 12; 1945, 38 § 5.
Sect. 6, definition of "Teacher" amended, 1937, 232 § 1; same defi-
nition revised, 1938, 444 § 1; paragraph defining "Salary" inserted,
1941, 671 § 1. (See 1941, 671 §§ 2, 3.)
Sect. 7, first sentence of paragraph (3) revised, 1937, 232 § 2; same
paragraph amended, 1938, 385; paragraph (4) amended, 1932, 127
§ 18; paragraph (5) added, 1937, 232 § 3; paragraph (6) added, 1938,
444 § 2. (See 1937, 232 § 4.)
Sect. 9, paragraph (1) amended, 1939, 508 § 13; paragraph (2) re-
vised, 1937, 438 § 1; amended, 1939, 508 § 14; revised, 1943, 498;
last sentence amended, 1945, 38 § 6; paragraph (5) added at end, 1937,
302; paragraph (6) added, 1938, 444 § 3. (See 1939, 508 § 17.)
Sect. 10, paragraph (2) revised, 1932, 255; paragraph (4) amended,
1937, 438 § 2; paragraph (8) amended, 1936, 386 § 1; paragraph (10)
amended, 1936, 386 § 2; revised, 1937, 438 § 3; paragraphs (11) and
(12) stricken out, 1937, 438 § 4; paragraph (17) amended, 1938, 444 § 4;
paragraph (19) revised, 1938, 444 § 5; paragraph (20) added, 1938,
444 § 6.
Sect. 11, paragraph (1) revised, 1943, 337 § 1; paragraph (2) stricken
out, 1943, 337 § 2; paragraph (5) revised, 1936, 400 § 2. (See 1943,
337 § 3.)
Sect. 16, paragraph (2) revised, 1939, 508 § 15; 1945, 292 § 8.
Sect. 19, second paragraph revised, 1939, 451 § 4.
Sect. 20,* paragraph added, 1934, 258 § 1.
Sect. 23,* paragraph (5) revised, 1934, 258 § 2.
Sect. 24,* paragraph {2) A amended, 1935, 243.
Sect. 25,* paragraph {2) A (h) revised, 1936, 301 § 1; paragraph
(2) B (b) revised, 1936, 301 § 2; paragraph (F) added at end, 1936,
301 § 3.
Sects. 20-25, as amended, and the heading before said section 20,
stricken out and new sections 20-251 inserted, under heading " county
* See later amendments to sections 20 to 2.5, inclusive.
866 Changes in the [Chap. 32.
AND CERTAIN HOSPITAL DISTRICT RETIREMENT SYSTEMS", 1936, 400 § 1
(providing for contributory retirement systems for counties and certain
hospital districts). (See 1936, 400 § 5; 1937, 336 § 3.)
The following references to sections 20-251 apply to sections inserted by
1936, 400 § 1 :
Sect. 20, definitions of "Employee" and of "Regular interest" re-
vised, 1937, 336 § 1; definition of "Employee" revised, 1938, 217, 464
§ 3; definition of "Member" revised, 1941, 379 § 5.
Sect. 21, paragraph (1) (a), revised, 1939, 158 § 1; 1941, 670 § 2;
paragraphs (1) (6), (1) (c) and (1) (d) revised, 1937, 336 § 2; paragraph
(1) (e) revised, 1941, 670 § 3; paragraph (/) added at end of subdivision
(1), 1939, 158 § 2; stricken out, 1941, 670 § 3A; subdivision (2) revised,
1941, 335; subdivision (3) amended, 1941, 670 § 4. (See 1937, 336 § 3.)
Sect. 22, paragraph (5) amended, 1937, 336 § 4; 1941, 670 § 5.
Sect. 23, paragraph added at end of subdivision (1), 1937, 336 § 5.
Sect. 24, subdivision (1) amended, 1941, 670 § 6; subdivision (3)
inserted after subdivision (2) (c), 1943, 425 § 1.
Sect. 25, paragraph (1) amended, 1941, 670 § 7; first clause of para-
graph (2) revised, 1937, 336 § 6.
Sect. 25B, revised, 1941, 379 § 6.
Sect. 25D, revised, 1941, 379 § 7.
Sect. 25F, paragraph (6) amended, 1937, 336 § 7.
Sect. 25G, paragraph (1) (a) amended, 1937, 336 § 8; paragraph (1)
(d) amended, 1937, 336 § 9.
Sect. 25H, paragraph (1) revised, 1941, 113 § 2.
Sect. 251, last paragraph revised, 1937, 336 § 10.
Sects. 26-31 stricken out and new sections 26-311 inserted, 1936, 318
§ 1 (providing for contributory retirement systems for cities and towns
that may be accepted by them). (See 1936, 318 §§ 5-7.)
The following references to sections 26 to 311 are to sections inserted by
1936,318 § 1:
Sect. 26, definitions of "Employee" and of "Regular interest" re-
vised, 1937, 336 § 11; definition of "Employee" revised, 1938, 464 § 4;
1941, 411 § 1; definition of "Member" revised, 1941, 379 § 8. (See
1941, 411 § 3.)
Sect. 27, paragraph (1) (a) revised, 1938, 360 § 1; 1941, 670 § 8;
paragraph (1) (6) revised, 1937, 336 § 12; last sentence revised, 1938,
360 § 2; paragraph (1) (c) revised, 1937, 336 § 12; paragraph (1) {d)
revised, 1937, 336 § 12; last sentence revised, 1938, 360 § 3; paragraph
(1) (e) revised, 1938, 360 § 4; 1941, 670 § 9; paragraph (1) (/) added,
1938, 360 § 5; paragraph (1) {g) added, 1941, 670 § 10; paragraph (2)
revised, 1939, 228; amended, 1941, 670 § 11; paragraph (3) amended,
1941, 670 § 12.
Sect. 28, paragraph (2) revised, 1941, 670 § 12A; paragraph (5)
amended, 1937, 336 § 13; 1941, 670 § 13.
Sect. 29, subdivision (1) amended, 1941, 670 § 14; second paragraph
of subdivision (1) stricken out and two paragraphs inserted, 1937,
336 § 14; second of said inserted paragraphs amended, 1941, 670 § 15;
paragraph added after second of said in.serted paragraphs, 1941, 670
§ 16; paragraph (2) (6) revised, 1938, 360 § 6; paragraph (2) (c)
amended, 1938, 270; paragraph (2) (d) amended, 1937, 336 § 15; sec-
ond sentence revised, 1938, 360 § 7; paragraph (2) (e) revised, 1938,
360 § 8; paragraph (2) {g) added, 1941, 409 § 1.
Chap. 32.J GENERAL LaWS. 867
Sect. 30, subdivision (1) amended, 1941, 670 § 17; subdivision (3)
inserted after subdivision (2) (c), 1943, 425 § 2.
Sect. 31, subdivision (1) amended, 1941, 670 § 18; first paragraph of
subdivision (2) revised, 1937, 336 § 16; paragraph added at end of sub-
division (2), 1941,670 § 19.
Sect. 31B revised, 1941, 379 § 9; sentence added at end, 1941, 670 § 20.
Sect. 31D revised, 1941, 379 § 10.
Sect. 31E, paragraph (4) added at end, 1941, 409 § 2.
Sect. 31F, paragraph (1) (6) amended, 1937, 57 § 1; paragraph lA
added, 1937, 57 § 2; paragraph (1) (c) revised, 1938, 284 § 1, 464 § 5;
paragraph (2) revised, 1938, 464 § 6. (See 1937, 57 § 4; 1938, 284 § 2.)
Sect. 31G, paragraph (1) (o) revised, 1941, 411 § 2; paragraph
(1) (d) amended, 1937, 336 § 17; paragraph (6) (a) revised, 1938, 360
§ 9; paragraph (6) (6) amended, 1938, 360 § 10. (See 1941, 411 § 3.)
Sect. 31H, paragraph (1) revised, 1941, 113 § 1.
Sect. 311, paragraph (3) amended, 1937, 57 § 3; paragraph (4)
added, 1941, 377; paragraph (4) added, 1941, 386; paragraph last
referred to stricken out and paragraph (5) substituted, 1941, 722 § 4;
paragraph (4) (b) revised, 1943, 236 § 1. (See 1937, 57 § 4; 1943,
236 § 2.)
Sect. 31J inserted after the heading "general provisions" imme-
diately before section 32, 1936, 400 § 3 (relative to the definition of
certain words used in said General Provisions).
Sect. 33 amended, 1936, 301 § 4; 318 § 2; repealed, 1936, 400 § 4.
(See 1936, 318 §§ 5-7; 400 §§ 2 and 5.)
Sect. 34, second paragraph revised, 1941, 584 § 1.
Sect. 34A added, 1941, 584 § 2 (relative to the expense incurred by
the commissioner of insurance in examining the affairs of certain retire-
ment systems).
Sect. 36 amended, 1937, 336 § 18.
Sects. 37A-37D added, 1936, 318 § 3 (miscellaneous provisions rela-
tive to contributory retirement systems under G. L. chap. 32). (See
1936, 318 §§ 5-7.)
Sect. 37C, paragraph added at end, 1938, 360 § lOA; section revised,
1938, 439 § 2. (See 1938, 360 § lOB; 439 § 7.)
Sect. 37D, first paragraph revised, 1937, 336 § 19; first paragraph
stricken out, and two paragraphs inserted, 1939, 449 § 1; paragraph
added at end, 1938, 464 § 1. (See 1939, 449 § 2.)
Sect. 37E added, 1937, 336 § 20 (providing minimum retirement
allowances for certain members of county, city or town contributory
retirement systems); paragraph (1) revised, 1941, 184 § 1; paragraph
(2) revised, 1938, 360 § 11; paragraph (3) added at end, 1938, 439 § 3;
paragraph (4) added at end, 1941, 670 § 21; paragraph (5) added at
end, 1943, 189. (See 1938, 439 § 7; 1941, 184 § 2.y
Sect. 37F added, 1938, 464 § 2 (permitting members of certain con-
tributory retirement systems of governmental units to make contribu-
tions on account of prior service with other such units having no such
systems); revised, 1939, 316; 1941, 670 § 22.
Sect. 37G added, 1941, 670 § 23 (relative to the rights of employees
of two or more governmental units having retirement systems).
Sect. 38 amended, 1937, 336 § 21.
Sect. 38A added, 1938, 439 § 4 (relative to the definitions of certain
868 Changes in the [Chap. 32.
terms or words used in sections thirty-two to thirty-eight, inclusive).
(See 1938, 439 § 7.)
Sects. 1-38 A, as amended, stricken out and twenty-eight new sections,
1-28, inserted, 1945, 658 ^ 1. (See 1945, 658 §§ 9-11.)
The following references to sections 1 to 28 apply to sections inserted
by 1945, 658 § 1.
Sect. 1, definition of "Emplo3^ce" revised, 1947, 660 § 1; definition
of "Governmental Unit" revised, 1947, 667 § 1.
Sect. 3, subdivision (2), paragraph (a), clause (vi) and paragraph (6)
revised, 1947, 660 § 2; paragraph (d) revised, 1947, 660 § 2; amended,
1947, 667 § 2; definition of Group B in paragraph (g), amended, 1946,
403 H; revised, 1947, 423; amended, 1947, 667 § 3; subdivision (3),
first sentence stricken out and two sentences inserted, 1947, 388 § 1;
subdivision (3A) added, 1946, 538 § 1 ; subdivision (4) revised, 1946, 403
§ 2; 492; first sentence amended, 1947, 416; subdivision (5) amended,
1946, 481; revised, 1946, 603 § 1; paragraph (a) added, 1947, 660 § 4;
subdivision revised, 1947, 667 § 4; subdivision (6), paragraph {d) re-
vised, 1946, 403 § 3; paragraph (e) amended, 1947, 388 § 2; subdivi-
sion (8), paragraph (c) amended, 1947, 388 § 3.
Sect. 4, subdivision (1), paragraph (o) amended, 1947, 660 § 3;
paragraph (?:) added, 1946, 493 § 1; paragraph (j) added, 1946, 538 § 2;
subdivision (2), paragraph (6) revised, 1946, 403 § 4; paragraph (c)
revised, 1946, 403 § 5. (See 1946, 493 § 2.)
Sect. 5, subdivision (1), first sentence of paragraph (a) amended,
1947, 388 § 4; paragi'aph (d), first two sentences stricken out, 1947,
660 § 5; subdivision (2), paragraph (a), first paragraph amended, 1947,
388 § 5; clause (ii) revised, 1946, 403 § 6; amended, 1947, 388 § 6;
clause {iv) added, 1946, 538 § 3.
Sect. 6, subdivision (1) amended, 1947, 667 § 5; subdivision (3),
paragraph (a), amended, 1946, 603 § 2; first sentence of same paragraph
amended, 1947, 388 § 7.
Sect. 8, subdivision (1), paragraph (6) amended, 1947, 667 § 6.
Sect. 11, subdivision (2), paragraph (c), first sentence revised, 1947,
667 § 7.
Sect. 12, subdivision (2), option (c), two sentences inserted after
first sentence, 1946, 403 ?J 7.
Sect. 18, subdivision (1) revised, 1947, 467; 667 § 8.
Sect. 20, subdivision (3), paragraph {d) revised, 1946, 267.
Sect. 21, subdivision (2) amended, 1946, 432 § 3.
Sect. 22, subdivision (1), paragraph {h) amended, 1947, 617; para-
graph {g), first sentence revised, 1947, 388 § 8.
Sect. 26, subdivision (2), paragraph (6), clause {Hi) added, 1947, 412.
Sect. 28, subdivision (2), paragraph (a) revised, 1946, 166 § 1; para-
graph (/) added, 1946, 166 § 2; paragraph {g) added, 1946, 403 § 8;
paragraph (/)) added, 1946, 603 \^ 3; subdivision (3), paragraph (a)
revised, 1946, 166 § 3; last sentence amended, 1946, 403 § 9.
Sect. 28A added, 1945, 720 § 1 (relative to the retirement of certain
officers in the division of state pohce) ; paragraph added at end, 1946,
373 § 1. (See 1945, 720 § 2; 1946, 373 § 2.)
Sect. 28B added, 1946, 605 (relative to the retirement of state de-
tectives and inspectors in the division of state police).
Sect. 28C added, 1947, 660 § 6 (relative to the retirement of certain
Chap. 32.] GENERAL LaWS. 869
members of the general court and constitutional officers). (See 1947
660 § 7.)
Sect. 28C added, 1947, 667 § 9 (providing benefits to certain em-
ployees of governmental units who are prohibited from joining the
contributory retirement systems thereof, in case of accidental disability
or accidental death).
Sect. 43 amended, 1945, 707.
Sect. 44 revised, 1934, 135; paragraph added at end, 1934, 285 § 1;
section amended, 1936, 223; last paragraph amended, 1937, 102 § 1.
(See 1937, 202.)
Sect. 45 revised, 1945, 483 § 1.
Sect. 45A added, 1945, 708 § 1 (relative to retirement allowances of
school janitors in certain cities and towns). (See 1945, 708 § 2.)
Sect. 46 revised, 1941, 344 § 1.
Sect. 47 amended, 1941, 344 § 2.
Sect. 48 revised, 1938, 379.
Sect. 52 amended, 1932, 114 § 1.
Sect. 53 amended, 1932, 114 § 2.
Sect. 56 revised, 1943, 514 § 1: first paragraph amended, 1947,
453 § 1; paragraph added at end, 1945, 677. (See 1943, 514 § 4.)
Sect. 57 revised, 1943, 514 § 2; amended. 1947. 453 § 2. (See 1943,
514 § 4.)
Sect. 57A added, 1945, 658 § 8 (making certain provisions of the con-
tributory pension laws apphcable to the retirement of veterans under
veterans' non-contributory pension laws).
Sect. 58 revised, 1943, 514 § 3. (See 1943, 514 § 4.)
Sect. 58A added, 1945, 671 (further regulating the creditable service
of certain veterans in the public service upon their retirement there-
from) .
Sect. 60, paragraph added at end, 1934, 285 § 2; same paragraph
amended, 1937, 102 § 2; 1938, 452 § 1; section revised, 1945, 483 § 2;
678. (See 1938, 452 § 2.)
Sect. 60A, paragraph added at end, 1934, 285 § 3; amended, 1937,
102 § 3; revised, 1945, 483 § 3.
Sects. 61-64 repealed, 1937, 409 § 2. (See 1937, 409 §§ 5-7.)
Sect. 65, last sentence stricken out, 1937, 336 § 22; section repealed,
1937, 409 § 2. (See 1937, 409 §§ 5-7.)
Sect. 65A added, 1937, 409 § 1 (relative to the retirement or resigna-
tion of members of the judiciary); amended, 1939, 451 § 5; sentence
added at end, 1946, 525. (See 1937, 409 §§ 5-7.)
Sect. 65B added, 1941, 689 § 1 (providing pensions for special jus-
tices of district courts); revised, 1943, 398. (See 1941, 689 § 2.)
Sect. 66, paragraph added at end, 1934, 285 § 4; amended, 1937,
102 § 4.
Sect. 68 revised, 1943, 545 § 1; 1945, 322.
Sects. 68A-68C added, 1939, 503 § 3 (relative to the retirement of
members of the state poUce). (See 1939, 503 § 5.)
Sect. 68C revised, 1943, 545 § 2.
Sects. 68A-68C stricken out, 1945, 658 § 1. (See 1945, 658 § 11.)
Sect. 69 revised, 1946, 576 § 1.
Sect. 70, paragraph added at end, 1934, 285 § 5; amended, 1937,
102 § 5; section revised, 1937, 416 § 4; repealed, 1939, 441 § 4. (See
1937, 416 § 5; 1939, 441 §§ 3, 5.)
870 Changes in the [Chap. 32.
Sect. 75, paragraph added at end, 1934, 285 § 6; amended, 1937,
102 § 6; section revised, 1938, 323 § 1.
Sect. 76 revised, 1938, 323 § 2.
Sect. 77, paragraph (a) revised, 1936, 290 § 1; 1939, 243; paragraph
(6) amended, 1945, 483 § 3A; paragraph (c) added at end, 1936, 290
§ 2; amended, 1945, 483 § 3B. (Affected, 1937, 102 § 7, 283.)
Sect. 78 revised, 1939, 361 § 1; amended, 1945, 483 § 4. (Affected,
1937, 102 § 7, 283; 1939, 361 § 2.)
Sect. 78A added, 1934, 285 § 7 (providing for the ultimate abolition
of non-contributory pensions under certain provisions of general law
for laborers); amended, 1937, 102 § 7; revised, 1937, 283 § 1. (See
1937, 283 § 2.)
Sect. 80, paragraph added at end, 1934, 285 § 8; section amended,
1936, 439 § 1; last paragraph amended, 1937, 102 § 8; section amended,
1945, 483 § 5.
Sect. 81 amended, 1933, 103; 1938, 277 § 1. (See 1938, 277 § 3.)
Sects. 81A and 81B added, 1946, 576 § 2 (additional provisions for the
retirement of members of fire departments in certain cities) . (See
1946, 576 § 8.)
Sect. 83 amended, 1936, 439 § 2; 1938, 277 § 2; last sentence of first
paragraph revised, 1939, 264 § 1; section amended, 1945, 483 § 6.
(See 1938, 277 § 3; 1939, 264 § 2.)
Sect. 83A added, 1946, 576 § 3 (additional provisions for the retire-
ment of members of pohce departments in certain cities). (See 1946,
576 c 8.)
Sect. 84 amended, 1945, 483 § 7.
Sect. 85, first sentence amended, 1945, 483 § 8; second sentence
revised, 1936, 439 § 3.
Sect. 85A revised, 1935, 31 § 1; amended, 1945, 483 § 9; revised,
1946, 576 § 4. (See 1935, 31 § 2.)
Sect. 85B added, 1932, 253 (regulating the retirement and pension-
ing of certain members of the poUce forces of park boards of cities and
towns); amended, 1945, 483 § 10.
Sect. 85C added, 1934, 285 § 9 (providing for the ultimate abolition
of non-contributory pensions under certain provisions of general law
for pohcemen and firemen) ; amended, 1937, 102 § 9.
Sect. 85D added, 1937, 220 (relative to the retirement of certain call
members of fire departments in certain towns); amended, 1945, 483
§ 11; revised, 1946, 576 § 5.
Sect. 85E added, 1946, 576 § 6 (additional provisions for the retire-
ment of members of police and fire departments in certain towns). (See
1946, 576 § 8.)
Sect. 85F added, 1946, 576 § 6, (relative to the retirement for acci-
dental or ordinary disability of members of police and fire departments
in certain cities and towns).
Sect. 86 revised, 1946, 576 § 7.
Sect. 89 revised, 1932, 276; amended, 1933, 340 § 1; 1934, 343;
revised, 1935, 466; amended, 1936, 326; first paragraph amended, 1943,
366; first sentence amended, 1945, 641; first paragraph revised, 1945,
696; third paragraph amended, 1947, 96. (See 1933, 340 § 2).
Sect. 90 revised, 1936, 439 § 4.
Sect. 90A added, 1943, 452 § 1 (authorizing certain cities and towns
Chap. 33.] GENERAL LaWS. 871
to increase the retirement allowances of certain former employees retired
on account of accidental disability). (See 1943, 452 § 2.)
Sect. 91 revised, 1938, 439 § 5; amended, 1941, 670 § 24; first
sentence amended, 1947, 462; sentence added at end, 1947, 394. (See
1938, 439 § 7; 1941, 670 § 26.)
Chapter 33. — Militia.
Act establishing a special military reservation commission, and au-
thorizing the acquisition by the commonwealth for military purposes
of certain properties in Sandwich, Bourne, Falmouth and Mashpee,
1935, 196; powers and duties of the commission defined, 1936, 344
§§ 1, 2; reservation enlarged, 1941, 5. (See 1938, 331.)
The following references are to chapter 33, as appearing in the Tercen-
tenary Edition:
Sect. 6 revised, 1933, 254 § 1; 1938, 440 § lA. (See 1933, 254 § 66;
1938, 440 § 23.)
Sect. 7 revised, 1938, 440 § 1. (See 1938, 440 § 23.)
Sect. 18 amended, 1932, 15.
Sect. 22, paragraph in third line revised, 1937, 192 § 1.
Sect. 25A added, 1935, 295 § 1 (further regulating the caHing out
of the militia as an aid to the civil power of the commonwealth).
Sect. 26 amended, 1935, 295 § 2.
Sect. 31 amended, 1935, 295 § 3.
Sect. 32 revised, 1935, 295 § 4.
Sect. 33 revised, 1935, 295 § 5.
Sect. 34 amended, 1935, 295 § 6.
Sect. 48, subsection (a) revised, 1932, 161; same subsection amended,
1933, 166.
Sect. 60 amended, 1933, 153 § 1; 1934, 120; 1939, 144 § 1.
Sect. 67 revised, 1935, 205.
Sect. 82, subsection (e) added, 1938, 433 (making the United States
property and disbursing officer for Massachusetts the finance officer of
the Massachusetts National Guard, defining his powders and duties and
establishing his compensation).
Sect. 90, paragraph in lines 63-65 revised, 1934, 106; last sentence
of paragraph (fc) revised, 1933, 17; paragraph (k) revised, 1937, 192 § 2.
Sect. 98, sentence added at end, 1933, 6.
Chapter stricken out and new chapter 33 inserted. 1939, 425 § 1. (See
1939, 425 § 2.)
The following references are to the new chapter 33 :
Sect. 1 revised, 1943, 35 § 1.
Sect. 6, paragraph (a) revised, 1943, 35 § 2.
Sect. 15 revised, 1947, 362.
Sect. 16, subdivision (a) revised, 1947, 415; paragraph added at end,
1946, 311; paragraph (c) added at end, 1947, 326 § 1. (See 1947, 326
§2.)
Sect. 24 revised, 1943, 35 § 3.
Sect. 26A added, 1943, 348 § 2 (providing for the incurring by the
governor of extraordinary expenses in aid of the civil power).
Sect. 36 revised, 1947, 318.
Sect. 39 amended, 1945, 100.
Sect. 47 revised, 1941, 318.
872 Changes in the [Chap. 34.
Sect. 49 amended, 1941, 217 § 1; 1946, 409 § 1; 1947, 246; revised,
1947, 468 § 1.
Sect. 55 revised, 1943, 35 § 4.
Sects. 55A-55F added, 1943, 409 § 1 (providing for the acquiring of
motor vehicles or for obtaining the use thereof by the mihtary division
of the executive department, and for the settlement of certain claims
against the commonwealth arising out of the operation of such motor
vehicles).
Sect. 56 revised, 1943, 35 § 5.
Sect. 65, paragraph (a) amended, 1941, 395.
Sect. 66 revised, 1943, 35 § 6; 1947, 329 § 1.
Sect. 68A added, 1943, 35 § 7 (providing that the state guard shall
consist of such organizations and units as the commander-in-chief shall
prescribe or authorize to be formed and defining the composition
thereof); repealed, 1947, 329 § 2.
Sect. 69, subdivision (a) amended, 1945, 393 § 5; subdivision (c)
amended, 1941, 577 § 1; 1946, 591 § 43; subdivision (e) revised, 1947,
402. (See 1941, 577 § 2.)
Sect. 76, subdivision (k), first three paragraphs stricken out and two
paragraphs inserted, 1947, 330.
Sect. 79 amended, 1941, 490 § 8.
Sect. 84 revised, 1947, 331.
Sect. 104 A added, 1943, 362 § 1 (authorizing the adjutant general
to accept on behalf of the commonwealth certain gifts of personal prop-
erty for mihtary purposes).
Sect. 114, paragraphs (a) and (fe) revised, 1943, 394 § 1; paragraph
(d) amended, 1943, 394 § 2; section revised, 1947, 346.
Sect. 120, subdivision (c) amended, 1945, 462 § 1. (See 1945, 462
§2.)
Sect. 126, sentence added at end, 1943, 262 § 1. (See 1943, 262 § 3.)
Sects. 126A and 126B added, 1943, 262 § 2 (further regulating allow-
ances in the mihtary division of the executive department). (See 1943,
262 § 3.)
Sect. 153 amended, 1941, 458.
Chapter 34. — Counties and County Commissioners.
Sect. 1 revised, 1933, 278 § 2.
Sect. 4 amended, 1935, 257 § 1; revised, 1939, 31 § 1. (See 1935,
257 § 12.)
Sect. 5, schedule revised, 1943, 102 § 1. (See 1943, 102 § 2).
Sect. 7 amended, 1935, 257 § 2; last sentence stricken out, 1939,
31 § 2. (See 1935, 257 § 12.)
Sect. 12 revised, 1935, 257 § 3. (See 1935, 257 § 12.)
Sect. 14, last sentence amended, 1947, 58.
Sect. 16 revised, 1947, 449 § 1. (See 1947, 449 § 7.)
Sect. 17 revised, 1932, 74; affected, 1939, 452 § 7.
Sect. 19 amended, 1935, 257 § 4. (See 1935, 257 § 12.)
Sect. 23 added, 1932, 297 fauthorizing counties to receive certain
gifts).
Chap. 35.] GENERAL LaWS. 873
Chapter 35. — County Treasurers, State Sujiervision of County Accounts
and County Finances.
For legislation enabling counties to secure the benefits provided by
the federal government to assist them in public works projects, see
1945, 74; 1947, 526. [For prior legislation, see 1933, 366; 1934, 21;
1935,404; 1936,64,83,414; 1937,159; 1938,50,82; 1939,423; 1941,
639; 1943, 58.]
Provisions relative to travel allowance of county employees using cer-
tain cars on official business, 1933, 322 § 4; 1939, 452 § 2; 1941, 528 § 3;
1943, 465 § 3; 1945, 550 § 3; 1946, 348 § 3.
Provisions relative to expenses incurred for meals by county em-
ployees, 1939, 452 §3; 1941, 528 §2; 1943, 465 §2; 1945, 530 §2; 1946,
348 § 2.
For legislation increasing the salaries of justices, clerks and probation
officers of district courts, probation officers of the superior court, trial
justices and county commissioners, see 1946, 348 § 4.
Sect. 2 revised, 1945, 289.
Sect. 3 revised, 1932, 56; sentence added at end, 1939, 109 § 2.
Sect. 11 amended, 1943, 65.
Sect. 19A added, 1945, 635 § 2 (providing for advances of their
vacation pay to officers and employees of counties).
Sect. 21 amended, 1937, 64 § 2.
Sect. 25 amended, 1933, 175 § 1.
Sect. 27 amended, 1933, 175 § 2.
Sect. 28 amended, 1933, 318 § 2; 1934, 291 § 2; revised, 1939, 501
§ 1; 1945, 158 § 1. (See 1933, 318 § 9; 1934, 291 § 6.)
Sect. 28A added, 1943, 414 § 2 (establishing a budget system for
county tuberculosis hospitals); amended, 1945, 158 § 7; revised, 1945,
398 § 3. (See 1945, 398 §§ 4, 5.)
Sect. 29 revised, 1939, 501 § 2; amended, 1945, 158 § 2.
Sect. 30 revised, 1939, 501 § 3; sentence added at end, 1943, 39;
section revised, 1945, 158 § 3.
Sect. 34 revised, 1937, 36; amended, 1939, 501 § 4; 1945, 158 § 4.
Sect. 34 A added, 1947, 201 (relative to agreements entered into by
county commissioners for highwa}^ work in anticipation of appropria-
tions).
Sect. 36A amended, 1939, 501 § 5; revised, 1943, 80; first sentence
amended, 1945, 158 § 5.
Sect. 37 amended, 1933, 28.
Sect. 37A amended, 1933, 29.
Sect. 40 amended, 1936, 23 § 1.
Sect. 43 A revised, 1939, 214 § 1.
Sect. 43B added, 1939, 214 § 2 (relative to the effect of the filing of
annual fidelity bonds by county officers and employees).
Sect. 48, fourth sentence revised, 1947, 102 § 1 ; paragraph added
at end, 1947, 102 § 2.
Sect. 49 amended, 1935, 182 § 1; 1938, 347 § 1; 1939, 165 § 1; 1941,
447 § 1; 1913, 136 § 1; 1945, 486 § 2; 1946, 262 § 1; revised, 1946,
512 § 1; amended, 1947, 290 § 1; first sentence amended. 1947, 400 § 1;
revised, 1947, 469 § 1. (See 1935, 182 § 6; 1938, 347 § 3; 1939, 165
874 Changes in the [Chaps. 36-39.
§3; 1941, 447 §§ 4, 5; 1943, 136 §3; 1946, 262 §§ 4. 5; 512 §3; 1947,
400 §§ 3, 4.)
Sect. 51 amended, 1938, 73 § 2.
Sect. 52, second paragraph revised, 1938, 73 § 1.
Chapter 36. — Registers of Deeds.
Sect. 3 revised, 1937, 219 § 1; 1939, 214 § 3.
Sect. 4 amended, 1947, 352 § 2.
Sect. 5 revised, 1947, 352 § 1.
Sect. 11 revised, 1947, 449 § 2. (See 1947, 449 § 7.)
Sect. 18A added, 1947, 256 § 2 (authorizing registers and assistant
registers tO'print or type names of persons on filed instruments if not
clearly legible).
Sect. 24 A added, 1941, 89 (authorizing the recording of certified
copies of petitions, decrees and orders filed or made pursuant to the
federal bankruptcy laws and thereby giving effect to certain provi-
sions of said laws).
Sect. 24B added, 1945, 569 § 1 (relative to the furnishing of abstract
cards and photostatic copies of recorded instruments in the Norfolk
county registry of deeds and Norfolk registry district to the assessors of
municipahties of said county).
Chapter 37. — Sheriffs.
Sect. 2 revised, 1937, 219 § 2.
Sect. 17 amended, 1945, 63; 1946, 121.
Sect. 21 revised, 1943, 159 § 1. (See 1943, 159 § 2.)
Sect. 22 amended, 1932, 180 § 5.
Sect. 23 amended, 1936, 31 § 2; repealed, 1937, 148.
Chapter 38. — Medical Examiners.
Sect. 1, paragraph in lines 70-76 amended, 1939, 260; 1947, 69 § 1;
section amended, 1939, 451 § 6.
Sect. 2, last sentence revised, 1945, 632 § 1.
Sect. 2 A added, 1943, 153 § 1 (authorizing associate medical exam-
iners in Barnstable County to perform the duties of medical examiner
thereof in certain cases); repealed, 1945, 632 § 2. (See 1943, 153 § 2.)
Sect. 3 revised, 1939, 214 § 4.
Sect. 5, first three sentences revised, 1947, 579; last sentence revised,
1945, 632 § 3.
Sect. 6 amended, 1939, 475; revised, 1945, 632 § 4.
Sect. 7 amended, 1941, 366; revised, 1945, 632 § 5.
Sect. 8 revised, 1932, 118 § 1; amended, 1939, 30 § 1. (See 1939,
30 § 2.)
Sect. 11 amended, 1941, 499.
Sect. 19 revised, 1945, 632 § 6.
Chapter 39. — Municipal Government.
Sect. 10 amended, 1935, 403 § 1; 1939, 182. (See 1935, 403 § 2.)
Sect. 14, first and second paragraphs revised, 1943, 453 §§1 and 2,
respectively.
Chai'. 40.] General Laws. 875
Sect. 19 repealed, 1934, 39 § 1.
Sect. 20 amended, 1934, 39 § 2.
Sect. 23 amended, 1934, 39 § 3.
Chapter 40. — Powers and Duties of Cities and Towns.
Sect. 4, third paragraph revised, 1932, 271 § 6; section amended,
1941, 351 § 3; paragraph added at end, 1946, 358 § 1. (See 1932,
271 § 7.) '
Sect. 4A added, 1945, 438 (authorizing cities and towns and certain
districts to make agreements relative to the performance of certain
public services).
Sect. 5, clause (1) amended, 1933, 318 § 3 (see 1933, 318 § 9); 1935,
106; revised, 1935, 179; amended, 1939, 19; 1945, 391 § 2; 1946,
358 § 2; clause (2) amended, 1936, 390; clause (5A) added, 1938,
172 § 1 (authorizing appropriations to establish a water supply) ; clause
(11) re\ased, 1946, 358 ^^ 3; 526; clause (12) amended, 1932, 114 § 3;
1933, 153 § 2, 245 § 2; revised, 1936, 132 § 1, 163; amended, 1941,
217 § 2; 1943, 99; 1946, 409 § 2; 1947, 144; revised, 1947, 468 § 2;
clause (16A) added, 1946, 358 § 4 (authorizing appropriations for the
employinent of legal counsel for general purposes) ; clause (20) amended,
1946, 358 § 5; clause (25A) added, 1946, 358 § 6 (authorizing appropria-
tions for the maintenance and supervision of beaches and swimming
pools for recreation and physical exercise) ; clause (26) amended, 1946,
358 § 7; clause (27) revised, 1946, 358 § 8; clause (28) revised, 1936,
211 § 5 (see 1936, 211 § 7); amended, 1947, 340 § 5; clause (33) revised,
1946, 358 § 9; clause (37) revised, 1943, 177 § 1 (see 1943, 177 § 2);
clause (38) added, 1934, 154 § 1 (authorizing appropriations for pro-
tection of interests in real estate held under tax title or taking) ; clause
(39) added, 1935, 28 (authorizing appropriations for the purpose of
co-operating with the federal government in certain unemployment
relief and other projects); clause (40) added, 1937, 185 (authorizing
appropriations for eyeglasses for needy school children) ; clause (40A)
added, 1947, 525 (authorizing appropriations for payment of expenses
incurred by or in behalf of certain injured school children); clause
(41) added, 1938, 142 § 1 (authorizing cities and towns to appropriate
money for stocking inland waters therein with fish and for liberating
game therein); amended, 1941, 599 § 4. (See 1938, 142 § 2.)
Sect. 5A added, 1936, 40 (providing for the establishment of reserve
funds for cities) ; amended, 1937, 34.
Sect. 5B added, 1945, 124 (authorizing cities and towns to appro-
priate money for a stabilization fund).
Sects. 6C and 6D added, 1943, 225 (relative to the removal by cities
and towns of snow and ice from private ways therein open to public
use).
Sect. 9 amended, 1933, 245 s^ 3; 1935, 305; 1936, 271; first para-
graph revised, 1946, 51; 209 § 2; 409 § 3; 1947, 468 ^^ 3; 671; para-
graph added at end, 1937, 255.
Sect. 11 amended, 1941, 490 § 9.
Sect. 12A repealed, 1941, 598 § 5.
Sect. 13, paragraph added at end, 1941, 130.
Sect. 14 revised, 1933, 283 § 1.
Sect. 17 amended, 1933, 254 § 2. (See 1933, 254 § 66.)
876 Changes in the [Chap, 40.
Sect. 21, clause (16) added at end, 1941, 346 § 1.
Sect. 22A added, 1947, 442 § 1 (authorizing the installation and
operation of parking meters in cities and towns).
Sects. 25-33. For special zoning provisions for Boston, see 1924,
488 and amendments prior to 1932; 1932, 143; 1933, 204; 1934, 210;
1936, 240; 1941, 373; 1946, 198.
Sects. 25-30A stricken out, and new sections 25-30A (municipal
zoning laws) inserted, 1933, 269 § 1. (See 1933, 269 § 4.)
Sect. 27 revised, 1941, 320.
Sect. 27A added, 1938, 133 § 1 (to prevent multiplicity of proposals
for the same change in zoning ordinances or by-laws).
Sect. 28 revised, 1941, 176.
Sect. 30, first paragraph (as appearing in 1933, 269 § 1) amended,
1945, 167; paragraph in lines 54-60 (as appearing in 1933, 269 § 1)
stricken out and two paragraphs added, 1941, 198 § 1; paragraph in
lines 61-70 (as so appearing) amended, 1935, 388 § 1; clause (1) in lines
72-76 (as so appearing) revised, 1941, 198 § 2; paragraph in lines
80-90 (as so appearing) amended, 1935, 388 § 2. (See 1941, 198 § 3.)
Sect. 30A stricken out and reinserted as section SOB and new sec-
tion 30A inserted, 1938, 133 § 2 (to prevent multiplicity of proposals
for the same change in the application of zoning ordinances or by-laws).
Sect. 32 revised, 1933, 185 § 1; amended, 1941, 520 § 1. (See 1933,
185 § 2; 1941, 520 § 2.)
Sect. 38 revised, 1938, 172 § 2; paragraph added at end, 1941,
465 § 1.
Sects. 39A-39G added, 1938, 172 § 3 (authorizing the establishment
and maintenance of water supply and distributing systems).
Sect. 39A revised, 1941, 465 § 2.
Sect. 39H added, 1943, 125 (authorizing cities, towns and districts,
through their water departments, and water companies, to aid similar
municipal and other corporations relative to their water supply).
Sect. 40 revised, 1933, 314; 1945, 606.
Sect. 42A revised, 1932, 197 § 2; amended, 1936, 42 § 1; revised,
1938, 415 § 1; amended, 1941, 380 § 1. (See 1932, 197 § 3; 1938,
415 § 7; 1941, 380 § 7.)
Sect. 42B amended, 1935, 56 § 1: revised, 1936, 42 § 2; 1938, 415
§ 2; revised, 1941, 380 § 2; sentence inserted after fourth sentence,
1947, 132. (See 1935, 56 § 2; 1938, 415 § 7; 1941, 380 § 7.)
Sect. 42C amended, 1935, 248 § 1; revised, 1938, 415 § 3; 1941,
380 § 3. (See 1938, 415 § 7; 1941, 380 § 7.)
Sect. 42D, last sentence revised, 1935, 248 § 2; section revised, 1938,
415 § 4; 1941, 380 § 4. (See 1938, 415 § 7; 1941, 380 § 7.)
Sect. 42E, last sentence amended, 1932, 180 § 6; same sentence re-
vised, 1939, 451 § 7; section amended, 1941, 380 § 5. Affected, 1938,
415 § 7. (See 1941, 380 § 7.)
Sect. 42F affected, 1938, 415 § 7; 1941, 380 § 7.
Sect. 43A (relative to pipe lines for conveying petroleum and its
products and by-products) added under the heading "petroleum and
ITS PRODUCTS AND BY-PRODUCTS ", 1941, 678 § 2.
Sect. 51 revised, 1937, 196; two sentences added at end, 1945, 340;
section revised, 1946, 584 § 3. (See 1946, 584 § 22.)
Chap. 41.] GENERAL LaWS. 877
Chapter 41. — Officers and Employees of Cities, Towns and Districts.
Sect. 1, first paragraph revised, 1943, 453 § 3; paragraph in line 10
revised, 1934, 155 § 1; paragraph in lines 15, 16 revised, 1939, 129;
paragraph in line 25 revised, 1939, 3; paragraph added at end, 1938,
341 § 2.
Sect. 5 amended, 1934, 39 § 4.
Sect. 11 amended, 1938, 341 § 3.
Sect. 13 amended, 1936, 18; 1937, 143 § 1.
Sect. 13A added, 1932, 289 § 5 (provisions relative to bonds of city-
clerks). [For prior legislation, see G. L. chapter 140 § 148, repealed
by 1932, 289 § 6.]
Sect. 19, last sentence revised, 1938, 66; same sentence amended,
1945, 245; sentence added at end, 1947, 391.
Sect. 19A added, 1933, 70 § 1 (requiring the filing with the state
secretary of certificates of appointment or election of clerks or assist-
ant or temporary clerks of cities or towns, and granting authority to
said secretary to authenticate attestations of any such oflScer). (See
1933, 70 § 2.)
Sect. 21, last paragraph revised, 1934, 155 § 2. (See 1934, 155 § 4.)
Sect. 24, paragraph added at end, 1945, 136 § 1. (See 1945, 136 § 2.)
Sect. 24 A repealed, 1937, 129 § 1.
Sect. 25 revised, 1937, 129 § 2.
Sect. 25A revised, 1937, 129 § 3.
Sect. 26 revised, 1937, 129 § 4.
Sect. 26A added, 1935, 149 (relative to employment of counsel by
boards of assessors in certain cases).
Sect. 27 revised, 1936, 118 § 1. (See 1936, 118 § 3.)
Sect. 28 amended, 1939, 342 § 2.
Sect. 30A added, 1946, 211 (relative to the effect of a vacancy in
the office of assessor).
Sect. 35 revised, 1937, 143 § 2; sentence added at end, 1939, 109 § 1.
Sect. 37 revised, 1933, 82 § 2; amended, 1934, 259 § 2.
Sect. 38A amended, 1936, 201; revised, 1941, 211.
Sect. 39A added, 1939, 89 (providing for the appointment of assist-
ant treasurers of cities and towns).
Sect. 39B added, 1943, 284 (authorizing the suspension and removal
of city and town collectors and the appointment of temporary collectors
under certain circumstances).
Sect. 40 revised, 1937, 143 § 3.
Sect. 43A added, 1939, 88 (requiring municipalities to indemnify
and protect collectors of taxes in the performance of their duties in
certain cases); revised, 1941, 99.
Sect. 54A amended, 1936, 62.
Sect. 59 amended, 1936, 94.
Sect. 61 A revised, 1937, 143 § 4.
Sect. 66 revised, 1934, 155 § 3.
Sects. 69A and 69B added, 1938, 172 § 4 (relative to the establish-
ment and powers and duties of boards of water commissioners in certain
towns).
Sect. 70, paragraph added at end, 1936, 211 § 1; amended, 1947,
340 § 1. (See 1936, 211 § 7.)
Sect. 71 amended, 1943, 266.
878 Changes in the [Chap. 42.
Sect. 72 revised, 1936, 211 § 2; first sentence amended, 1947, 340 § 2.
(See 1936, 211 § 7.)
Sect. 73, paragraph added at end, 1936, 211 § 3; amended, 1947,
340 § 3. (See 1936, 211 § 7.)
Sects. 81A-81J added, under caption "improved method of munic-
ipal planning", 1936, 211 § 4. (See 1936, 211 § 7.)
Sect. 81 A, last paragraph revised, 1938, 113.
Sects. 81A-81J stricken out and sections 81A to 81Y inserted, 1947,
340 § 4.
Sect. 86 amended, 1939, 261 § 5.
Sect. 9 IB added, 1933, 128 (further regulating the appointment of
constables).
Sect. 96A added, 1938, 342 (disqualifying felons from appointment
to the poUce forces or departments of cities, towns and districts).
Sect. 99 amended, 1932, 124.
Sect. 100, sentence added at end, 1933, 324 § 3; section amended,
1938, 298; revised, 1945, 670.
Sect. lOOA amended, 1933, 318 § 4; 1934, 291 § 3; 1945, 391 § 1.
(See 1933, 318 §§ 8, 9; 1934, 291 § 6; 1945, 391 § 3.)
Sect. 105 amended, 1936, 132 § 2.
Sect. 108 revised, 1947, 540 § 1.
Sect. 108A added, 1947, 540 § 2 (authorizing cities and towns to
establish salary plans for certain employees thereof).
Sect. 110 A added, 1947, 265 (authorizing the closing of public offices
in cities and towns on Saturdays).
Sect. Ill revised, 1932, 109; amended, 1936, 242; revised, 1937, 15;
1941, 368; fourth sentence stricken out and two sentences inserted,
1943, 280; first paragraph revised, 1946, 301.
Sect. Ill A amended, 1934, 107.
Sect. 11 IB added, 1945, 156 (providing sick leaves for laborers, work-
men and mechanics regularly employed by certain cities and towns);
amended, 1946, 187.
Sect. IIIC added, 1945, 348 (authorizing attendance at funerals or
memorial services of war veterans by certain municipal employees with-
out loss of pay) .
Sect. 112A added, 1947, 276 (regulating the separation from the
service of certain cities and towns of certain war veterans holding
unclassified offices or positions) .
Chapter 42. — Boundaries of Cities and Towns.
Boundary fine between Saugus and Wakefield (portion) estabfished,
1933, 298; between Woburn and Reading (portion) established, 1934,
177; between Oak Bluffs and Tisbury (portion) established, 1935, 145;
between Brewster and Orleans (portion) estabfished, 1935, 356; between
Middleton and Topsfield established, 1936, 96; between Foxborough
and Walpole estabfished, 1937, 140; between Edgartown and Oak
Bluffs (portion) established, 1937, 265; between Arhngton and Bel-
mont (portion) estabHshed, 1938, 371; between Rochester and Ware-
ham and between Marion and Wareham (portion) estabfished, 1939,
279; between Fitchburg and Leominster (portion) established, 1941,
37, 698; between Bellingham and Franklin established, 1941, 641;
Chap. 43.] GENERAL LaWS. 879
between Chicopee and Springfield (portion) established, 1945, 274;
between Brewster and Dennis and between Dennis and Harwich,
1945, 599; between Reading and Lynnfield (portion) established, 1947,
243; between Dennis and Harwich established, 1947, 372.
Sect. 1 revised, 1933, 278 § 3.
Chapter 43. — City Charters.
Sect. 1, three paragraphs inserted after word "inclusive" in line 22,
1938, 378 § 1.
Sect. 5, paragraph added at end, 1938, 378 § 2.
Sect. 7 amended, 1939, 451 § 8.
Sect. 8, form of petition revised, 1938, 378 § 3.
Sect. 9 revised, 1941, 640 § 1. (See 1941, 640 § 7.)
Sect. 10, paragraph added at end, 1938, 378 § 4.
Sect. 11 revised, 1941, 640 § 2. (See 1941, 640 § 7.)
Sect. 15 amended, 1933, 313 § 7; last paragraph amended, 1938,
378 § 5; section revised, 1941, 640 § 3. (See 1941, 640 § 7.)
Sect. 17 revised, 1938, 378 § 6.
Sect. 18, paragraph numbered 4 inserted, 1938, 378 § 7.
Sect. 19 revised, 1938, 378 § 8.
Sect. 23 amended, 1935, 68 § 1.
Sect. 26, first paragraph revised, 1937, 224 § 1; amended, 1938,
378 § 9.
Sect. 29 revised, 1938, 378 § 10.
Sect. 30 revised, 1938, 378 § 11.
Sect. 31 amended, 1938, 378 § 12.
Sect. 36 revised, 1938, 378 § 13.
Sect. 42 amended, 1935, 68 § 2.
Sect. 44 A amended, 1933, 313 § 8; last two sentences stricken out,
and paragraph added at end, 1934, 30; first paragraph revised, 1938,
378 § 14; last sentence of first paragraph stricken out, 1941, 640 § 4.
(See 1941, 640 § 7.)
Sect. 44C, first paragraph amended, 1937, 147; 1943, 229 § 1.
Sect. 44H amended, 1932, 180 § 7; 1941, 640 § 5. (See 1941, 640 § 7.)
Sect. 46 amended, 1939, 451 § 9.
Sect. 50A added, 1936, 135 (relative to the filling of vacancies in
the city council in cities having a Plan A form of charter).
Sect. 56 amended, 1937, 224 § 2.
Sect. 59A added, 1937, 224 § 3 (relative to the filling of vacancies in
the city council in cities having a Plan B form of charter).
Sects. 93-116 added, under the heading "Plan E. — Government
BY A CITY COUNCIL INCLUDING A MAYOR ELECTED FROM ITS NUMBER,
AND A CITY MANAGER, WITH ALL ELECTIVE BODIES ELECTED AT LARGE
BY PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION*', 1938, 378 § 15 (providing an ad-
ditional optional standard form of city charter under which substantial
control of the city government is vested in a city council elected at
large by proportional representation, with a city manager appointed
and removable at pleasure by the city council).
Sect. 100 amended, 1941, 722 § 5.
Sect. 102 amended, 1941, 722 § 6.
Sect. 110, form of petition amended, 1941, 722 § 7.
880 Changes in the [Chaps. 43A, 44.
Chapter 43A. — Standard Form of Representative Town Meeting
Government.
Act relative to Wellesley, 1932, 202; to Needham, 1932, 279; to
Webster, 1933, 13; to South Hadley, 1933, 45; to Easthampton, 1933,
178; to Milford, 1933, 2Yl; to Adams, 1935, 235; to Falmouth, 1935,
349; to Amherst, 1936, 10; to Amesbury, 1936, 39; to Braintree, 1936,
56; 1937, 17; to Natick, 1938, 2; to Palmer, 1939, 110; to Reading,
1943, 7; to Norwood, 1947, 541.
Sect. 3, first paragraph amended, 1937, 267 § 2.
Sect, 4, first paragraph amended, 1936, 128.
Sect. 6 revised, 1943, 1 § 1; 1943, 453 § 4; amended, 1945, 359;
next to last sentence amended, 1947, 291. (See 1943, 1 § 2.)
Sect. 8, first sentence revised, 1943, 453 § 5.
Chapter 44. — Municipal Finance.
For temporary legislation establishing an emergency finance board
in the department of the state treasurer, and providing for the borrow-
ing of money by cities and towns against certain tax titles, see 1933,
49, 104; 1935, 221, 300, 456; 1936, 281; 1938, 57; 1939, 288, 496;
1941, 129; 1943, 413; 1945, 324; 1947, 206.
For legislation enabling cities and towns to secure the benefits pro-
vided by the federal government to assist them in public works projects,
see 1945, 74; 1947, 526. [For prior legislation, see 1933, 366; 1934, 21;
1935, 213, 404; 1936, 64, 83, 414; 1937, 159; 1938, 50, 82; 1939, 423;
1941, 639; 1943, 58.]
For emergency legislation authorizing cities and towns to make cer-
tain appropriations during the existing state of war, see 1943, 5 §§ 1, 6;
75 §§ 1, 2, 4, 5; 1946, 10. [For prior legislation, see 1941, 487; 1942, 4.]
For legislation authorizing the renewal by cities and towns of certain
temporary revenue loans, see 1947, 108.
For legislation relative to the collection of certain taxes and other
charges due the commonwealth, see 1943, 568; 1945, 325; 712; 1946,
615.
For legislation authorizing cities and towns to borrow, in the years
1935 to 1948, inclusive, on account of public welfare and veterans'
benefits (and in certain of said years for additional specified purposes),
see 1935, 188; 1936, 80; 1937, 107; 1938, 58; 1939, 72, 453; 1941, 92;
1943, 44; 1945, 73; 1946, 584 § 17; 1947, 611.
For legislation regulating the use of receipts from the sale by cities
and towns of federal surplus commodity stamps, 1941, 65.
Sect. 1, definition of "Revenue" revised, 1946, 358 § 10.
Sect. 2 revised, 1936, 224 § 4; amended, 1946, 358 § 11. (See 1936,
224 §§ 11, 12.)
Sect. 4 amended, 1934, 11 § 1; affected, 1934, 11 §§ 2, 3; amended,
1936, 16; 1946, 358 § 12; 1947, 298 § 2.
Sect. 4A added, 1935, 68 § 3 (temporary loans by cities in antici-
pation of revenue exempted from charter provisions relative to publi-
cation and referendum).
Sect. 5 amended, 1939, 37.
Sect. 5A amended, 1935, 68 § 4.
Chap. 44.] GENERAL LawS. 881
Sect. 5B added, 1943, 61 § 1 (relative to borrowing for liabilities in-
curred by districts prior to the annual appropriations).
Sect. 7 amended, 1936, 224 § 5; first paragraph amended, 1946,
358 § 13; 1947, 207 § 1; clause 3A added, 1947, 207 § 2; clause (5)
revised, 1947, 101; clause (12) repealed, 1946, 358 § 14. (See 1936,
224 §§ 11, 12.)
Sect. 8, clause (3) revised, 1938, 172 § 5; clause (5) revised, 1941,
83; clause (9) amended, 1939, 457; 1947, 298 § 3; clause (13) added,
1946, 358 § 15; amended, 1947, 298 § 4.
Sect. 8A added, 1939, 108 § 1 (providing for submitting to the voters
of certain cities the question of approving or disapproving orders author-
izing the issue of bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness for certain
purposes). (See 1939, 108, § 2.)
Sect. 9 amended, 1941, 376; 1946, 384 § 1; paragraph added at end,
1947, 298 § 5.
Sect. 10 amended, 1936, 224 :^ 6; 1939, 24 i; 1; 1946, 329. (See
1936, 224 S; 11, 12.)
Sect. 11 amended, 1936, 224 § 7. (See 1936, 224 §§11, 12.)
Sect. 12 amended, 1936, 224 > 8; repealed, 1946, 358 § 16. (See
1936, 224 ^:; 11, 12.)
Sect. 13 revised, 1946, 358 ^ 17.
Sect. 13A added, 1943, 61 § 2 (relative to the incurring of liabilities
by districts prior to the annual appropriations).
Sect. 16, last sentence stricken out, 1936, 224 § 10. (See 1936, 224
§§ 11, 12.)
Sect. 17 amended, 1946, 358 § 18.
Sect. 18 amended, 1946, 358 § 19.
Sect. 19 amended, 1946, 358 § 20.
Sect. 20 amended, 1946, 358 § 21; revised, 1947, 60.
Sect. 21 amended, 1946, 358 ^1 22.
Sect. 22 amended, 1936, 224 § 9. (See 1936, 224 §§ 11, 12.)
Sect. 29. As to tax limit of Boston, see 1932, 125; 1933, 159; 1934,
201; 1935,284; 1936,224.
Sect. 31 revised, 1946, 358 > 23.
Sect. 31 A added, 1941, 473 § 1 (relative to budgets in certain cities).
Sect. 32, paragraphs added at end, 1938, 175 § 1, 378 § 16; section
revised, 1941, 473 § 2.
Sect. 33 revised, 1941, 473 § 3.
Sect. 33A stricken out and new sections 33A and 33B inserted, 1943,
62 (amending and clarifying- the law relative to budgets in cities).
Sect. 33A revised, 1947, 298 § 1.
Sect. 34 revised, 1938, 170; paragraph added at end, 1941, 93.
Sect. 35 amended, 1941, 454.
Sect. 40 amended, 1939, 339; first sentence amended, 1945, 29 § 1;
sentence inserted after first sentence, 1947, 298 § 6. (See 1945, 29 § 2;
repealed by 1946, 109.)
Sect. 41 revised, 1946, 432 5j 4.
Sect. 46A added, 1932, 155 (making permanent certain provisions
of law relative to investigations of municipal accounts and financial
transactions by the director of accounts). [For prior temporary legis-
lation, see 1926, 210; 1929, 335.]
Sect. 51 amended, 1934, 355; repealed, 1938, 458.
882 Changes in the [Chaps. 45-48.
Sect. 54 amended, 1933, 200; 1946, 358 .^ 24.
Sect. 56A added, 1934, 229 § 1 (relative to the financial year of
cities). (See 1934, 229 §§ 2, 3.)
Sect. 63 amended, 1946, 358 § 25.
Sect. 64 added, 1941, 179 (authorizing towns to appropriate money
for the payment of certain unpaid bills of previous years).
Sect. 65 added, 1945, 635 § 3 (providing for advances of their vaca-
tion pay to officers and employees of cities and towns).
Chapter 45. — Public Parks, Playgrounds and the Public Domain.
Sect. 2 amended, 1941, 10 § 1.
Sect. 17A added, 1938, 220 (authorizing cities and towns to use cer-
tain ways therein for playground purposes).
Chapter 46. — Return and Registry of Births, Marriages and Deaths.
Sect. 1, third sentence of second paragraph revised, 1933, 280 § 1;
fourth paragraph amended, 1941, 51.
Sect. 1A added, 1939, 61 § 1 (further regulating the making and
recording of certificates of birth of certain abandoned children and
foundlings).
Sect. 2A added, 1933, 279 (regulating the impounding of birth rec-
ords of children born out of wedlock) ; amended, 1937, 78 § 1 ; revised,
1939, 269 § 1.
Sect. 3, paragraph added at end, 1939, 326 § 1.
Sect. 4 A added, 1941, 434 (providing for the verification of returns
of births).
Sect. 6 revised, 1939, 61 § 2.
Sect. 9 amended, 1936, 100; 1945, 113.
Sect. 12 amended, 1937, 78 § 2; revised, 1945, 439.
Sect. 13, paragraph in first to sixth Unes amended, 1939, 61 § 3;
second paragraph amended, 1933, 280 § 2; second paragraph stricken
out and two new paragraphs inserted, 1938, 63; first paragraph so in-
serted revised, 1943, 72 § 2; paragraph in eighteenth and nineteenth
lines, as appearing in Tercentenary Edition, amended, 1938, 97; fourth
paragraph, as so appearing, amended, 1941, 50; same paragraph
amended, 1945, 65; paragraph added at end, 1939, 61 § 4.
Sect. 13A added, 1945, 542 (providing for the recording of certain
births upon the determination of facts relating thereto by a probate
court).
Sect. 16 amended, 1941, 351 § 4.
Sect. 17 revised, 1932, 12; amended, 1939, 269 § 2.
Sect. 19 revised, 1943, 228 § 1; amended, 1945, 570 § 1. (See 1945,
570 § 2.) (See 1943, 228 § 2.)
Sect. 20 revised, 1941, 351 § 5.
Sect. 26 amended, 1939, 326 § 2; first sentence revised, 1947, 283.
Chapter 48. — Fires, Fire Departments and Fire Districts.
For legislation enabhng districts to secure the benefits provided by
the federal government to assist them in public works projects, see
Chaps. 50, 51.] GENERAL LaWS. 883
1945, 74; 1947, 526. (For prior legislation, see 1933, 366; 1934, 21;
1935, 213, 404; 1936, 64, 83, 414; 1937, 159; 1938, 50, 82; 1939, 423;
1941,639; 1943,58.)
For legislation authorizing districts to borrow, in the years 1935 to
1944, inclusive, on account of public welfare and soldiers' benefits (and
in certain of said years for additional specified purposes), see 1935, 188;
1936, 80; 1937, 107; 1938, 58; 1939, 72, 453; 1941, 92; 1943, 44.
For legislation authorizing the renewal by districts of certain tempo-
rary revenue loans, see 1947, 108.
For emergency legislation authorizing districts to make certain appro-
priations during the existing state of war, see 1943, 5 si 1, 6; 75 §§ 1, 2,
4, 5; 1946, 10. [For prior legislation, see 1941, 487; 1942, 4.]
Sect. 8 amended, 1941, 490 § 10.
Sect. 13 amended, 1938, 204; revised, 1941, 581; 1945, 269.
Sect. 15 amended, 1932, 180 § 8; 1941, 490 § 11.
Sect. 16 revised, 1943, 103 § 1.
Sect. 18 revised, 1943, 103 § 2.
Sect. 28A amended, 1941, 490 § 12. '
Sect. 28B. See 1941, 688.
Sect. 58A added, 1941, 638 (further regulating the hours of duty of
permanent members of fire departments in certain cities and towns).
Sect. 58B added, 1945, 413 § 1 (further regulating the hours of duty
of permanent members of fire departments in certain cities and towns).
(See 1945, 413 § 2; 1946, 114, 371, 436, 597; 1947, 64; 200.)
Sect. 59E added, 1939, 419 § 1 (providing for the ultimate abolition
of reserve fire forces in certain cities and towns).
Chapter SO. — General Provisions relative to Primaries, Caucuses and
Elections.
Sect. 1, paragraph defining "Ballot labels" inserted, 1941, 511 § 1;
paragraph in lines 19-21 revised, 1943, 453 § 6; paragraph in lines 54
and 55 revised, 1941, 511 § 2; paragraph in lines 56-62 amended, 1943,
318 § 5; paragraph in lines 91 and 92 revised, 1943, 453 § 7; paragraph
inserted after paragraph in line 93, 1943, 453 § 8.
Sect. 2 amended, 1932, 141 § 1; sentence added at end, 1938, 341 § 4.
Sect. 3A added, 1947, 37 (relative to the placing on nomination
papers of acceptances of nominations) .
Sect. 4, paragraph added at end, 1947, 30 § 2.
Sect. 8 amended, 1943, 453 § 9.
Chapter 51. — Voters.
For legislation providing for a state wide verification of voting lists,
see 1938, 427; repealed and superseded by 1939, 450; amended, 1943,
537; 1945, 127.
Sect. 1, first paragraph revised, 1943, 453 § 10; paragraph added at
end, 1932, 206.
Sect. 2 amended, 1933, 254 § 3; revised, 1945, 310. (See 1933, 254
§66.)
Sect. 3 amended, 1933, 254 § 4; revised, 1943, 453 § 11. (See 1933,
254 § 66.)
Heading before section 4 revised, 1943, 453 § 12.
884 Changes in the [Chap. 51.
Sect. 4 amended, 1933, 254 § 5; first paragraph revised, 1935, 345
§ 1; amended, 1937, 1 § 1; revised, 1938, 186 § 1; section revised, 1938,
440 § 2; section amended, 1943, 453 § 13; last paragraph revised, 1947,
26. (See 1933, 254 §§ 65, 66; 1937, 226; 1938, 186 § 5, 440 § 23.)
Sect. 5 revised, 1938, 440 § 3; 1939, 188 § 1. (See 1938, 440 § 23.)
Sect. 6 revised, 1938, 440 § 4; 1939, 188 § 2. (See 1938, 440 § 23.)
Sect. 7 amended, 1933, 254 § 6; revised, 1935, 345 § 2; amended,
1938, 440 § 5; revised, 1939, 188 § 3. (See 1933, 254 §§ 65, 66; 1938,
440 § 23.)
Sect. 8 amended, 1933, 254 § 7; 1937, 1 § 2; revised, 1938, 186 § 2,
440 § 6. (See 1933, 254 § 66; 1938, 186 § 5, 440 § 23.)
Sect. 9 amended, 1933, 254 § 8; revised, 1938, 440 § 7. (See 1933,
254 § 66; 1938, 440 § 23.)
Sect. 10 amended, 1938, 440 § 8; repealed, 1943, 453 § 14. (See
1938, 440 § 23.)
Sects. lOA and lOB added, 1939, 369 § 1 (providing for the securing
of information relative to persons residing at inns, lodging houses and
public lodging houses); sections stricken out and new section lOA in-
serted, 1943, 320 § 1.
Sect. 11 revised, 1938, 440 § 9. (See 1938, 440 § 23.)
Sect. 12 revised, 1938, 440 § 10; sentence added at end, 1945, 715 § 1.
(See 1938, 440 § 23.)
Sect. 13 repealed, 1943, 453 § 15.
Sect. 14 A revised, 1938, 440 § 11. (See 1938, 440 § 23.)
Sect. 14B added, 1933, 254 § 9 (amending special acts relative to
the listing of voters in certain municipalities so as to conform to the
change in taxing date from April 1 to January 1); revised, 1938, 440
§ 12; amended, 1943, 453 § 16. (See 1933, 254 §§ 65, 66; 1938, 440
§23.)
Sect. 20 revised, 1943, 453 § 17.
Sect. 22 amended, 1938, 280; revised, 1943, 453 § 18.
Sect. 22A added, 1945, 715 § 2 (providing for registration as voters
of persons who are physically unable to apply in person) ; revised, 1946,
196 § 1.
Sect. 23 amended, 1943, 453 § 19; revised, 1945, 715 § 3.
Sect. 26 amended, 1932, 48 § 1; 1935, 37 § 1; 1938, 473 § 2; 1943,
453 § 20; revised, 1947, 34 § 1.
Sect. 27 revised, 1932, 48 § 2; amended, 1935, 37 § 2; 1938, 473 § 3;
amended, 1943, 109 § 1; revised, 1943, 453 § 21; 1947, 34 § 2.
Sect. 28 revised, 1947, 34 § 3.
Sect. 29 amended, 1947, 34 § 4.
Sect. 29A amended, 1943, 109 § 2; revised, 1947, 34 § 0.
Sect. 29B added, 1938, 179 (providing for sessions of registrars of
voters in all the wards of every city prior to each biennial state election) ;
amended, 1943, 453 § 22; 1947, 34 § 6.
Sect. 30, first sentence amended, 1943, 453 § 23; section revised,
1947, 34 § 7.
Sect. 32 amended. 1933, 254 § 10. (See 1933, 254 § 66.)
Sect. 33, paragraph added at end, 1945, 246; re\dsed 1946, 160.
Sect. 34 amended, 1933. 254 § 11. (See 1933, 254 § 66.)
Sect. 35 revised, 1938, 440 § 13; amended, 1939, 451 § 10; sentence
added at end, 1947, 244 § 1. (See 1938, 440 § 23.)
Chap. 52.] GENERAL LawS. 885
Sect. 36 amended, 1933, 254 § 12; paragraph added at end, 1943,
453 § 24. (See 1933, 254 § 66.)
Sect. 37 amended, 1933, 254 § 13; revised, 1938, 440 § 14; fourth
sentence amended, 1939, 369 § 2; 1943, 320 § 2; last sentence stricken
out, 1941, 328 § 2; section revised, 1943, 453 § 25. (See 1933, 254 § 66;
1938, 440 § 23.)
Sect. 38 revised, 1943, 453 § 26.
Sect. 39 amended, 1938, 440 § 15. (See 1938, 440 § 23.)
Sect. 41 revised, 1943, 453 § 27.
Sect. 41A added, 1941, 328 § 1 (ensuring that certain laws relative
to registration of persons residing at inns and lodging houses are of
general appHcation) ; revised, 1943, 320 § 3.
Sect. 42 revised, 1945, 715 § 4.
Sect. 42A added, 1945, 715 § 5 (relative to registration as voters
of persons who are phvsicall}^ unable to apply in person) ; revised, 1946,
196 $ 2.
Sect. 43 amended, 1933, 254 § 14; revised, 1938, 440 § 16. (See
1933, 254 § 66; 1938, 440 § 23.)
Sect. 44 amended, 1943, 453 § 28; revised, 1945, 715 § 6.
Sect. 45 revised, 1943, 108; 1945, 715 § 7.
Sect. 46 revised, 1945, 715 § 8.
Sect. 47 revised, 1945, 715 § 9.
Sect. 50 amended, 1938, 440 § 17; 1945, 378. (See 1938, 440 § 23.)
Sect. 54, paragraph added at end, 1946, 537 <j 1. (See 1946, 537
§ 12.)
Sect. 55 amended, 1933, 254 § 15; sentence added at end, 1936, 2
§ 1; same sentence revised, 1938, 473 § 4; section amended, 1943, 453
§ 29; last sentence revised, 1946, 140 ^ 15. (See 1933, 254 § 66.)
Sect. 57 amended, 1943, 453 § 30.
Sect. 58 revised, 1945, 253.
Sect. 61 amended, 1937, 21 § 1.
Sect. 62 amended, 1943, 453 § 31.
Sect. 63 revised, 1943, 453 § 32.
Chapter 52. — Political Committees.
The following references are to chapter 52, as appearing in the Tercen-
tenary Edition:
Sect. 1 amended, 1932, 310 § 1; revised, 1934, 288 § 1; 1936, 99.
(See 1934, 288 § 5; 1937, 384, 435.)
Sect. 2 amended, 1932, 310 § 2; revised, 1934, 288 § 2; amended,
1936, 11 § 2. (See 1934, 288 § 5; 1936, 11 § 3; 1937, 384, 435.)
Sect. 4 amended, 1934, 288 § 3. (See 1934, 288 § 5.)
Sect. 7 amended, 1934, 118; first paragraph stricken out, 1934, 288
§ 4. (See 1934, 288 § 5; 1937, 384, 435.)
Sect. 9 amended, 1932, 310 § 3; 1937, 24 § 1. (See 1937, 384, 435.)
Chapter stricken out and new chapter inserted, 1938, 346 § 1. (See 1938.
34S§§3, 4.) _
The following reference is to the new chapter 52:
Sect. 9 revised, 1941, 337 § 1.
886 • Changes in the [Chap. 53.
Chapter 53. — Nominations, Questions to be submitted to the Voters,
Primaries and Caucuses.
Sect. 1 amended, 1939, 371.
Sect. 2 amended, 1932, 310 § 4; last sentence revised, 1934, 32 § 1 ;
section revised, 1938, 473 § 5; 1941, 337 § 2. (See 1937, 384, 435.)
Sect. 3 revised, 1936, 116 § 1; amended, 1937, 45 § 1; revised, 1943,
334 § 1 ; sentence added at end, 1945, 55.
Sect. 5, paragraph added at end, 1947, 141.
Sect. 6 amended, 1936, 101; revised, 1939, 191; 1941, 266; amended,
1943, 50; revised, 1943, 334 § 2.
Sect. 7 amended, 1933, 254 § 16; sentence inserted, 1936, 2 § 2;
section revised, 1936, 4 § 1; amended, 1937, 25 § 1; 1938, 341 § 5; first
and second sentences revised, 1943, 334 § 3. (See 1933, 254 § 66.)
Sect. 7A added, 1943, 229 § 2 (relative to the certification of nomina-
tion petitions for preliminarj'^ elections in cities).
Sect. 8, first paragraph amended, 1932, 135 § 4; section amended,
1933, 35 § 1; first sentence amended, 1938, 473 § 6; section revised,
1943, 334 § 4.
Sect. 10, first paragraph amended, 1934, 111; revised, 1937, 45 § 2;
amended, 1938, 373 § 4; 1946, 20 § 2; second paragraph revised, 1933,
313 § 2; 1941, 278; amended, 1941, 472 § 4; 1943, 229 § 3; third
paragraph revised, 1937, 77 § 2; amended, 1943, 334 § 5; revised, 1947,
74.
Sect. 11, sentence added at end, 1933, 313 § 3; revised, 1937, 77 § 3;
section revised, 1937, 212 § 1 ; amended, 1943, 334 § 6.
Sect. 12 revised, 1937, 212 § 2; first paragraph amended, 1943, 334
§ 7; paragraph added at end, 1939, 166.
Sect. 12A added, 1933, 305 (to prevent certain fraudulent nominar
tions).
Sect. 13, sentence added at end, 1933, 313 § 4; section amended,
1937, 26, 77 § 4.
Sect. 14, sentence inserted after third sentence, 1943, 334 § 8.
Sect. 15 amended, 1943, 334 § 9.
Sect. 17 amended, 1943, 334 § 10.
Sect. 17A added, under the heading "endorsement for nomina-
tion OF MEMBERS OF STATE POLITICAL COMMITTEES BY CONVENTIONS*',
1938, 397; second paragraph amended, 1945, 237 § 1; fifth paragraph
amended, 1945, 20.
Sect. 18 revised, 1934, 282.
Sect. 20 revised, 1943, 334 § 11.
Sect. 21 amended, 1945, 237 § 2.
Sect. 22A amended, 1932, 80; 1938, 192; 1943, 51.
Sect. 22B added, 1938, 191 (requiring persons circulating initiative
and referendum petitions to attest the validity of signatures thereto
under the penalties of perjury).
Sect. 24. See 1937, 275.
Sect. 26 amended, 1943, 334 § 12; paragraph added at end, 1945, 51.
Sect. 28 amended, 1932, 310 § 5; revised, 1933, 313 § 5; amended,
1934, 32 § 2; revised, 1938, 473 § 7; first paragraph amended, 1946,
20 § 3. (See 1937, 384, 435.)
Sect. 32 amended, 1932, 310 § 6; 1938, 473 § 8. (See 1937, 384.
435.)
Chap. 53.] GENERAL LaWS. 887
Sect. 33, sentence added at end, 1941, 511 § 3.
Sect. 34 revised, 1932, 310 § 7; first paragraph revised, 1938, 436 § 1;
fourth paragraph revised, 1937, 22; section revised, 1938, 473 § 9; sec-
ond and third paragraphs revised, 1941, 337 § 3; fifth paragraph revised,
1941, 352; amended, 1943, 334 § 13. (See 1937, 384, 435.)
Sect. 35 amended, 1932, 310 § 8; 1938, 473 § 10; amended, 1941,
337 § 4. (See 1937, 384, 435.)
Sect. 35A added, 1943, 301 (relative to pasters or stickers for use at
primaries).
Sect. 36 amended, 1941, 511 § 4.
Sect. 37 revised, 1943, 334 § 14.
Sect. 38 amended, 1938, 299; 1943, 334 § 15; 1945, 237 § 3.
Sect. 40 revised, 1932, 30.
Sect. 40A added, 1943, 334 § 16 (requiring petitions for recounts at
primaries of a political party to be signed by enrolled voters thereof).
Sect. 41 revised, 1932, 310 § 9; section and title preceding it stricken
out and new section inserted under the heading "provisions applying
TO STATE primaries", 1938, 473 § 11; section revised, 1941, 337 § 5.
(See 1937, 384, 435.)
Sect. 42 amended, 1932, 310 § 10; 1937, 24 § 2; revised, 1938, 373
§ 1. (See 1937, 384, 435.)
Sect. 43 amended, 1932, 310 § 11; 1937, 201. (See 1937, 384, 435.)
Sect. 44 revised, 1932, 310 § 12; amended, 1935, 38; revised, 1938,
373 § 2, 473 § 12; amended, 1941, 337 § 6. (See 1937, 384, 435.)
Sect. 45 amended, 1932, 310 § 13; first paragraph amended, 1936, 22;
1938, 84; section revised, 1938, 473 § 13; amended, 1941, 337 § 7;
first paragraph amended, 1947, 338 § 1 ; paragraph added at end, 1946,
537 § 2. (See 1937, 384, 435; 1946, 537 § 12.)
Sect. 46 amended, 1936, 4 § 2; revised, 1937, 25 § 2; amended, 1941,
337 § 8.
Sect. 47 amended, 1932, 310 § 14; 1938, 473 § 14. (See 1937, 384,
435.)
Sect. 48 amended, 1932, 310 § 15; first paragraph revised, 1938,
373 § 3; paragraph added at end, 1938, 272; same paragraph amended,
1941, 563; paragraph added at end, 1941, 675; section amended, 1943,
53; first paragraph ameiided, 1946, 20 § 4. (See 1937, 384, 435.)
Sect. 49 revised, 1932, 310 § 16; 1938, 473 § 15. (See 1937, 384,
435.)
Sect. 51 amended, 1932, 310 § 17; 1938, 473 § 16. (See 1937, 384,
435.)
Sect. 52 amended, 1932, 310 § 18; revised, 1938, 473 § 17; amended,
1941, 337 § 9. (See 1937, 384, 435.)
Sect. 53 revised, 1932, 310 § 19; 1938, 473 § 18; amended, 1941,
337 § 10. (See 1937, 384, 435.)
Sect. 53 A amended, 1932, 310 § 20; revised, 1938, 473 § 19. (See
1937, 384, 435.)
Sect. 54 revised, 1932, 310 § 21; two sentences added, 1935, 482
§ 1; section amended, 1936, 11 § 1; 1937, 24 § 3; section (and head-
ing) revised, 1938, 346 § 2; section amended, 1941, 337 § 11. (See
1936, 11 §§ 2, 3; 1937, 384, 435; 1938, 346 §§ 3, 4.)
Sects. 54A and 54B added, 1932, 310 § 22 (relative to proceedings
at pre-primary conventions, to the form of certificates of nomination
88S Changes in the [Chap. 54.
of candidates thereat, and to the acceptance of such nominations);
repealed, 1938, 473 § 20. (See 1937, 384, 435.)
Sect, 55, paragraph added at end, 1936, 116 § 2.
Sect. 56, amended, 1943, 334 § 17.
Sect. 57 amended, 1937, 410; 1945, 237 § 4.
Sect. 61 amended, 1936, 140; 1937,411; 1941,272.
Sects. 65-70 (and caption) repealed, 1932, 310 § 23. (See 1937, 384,
435; 1938,473 §21.)
Sects. 70A-70H added, under heading "provisions applying to
presidential primaries," 1938, 473 § 21.
Sect. 70B amended, 1941, 337 § 12.
Sect. 70D, fourth sentence stricken out and two sentences inserted,
1947, 338 § 2.
Sect. 70E, sentence inserted before last sentence, 1947, 31.
Sect. 70F amended, 1939, 451 § 11.
Sect. 71. See 1937, 275.
Sect. 72A added, 1933, 313 § 6 (relative to caucuses before regular
city elections in cities having absent voting); revised, 1937, 77 § 5;
1945 1
Sect! 7G, paragraph added at end, 1946, 537 § 3. (See 1946, 537 § 12.)
Sect. 87, paragraph added at end, 1946, 537 § 4. (See 1946, 537 § 12.)
Sect. 112 amended, 1935, 59 § 2.
Sect. 117 amended, 1932, 141 § 2.
Sect. 121 added, 1932, 141 § 3 (authorizing the nomination by
caucuses other than those of political or municipal parties of two
candidates for each town office); revised, 1936, 204.
Chapter 54. — Elections.
Sect. 2 amended, 1943, 411 § 1.
Sect. 4 revised, 1935, 482 § 2; amended, 1936, 185; revised, 1937
412.
Sect. 5 revised, 1943, 209 § 1.
Sect. 6 revised, 1943, 411 § 2.
Sect. 7 revised, 1943, 411 § 3; amended, 1947, 267 § 1.
Sect. 7A added, 1947, 267 § 3 (authorizing the division of precincts
in certain towns for the sole purpose of facilitating voting therein) .
Sect. 9A added, 1937, 267 § 1 (relative to the use of precincts in
certain towns in the formation of representative districts) ; revised,
1947, 267 § 2.
Sect. 11 amended, 1932, 76 § 1; 1934, 158 § 1; 1937, 27; 1938. 341
§ 6; revised, 1941, 432 § 1.
Sect. IIA added, 1932, 76 § 2 (dispensing with the appointment of
deputy election officers in certain cities).
Sect. UB added, 1941, 432 § 2 (relative to the appointment of
election officers in certain cities) ; revised, 1943, 230.
Sect. 12 amended, 1934, 158 § 2; revised, 1945, 363.
Sect. 13 amended, 1934, 158 § 3; 1943, 411 § 4.
Sect. 14 amended, 1943, 411 § 5.
Sect. 16A added, 1943, 411 § 6 (relative to the temporary filling of
vacancies in the offices of election officers).
Sect. 19 amended, 1934, 158 § 4.
Ch.ip. 54.] General Laws. 889
Sect. 21 amended, 1934, 158 § 5.
Sect. 22 amended, 1943, 411 § 7.
Sect. 23 amended, 1943, 411 § 8; paragraph added at end, 1946,
537 § 5. (See 1946, 537 § 12.)
Sect. 24, last sentence stricken out and two new sentences inserted,
1943, 209 § 2.
Sect. 25 revised, 1943, 411 § 9.
Sect. 26 amended, 1938, 281 § 1; 1943, 240.
Sect. 27, paragraph added at end, 1946, 537 § 6. (See 1946, 537 § 12.)
Sect. 30 amended, 1943, 310 § 1.
Sect. 30A added, 1943, 310 § 2 (relative to election officers in places
where voting machines are used); revised, 1947, 255 § 1.
Sect. 31, paragraph added at end, 1943, 310 § 3.
Sect. 33, last sentence stricken out, and paragraph inserted at end,
1935, 238 § 1.
Sects. 33A-33D added, 1943, 310 § 4 (relative to the use of voting
machines at primaries and elections).
Sect. 34 revised, 1936, 205 § 1; second paragraph stricken out,
1938, 281 § 2; section amended, 1945, 84.
Sect. 35 revised, 1943, 310 § 5.
Sects. 35A and 35B added, 1938, 281 § 3 (relative to voting by chal-
lenged voters at polling places where voting machines are used and
to the counting of votes where such machines are used).
Sect. 35A, sentence added at end, 1941, 511 § 5; section amended,
1945, 62.
Sect. 35B, second sentence of second paragraph revised, 1941, 511
§ 6; second paragraph revised, 1943, 310 § 6; third paragraph amended,
1941, 511 § 7.
Sect. 38 revised, 1936, 205 § 2.
Sect. 41, third paragraph amended, 1933, 35 § 2; 1938, 190; second
sentence of same paragraph revised, 1938, 436 § 2; same paragraph
amended, 1946, 78; last paragraph stricken out and three paragraphs
inserted, 1943, 411 § 11.
Sect. 42 amended, 1932, 135 § 5; first paragraph amended, 1935,
238 § 2; same paragraph revised, 1941, 292; last paragraph amended,
1943, 411 § 12.
Sect. 42A added, 1947, 138 § 1 (relative to questions appearing upon
ballots at state and municipal elections).
Sect. 43 revised, 1932, 135 § 1.
Sect. 44 amended, 1943, 411 § 13.
Sect. 45, first sentence revised, 1943, 281 § 1; paragraph added at
end, 1943, 281 § 2.
Sect. 48 amended, 1943, 290.
Sect. 49 amended, 1943, 411 § 14.
Sect. 53 amended, 1945, 64.
Sect. 60, last sentence amended, 1938, 281 § 6.
Sect. 62 amended, 1935, 257 § 5. (See 1935, 257 § 12.)
Sect. 64, last paragraph amended, 1934, 39 § 5.
Sect. 65 revised, 1933, 2S9 § 1; amended, 1943, 411 § 15; paragraph
added at end, 1946, 537 § 7. (Sec 1946, 537 § 12.)
Sect. 68, paragraph added at end, 1946, 537 § 8. (See 1946, 537 § 12.)
Sect. 69 amended, 1947, 255 § 2.
890 Changes in the [Chap. 54.
Sect. 70 revised, 1943, 411 § 16; amended, 1947, 255 § 3.
Sect. 71. See 1937, 275.
Sect. 71 A added, 1943, 411 § 17 (requiring that election officers in
cities and in certain towns be supervised by the city or town clerk).
Sect. 73, paragraph added at end, 1946, 537 § 9. (See 1946, 537 § 12.)
Sect. 75 amended, 1943, 411 § 18.
Sect. 76 revised, 1943, 411 § 19.
Sect. 76A added, 1943, 411 § 20 (requiring a person applying to vote
to write his name upon request of any election officer).
Sect. 78 revised, 1932, 135 § 2.
Sect. 79 amended, 1943, 411 § 21.
Sect. 85A added, 1937, 275 § 1 (relative to the challenging of voters
at polling places at certain elections, primaries and caucuses). (See
1937, 275 § 2.)
Sect. 86 revised, 1945, 466 § 1.
Sect. 87, subsection (a) revised, 1945, 52; subsection (b) revised,
1936, 404 § 1; amended, 1945, 466 § 2; subsection (c) revised, 1936,
404 § 2; amended, 1937, 162 § 2; 1941, 279 § 2; 1944, 1 § 9; 1945, 231
§§ 1, 2; 466 § 3; subsection (d) revised, 1941, 333; subsection (e)
revised, 1946, 140 § 13.
Sect. 89 revised, 1936, 404 § 3.
Sect. 90 repealed, 1946, 140 § 14.
Sect. 92 revised, 1936, 404 § 4; amended, 1937, 162 § 1; 1941,
279 §1; revised, 1945,466 §4,
Sect. 93 revised, 1936, 404 § 5; amended, 1941, 722 § 8.
Sect. 95 revised, 1936, 404 § 6; amended, 1945, 466 § 5.
Sect. 96 amended, 1936, 404 § 7.
Sect. 98 amended, 1945, 466 § 6.
Sect. 100 revised, 1936, 404 § 8.
Sect. 103 A added, 1933, 313 § 1 (providing for absent voting at
regular city elections); affected, 1936, 404 § 9; revised, 1937, 77 § 1;
first paragraph amended, 1939, 152; paragraph added at end, 1946, 118.
Sect. 104 amended, 1934, 39 § 6.
Sect. 105, second paragTaph revised, 1947, 95; fourth paragraph
amended, 1938, 341 § 7.
Sect. 107 revised, 1943, 411 § 22; amended, 1946, 93.
Sect. 109 amended, 1943, 411 § 23.
Sect. 112 amended, 1935. 257 § 6; 1939, 31 § 3; first sentence re-
vised, 1946, 130 § 2. (Sec 1935, 257 § 12.)
Sect. 116, first sentence revised, 1946, 130 § 3.
Sect. 122 amended, 1935, 257 § 7. (See 1935, 257 § 12.)
Sects. 124-128 repealed, 1946, 130 § 4.
Sect. 132 amended, 1932, 33.
Sect. 133 amended, 1937, 21 § 2.
Sect. 134 amended, 1943, 411 § 24.
Sect. 135, first paragraph amended, 1933, 254 § 17; section revised,
1933, 270; first paragraph revised, 1935, 59 § 1; 1938, 250 § 1; 1941,
236; third paragraph revised, 1937, 303; same paragraph amended,
1941, 350; last paragraph revised, 1938, 250 § 2; paragraph inserted
after first paragraph, 1938, 281 § 4; section revised, 1943, 417; para-
graph inserted after first paragraph, 1945, 149; first paragraph stricken
out and three paragraphs inserted, 1945, 315; third. paragraph revised.
Chaps. 54A, 55.] GENERAL LawS. 891
1947, 353 § 1; seventh paragraph revised, 1947, 353 § 2. (See 1933,
254 § 66.)
Sect. 135A added, 1938, 281 § 5 (relative to the recounting of votes
where voting machines are used); amended, 1943, 411 § 25; 1945, 142.
Sect. 137 amended, 1935, 55.
Sect. 138, last paragraph amended, 1937, 23 § 1.
Sect. 139 amended, 1943, 49.
Sect. 141 amended, 1939, 508 § 16; first paragraph stricken out,
1946, 130 § 5; second paragraph amended, 1945, 38 § 7; 1946, 20 § 1.
Sect. 144 revised, 1935, 257 § 8; first paragraph amended, 1939, 31
§ 4. (See 1935, 257 § 12.)
Sect. 146 amended, 1935, 257 § 9. (See 1935, 257 § 12.)
Sect. 148 amended, 1937, 23 § 2.
Sect. 151 amended, 1932, 135 § 3
Sect. 158 amended, 1935, 257 § 10; first paragraph revised, 1939,
31 § 5. (See 1935, 257 § 12.)
Sect. 161 (except last paragraph) amended, 1934, 265; paragraph
added at end, 1946, 594. (See 1939, 467.)
Chapter 54A. — Election of City and Town Officers by Proportional Repre-
sentation and Preferential Voting.
New chapter inserted, 1937, 345.
Chapter inserted by 1937, 345 stricken out and new chapter inserted,
1938, 341 § 1.
Sect. 1 amended, 1941, 345.
Sect. 2, paragraph added at end, 1938, 378 § 17; section revised,
1941, 640 § 6. (See 1941, 640 § 7.)
Chapter 55. — Corrupt Practices and Election Inquests.
Sect. 1 revised, 1943, 318 § 1.
Sect. 5 amended, 1943, 318 § 2.
Sect. 6 amended, 1943, 318 § 3.
Sect. 7 amended, 1938, 75; revised, 1943, 273 § 1.
Sect. 8 revised, 1939, 223.
Sect. 16, sentence added at end, 1941, 280 § 1.
Sect. 17 amended, 1941, 280 § 2.
Sect. 17A added, 1943, 273 § 2 (requiring the filing of statements
of receipts and expenditures on account of activities of certain corpora-
tions when affected by initiative petitions).
Sect. 19, last .sentence revised, 1946, 22.
Sect. 34B added, 1943, 483 § 1 (prohibiting interference with the
delivery to voters of circulars and other printed matter or the unlawful
removal thereof).
Sect. 34C added, 1945, 602 § 1 (prohibiting distribution of slates of
candidates for nomination or election to state office without the party
designation of each candidate thereon).
Sect. 36, paragraph inserted after paragraph contained in line 10,
1943, 483 § 2.
Sect. 37 revised, 1943, 318 § 4.
Chapter stricken out and new chapter 55 inserted, 1946, 537 § 10. (See
1946, 537 § 12.)
892 Changes in the [Chaps. 56-58.
Chapter 56. — Violations of Election Laws.
Sect. 1 repealed, 1939, 342 § 3.
Sect. 2 revised, 1938, 440 § 18. (See 1938, 440 § 23.)
Sect. 4 amended, 1939, 451 § 12.
Sect. 5 revised, 1938, 440 § 19; sentence added at end, 1943, 320 § 4.
(See 1938, 440 § 23.)
Sect. 6 revised, 1938, 440 § 20. (See 1938, 440 § 23.)
Sect. 7 amended, 1938, 440 § 21. (See 1938, 440 § 23.)
Sect. 8 revised, 1938, 440 § 22. (See 1938, 440 § 23.)
Sect. 22 revised, 1938, 341 § 8; amended, 1943, 411 § 26.
Sect. 28 amended, 1938, 341 § 9.
Sect. 33 amended, 1939, 299 § 1.
Sect. 35 amended, 1939, 299 § 2.
Sect. 39 revised, 1933, 289 § 2.
Sect. 40 amended, 1938, 341 § 10.
Sect. 44 amended, 1938, 341 § 11.
Sect. 45 amended, 1938, 341 § 12.
Sect. 48 amended, 1939, 451 § 13.
Sect. 65A added, 1943, 483 § 3 (penalizing interference with the de-
livery to voters of circulars and other printed matter or the unlawful
removal thereof) ; amended, 1945, 602 § 2.
Sect. 68 amended, 1939, 299 § 3.
Chapter stricken out and new chapter 56 inserted, 1946, 537 § 11. (See
1946. 537, § 12.)
Chapter 57. — Congressional, Councillor and .Senatorial Districts, and
Apportionment of Representatives.
Sect. 1 revised, 1941, 556.
Sect. 2 revised, 1939, 507 § 1.
Sect. 3 revised, 1939, 507 § 2.
Sect. 4 revised, 1939, 467 § 1; 1947, 182 § 1. (See 1939, 467 §§ 2,
3, 4; 1947, 182 §§ 2, 3, 4.)
Sect. 5. See 1939, 467.
Chapter 58. — General Provisions relative to Taxation.
For legislation relative to the collection of certain taxes and other
charges due the commonwealth, see 1943, 568; 1945, 325, 712; 1946,
615.
Sect. 1, first sentence revised, 1943, 428 § 2; fifth sentence amended,
1932, 180 § 9; same sentence revised, 1937, 108 § 2.
Sect. 2 amended, 1933, 254 § 18; paragraph added at end, 1941, 726
§ 2. (See 1933, 254 § 66.)
Sect. 3 amended, 1933, 254 § 19. (See 1933, 254 § 66.)
Sect. 8 revised, 1935, 322 § 1 ; revised, 1945, 351 § 2.
Sect. 9 revised, 1939, 346; 1941, 112.
Sect. 10 amended, 1934, 323 § 9. (See 1934, 323 § 11.)
Sect. 11 amended, 1939, 451 § 14; repealed, 1941, 609 § 1.
Sect. 12 amended, 1941, 490 § 13; repealed, 1941, 609 § 1.
Sect. 13 amended, 1933, 254 § 20; amended, 1945, 564. (See 1933,
254 § 66.)
Chap. 58A.] GENERAL LaWS. 893
Sect. 14 amended, 1939, 451 § 15.
Sect. 15 amended, 1933, 254 § 21; revised, 1941, 490 § 14. (See
1933, 254 § 66.)
Sect. 17A amended, 1939, 451 § 26.
Sect. 17B added, 1945, 592 § 1 (relative to payments by the com-
monwealth to certain towns in reimbrn'sement for loss of taxes by reason
of property taken for flootl control). (See 1945, 592 § 2.)
Sect. 18 revised, 1933, 350 § 7; amended, 1936, 405 § 1; 1939, 451
§ 16; 1945, 624 § 1; revised, 1945, 735 § 4; amended, 1947, 679 § 3;
affected, 1933, 357 § 4; 1935, 438 § 2. (See 1933, 307 § 11, 350 § 9;
1936, 362 § 4.)
Sect. 20 revised, 1936. 362 § 3; amended, 1937, 108 § 1; 1941, 656
§ 1; introductory paragraph amended, 1945, 624 § 2. (See 1936, 362
§§ 4, 8; 1937, 108 § 3.)
Sect. 20A added, 1936, 376 § 3 (relative to the set-off of money due
to the commonwealth from a city or town against sums due to the city
or town from the commonwealth).
Sect. 21 amended, 1933, 254 § 22; repealed, 1934, 323 § 1. (See
1933, 254 § 66; 1934, 323 § 11.)
Sects. 22 and 23 repealed, 1934, 323 § 1. (See 1934, 323 § 11.)
Sect. 24 amended, 1933, 254 § 23. (See 1933, 254 § 66.)
Sect. 24A revised, 1934, 323 § 2; first sentence amended, 1945, 624
§3. (See 1934, 323 § 11.)
Sect. 25 revised, 1934, 323 § 3; amended, 1939, 451 § 17; first sen-
tence revised, 1941, 729 § 11; section revised, 1945, 624 § 4; 687.
(See 1934, 323 § 11; 1941, 729 § 15.)
Sect. 25A revised, 1934, 323 § 4; first sentence revised, 1945, 624
§ 5. (See 1934, 323 § 11.)
Sect. 26 amended, 1933, 254 § 24; repealed, 1934, 323 § 1. (See
1933, 254 § 66; 1934, 323 § 11.)
Sect. 26A added, 1945, 523 § 1 (relative to abatement of uncollectible
taxes) .
Sect. 27, first sentence revised, 1943, 521 § 1.
Sects. 28A and 28B added, 1947, 483 § 1 (provisions for aiding in the
collection of federal and state personal income taxes) .
Sect. 29, paragraph (4) stricken out, 1945, 161 § 1.
Sect. 30 revised, 1945, 624 § 6.
Sect. 31 added, under heading "forms", 1937, 135 § 1 (relative to
forms of application for abatement of taxes and certain other forms
and the approval thereof by the commissioner of corporations and
taxation).
Chapter 58A. — Appellate Tax Board (former title, Board of Tax Appeals).
Sect. 1 revised, 1937, 400 § 3. (See 1937, 400 §§ 1, 2, 4, 5, 7.)
Sect. 5 revised, 1941, 381, 596 § 24.
Sect. 6 amended, 1932, 180 § 10; revised, 1933, 167 § 4; amended,
1934, 323 § 10; revised, 1938, 478 § 4; first sentence revised, 1941, 609
§ 2; same sentence amended, 1941, 726 § 1; same sentence revised,
1945, 367 § 3; section revised, 1945, 621 § 1; first sentence revised,
1947, 632 § 2. (See 1933, 167 § 5; 1934, 323 § 11; 1937, 400 § 1; 1947,
632 § 3.)
S94 Changes in the [Chap. 59.
Sect. 7 revised, 1933, 321 § 2; amended, 1939, 451 § 18; 1945, 621
§ 2. (See 1933, 321 § 9.)
Sect. 7A added, 1933, 321 § 3 (providing for the establishment of
informal procedure before the appellate tax board); revised, 1935,
447; third sentence revised, 1938, 384; 1943, 282; section revised,
1945, 621 § 3. (See 1933, 321 §§ 8, 9.)
Sect. 8 revised, 1933, 321 § 4. (See 1933, 321 § 9.)
Sect. 8A added, 1935, 276 § 1 (providing for adequate discovery in
tax appeal cases).
Sect. 10 revised, 1933, 321 § 5. (See 1933, 321 § 9.)
Sect. 12 amended, 1933, 321 § 6. (See 1933, 321 § 9.)
Sect. 12A added, 1943, 430 (relative to taxation of costs by the appel-
late tax board in certain appeals as to the assessed value where it exceeds
the value as recently determined by said board) .
Sect. 13 revised, 1933, 321 § 7; one sentence revised, 1933, 350 § 8;
same sentence amended, 1935, 218 § 1; 1939, 366 § 1. (See 1933, 321
§ 9, 350 § 9.)
Chapter 59. — Assessment of Local Taxes.
For temporary legislation exempting persons in the military and naval
service of the United States from the payment of poll taxes, see 1943,
406; 1947, 637.
For temporary legislation exempting from taxation certain real prop-
erty of residents of the commonwealth serving in the armed forces of
the United States, and their spouses, see 1943, 412; 1945, 627 § 2.
For legislation relative to the collection of certain taxes and other
charges due the commonwealth, see 1943, 568; 1945, 325, 712; 1946,
615.
Temporary act relative to the taking of appeals involving real estate
in which closed banks have an interest, 1941, 145 § 2.
As to Boston taxes, see 1932, 125; 1933, 159; 1934, 201; 1935, 284;
1936, 224.
Sect. 1 amended, 1936, 202 § 1; revised, 1938, 186 § 3. (See 1936,
202 § 2; 1938, 186 § 5.)
Sect. 3B added, 1946, 393 (to abolish certain implied exemptions
from local taxation).
Sect. 5, clause First revised, 1936, 81; 1938, 47; clause Third, sub-
section (c) amended, 1933, 198 ^: 1 (see 1933, 198 ^ 2); clause Eighth
amended, 1947, 83 v^ 1; clause Eleventh revised, 1938, 317; clause
Sixteenth revised, 1936, 362 § 1; 1941, 467 (see 1936, 362 §§ 4, 8);
clause Seventeenth revised, 1935, 294; amended, 1939, 451 f^ 19; re-
vised, 1941, 227 § 1; clause Seventeenth A added, 1938, 186 H; sentence
added at end, 1943, 559 (see 1938, 186 § 5) ; clause Eighteenth revised,
1941, 227 vs 2; clause Twentieth revised, 1937, 132; 1941, 482; 1947,
310; clause Twenty-second amended, 1939, 451 ^i 20; paragraph (a)
amended, 1945, 627 § 1; clause revised, 1946, 579; 1947, 612 ^ 1 (see
1947, 612 § 2); clause Twenty-third amended, 1932, 114 M; revised,
1947, 647; clause Thirty-fifth revised, 1939, 24 ;i 2.
Sect. 5A added, 1941, 227 § 3 (relative to collection of taxes from
estates of persons who were relieved therefrom for lack of ability to
pay, or otherwise).
Sect. 6 amended, 1933, 254 § 25; 1936, 59 § 1; first paragraph
Chap. 59.] GENERAL LaWS. 895
amended, 1941, 440; revised, 1946, 410. (See 1933, 254 § 66; 1936,
59 § 3.)
Sects. 6 and 7. See 1934, 307.
Sect. 7, first paragraph amended, 1936, 59 § 2; section amended,
1939, 451 § 21; 1945, 367 § 1. (See 1936, 59 § 3.)
Sect. 7A added, 1945, 367 § 2 (relative to payments in lieu of taxes
on certain property held by a municipality or district in another munic-
ipaUty).
Sect. 8 amended, 1933, 80, 254 § 26; paragraph added at end, 1935,
119 § 1. (See 1933, 254 § 66; 1935, 119 § 2.)
Sect. 9 amended, 1933, 254 § 27; revised, 1939, 342 § 4. (See 1933,
254 § 66.)
Sect. 10 amended, 1933, 254 § 28. (See 1933, 254 § 66.)
Sect. 11 amended, 1933, 254 § 29; revised, 1936, 92; 1939, 175. (See
1933, 254 § 66.)
Sect. 16 amended, 1937, 114.
Sect. 18, opening paragraph and clauses First and Second amended,
1933, 254 § 30; clause Second revised, 1936, 362 § 2. (See 1933, 254
§ 66; 1936, 362 § 8.)
Sect. 19 amended, 1933, 254 § 31; revised, 1945, 143. (See 1933,
254 § 66.)
Sect. 20 revised, 1933, 254 § 32; amended, 1936, 376 § 1; revised,
1946, 432 sN 1. (See 1933, 254 § 66.)
Sect. 21 revised, 1933, 254 § 33; 1936, 376 § 2; second sentence
amended, 1945, 624 § 7; first three sentences stricken out and five sen-
tences inserted, 1946, 432 § 2. (See 1933, 254 § 66.)
Sect. 23, paragraph added at end, 1938, 175 § 2.
Sect. 27 amended, 1936, 118 § 2. (See 1936, 118 § 3.)
Sect. 29, last three sentences revised, 1933, 254 § 34. (See 1933,
254 § 66.)
Sect. 33 amended, 1933, 254 § 35. (See 1933, 254 § 66.)
Sect. 39 amended, 1933, 254 § 36; 1939, 451 § 22. (See 1933, 254
§66.)
Sect. 41 amended, 1933, 254 § 37. (See 1933, 254 § 66.)
Sect. 45 amended, 1933, 254 § 38; form appended to section amended,
1933, 254 § 39. (See 1933, 254 § 66.)
Sect. 47 amended, 1933, 254 § 40. (See 1933, 254 § 66.)
Sect. 48 revised, 1947, 84.
Sect. 49 amended, 1933, 254 § 41. (See 1933, 254 § 66.)
Sect. 57 amended, 1933, 151 § 1; revised, 1933, 254 § 42; 1935, 158
§ 1; amended, 1937, 203 $ 1; revised, 1938, 330 § 1; 1941, 258 § 1;
first two sentences revised, 1947, 522 § 1; fourth and fifth sentences
stricken out and three sentences inserted, 1947, 99 § 1. (See 1933,
151 § 2, 254 s^ 66; 1935, 158 § 2; 1937, 203 § 2; 1938, 330 § 2; 1947,
99 5 2; 522 .:^ 2.)
Sect. 59, sentence added at end, 1933, 165 § 1; section revised, 1933,
254 § 43, 266 § 1; 1934, 136 § 2; amended, 1935, 187 § 1; revised, 1939,
250 § 1; first sentence revised, 1943, 166 § 1; 1945, 621 § 4; 1946,
199 § 1. (See 1933, 254 § 66, 266 § 2; 1934, 136 § 3; 1935, 187 § 2;
1946, 199 ^ 2.)
Sect. 60 revised, 1941, 209; 1945, 620.
Sect. 61, last sentence revised, 1933, 165 § 2.
896 Changes in the [Chap. 60.
Sect. 61A added, 1935, 276 § 2 (providing for adequate discovery in
proceedings for tax abatement).
Sect. 63 amended, 1943, 79.
Sect. 64, first paragraph amended, 1933, 130 § 1 ; second paragraph
amended, 1935, 218 § 2; section revised, 1937, 400 § 6; 1938, 478 § 1;
first sentence amended, 1939, 31 § 6; first paragraph revised, 1945, 621
§ 5; second paragraph amended, 1939, 366 § 2; 1943, 248. (See 1937,
400 §§ 1-5, 7.)
Sect. 65 amended, 1933, 130 § 2, 167 § 1; revised, 1938, 478 § 2;
1939, 31 § 7; first sentence revised, 1945, 621 § 6.
Sect. 65A added, 1932, 218 § 1 (providing that the sale or taking of
real property for payment of unpaid taxes thereon shall not prejudice
proceedings for the abatement of such taxes); revised, 1933, 325 § 18.
(See 1932, 218 § 2; 1933, 325 § 19.)
Sect. 65B added, 1938, 478 § 3 (relative to appeals to the appellate
tax board from the refusal of assessors to abate certain taxes on real
estate); revised, 1945, 621 § 7.
Sect. 69 amended, 1935, 218 § 3; 1939, 366 § 3.
Sect. 70A added, 1945, 351 § 1 (regulating the procedure after abate-
ment of a local tax, assessment, rate or charge).
Sect. 73 amended, 1933, 254 § 44. (See 1933, 254 § 66.)
Sect. 74 amended, 1933, 254 § 45; 1939, 24 § 3; 1945, 137. (See
1933, 254 § 66.)
Sect. 75 amended, 1934, 104; first sentence revised, 1946, 339.
Sect. 77 revised, 1945, 333.
Sect. 78 amended, 1941, 258 § 5.
Sect. 79 amended, 1938, 150 § 1; last sentence revised, 1946, 251
§[2. (See!l946, 251 § 3.)
Sect. 83 amended, 1933, 254 § 46; 1939, 24 § 4. (See 1933, 254 § 66.)
Sect. 84 amended, 1933, 254 § 47. (See 1933, 254 § 66.)
Sect. 85 amended, 1933, 254 § 48; repealed, 1945, 271. (See 1933,
254 § 66.) Affected, 1941, 609.
Sect. 86 amended, 1933, 254 § 49. (See 1933, 254 § 66.)
Chapter 60. — Collection of Local Taxes.
Sect. 1, third paragraph revised, 1933, 164 § 1; last two paragraphs
amended, 1943, 37 § 1.
Sect. 3 revised, 1933, 254 § 50; amended, 1941, 258 § 2; 1943, 37
§ 2; sentence inserted after third sentence, 1943, 166 § 2. (See 1933,
254 § 66.)
Sect. 3A added, 1934, 136 § 1 (requiring that certain information
relative to abatement or exemptions be included in tax bills) ; amended,
1936, 156; revised, 1943, 166 § 3, 564 § 1. (See 1934, 136 § 3; 1943,
564 § 2.)
Sect. 3B added, 1935, 322 § 2 (relative to the suspension of payment
of certain assessments payable by certain persons entitled to exemp-
tion from local taxes).
Sect. 4 revised, 1939, 342 § 5.
Sect. 5 revised, 1933, 168 § 2; amended, 1941, 258 § 3.
Sect. 13, sentence added at end, 1937, 143 § 5; section revised, 1939,
44; 1941, 308.
Chap. 60.] GENERAL LaWS. 897
Sect. 15, first paragraph amended, 1934, 151 § 2; 1935, 252 § 1;
section revised, 1943, 179.
Sect. 15A added, 1935, 252 § 2 (further regulating charges and fees
for the collection of poll taxes).
Sect. 16 revised, 1933, 168 § 1; amended, 1933, 254 § 51. (See 1933,
168 § 4, 254 § 66.)
Sect. 18 repealed, 1932, 54 § 1.
Sect. 22 revised, 1933, 254 § 52; first sentence revised, 1947, 278;
affected, 1933, 308. (See 1933, 254 § 66.)
Sect. 22A added, 1941, 573 § 1 (relative to bills for taxes on parcels
of real estate and payments on account thereof). (See 1941, 573 § 2.)
Sect. 23 revised, 1932, 197 § 1; two sentences added at end, 1943,
478 § 3.
Sect. 34, first sentence amended, 1947, 313.
Sect. 35 revised, 1938, 150 § 2; 1946, 251 § 1. (See 1946, 251 § 3.)
Sect. 37 amended, 1933, 254 § 53, 325 § 1; 1934, 131 § 2; revised,
1934, 169; amended, 1935, 269; 1936, 146; last sentence revised, 1941,
84 § 1; section revised, 1943, 478 § 1. (See 1933, 254 § 66; 1934, 131
§ 3; 1941, 84 § 2.)
Sect. 37A added, 1943, 478 § 2 (relative to the continuance of local
tax liens during the existence of legal impediments to sales or takings
thereunder).
Sect. 38 amended, 1933, 254 § 54, 325 § 2. (See 1933, 254 § 66,
325 § 21.)
Sect. 39 amended, 1933, 325 § 3.
Sect. 42 revised, 1933, 164 § 2.
Sect. 43, last sentence revised, 1932, 54 § 2; section amended, 1935,
183 236
Sect. 45 amended, 1933, 325 § 4; 1937, 209; 1938, 339 § 1.
Sect. 46, paragraph added at end, 1934, 131 § 1.
Sect. 48 amended, 1933, 325 § 5. (See 1933, 325 § 20.)
Sect. 50 revised, 1933, 325 § 6; amended, 1935, 414 § 1; 1936, 93 § 2;
amended, 1941, 319 § 1. (See 1935, 414 § 4; 1941, 319 §§ 3, 4.)
Sect. 50A added, 1934, 154 § 2 (providing for protection of interests
in real estate held under tax sales or takings).
Sect. 50B added, 1946, 185 (requiring cities and towns to appro-
priate or provide sums necessary for foreclosure of tax titles by pro-
ceedings in the land court).
Sect. 51 amended, 1933, 254 § 55. (See 1933, 254 § 66.)
Sect. 52 revised, 1936, 392 § 1.
Sect. 53 revised, 1933, 164 § 3. (See 1933, 325 § 20.)
Sect. 54 amended, 1933, 325 § 7; 1938, 339 § 2.
Sect. 55 amended, 1933, 325 § 8.
Sect. 58 revised, 1932, 2; 1939, 250 § 2.
Sect. 59 amended, 1933, 254 § 56. (See 1933, 254 § 66.)
Sect. 60 revised, 1945, 130.
Sect. 61 revised, 1933, 325 § 9; amended, 1934, 48; 1936, 93 § 1.
(See 1933, 325 § 20.)
Sect. 61A added, 1943, 188 (relative to taking for nonpayment of
taxes lands subject to tax titles held by municipalities when the assess-
ment unit is changed).
Sect. 62 revised, 1933, 325 § 10; first paragraph amended, 1934,
898 Changes in the [Chap. 60.
218; same paragraph revised, 1935, 414 § 2; second paragraph revised,
1935, 278; section revised, 1936, 392 § 2; second paragraph amended,
1941, 231; sentence inserted before last sentence in second paragraph,
1947, 133; paragraph inserted after the second paragraph, 1938, 415
§ 5. (See 1935, 414 § 4.)
Sect. 63 amended, 1933, 325 § 11; revised, 1936, 392 § 3.
Sect. 65 amended, 1933, 325 § 12; 1938, 305.
Sect. 66 amended, 1935, 224 § 1. (See 1935, 224 § 6.)
Sect. 67 amended, 1935, 224 § 2. (See 1935, 224 § 6.)
Sect. 68 amended, 1935, 224 § 3; paragraph added at end, 1935,
354 § 1; section amended, 1935, 414 § 3. (See 1935, 224 § 6, 354 § 3,
414 § 4.)
Sect. 69 amended, 1935, 224 § 4; sentence added at end, 1945, 226
§ 1. (See 1935, 224 § 6.)
Sect. 69A added, 1945, 226 § 2 (relative to the conclusiveness of
decrees foreclosing tax titles).
Sect. 70 amended, 1935, 224 § 5. (See 1935, 224 § 6.)
Sect. 71 amended, 1941, 319 § 2. (See 1941, 319 §§ 3, 4.)
Sect. 75 amended, 1936, 189 § 1.
Sect. 76 revised, 1935, 318 § 1; amended, 1936, 189 § 2. (See 1935,
318 §§ 2, 8.)
Sect. 76A added, 1935, 354 § 2 (providing for redemption in part
from tax sales in certain cases); paragraph added at end, 1939, 181.
(See 1935, 354 § 3.)
Sect. 76B added, 1938, 415 § 6 (relative to the effect of errors or
irregularities in respect to water rates and charges included in a tax
title account).
Sect. 76C added, 1945, 268 (providing for notice to certain munic-
ipal officers of certain action in connection with tax titles).
Sect. 77, paragraph added at end, 1938, 339 § 3.
Sect. 77A added, 1945, 78 (relative to recording of deeds of cities
and towns conveying land acquired through foreclosure of tax titles).
Sect. 77B added, 1947, 224 .^ 1 (making permanent certain temporary-
provisions of law relative to certain land acquired by municipalities).
(See 1947, 224 § 2.) [For prior temporary legislation, see 1938, 358;
1939, 123; 1941, 296.]
Sect. 78 amended, 1933, 325 § 13; repealed, 1936, 194. (See 1933,
325 § 20.)
Sect. 79, second paragraph amended, 1933, 325 § 14; 1935, 173 § 1;
section revised, 1941, 594 § 1.
Sect. 80 amended, 1933, 325 § 15; revised, 1935, 173 § 2; amended,
1941, 594 § 2. (See 1939, 123; 1941, 296.)
Sects. 80 A and SOB added, 1941, 594 § 3 (relative to the validity of
title acquired at sales of lands of low value held by cities and towns
under tax titles).
Sect. 80B revised, 1946, 302.
Sect. 82 amended, 1945, 267 § 1.
Sect. 83 amended, 1945, 267 § 2.
Sect. 84 revised, 1935, 260.
Sect. 84 A revised, 1933, 325 § 16; 1935, 181 § 1. (See 1935, 181 § 2.)
Sect. 92 revised, 1933, 82 § 1; amended, 1934, 259 § 1.
Chaps. 60A-62.] GENERAL LawS. 899
Sect. 93 revised, 1943, 199; last sentence revised, 1945, 397 § 2.
(See 1945, 397 § 3.)
Sect. 95 revised, 1933, 325 § 17; amended, 1934, 315 § 2; revised,
1935, 248 § 3; amended, 1939, 451 § 23; 1941, 380 § 6; sentence
added at end, 1943, 107. (See 1934, 315 § 3.)
Sect. 97 revised, 1934, 151 § 1.
Sect. 104 revised, 1937, 43.
Sect. 105 revised, 1933, 168 § 3; 1941, 258 § 4.
Form 2 in schedule at end of chapter repealed, 1932, 54 § 1 ; schedule
of forms at end of chapter stricken out, 1933, 168 § 3.
Chapter 60A. — Excise Tax on Registered Motor Vehicles in Lieu of Local
Tax.
Sect. 1, first paragraph amended, 1936, 384 § 1; last paragraph
amended, 1936, 384 § 2; paragraph added at end, 1938, 111; section
revised, 1938, 480 § 1; fourth paragraph amended, 1941, 718 § 1; last
paragraph revised, 1947, 644. (See 1941, 718 § 2.)
Sect. 2 revised, 1936, 384 § 3; 1938, 480 § 2; ninth sentence amended,
1939, 366 § 4.
Sect. 2A added, 1938, 492 § 1 (providing for the suspension of cer-
tificates of registration in cases of nonpayment of the excise on regis-
tered motor vehicles); last sentence stricken out, 1943, 18; second
sentence revised, 1945, 443.
Sect. 3 revised, 1936, 384 § 4; 1938, 480 § 3.
Sect. 4 revised, 1938, 480 § 4, 492 § 2.
Sect. 6 amended, 1936, 384 § 5; revised, 1938, 480 § 5.
Chapter 61. — Classification and Taxation of Forest Lands and Forest
Products (former title Taxation of Forest Products and Classification
and Taxation of Forest Lands).
Sect. 3 amended, 1933, 254 § 57. (See 1933, 254 § 66.)
Sect. 5 amended, 1941, 490 § 15.
Chapter stricken out, and new chapter 61 (with new title) inserted, 1941,
652 § 1. (See 1941, 652 § 2.)
Sect. 1, first paragraph stricken out and two paragraphs inserted,
1943, 461 § 1. (See 1943, 461 §§ 4 and 5.)
Sect. 2, second schedule and all preceding such schedule revised,
1943, 461 § 2. (See 1943, 461 §§ 4 and 5.)
Sect. 6 amended, 1943, 461 § 3. (See 1943, 461 §§ 4 and 5.)
Chapter 62. — Taxation of Incomes.
For legislation establishing an additional tax upon personal incomes
to provide funds for old age assistance. (See 1941, 729 §§9, 15.)
For prior temporary legislation relative to the taxation of dividends of
certain corporations, see 1933, 307, 357; 1935, 489; 1936, 82 § 1; 1937,
395; 1938, 489 v^s 2-5; 1939, 373; 1941, 331; 1943, 285. (See also
1945, 735.)
For temporary legislation providing for additional taxes upon per-
sonal incomes, see 1935, 480; 1936, 397; 1937, 422; 1938, 502; 1939,
454 § 19; 1941, 416 §§ 1, 3; 1943, 482 §§ 1, 3, 4; 1945, 557 §§ 1, 3, 4.
900 Changes in the [Chap. 63.
For temporary legislation relative to the payment of income taxes
by persons who served in the armed forces of the United States during
the existing war, see 1946, 604.
Sect. 1, subsection (a), paragraph Fifth added, 1946, 539; sub-
section (h) revised, 1945, 735 § 1; subsection (c), paragraph Third
added, 1935, 489 § 6; subsection (e) amended, 1935, 489 § 7. (See
1945, 735 § 5.)
Sect. 3 revised, 1943, 45 § 1.
Sect. 5, paragraph (6) amended, 1935, 489 § 8; same paragraph
revised, 1939, 486 § 1; paragraph (c) revised, 1934, 363 § 1; 1935, 481
§ 1. (See 1934, 363 § 2; 1935, 481 § 2; 1939, 486 § 3.)
Sect. 6, clause (a), sentence added at end, 1947, 485 § 1; clause (g)
revised, 1935, 436 § 1; clause (h) revised, 1943, 511. (See 1935, 436
§ 2; 1947, 485 § 3.)
Sects. 7A and 7B added, 1935, 438 § 1 (relative to income taxation
of gains from certain transactions in real property).
Sect. 8, paragraph (g) amended, 1947, 83 § 2; paragraph (h) added
1945, 625 § 4; paragraphs (i) and (j) added, 1947, 485 § 2. (See 1947,
485 § 3.)
Sect. 18. See Sect. 18 of Chapter 58 in this Table.
Sect. 21 A added, under caption "presumption as to inhabitancy",
1936, 310 (providing that individuals under certain circumstances shall
be presumed to be inhabitants of the Commonwealth for income tax
purposes) ; repealed, 1938, 489 § 8.
Sect. 22 revised, 1939, 486 § 2. (See 1939, 486 § 3.)
Sect. 24 revised, 1943, 45 § 2.
Sect. 25, last sentence revised, 1947, 322 § 1.
Sect. 25A added, 1935, 438 § 3 (relative to returns of taxable gains
from certain transactions in real property).
Sect. 30 amended, 1935, 152.
Sect. 31 revised, 1943, 45 § 3.
Sect. 33, first paragraph revised, 1943, 45 § 4; second paragraph
revised, 1945, 735 § 2; paragraph added, 1932, 186. (See 1945, 735 § 5.)
Sect. 34 repealed, 1947, 483 § 2.
Sect. 36 amended, 1933, 167 § 2.
Sect. 37 revised, 1933, 350 § 1. (See 1933, 350 § 9.)
Sect. 37A added, 1933, 350 § 2 (providing for the payment of income
taxes in two installments) ; amended, 1947, 322 § 2. (See 1933, 350 9.)
Sect. 39, first sentence revised, 1933, 350 § 3. (See 1933, 350 § 9.)
Sect. 41 revised, 1932, 152; 1933, 350 § 4. (See 1933, 350 § 9.)
Sect. 43 amended, 1933, 350 § 5; 1937, 135 § 2. (See 1933, 350 § 9.)
Sect. 45 amended, 1939, 451 § 24; last sentence stricken out, 1945,
523 § 2.
Sect. 46 revised, 1933, 350 § 6. (See 1933, 350 § 9.)
Sect. 56 revised, 1943, 45 § 5.
Chapter 63. — Taxation of Corporations.
Sect. 1, paragraph defining "Bank" revised, 1943, 472; paragraph
defining "Net income" revised, 1933, 327 § 1. (See 1933, 327 § 7.)
Sect. 2 amended, 1933, 327 § 2; 1939, 451 § 25; 1941, 609 § 3. (See
1933, 327 § 7; 1941, 609 § 9.)
Chap. 63.] GENERAL LaWS. 901
Sect. 3 amended, 1933, 254 § 58; 1934, 323 § 5; 1945, 161 § 2. (See
1933, 254 § 66; 1934, 323 § 11.)
Sect. 4 amended, 1939, 368; 1941, 509 § 4. (See 1941, 509 § 9.)
Sect. 5 amended, 1933, 254 § 59; repealed, 1934, 323 § 1. (See 1933,
254 § 66; 1934, 323 § 11.)
Sect. 6 repealed, 1934, 323 § 1. (See 1934, 323 § 11.)
Sect. 12, paragraph (c) amended, 1937, 274 § 1 ; paragraph (h) added
at end, 1934, 362.
Sect. 18 revised, 1939, 447 § 1. (See 1939, 447 § 3.)
Sect. 18A amended, 1939, 447 § 2. (See 1939, 447 § 3.)
Sect. 20 amended, 1941, 509 § 5; revised, 1943, 531 § 1. (See 1941,
509 § 9" 1943 531 §5 2 3 7.)
Sect.' 22 revised, 194.5, 721 § 1; amended, 1946, 387 § 1. (See 1945,
721 ^ 5; 1946, 387 § 7.)
Sect. 23 revised, 1945, 721 § 2; amended, 1946, 387 § 2. (See 1945,
721 § 5; 1946, 387 ^ 7.)
Sect. 24 amended, 1943, 531 § 4; revised, 1945, 721 § 3. (See 1943,
531 § 7; 1945, 721 § 5.)
Sect. 25 amended, 1943, 531 § 5; 1945, 721 § 4. (See 1943, 531 § 7;
1945, 721 § 5.)
Sect. 26 amended, 1946, 387 § 3. (See 1946, 387 § 7.)
Sect. 27 amended, 1946, 387 § 4. (See 1946, 387 § 7.)
Sect. 28 amended, 1939, 451 § 27; 1941, 509 § 6; revised, 1943, 531
§ 6; paragraph inserted after second paragraph, 1945, 342; second and
third paragraphs revised, 1946, 387 § 5. (See 1941, 509 § 9; 1943,
531 § 7; 1946, 387 § 7.)
Sect. 29A added, 1946, 387 § 6 (relative to the taxation of marine
and fire and marine insurance companies). (See 1946, 387 § 7.)
Sect. 29B added, 1947, 488 § 4 (relative to the taxation of the ex-
change of reciprocal or inter-insurance contracts).
Sects. 30-51. For temporary legislation providing for further addi-
tional taxes levied under these sections, see 1947, 598.
Sects. 30-60. For legislation establishing an additional tax under
these sections to provide funds for old age assistance, see 1941, 729
§§ 9, 15.
For temporary legislation providing for additional taxes levied under
these sections, see 1935, 480; 1936, 397; 1937, 422; 1938, 502; 1939,
454 § 19; 1941, 416 §§ 1, 3; 1943, 482 §§ 1, 3, 4; 1945, 557 §§ 1, 3, 4.
Sect. 30, paragraph 2 revised, 1943, 459 § 1; paragraph 3, subdivi-
sion (a) revised, 1939, 24 § 5; sentence added at end, 1947, 622 § 1;
paragraph contained in hnes 48-51 amended, 1933, 58 $ 3, revised, 1943,
459 § 2; paragraph contained in lines 52-69 revised, 1934, 237 § 1;
paragraph 4, subdivision (a) revised, 1939, 24 § 6; sentence added at
end, 1947, 622 § 2; paragraph contained in lines 70-74 amended, 1933,
58 § 4, revised, 1934, 237 § 1, 1943, 459 § 3; paragraph 5 revised, 1933,
327 § 3. (See 19.33, 58 § 5, 327 § 7; 1934, 237 § 2; 1947, 622 5.)
Sect. 32 revised, 1933, 342 § 1; amended, 1936, 362 § 5; 1939, 363
§ 1. (See 1933, 342 § 6; 1936, 362 § 8; 1939, 363 § 2.)
Sect. 32A amended, 1933, 342 § 2. (See 1933, 342 § 6.)
Sect. 33 revised, 1933, 303 § 1. (See 1933, 303 § 3.)
Sect. 34 amended, 1933, 327 § 4. (See 1933, 327 § 7.)
Sect. 35 revised, 1933, 58 § 1.
902 « Changes in the [Chap. 63.
Sect. 3b revised, 1933, 327 § 5; amended, 1935, 473 § 2. (See 1933,
327 § 7; 1935, 473 § 7.)
Sect. 38, paragraph 10 added at end, 1933, 342 § 3. (See 1933,
342 § 6.)
Sect. 38B, last paragraph amended, 1935, 473 § 3. (See 1935, 473
§ 7.) [For temporary legislation affecting taxation, during the years
1934 to 1946, inclusive, of corporations subject to this section, see 1934,
317 § 1; 1935, 489 § 4; 1937, 395 § 5; 1938, 489 § 6; 1939, 373 § 5;
1941, 331 § 5; 1943, 285 § 5.]
Sect. 38C revised, 1937, 383 § 1. (See 1937, 383 § 3.)
Sect. 39, subsection (1) revised, 1936, 362 § 6; last paragraph
amended, 1933, 327 § 6; new paragraph added at end, 1933, 342 § 4,.
(See 1933, 327 § 7, 342 § 6; 1936, 362 § 8.)
Sect. 39 A revised, 1933, 303 § 2; first paragraph amended, 1934, 134.
(See 1933, 303 § 3.)
Sect. 40 revised, 1933, 58 § 2.
Sect. 42, last sentence amended, 1932, 180 § 11; section revised,
1933, 342 § 5. (See 1933, 342 § 6.)
Sect. 42B revised, 1937, 383 § 2. (See 1937, 383 § 3.)
Sect. 43 repealed, 1945, 735 § 3. (See 1933, 307 § 9A; 1935, 489
§ 2; 1937, 395 § 2; 1938, 489 § 3; 1939, 373 § 2; 1941, 331 § 2; 1943,
285 § 2.)
Sect. 44 amended, 1935, 473 § 4; 1936, 362 § 7. (See 1935, 473 § 7;
1936. 362 § 8.)
Sect. 45 amended, 1933, 195 § 1; revised, 1935, 473 § 5; amended,
1943, 395. (See 1933, 195 § 2; 1935, 473 § 7.)
Sect. 48 revised, 1935, 473 § 1. (See 1935, 473 § 7.)
Sect. 52, second sentence amended, 1946, 394 ;; 1; fourth sentence
amended, 1946, 394 § 2.
Sect. 53, first paragraph amended, 1933, 254 § 60; 1941, 509 § 7;
clause Fourth revised, 1934, 323 § 6. (See 1933, 254 § 66; 1934, 323
§ 11; 1941, 509 § 9.)
Sect. 54, paragraph in lines 9-17 amended, 1933, 254 § 61; same
paragraph revised, 1934, 323 § 7; last paragraph amended, 1934, 323
§ 7A. (See 1933, 254 § 66; 1934, 323 § 11.)
Sect. 55, first paragraph amended, 1936, 134 ; section amended, 1939,
24 ^7; second last paragraph revised, 1947, 622 § 3. (See 1947, 622
§5.)
Sect. 56A revised, 1934, 317 § 3. (See 1934, 317 § 4.)
Sect. 59 amended, 1934, 323 § 8. (See 1934, 323 § 11.)
Sect. 60 amended, 1939, 451 § 28; 1941, 509 § 8. (See 1941, 509 § 9.)
Sect. 68A amended, 1939, 24 § 8; revised, 1947, 622 .^ 4. (See 1947,
622 § 5.)
Sect. 70 revised, 1935, 473 § 6. (See 1935, 473 § 7.)
Sect. 71 amended, 1933, 167 § 3; 1939, 451 § 29; last sentence
stricken out, 1945, 523 § 3.
Sect. 71A amended, 1935, 150; 1939, 451 § 30.
Sect. 71B added, 1937, 135 § 3 (providing that apphcations for abate-
ment or correction of taxes, made pursuant to any provision of this
chapter, shall be in writing upon forms approved by the commissioner).
Sect. 81 revised, 1939, 24 § 9.
Chaps. 63A^5.1 GENERAL LaWS. 903
Chapter 63A. — Taxation of Certain Corporations, Associations and Or-
ganizations Engaged in the Sale of Alcoholic Beverages.
New chapter inserted, 1947, 632 ;; 1. (See 1947, 632 § 3.)
Chapter 64. — Taxation of Stock Transfers.
Sect. 6 amended, 1939, 451 § 31.
Chapter 64A. — Taxation of Sales of Gasoline and Certain Other Motor
Vehicle Fuel.
Chapter affected, 1932, 248; 1935, 336; 1936, 398; 1938, 431 § 2;
1939, 408; 1941, 330; 1943, 270; 1945, 571.
Sect. 1, paragraph (d) revised, 1936, 357 § 1; sentence defining
"Diesel engine fuel" added, 1947, 666 ^^ 1; paragraph (g) amended,
1941, 490 § 16. (See 1936, 357 § 3; 1947, 666 §§ 2A, 4.)
Sect. 3, last sentence amended, 1943, 420 § 1.
Sect. 4 revised, 1938, 431 § 1, paragraph added at end, 1945, 556.
Sect. 4A added, 1947, 666 <^ 2 (providing for the taxation of Diesel
engine fuel). (See 1947, 666 §§ 2A, 4.)
Sect. 5 amended, 1936, 357 § 2; 1939, 451 § 32; revised, 1943, 420
§ 2. (See 1936, 357 § 3.)
Sect. 7 revised, 1943, 420 § 3.
Sect. 10 amended, 1939, 451 § 33; revised, 1943, 420 § 4.
Sect. 12 revised, 1941, 490 § 17.
Chapter 64B. — Excise upon Charges for Meals served to the Public.
New chapter inserted, 1941, 729 § 17. (See 1941, 729 § 15.)
Sect. 1, definition of "taxable charge," revised, 1945, 663 § 1; 1946,
326 § 1.
Sect. 2 revised, 1945, 663 § 2; 1946, 326 § 2.
Sect. 3 revised, 1945, 663 § 3; 1946, 326 § 3.
Sect. 6, paragraph added at end, 1943, 521 § 2.
Sect. 7 revised, 1946, 564.
Chapter 64C. — Cigarette Excise.
New chapter inserted, 1945, 547 § 1. (See 1945, 547 §§ 2, 3; 731 § 9.)
For legislation providing for temporary cigarette taxes, see 1939,
454 §§ 1-18; 1941, 417, 715; 1943, 407.
Chapter 65. — Taxation of Legacies and Successions.
For legislation establishing an additional tax upon legacies and suc-
cessions to provide funds for old age assistance, see 1941, 729 §§ 9A, 15.
For temporary legislation providing for additional taxes upon legacies
and successions, see 1935, 480; 1936,397; 1937,422; 1938,502; 1939,
454 §§ 20, 22; 1941, 416 §§ 2, 3; 1943, 482 §§ 2, 3, 4; 1945, 557 §§ 2,
3,4.
Sect. 1, table revised, 1933, 293; 1941, 415 § 1; first sentence re-
vised, 1941, 605 § 1. (See 1941, 415 § 2, 605 § 2.)
904 Changes in the [Chaps. 65A-69.
Sect. 3 amended, 1939, 380.
Sects. 24A-24F added, 1933, 319 (providing reciprocal relations in
respect to death taxes upon estates of non-resident decedents).
Sect. 25 amended, 1939, 451 § 34; revised, 1939, 494 § 1.
Sect. 26 amended, 1939, 451 § 35; revised, 1939, 494 § 2.
Sect. 32 amended, 1939, 451 § 36; last sentence stricken out, 1945,
523 § 4.
Chapter 65A. — Taxation of Transfers of Certain Estates.
Sect. 1, paragraph added at end, 1932, 284; second paragraph re-
vised, 1933, 316 § 1; section amended, 1937, 420 § 1. (See 1933, 316
§ 2; 1937, 420 § 4.)
Sect. 5 stricken out, and new sections 5-5B inserted, 1943, 519 § 1
(providing for the equitable apportionment in certain cases of estate
taxes and the collection and payment thereof). (See 1943, 519 § 2.)
Sect. 6 amended, 1937, 420 § 2; last sentence revised, 1943, 471;
1945, 529. (See 1937, 420 § 4.)
Sect. 7 repealed, 1937, 420 § 3. (See 1937, 420 § 4.)
Chapter 65B. — Settlement of Disputes respecting the Domicile of Dece-
dents for Death Tax Purposes.
New chapter inserted, 1943, 428 § 1. (See 1943, 428 § 3.)
Chapter 66. — Public Records.
Sect. 1 amended, 1945, 580 § 7.
Sect. 3 revised, 1936, 305; 1941, 662 § 1.
Sects. 5, 7 and 16 affected, 1941, 662 § 2.
Sect. 8 amended, 1943, 128.
Sect. 15 amended, 1939, 40.
Sect. 17A added, 1941, 630 § 1 (making records relating to old age
assistance, aid to dependent children and aid to the blind confidential) ;
revised, 1943, 169; amended, 1945, 240 § 1; revised, 1946, 67.
Sect. 18 amended, 1945, 393 § 6.
Chapter 67. — Parishes and Religious Societies.
Sect. 7 revised, 1945, 28.
Chapter 68. — Donations and Conveyances for Pious and Charitable Uses.
Sect. 10, sentence added at end, 1934, 238.
Sect. 15 amended, 1946, 23.
Chapter 69. — Powers and Duties of the Department of Education.
Sect. 6 amended, 1932, 127 § 3.
Sect. 7 amended, 1935, 275; 1937, 213, 327; 1938, 315; revised,
1938, 424; amended, 1941, 351 § 6, 561; revised, 1943, 403.
Chap. 70.] GENERAL LaWS. 905
Sect. 7A added, 1946, 439 § 1 (extending to certain members of the
armed forces, and to veterans of World War II, university extension
com-ses free of charge). (See 1946, 439 § 2.)
Sect. 7B added, 1946, 548 § 1 (relative to higher educational oppor-
tunities for children of certain deceased members or former members
of the armed forces) ; second paragraph amended, 1947, 399.
Sect. 8 amended, 1932, 127 § 4.
Sect. 9 amended, 1938, 442 § 1.
Sect. 9A added, 1938, 442 § 2 (further regulating education in the
use of English and certain other subjects adapted to fit persons for
American citizenship).
Sect. 11 revised, 1939, 409 § 4. (See 1939, 409 §§ 1, 5.)
Sect. 19 amended, 1943, 89 § 1.
Sect. 19A added, 1943, 89 § 2 (requiring reports to the director of
the division of the blind of results of examinations of bUnd persons).
Sect. 19B added, 1945, 554 (providing for examinations by ophthal-
mologists of certain applicants for aid to the blind).
Sect. 23 revised, 1943, 526; first paragraph amended, 1947, 458;
paragraph added at end, 1945, 541 § 1.
Sect. 23A added, 1938, 28 (requiring the furnishing of information
to the director of the division of the blind by certain banks and other
depositories).
Sect, 23B added, 1945, 541 § 2 (relative to granting aid or assistance
to certain blind persons).
Sect. 25 revised, 1935, 397.
Sects. 25A-25E added, 1938, 329 (regulating the raising of funds for
the benefit of the blind).
Sect. 26, first paragraph amended, 1945, 524; paragraph added at
end, 1935, 286.
Sect. 26 A added, 1941, 630 § 2 (relative to information concerning
recipients of aid to the blind).
Sect. 29 added, 1938, 313 (relative to instruction in lip reading for
certain school children whose hearing is defective).
Sects. 30 and 31 added, 1943, 549 § 3, under caption "Board of Col-
legiate Authority" (relative to approval by said board of the organiza-
tion of certain educational institutions and of certain amendments to
their charters).
Chapter 70. — School Funds and Other State Aid for Public Schools.
Sect. 1A added, 1941, 524 (relative to reimbursement to cities and
towns for certain school salaries).
Sect. 2 amended, 1932, 127 § 5; paragraph (3) revised, 1943, 12;
paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) revised, 1945, 563.
Sect. 4, last paragraph amended, 1934, 143.
Sect. 6 amended, 1932, 127 § 6.
Sect. 6A added, 1945, 579 § 1 (providing for the identification of
state payments to municipalities as part reimbursement for school
expenditures).
Sect. 7 amended, 1947, 679 § 2.
Sect. 11, paragraph contained in lines 6-9 revised, 1943, 14; para-
graph (3) revised, 1941, 532.
906 Changes in the [Chap. 7i.
Sect. 17A added, 1945, 579 § 2 (providing for the identification of
state allotments to municipalities from the Massachusetts School
Fund).
Sect. 18 amended, 1932, 127 § 7.
Chapter 71. — Public Schools.
Sect. 2 amended, 1938, 246 § 1.
Sect. 6, second and third sentences of first paragraph stricken out,
1947, 679 § 4.
Sect. 7 amended, 1941, 590; repealed, 1947, 679 § 5.
Sect. 7A added, 1947, 679 <5 1 (providing for reimbursement to cities
and towns for certain expenses incurred for the transportation of pupils).
Sect. 13 A added, 1938, 241 (requiring the teaching of the Italian
language in certain public high schools in certain cases).
Sect. 13B added, 1939, 311 (relative to the teaching of modern lan-
guages in certain public high schools).
Sect. 13C added, 1945, 402 (requiring the teaching of the Polish
language in certain public high schools in certain cases).
Sect. 19 amended, 1939, 461 § 1.
Sect. 21 amended, 1945, 133 § 1.
Sects. 26A-26F added, 1946, 165 § 1 (providing for extended school
services for certain children of certain employed mothers). (See 1946,
165 §§ 2, 3.)
Sect. 30A added, 1935, 370 § 1 (requiring that an oath or aflSrma-
tion be taken and subscribed to by certain professors, instructors and
teachers in the colleges, universities and schools of the commonwealth),
(See 1935, 370 §§ 2, 2A, 3.)
Sect. 34 revised, 1939, 294.
Sects. 34A and 34B added, 1943, 547 (requiring persons operating or
maintaining educational institutions to furnish, upon request, certain
transcripts of records).
Sects. 38A-38F added, 1941, 676 § 2 (relative to occupational guid-
ance and placement). (See 1941, 646.)
Sect. 40 amended, 1941, 507; 1943, 494; revised, 1945, 727 § 1; two
sentences added at end, 1946, 527 § 1. (See 1945, 727 § 2; 1946, 527
§§ 2, 3.)
Sect. 41 revised, 1947, 597 § 1.
Sect. 42 revised, 1934, 123; first sentence revised, 1947, 597 § 2;
sentence inserted in line 27, 1946, 195.
Sect. 42A added, 1945, 330 (giving certain rights to school principals
and supervisors in cases of demotion).
Sect. 46 amended, 1941, 194 § 4.
Sect. 46A amended, 1932, 159; revised, 1945, 534; 1946, 357; last
sentence stricken out and three sentences inserted, 1947, 384.
Sect. 47 revised, 1935, 199.
Sect. 48A amended, 1935, 47.
Sect. 52 amended, 1932, 90.
Sect. 54 amended, 1938, 265 § 1; 1945, 133 § 2.
Sect. 55 revised, 1938, 265 § 2.
Sect. 55 A added, 1938, 265 § 3 (relative to the disposition of children
showing signs of ill health or of being infected with a dangerous disease) ^
Chaps. 72-74.] GENERAL LaWS. 907
Sect. 56 revised, 1938, 265 § 4.
Sect. 57 revised, 1943, 384.
Sect. 58 amended, 1932, 127 § 8; revised, 1935, 287; repealed, 1945,
543 § 1.
Sect. 63, paragraph added at end, 1945, 223 § 1. (See 1945, 223 § 2.)
Sect. 66, paragraph added at end, 1937, 281.
Sect. 68 revised, 1934, 97 § 1. (See 1934, 97 § 2.)
Sect. 69 revised, 1935, 258.
Sect. 71 amended, 1935, 193.
Chapter 72. — School Registers and Returns.
Sect. 3, paragraph in lines 6-10 revised, 1939, 461 § 2.
Chapter 73. — State Teachers Colleges (former title, State Normal Schools).
Title changed, 1932, 127 § 9.
Sect. 1 amended, 1932, 127 § 10.
Sect. 2 amended, 1932, 127 § 11.
Sect. 2A added, 1938, 246 § 2 (making the constitutions of the United
States and of this Commonwealth required subjects of instruction in
State Teachers Colleges).
Sect. 3 amended, 1932, 127 § 12.
Sect. 4 amended, 1932, 127 § 13.
Sect. 4A amended, 1932, 127 § 14.
Sect. 5 amended, 1932, 127 § 15. (Temporarily affected, 1933, 233;
1934, 130; 1935, 277.)
Sect. 6 amended, 1932, 127 § 16.
Sect. 7 amended, 1932, 127 § 17; revised, 1935, 21.
Chapter 74. — Vocational Education.
Sect. 1 revised, 1938, 446 § 1: amended, 1941, 617 § 1. (See 1938,
446 § 14.)
Sect. 2 amended, 1938, 446 § 2. (See 1938, 446 § 14.)
Sect. 3 amended, 1938, 446 § 3. (See 1938, 446 § 14.)
Sect. 4 amended, 1938, 446 § 4. (See 1938, 446 § 14.)
Sect. 6 amended, 1938, 446 § 5. (See 1938, 446 § 14.)
Sect. 7 amended, 1938, 446 § 6. (See 1938, 446 § 14.)
Sect. 8A revised, 1937, 323; paragraph added at end, 1939, 308.
Sect. 9 amended, 1938, 446 § 7. (See 1938, 446 § 14.)
Sect. 11 amended, 1933, 102 § 2; 1941, 617 § 2. (See 1933, 102 § 4.)
Sect. 13 amended, 1938, 446 § 8. (See 1938, 446 § 14.)
Sect. 14 revised, 1943, 540.
Sect. 14A added, 1943, 540 (relative to federal funds for vocational
education) .
Sect. 19 revised, 1938, 446 § 9. (See 1938, 446 § 14); repealed
1947, 652 § 13.
Sect. 20 revised, 1947, 652 ^^ 9.
Sect. 21 amended, 1938, 446 § 10; 1946, 552 § 2; revised, 1947, 652
§ 10. (See 1938, 446 § 14; 1946, 552 §§ 4, 5).
908 Changes in the [Chap. 75.
Sect. 22 amended, 1938, 446 § 11; revised, 1947, 652 § 11. (See
1938, 446 § 14.)
Sect. 22 A amended, 1938, 446 § 12; revised, 1947, 652 § 12. (See
1938, 446 § 14.)
Sect. 22C added, 1945, 561 (authorizing the division of the blind
to use federal funds available in a program of rehabilitation of the bUnd).
Sect. 22D added, 1946, 552 § 3 (providing for co-operation by the
commonwealth with the veterans' administration in the administration
of federal laws and regulations relating to the rehabilitation of disabled
veterans of World War II). (See 1946, 552 §§ 4, 5.)
Sect. 24A added, 1947, 497 (relative to the appointment of veterans
as teachers in state aided approved vocational schools).
Sect. 28 revised, 1939, 501 § 6; amended, 1945, 158 § 6.
Sect. 30 amended, 1937, 41.
Sect. 31A added, 1934, 65 (authorizing the trustees of the Essex
county agricultural school to pay transportation costs of certain pupils
attending said school); amended, 1943, 42.
Sect. 42, caption preceding section changed, 1946, 257 § 9; section
revised, 1946, 257 § 1; 1947, 387.
Sect. 43 amended, 1946, 257 $ 2.
Sect. 44 amended, 1946, 257 § 3.
Sect. 45 amended, 1946, 257 § 4.
Sect. 46 amended, 1946, 257 | 5.
Sect. 46A amended, 1946, 257 § 6.
Sect. 47E, paragraph added at end, 1935, 22; section revised, 1946,
378.
Sect. 49, caption preceding section changed, 1942, 1 § 3; section
amended, 1942, 1 § 5; revised, 1946, 340. (See 1942, 1 § 9.)
Sect. 49A added, 1946, 340 (authorizing the board of commissioners
of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy to grant degrees).
Sect. 53 revised, 1942, 1 § 6. (See 1942, 1 § 9.)
Chapter 75. — University of Massachusetts (former title, Massachusetts
State College).
Name changed, 1947, 344 § 1.
Sect. 1 revised, 1947, 344 § 6.
Sect. 2 amended, 1947, 344 § 7.
Sect. 4 amended, 1947, 344 § 8.
Sect. 5 revised, 1935, 288; amended, 1947, 344 § 9.
Sect. 5A added, 1939, 329 (authorizing the trustees of Massachusetts
State College to retain and manage in a revolving fund receipts from
student activities); amended, 1947, 344 § 10.
Sect. 6 amended, 1935, 462 § 2; 1947, 344 § 11. (See 1935, 462, § 1.)
Sect. 7 amended, 1947, 344 § 12.
Sect. 8 amended, 1945, 504; 1947, 344 § 13.
Sect. 9, caption preceding section revised, 1947, 344 § 14; section
amended, 1947, 344 § 15.
Sect. 10 amended, 1947, 344 § 16.
Sect. 11 amended, 1947, 344 § 17.
Sect. 14 amended, 1947, 344 § 18,
Sect. 15 amended, 1947, 344 § 19.
Chaps. 76-80.] GENERAL LawS. 909
Sect. 16 amended, 1947, 344 § 20.
Sect. 16A added, 1945, 586 (providing for the establishment at the
Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station of a diagnostic labora-
tory dealing with the causes, etc., of diseases of domestic animals);
amended, 1947, 344 § 21; revised, 1947, 471.
Sect. 22 amended, 1947, 344 § 22.
Sect. 24 amended, 1947, 344 § 23.
Sect. 25 amended, 1947, 344 § 24.
Sect. 26 amended, 1947, 344 § 25.
Chapter 76. — School Attendance.
Sect. 1 revised, 1939. 461 § 3; amended, 1941, 423.
Sect. 2, two sentences added at end, 1947, 241 § 1. (See 1947, 241
Sects. 7-10. (See 1939, 454 § 21.)
Sect. 15 revised, 1938, 265 § 5.
Chapter 77. — School Offenders and County Training Schools.
Sect. 1 revised, 1933, 295 § 1; amended, 1943, 82.
Chapter 78. — Libraries.
Sect. 4 revised, 1935, 202.
Chapter 79. — Eminent Domain.
Sect. 3, first paragraph amended, 1938, 172 § 6; two sentences added
at end of first paragraph, 1943, 251 § 1. (See 1943, 251 § 4.)
Sect. 8 amended, 1936, 187 § 1; sentence inserted after second
sentence, 1943, 251 § 2. (See 1943, 251 § 4.)
Sect. 9, last sentence amended, 1938, 172 § 7.
Sect. 15 repealed, 1936, 385 § 1. (See 1936, 385 § 2.)
Sect. 16 amended, 1936, 187 § 2; 1938, 185; revised, 1943, 95; para-
graph added at end, 1943, 251 § 3. (See 1943, 251 § 4.)
Sect. 44A added, 1935, 189 (relative to certain tax liens upon real
estate taken by right of eminent domain) ; amended, 1936, 137.
Chapter 80. — Betterments.
Sect. 1 amended, 1933, 254 § 62. (See 1933, 254 § 66.)
Sect. 4 revised, 1933, 63 § 1.
Sect. 5 amended, 1933, 157 § 2. (See 1933, 157 § 3.)
Sect. 10 revised, 1933, 147.
Sect. lOA added, 1933, 157 § 1 (providing that failure of a board of
oflficers to take action upon a petition for abatement of a betterment
assessment shall, for the purposes of appeal, be equivalent to refusal to
abate the assessment). (See 1933, 157 § 3.)
Sect. 12 revised, 1943, 252 § 1, 478 § 4; sentence added at end, 1947,
116.
910 Changes in the [Chaps. 81-83.
Sect. 13 amended, 1933, 63 § 2, 254 § 63; revised, 1934, 315 § 1;
last sentence stricken out and new paragraph added, 1938, 489 § 1;
first sentence of section amended, 1941, 595. (See 1933, 254 § 66; 1934,
315 § 3; 1941, 724.)
Sect. 13A added, 1943, 252 § 2 (relative to the time within which
certain betterment and other assessments on unimproved land shall be
paid).
Chapter 81. — State Highways.
Sect. 5 revised, 1937, 218 § 1.
Sect. 7A added, 1937, 344 (granting certain powers to the depart-
ment of public works with respect to certain ways connecting with
state highways).
Sect. 7B added, 1941, 519 (giving the department of public works
the power to take a slope easement, so called, in certain cases).
Sect. 7C added, 1943, 397 (relative to limited access ways).
Sect. 8 revised, 1936, 371; amended, 1937, 218 § 2.
Sect. 13A added, 1936, 342 (authorizing the department of public
works to accept in behalf of the commonwealth gifts of certain ease-
ments for the purpose of landscaping along state highways, and to do
such landscaping).
Sect. 19, last four sentences stricken out, 1933, 187 § 1. (See 1933,
187 § 2.)
Sect. 20A added, 1945, 539 (providing for the illumination of haz-
ardous locations on state highways).
Sect. 25, first sentence amended, 1947, 454.
Sect. 26 amended, 1934, 366; paragraph added at end, 1946, 523.
Sect. 27 amended, 1939, 224.
Sect. 29A added, 1943, 416 (authorizing the department of public
works to lay out and alter ways other than state highways and facilitat-
ing the securing of federal aid in connection therewith).
Chapter 82. — The Laying Out, Alteration, Relocation and Discontinuance
of Public Ways, and Specific Repairs Thereon.
Sect. 7 amended, 1933, 283 § 2.
Sect. 32B added, 1933, 283 § 3 (authorizing the taking of easements
of slope, so called, by county, city or town officers in connection with
the laying out, widening, altering or relocating of public ways).
Sect. 34 amended, 1935, 309; 1941, 533.
Chapter 83. — Sewers, Drains and Sidewalks.
Sect. 19 revised, 1943, 252 § 4. (See 1943, 252 § 6.)
Sect. 27, last sentence revised, 1943, 252 § 5.
Sect. 29 added, 1943, 252 § 3 (relative to the continuance of liens
created under special acts in connection with certain betterment and
other assessments).
Chaps. 84-90.] GENERAL LaWS. 911
Chapter 84. — Repair of Ways and Bridges.
Sect. 5A added, 1945, 319 (authorizing towns to enter into agree-
ments for the removal of snow and ice from public ways in adjoining
towns, etc.).
Sect. 18 revised, 1933, 114 § 1.
Sect. 19 amended, 1933, 114 § 2.
Sect. 20 revised, 1933, 114 § 3; amended, 1939, 147.
Chapter 85. — Regulations and By-Laws relative to Ways and Bridges.
Sect. 2, second and third sentences amended, 1947, 442 § 2.
Sect. 2 A added, 1941, 346 § 2 (authorizing the department of public
works to remove vehicles from state highways when said vehicles inter-
fere with the removal of snow and ice).
Sect. IIA added, 1941, 710 § 1 (relative to the registration and opera-
tion of certain bicycles).
Sects. 12-14 repealed, 1941, 710 § 2.
Sect. 14B added, 1938, 432 (requiring the use of certain signal lights
at locations on unlighted ways where certain vehicles are disabled);
first paragraph amended, 1946, 375.
Sect. 17B added, 1933, 43 (prohibiting riding upon the rear or on
the side of street railway cars or motor buses without the consent of
the persons in charge thereof) ; revised, 1943, 322 § 2.
Sect. 30 amended, 1935, 30; 1938, 171 § 1; first sentence amended,
1946, 397 § 2.
Sect. 31 revised, 1938, 171 § 2.
Chapter 87. — Shade Trees.
Sect. 5 amended, 1941, 490 § 18.
Chapter 88. — Ferries, Canals and Public Landings.
Sect. 19 revised, 1945, 442.
Chapter 89. — Law of the Road.
Sect. 2 revised, 1933, 301.
Sect. 5 amended, 1936, 49. (See 1938, 149.)
Sect. 7B added, 1934, 382 (relative to the application of traffic laws
and regulations to fire apparatus and other emergency vehicles).
Chapter 90. — Motor Vehicles and Aircraft.
Sect. 1, paragraph (defining "heavy duty platform trailer") added,
1939, 354 § 1; same paragraph amended, 1941, 30; revised, 1945, 595
§ 1; paragraph (defining "motor vehicles") amended, 1932, 182; 1938,
36; paragraph in fines 41-45 (defining "register number") revised,
1935, 43; two paragraphs (defining "semi-trailer" and "semi-trailer
unit") added, 1933, 332 § 1; paragraph (defining "school bus") added,
912 Changes in the [Chap. 90.
1932, 271 § 1; revised, 1946, 91; amended, 1947, 216 § 1; paragraph
in lines 52-56 stricken out, and two paragraphs (defining "tractor"
and "trailer") inserted, 1933, 332 § 2; paragraph (defining "trailer")
amended, 1939, 354 § 2. (See 1932, 271 ^ 7; 1933, 332 ^ 5.)
Sect. 1A amended, 1933, 372 § 3; 1934, 264 § 2.
Sect. 2, fourth paragraph revised, 1932, 5; seventh paragraph re-
vised, 1939, 436 § 1; last paragraph revised, 1933, 54.
Sect. 3, first sentence revised, 1933, 188; section revised, 1939, 325;
paragraph added at end, 1941, 282.
Sect. 3C revised, 1937, 387.
Sect. 3G added, 1945, 590 § 1 (relative to recovery for damage caused
by motor vehicles of non-residents). (See 1945, 590 § 2.)
Sect. 5, last sentence amended, 1947, 311; section revised, 1947,
401 § 1. (See 1947, 401 § 3.)
Sect. 5A added, 1943, 409 § 2 (relative to the use of a general dis-
tinguishing mark or number on all motor vehicles under the control of
the military forces).
Sect. 6, first sentence revised, 1939, 436 § 2.
Sect. 7 amended, 1932, 123 § 1 ; 1933, 51 ; second sentence amended,
1933, 109; sentence added after fourth sentence, 1939, 153; paragraph
added at end of section, 1941, 443. (See 1932, 123 § 2.)
Sect. 7A revised, 1932, 41, 271 § 2. (See 1932, 271 § 7.)
Sect. 7B added, 1932, 271 § 3 (prerequisites to operation of school
bus). (See 1932, 271 § 7.)
Sects. 7A and 7B stricken out, and new sections 7A-7C inserted,
1945, 241 § 1. (See 1945, 241 § 3.)
Sect. 7D added, 1947, 216 $ 2 (making certain provisions of law
relating to school buses applicable to certain motor vehicles used for the
transportation of school children).
Sect. 8 amended, 1934, 103; 1937, 284.
Sect. 9 amended, 1934, 361; 1941, 283.
Sect. 9A revised, 1932, 168 § 1; 1935, 393 § 1. (See 1932, 168
§§2,3; 1935, 393 §2.)
Sect. 10 amended, 1935, 219.
Sect. 14 amended, 1938, 166; third sentence revised, 1947, 418.
Sect. 15 amended, 1932, 271 § 5; 1933, 26 § 1. (See 1932, 271 § 7.)
Sect. 17, sentence added at end, 1932, 271 § 4; section amended,
1947, 406. (See 1932, 271 § 7.)
Sect. 18 amended, 1945, 125.
Sect. 19, last sentence revised, 1933, 332 § 3; 1935, 223 § 1; section
revised, 1935, 326 (but see 1935, 465); amended, 1936, 388 § 1; revised,
1941, 314; first sentence amended, 1946, 380; last two sentences
amended, 1945, 595 § 4; same sentences stricken out and four sen-
tences inserted, 1946, 341. (See 1933, 332 § 5; 1935, 223 § 2; 1936,
388 § 2.) Affected by 1941, 589.
Sect. 19A added, 1946, 397 § 1 (authorizing certain semi-trailer units
and motor vehicles to travel upon public ways without certain permits).
Sect. 20A added, 1934, 368 § 1 (providing for the non-criminal dispo-
sition of charges for violation of motor vehicle parking rules, regulations,
orders, ordinances and by-laws); revised, 1935, 176; first paragraph
revised, 1938, 201. (See 1934, 368 § 2.)
Sect. 21 amended. 1936, 406.
Chap. 90.] GENERAL LaWS. 913
Sect. 22, two paragraphs added at end, 1933, 191; first sentence (as
appearing in 1933, 191) amended, 1941, 312.
Sect. 22A added, 1932, 304 § 1 (requiring the suspension of licenses
to operate motor vehicles issued to persons who do not satisfy judg-
ments in motor vehicle accident cases involving property damage).
(See 1932, 304 § 2.)
Sect. 23, new paragraph added at end, 1933, 69.
Sect. 24 amended, 1932, 26 § 1; first sentence amended, 1936, 182
§ 1; sentence contained in Hues 65-97 amended, 1935, 360; paragraph
added at end, 1936, 182 § 2; section revised, 1936, 434 § 1; paragraph
(1) (a) amended, 1938, 145; paragraph (1) (c) revised, 1939, 82; para-
graph (2) (a) amended, 1937, 230 § 1; paragraph (2) (c) amended, 1937,
117. (See 1937, 230 § 2.)
Sect. 29, last sentence amended, 1932, 26 § 2; section amended,
1935, 477 ^ 1; second sentence revised, 1936, 391; first four sentences
revised, 1947, 508; last two sentences revised, 1938, 146.
Sect. 32B repealed, 1934, 209 § 2. (See 1934, 209 § 3.)
Sects. 32C-32F added, 1934, 209 § 1 (further regulating the business
of leasing motor vehicles upon a mileage basis). (See 1934, 209 § 3.)
Sect. 33, first four paragraphs stricken out, and five new paragraphs
inserted, 1932, 249 § 1 ; fourth paragraph (as appearing in 1932, 249 § 1)
amended, 1933, 183 § 1; fifth paragraph (as so appearing) revised,
1947, 666 § 3; paragraph in fines 21-41 amended, 1932, 180 § 12;
same paragraph stricken out, and two paragraphs inserted, 1933, 332
§ 4; two paragraphs so inserted stricken out, and new paragraph
inserted, 1935, 409 § 1; the paragraph so inserted amended, 1936, 380
§ 1 ; subdivisions (2) and (3) of the paragraph so inserted revised, 1937,
377; subdivision (2) of said paragraph revised, 1945, 595 § 2; subdivi-
sion (3) of said paragraph amended, 1938, 430; subdivision (4) of said
paragraph amended, 1939, 354 § 3; subdivision (6) of said paragraph
amended, 1939, 354 ^^ 4; revised, 1945, 595 § 3; last sentence revised,
1947, 463; paragraph inserted after "registrar" in line 75 (as appearing
in the Ter. Ed.) 1947, 401 § 2; last paragraph amended, 1936, 401.
(See 1932, 249 § 2; 1933, 183 § 2, 332 § 5; 1935, 409 ^ 2; 1936, 380 § 2;
1947, 401 § 3; 666 § 4.)
Sect. 34, four words stricken out, 1933, 197 § 3; first paragraph
amended, 1934, 364 § 1; section revised, 1943, 427 § 2. (See 1934, 364
§3.)
Sect. 34A, paragraph defining "certificate" revised, 1945, 384 § 1.
New paragraph (defining "guest occupant") added, 1935, 459 § 1;
paragraphs defining "motor vehicle hability bond" and "motor vehicle
liability policy" revised, 1935, 459 § 2. (See 1935, 459 § 5; 1945, 384
§3.)
Sect. 34B, second paragraph revised, 1933, 83 § 1; 1935, 302; fourth
paragraph revised, 1933, 83 § 2. (See 1933, 83 § 3.)
Sect. 34C amended, 1932, 180 § 13.
Sect. 34D revised, 1935, 459 § 3. (See 1935, 459 § 5.)
Sect. 34H, first paragraph amended, 1933, 119 § 4; new paragraph
inserted, 1933, 119 § 5. (See 1933, 119 § 6.)
Sect. 53, last sentence amended, 1932, 180 § 14.
SectK. 35-60 stricken out, and new sections 35-50 (uniform aeronautical
code) inserted, 1935, 418 § 2. (See also below.)
Sect. 36 revised, 1938, 417 § 1.
914 Changes in the [Chap. 90.
Sect. 37 revised, 1938, 417 § 2.
Sect. 38 revised, 1938, 417 § 3.
Sect. 39 revised, 1938, 417 § 4.
Sect. 40 revised, 1938, 417 § 5.
Sect. 41 revised, 1938, 417 § 6.
Sect. 42 revised, 1938, 417 § 7.
Sect. 43 revised, 1938, 417 § 8.
Sect. 43 A added, 1938, 417 § 9 (relative to the powers and duties of
police and certain other officers as to aircraft accidents and violations
of the laws, rules and regulations relative to aircraft).
Sect. 44 revised, 1938, 417 § 10.
Sect. 45 revised, 1938, 417 § 11.
Sect. 46 revised, 1938, 417 § 12.
Sects. 35-43 and 44-50, inc. (inserted by 1935, 418 § 2, as amended) and
sect. 43A (inserted by 1938, 417 § 9) stricken out and new sections 35-52
inserted, 1939, 393 § 3 (further revising the laws relative to aviation). (See
1939, 393 §§ 4-6.)
Sect. 35, paragraph defining "Airport" amended, 1941, 537 § 1;
paragraph inserted after said paragraph, 1941, 537 § 2; paragraph de-
fining "Landing field" amended, 1941, 537 § 3; two paragraphs added
at end, 1941, 537 § 4; section revised, 1946, 507; "Navigable Air
Space" defined, 1947, 292.
Sects. 36-38 repealed 1946, 583 § 2. (See G. L. 6 §§ 57-59. See
also 1946, 583 §§ 1, 4.)
Sect. 39, first paragraph revised, 1941, 695 § 13; section revised,
1946, 583 i^ 3. (See 1946, 583 § 5.)
Sects. 39A-39F added, 1946, 607 § 1 (relative to a state airport
plan).
Sect. 39F revised, 1947, 593 § 4.
Sect. 39G added, 1947, 593 § 5 (making certain provisions of law
relating to airports in municipalities applicable to airports in counties).
Sect. 40 revised, 1946, 582 § 1.
Sects. 40A^0I inserted, 1941, 537 § 5 (relative to protecting the
approaches to publicly owned airports).
Sect. 41 revised, 1946, 582 § 2.
Sect. 42 amended, 1941, 537 § 6.
Sect. 43 revised, 1946, 582 § 3.
Sect. 44 amended, 1941, 537 § 7.
Sect. 45 amended, 1941, 537 § 8; revised, 1947, 319.
Sect. 51 stricken out, 1946, 613 § 1.
Sects. 51A-51B added, 1946, 582 § 4 (relative to the supervision of
state airports by airport managers and to the leasing thereof).
Sects. 51C-51L added, 1946, 613 § 1 (relating to the acquisition,
establishment, maintenance, operation and regulation of airports by
the commonwealth and the cities and towns thereof).
Sect. 51E, second and third sentences revised, 1947, 70; last sentence
stricken out and five sentences inserted, 1947, 593 § 1.
Sect. 511 revised, 1947, 593 § 2.
Sect. 51K revised, 1947, 593 § 3.
Sect. 51M added, 1947, 332 (prohibiting the granting of exclusive
franchises for transportation of persons at airports publicly owned or
controlled, or constructed wholly or partly with public funds).
Sect. 51N added, 1947, 501 (authorizing municipahties to establish,
maintain and operate airports as joint enterprises).
Chaps. 91-92.1 GENERAL LaWS. 915
Chapter 91. — Waterways.
Sect. 9A added, 1938, 407 § 2 (providing a method for the develop-
ment of waterfront terminal facilities).
Sect. 12A added, 1939, 513 § 6 (licensing and otherwise regulating
structures, filling and excavations in certain rivers and streams).
Sect. 27, paragraph added at end, 1937, 372 § 2.
Sect. 46A added, 1935, 362 § 1 (penalizing the unlicensed breaking
up or altering of vessels, scows, Ughters or certain other structures).
Sect. 49 revised, 1935, 362 § 2.
Chapter 91A. — Port of Boston Authority.
New chapter inserted, 1945, 619 § 3. (See 1945, 619 §§ 4-11.)
Sect. 4 amended, 1947, 413 § 1.
Chapter 92. — Metropolitan Sewers, Water and Parks.
For legislation abohshing the Metropolitan District Water Supply-
Commission and transferring its functions to the Metropolitan District
Commission, see 1947, 583.
Sect. 1 amended, 1946, 367 § 1. (See 1946, 367 § 2.)
Sect. 8 amended, 1946, 432 § 5.
Sect. 10 revised, 1943, 543 § 1 ; 1945, 587 H ; paragraph (2) amended,
1946, 549 § 1; paragraph (3) amended, 1947, 575 § 1; paragraph (4)
amended, 1946, 549 § 2; paragraph (5) sentence added at end, 1946,
549 ^^ 3; paragraph (6) revised, 1946, 549 § 4; paragraph (10) amended,
1946, 243, 549 <^ 5; paragraph (12) revised, 1947, 575 § 2. (See 1943,
543 §§ lA, 3; 1945, 587 § 5; 1947, 575 §5^ 3-6.) ^
Sect. 17, paragraph added at end, 1945, 693 § 1.
Sect. 26, first paragraph revised, 1943, 543 § 2; first two paragraphs
revised, 1945, 587 v^ 2; second paragraph amended, 1946, 432 § 6; first
two paragraphs revised, 1946, 549 s 6. (See 1945, 587 §§4, 5.)
Sects. 26A and 26B added, 1945, 587 § 3 (fixing the price for water
furnished to municipalities by the metropolitan water district and pro-
viding for a state borrowing to ensure the maintenance of the price as
fixed and providing for disposition of the excess in the metropolitan
water works sinking fund).
Sect. 26A, first two sentences revised, 1946, 549 ^^ 7.
Sect. 48 amended, 1934, 266 § 1. (See 1934, 266 § 4.)
Sect. 56 revised, 1933, 197 § 1; sentence added at end, 1939, 429
§ 1. (See 1939, 429 §§ 2, 4.)
Sect. 57 amended, 1933, 197 § 2.
Sect. 58 amended, 1946, 432 § 7.
Sect. 59A added, 1945, 637 § 7 (relative to annual assessments upon
municipalities of the metropolitan districts for maintenance) ; sentence
added at end, 1946, 432 § 8. (See 1945, 279.)
Sect. 60 revised, 1939, 429 § 3; last sentence revised, 1946, 432 § 9.
(See 1939, 429 § 4.)
Sect. 60A added, 1937, 352 § 1 (regulating the making and award-
ing of certain contracts by the metropolitan district commission and
metropolitan district water supply commission); repealed, 1941, 547 § 2.
(See 1937, 352 § 2; 1941, 547 § 1.)
916 Changes in the [Chaps. 92A, 93.
Sect. 62 revised, 1938, 396; amended, 1941, 658 § 1. (See 1941,
658 § 2.)
Sect. 62A added, 1937, 416 § 1 (providing for a reserve police force
for the metropolitan district commission); revised, 1939, 441 § 1. (See
1937, 416 § 5; 1939, 441 §§ 3, 5.)
Sect. 63 repealed, 1937, 416 § 2. (See 1937, 416 § 5; 1939, 441 § 3.)
Sect. 93 amended, 1934, 266 § 2. (See 1934, 266 § 4.)
Sect. 94 amended, 1934, 266 § 3. (See 1934, 266 § 4.)
Sect. 99 repealed, 1947, 530.
Sect. 100 revised, 1939, 499 § 7; 1945, 292 § 9. (See 1945, 637 § 8.)
Chapter 92A. — Massachusetts Public Building Comtnission.
New chapter inserted, 1947, 466 § 3. (See 1947, 466 §§ 4-6.)
For prior temporary legislation, see 1933, 365, 368; 1934, 41; 1935,
380; 1937, 338; 1938, 20, 501 § 3; 1939, 417, 418; 1941, 720 § 16;
1943, 517.§ 3.
Chapter 93. — Regulation of Trade and Certain Enterprises.
Sect. 8, sentence added at end, 1938, 410 § 2.
Sects. 14A-14D added, under heading "fair trade", 1937, 398
(protecting trade mark owners, distributors and the public against in-
jurious and uneconomic practices in the distribution of articles of
standard quality under a trade mark, brand or name).
Sect. 14A amended, 1939, 231.
Sect. 14B amended, 1939, 313.
Sect. 14C revised, 1943, 40.
Sects. 14E-14K added, under heading "unfair sales", 1938, 410
§ 1 (defining and prohibiting unfair sales practices, with a view to
preventing the advertising or offering for sale, or the selling below cost,
of merchandise for the purpose of injuring competitors or destroying
competition). (See 1941, 715.)
Sect. 14E, paragraphs (a) and (6) amended, 1939, 189 § 1; paragraph
(h) added at end, 1939, 189 § 2.
Sect. 14F revised, 1941, 494.
Caption immediately preceding section 21 amended, 1939, 343 § 3.
Sect. 21 amended, 1939, 343 § 1; 1941, 583 § 1.
Sects. 21A-21D added, 1941, 583 § 2 (defining and further regulating
private trade schools).
Sect. 22 amended, 1939, 343 § 2; 1941, 583 § 3.
Sects. 28A-28D added, under heading "regulating closing out
sales, so called, and similar types of sales", 1938, 165.
Sect. 28A revised, 1939, 207.
Sect. 29, heading and section amended, 1946, 612 § 3. (See 1946,
612 §§ 5, 6.)
Sect. 30 revised, 1945, 233.
Sect. 30A revised, 1946, 612 § 4.
Sect. 34. For temporary act to enable savings banks and certain
other banking institutions to co-operate in the distribution of United
States defense savings bonds and defense postal savings stamps, see
1941, 221, 575.
Chap. 94.] GENERAL LawS. 917
Chapter 94. — Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles.
Sect. 1, paragraph in lines 128-132 (defining "pasteurized milk")
revised, 1932, 158; section amended in part, 1933, 67 §§ 1-5; para-
graph (defining "milk plant" and "manufactory") added, 1933, 338
1 1; paragraph in hnes 30-36 (defining "butter" and "cheese") stricken
out and new paragraph defining "butter" inserted, 1937, 335 § 1; para-
graph in line 40 reading, "cheese", see "butter", stricken out and
four new paragraphs inserted, 1937, 335 § 2 (defining cheese and cream
cheese); paragraph (defining "bakery") amended, 1937, 362 § 1; para-
graphs in lines 148-164 (defining "agricultural seeds" or "agricultural
seed", "noxious weed seeds" and "weed seeds") revised and definition
of "vegetable seeds" added, 1938, 363 § 1; last four definitions stricken
out, 1946, 377 § 1; paragraph in lines 177-181 revised, 1939, 196 § 1.
(See 1937, 362 § 7.)
Sect. 6 amended, 1937, 362 § 2. (See 1937, 362 § 7.)
Sect. 7 amended, 1941, 490 § 19.
Sect. 8 revised, 1937, 53.
Sect. 9 amended, 1939, 261 § 6.
Sects. 9A-9M added, 1937, 362 § 3 (changing the position in the
General Laws of certain provisions of law relative to bakeries). (For
prior legislation, see G. L. chap. Ill §§ 34-43, 46-49, repealed by
1937, 362 § 6.) (See 1937, 362 §§ 6, 7.)
Sect. 10 amended, 1937, 362 § 4. (See 1937, 362 § 7.)
Sects. lOA-lOE stricken out, and new sections lOA-lOG (regulating
the manufacture, bottling and sale of certain non-alcoholic beverages)
inserted, 1935, 441.
Sect. lOF amended, 1941, 119.
Sects. 12-48A. For temporary legislation establishing within the
department of agriculture a milk control board, and defining its powers
and duties, see note to G. L. chapter 94A, inserted by 1941, 691 § 2.
Sects. 13, 14, 14A and 15 stricken out, and new sections 13-13E
(relative to the grading of milk) inserted, 1933, 263 § 1. (See 1933,
263 § 3.)
Sect. 16 stricken out and sections 16-161 (regulating the production,
sale and distribution of milk) inserted, 1932, 305 § 3. (See 1932, 305
§§ 5, 6.)
Sect. 16C amended, 1941, 374; revised, 1946, 467.
Sects. 16J-16L added, 1946, 542 (relative to the regulation of trans-
portation, handling and sale of milk).
Sect. 16K revised, 1947, 379.
Sect. 17A amended, 1933, 124.
Sect. 18 revised, 1933, 263 § 2. (See 1933, 263 § 3.)
Sect. 20 revised, 1939, 212.
Sect. 29A revised, 1933, 253; 1946, 447 § 1.
Sect. 30 revised, 1933, 253; 1946, 447 § 2.
Sect. 31 revised, 1933, 253; 1946, 447 § 3.
Sect. 40 amended, 1941, 298.
Sect. 42A stricken out, and new sections 42A-42K (requiring dealers
in milk or cream to be licensed and bonded) inserted, 1933, 338 § 2;
affected, 1939, 421.
Skct. 42A amended, 1935, 126.
918 Changes in the [Chap. 94.
Sect. 42F revised, 1934, 180 § 1.
Sect. 42H, paragraph 2 revised, 1934, 180 § 2.
Sect. 43 revised, 1932, 305 § 4; amended, 1935, 88; first paragraph
amended, 1936, 210. (See 1932, 305 §§ 5, 6.)
Sect. 45 revised, 1935, 317.
Sect. 48B added, 1935, 259 (requiring institutions supported wholly
or in part by funds of the commonwealth to use milk, other than
cream and certified milk, produced within the commonwealth).
Sect. 48C added, 1939, 317 (regulating the manufacture, sale and
delivery of certain milk beverages, so called).
Sect. 50 amended, 1937, 335 § 3.
Sect. 60 revised, 1934, 373 § 2.
Sect. 61A added, 1937, 335 § 4 (relative to the manufacture and
sale of certain cheese).
Sects. 64, 64A, 65, 65A, 65B, 65E and 65F, and the caption of said
section 64, stricken out, and sections 65G-65S inserted, under caption
"frozen desserts and ice cream mix", 1934, 373 § 1. (See 1934, 373
§8.)
Sect. 65 J, second paragraph revised, 1937, 341 § 1.
Sect. 65L, subdivision (c) amended, 1937, 341 § 2.
Sect. 65P, paragraph (/) added at end, 1937, 341 § 3.
Sect. 66A added, 1945, 109 (making certain laws relative to cold
storage warehouses inapplicable to locker plants, so called).
Sect. 74 revised, 1933, 329 § 5; repealed, 1941, 598 § 2.
Sect. 74A added, 1933, 329 § 6 (definition of "fish"); repealed, 1941,
598 § 2.
Sects. 75 and 76 repealed, 1933, 329 § 7.
Sect. 77, first sentence stricken out, 1933, 329 § 8; repealed, 1941,
598 § 2.
Sect. 77A added, 1934, 216 (regulating the importation of fresh
swordfish).
Sect. 78 revised, 1933, 329 § 9; repealed, 1941, 598 § 2.
Sect. 78A added, 1933, 329 § 10 (prohibiting certain misrepresen-
tations in the sale of lobsters); repealed, 1941, 598 § 2.
Sect. 79 repealed, 1933, 329 § 7.
Sect. 80 repealed, 1941, 598 § 2.
Sect. 81 revised, 1933, 329 § 11; 1939, 491 § 10; repealed, 1941,
598 § 2. (See 1939, 491 § 12.)
Sect. 82 repealed, 1941, 598 § 2.
Sect. 83 revised, 1933, 329 § 12; repealed, 1941, 598 § 2.
Sect. 85 amended, 1939, 261 § 7.
Sect. 88A revised, 1933, 329 § 13; repealed, 1941, 598 § 2.
Sect. 88B added, 1936, 176 (requiring that shucked scallops and
quahaugs in the shell be sold only by weight).
Sect. 90A added, 1935, 369 (relative to the sale and distribution of
Sect. 90B added, 1938, 404 (estabUshing standard sizes in connec-
tion with the sale and distribution of eggs).
Sect. 92B added, under caption "meats and poultry", 1935, 97
(requiring the retail sale of meats and poultry to be by weight).
Sect. 98 amended, 1939, 261 § 8.
Sect. 99A amended, 1939, 261 § 9.
Chap. 94.] GeNEKAL LaWS. 919
Sect. 118 amended, 1943, 332 § 1.
Sect. 119 amended, 1943, 332 § 2.
Sect. 120 amended, 1943, 332 § 3.
Sect. 120A amended, 1943, 332 § 4.
Sect. 123 amended, 1932, 180 § 15; 1943, 332 § 5.
Sect. 124 revised, 1943, 508 § 1.
Sect. 126 amended, 1946, 213 § 1.
Sect. 128 amended, 1946, 213 § 2.
Sect. 129 revised, 1946, 213 § 3.
Sect. 130 amended, 1946, 213 i: 4.
Sect. 131 revised, 1943, 332 § 6.
Sect. 133 amended, 1943, 332 § 7; 1946, 213 § 5.
Sect. 133A added, 1946, 213 § 6 (further regulating the slaughtering
of certain animals).
Sect. 134 amended, 1946, 213 § 7.
Sect. 135 amended, 1943, 332 § 8.
Sect. 138 amended, 1943, 508 § 2.
Sect. 139 amended, 1946, 213 § 8.
Sect. 139A added, 1945, 679 (relative to the establishment and
operation of poultry slaughtering houses).
Sect. 146, first paragraph amended, 1934, 340 § 6; 1943, 508 § 3.
(See 1934, 340 § 18.)
Sect. 148, second paragraph amended, 1934, 340 § 6A. (See 1934,
340 § 18.)
Sect. 151 revised, 1943, 508 § 4.
Sects. 152A-152C added, 1934, 296 (relative to the sale and trans-
portation of poultry).
Sect. 152A amended, 1935, 157 § 1.
Sect. 152B revised, 1935, 157 § 2.
Sect. 153A added, 1933, 116 (relative to the sale of meat and meat
products containing certain preservatives); revised, 1933, 311;
1945, 165.
Sect. 172 revised, 1939, 122.
Sect. 174A added, 1945, 92 § 1 (fixing standard weights of containers
for certain flours, etc.); revised, 1946, 92.
Sect. 175 repealed, 1945, 92 § 2.
Sect. 177 revised, 1946, 176.
Sect. 181 amended, 1939, 261 § 10.
Sect. 182 amended, 1939, 261 § 11.
Sect. 184 amended, 1939, 261 § 12.
Sect. 185A repealed, 1937, 341 § 4.
Sect. 197, paragraph in hnes 10-15 revised, 1935, 412 § 1; amended,
1943, 305 § 1; fourth paragraph revised, 1943, 305 § 2.
Sect. 198 amended, 1935, 412 § 2.
Sects. 198A and 198B added, 1935, 412 § 3 (relative to the Ucensing
of certain deahngs in narcotic drugs).
Sect. 201 amended, 1935, 412 § 4.
Sect. 203 amended, 1935, 412 § 5.
Sect. 206 amended, 1935, 412 § 6.
Sect. 209 revised, 1945, 509.
Sect. 211 amended, 1935, 412 § 7; revised, 1938, 321 § 1.
Sect. 212 amended, 1938, 321 § 2.
920 Changes in the [Chap. 94.
Sect. 212A added, 1938, 321 § 3 (providing for the arrest without
a warrant and punishment of a person present where a narcotic drug
is unlawfully kept or deposited).
Sect. 214 amended, 1935, 412 § 8; 1943, 357.
Sect. 215 amended, 1935, 412 § 9.
Sect. 217 amended, 1935, 412 § 10.
Sect. 225, paragraph added at end, 1939, 69.
Sect. 239A amended, 1939, 261 § 13.
Sect. 244 amended, 1941, 155 § 1.
Sect. 245 revised, 1933, 94 § 2; amended, 1939, 261 § 13 A; revised,
1941, 155 § 2.
Sect. 246 revised, 1941, 155 § 4.
Sect. 248 amended, 1934, 184; 1939, 261 § 14; revised, 1943, 241 § 1;
amended, 1946, 222.
Sect. 249A amended, 1939, 261 § 15.
Sect. 249B amended, 1939, 261 § 16.
Sect. 249E revised, 1943, 241 § 2.
Sect. 249E^ added, 1943, 241 § 3 (relative to the allowable amount
of non-combustible residue of coal and coke).
Sect. 249F amended, 1939, 261 § 17; 1943, 241 § 4.
Sect. 249G added, under caption "material for road construc-
tion", 1933, 94 § 1 (authorizing certain officers to direct the weighing
of material for road construction); amended, 1939, 261 § 17A; repealed,
1941 155 5 3.
Sect. 250 revised, 1933, 67 § 6.
Sect. 252 amended, 1933, 67 § 7.
Sect. 254 amended, 1933, 67 § 8.
Sect. 255 amended, 1933, 67 § 9.
Sect. 256 revised, 1933, 67 § 10.
Sect. 257 revised, 1933, 67 § 11.
Sect. 258 revised, 1933, 67 § 12.
Sect. 261A amended, 1938, 363 § 2.
Sect. 261B amended, 1938, 363 § 3.
Sect. 261C revised, 1938, 363 § 4.
Sect. 261D revised, 1938, 363 § 5.
Sect. 261E, paragraph added at end, 1938, 363 § 6.
Sects. 261H-261L stricken out, and new sections 261H-261L in-
serted, 1937, 288 § 1. (See 1937, 288 § 2.)
Sect. 261H, paragraph added at end, 1938, 363 § 7.
Sect. 261 K amended, 1938, 363 § 8.
Sect. 261L revised, 1938, 363 § 9.
Sects. 261A~S61L stricken out, and new sections 261A-261K inserted,
1946, 377 § 2.
Sect. 270, paragraph added at end, 1937, 176.
Sects. 270A and 270B added, 1935, 439 (providing for the steriliza-
tion of feathers, down and second-hand material intended for use in
the manufacture of any article of bedding or of upholstered furniture).
Sect. 270C added, 1939, 196 § 2 (relative to the marking of certain
articles of bedding and upholstered furniture consisting in whole or in
part of second-hand metal).
Sect. 270D added, 1939, 351 (further regulating the sale within the
commonwealth of articles of bedding and upholstered furniture); re-
pealed, 1941, 57.
Chaps. 94A, 95.] GENERAL LaWS. 921
Sect. 276 amended, 1939, 196 § 3.
Sect. 277A added, 1941, 422 (requiring the marking or labelling of
furs, imitation furs and articles made therefrom, and prohibiting mis-
representation in such marks or labels).
Sect. 283 amended, 1939, 261 § 17B.
Sect. 295A added, under heading "petroleum products", 1933,
228 (relative to prevention of fraud and misrepresentation in the sale
of gasoUne, lubricating oils and other motor fuels, and to prevention
of the adulteration thereof).
Sects. 295B and 295C added, 1938, 411 (prohibiting and penahzing
the use of misleading signs relating to the price of gasoline and other
motor fuel).
Sect. 295C revised, 1939, 218.
Sects. 295A-295C stricken out, and new sections 295A-2950 in-
serted, 1939, 459 § 1 (further regulating the advertising and sale of
motor fuel at retail). (See 1939, 459 § 3.)
Sect. 295G revised, 1941, 311.
Sect. 298 amended, 1934, 109 § 1.
Sect. 299 amended, 1934, 109 § 2.
Sects. 303A-303E added, under caption "methyl or wood alco-
hol", 1934, 372 § 3 (relative to such alcohol and to certain preparations
containing such alcohol).
Sect. 303 A amended, 1935, 342; 1936, 53.
Sect. 303B amended, 1937, 177 § 1.
Sect. 303C revised, 1937, 177 § 2.
Sect. 303F added, under caption "fuel oils", 1935, 95 (regulating
the sale of fuel oils).
Sect. 305A amended, 1937, 362 § 5. (See 1937, 362 § 7.)
Chapter 94A. — Milk Control.
New chapter inserted, 1941, 691 § 2. (See 1941, 691 §§3-6.)
(For prior temporary legislation establishing within the department
of agriculture a milk control board, and defining its powers and duties,
see 1934, 376; term of office of said board extended, 1936, 300; 1938,
334; 1939, 413; 1941, 418 § 1; 631 § 1; legislation amended, 1937, 428;
1938,279; 1939,302.)
Sect. 12A added, 1943, 445 (defining the powers and duties of the
milk control board in case of a failure to pay the official minimum price
for the sale or delivery of milk).
Sect. 13, subsections (e) and (/) added at end, 1945, 134 (relative to
the furnishing to the milk control board of certain information by
licensed milk dealers); first paragraph of subsection (e) revised, 1946,
312. (See 1945, 409.)
Sect. 22 revised, 1943, 164.
Sect. 22A added, 1943, 147 (in aid of the construction and enforce-
ment of the state milk control law, so called).
Chapter 95. — Measuring of Leather.
Sect. 1 amended, 1939, 261 § 18.
922 Changes in the [Chaps. 96-ioi.
Chapter 96. — Measurement of Lumber.
Sect. 11 A added, 1945, 145 (adopting the international log rule as
standard for determining the board feet content of saw logs).
Chapter 97. — Surveying of Land.
Sects. 8-13 added, 1941, 47 (defining and authorizing the use of a
system of plane co-ordinates for designating and stating positions of
points on the surface of the earth within the commonwealth).
Chapter 98. — Weights and Measures.
Sect. 1 amended, 1939, 261 § 19.
Sect. 14A amended, 1936, 73.
Sect. 20 amended, 1934, 373 § 3.
Sect. 21 amended, 1934, 373 § 4.
Sect. 22 amended, 1939, 261 § 19A; revised, 1941, 59.
Sect. 29, paragraph added at end, 1945, 273.
Sect. 30 repealed, 1935, 60 § 2.
Sect. 32 amended, 1935, 60 § 3.
Sect. 37 amended, 1936, 72.
Sect. 41 amended, 1941, 462.
Sect. 56, paragraph (b}4,) added, 1934, 98 (establishing fees for seal-
ing certain liquid-measuring meters); section revised, 1937, 74; para-
graph (6H) added, 1937, 305 § 1. (See 1937, 305 § 2.)
Sect. 56 A added, 1941, 60 (relative to the location of scales and other
weighing devices used in weighing food sold at retail by weight).
Chapter 99. — The Metric System of Weights and Measures.
Sect. 1 amended, 1939, 261 § 20.
Sect. 3 amended, 1939, 261 § 21.
Sect. 4 amended, 1939, 261 § 22.
Chapter 100. — Auctioneers.
Sect. 1, paragraph added at end, 1936, 209 § 1.
Sect. 2 revised, 1941, 81.
Sect. 5 amended, 1932, 156 § 1.
Sect. 14 revised, 1932, 156 § 2.
Sect. 16 revised, 1932, 156 § 3.
Sects. 18-21 added, 1936, 209 § 2 (relative to bankruptcy auctions
and other auctions of similar type and relative to certain fraudulent
practices at auctions).
Chapter 101. — Transient Vendors, Hawkers and Pedlers.
Sect. 1, second paragraph revised, 1936, 218; section amended, 1941,
490 § 21.
Sect. 3 amended, 1939, 261 § 23; 1941, 490 § 22.
Sect. 5 amended, 1933, 254 § 64. (See 1933, 254 § 66.)
Chaps. 102-110.] GENERAL LawS. 923
Sect. 6A added, 1938, 85 (providing that applications for transient
vendors' licenses shall contain irrevocable power of attorney for service
of process, and providing for service of process under authority thereof).
Sect. 15 amended, 1937, 214; revised, 1937, 333.
Sect. 16 revised, 1935, 42; amended, 1937, 130.
Sect. 19 amended, 1934, 114; 1937, 73.
Sect. 24 amended, 1936, 74; 1945, 493 § 1. (See 1945, 493 § 2.)
Sect. 27 amended, 1941, 490 § 23.
Sect. 30 amended, 1934, 77.
Sect. 32 amended, 1941, 490 § 24.
Sect. 33 amended, 1945, 160.
Chapter 102. — Shipping and Seamen, Harbors and Harbor Masters.
Sect. 15 revised, 1932, 232 § 1.
Sect. 15A added, 1932, 232 § 2 (penalty for improper operation of
motor and other boats).
Sect. 17 revised, 1932, 57.
Chapter 105. — Public Warehouses.
Sect. 1 amended, 1935, 310 § 1.
Sects. 2A and 2B added, 1935, 122 § 1 (relative to the termination
of liability of sureties on bonds furnished by public warehousemen).
(See 1935, 122 § 3.)
Sect. 2C added, 1947, 499 (authorizing the keeping and maintenance
of certain pubhc warehouses without a license).
Sect. 6 revised, 1935, 122 § 2. (See 1935, 122 § 3.)
Sect. 9, clause (h) revised, 1935, 310 § 2.
Sect. 33, paragraph added at end, 1946, 172.
Chapter 107. — Money and Negotiable Instruments.
Sect. 5 revised, 1947, 55.
Sect. 31 amended, 1941, 215.
Sect. HI A added, 1947, 167 (relative to the time for payment by
banks of checks and other instruments).
Chapter 107A. — Assignments of Accounts Receivable.
New chapter inserted, 1945, 141 § 1. (See 1945, 141, § 2.)
Chapter 108A. — Partnerships.
Sect. 34, first paragraph amended, 1932, 180 § 16.
Chapter 110. — Labels, Trade Marks, Names and Registration Thereof.
Sect. 4B added, 1946, 169 § 1 (penalizing the use for trade purposes
of the words "Army", "Navy" and other words denoting branches of
the United States Government). (See 1946, 169 § 3.)
924 Changes in the [Chaps, no a, hi.
Sect. 7A added, 1947, 307 (authorizing injunctive relief in certain
cases of trade mark infringement or unfair competition).
Sect. 21 amended, 1934, 373 § 5.
Sect. 26 amended, 1946, 169 § 2.
Chapter llOA. — Promotion and Sale of Securities.
Chapter stricken out and new chapter inserted, 1932, 290 § 1. (See 1932.
290 §§ 3, 4.)
The following references are to the new chapter llOA:
Sect. 2, paragraph (a) revised, 1939, 442 § 4; paragraph (c) amended,
1936, 316; 1938, 445 § 2; paragraph (/) revised, 1938, 445 § 3.
Sect. 3, paragraph (il^) inserted, 1945, 288 § 1: last paragraph
revised, 1945, 288 § 2.
Sect. 4, paragraph (g) revised, 1938, 445 § 4; paragraph (j) added,
1938, 445 § 5.
Sect. 5, paragraph inserted before the last paragraph, 1938, 445 § 6.
Sect. 9, last sentence stricken out, 1938, 445 § 7.
Sect. 10, fourth sentence stricken out and two new sentences inserted,
1938, 445 § 8.
Sect. IIA added, 1938, 445 § 9 (regulating the sale by a corporation
of its securities to employees). [For prior legislation, see General Laws,
chapter 155 § 23A, repealed by 1938, 445 § 13.]
Sect. 12 revised, 1938, 445 § 10; last paragraph amended, 1939,
442 § 5.
Sect. 12A added, 1938, 445 § 11 (relative to the modifying or annul-
ling by the commission of orders or findings made by the director of the
securities division and to review of such action); repealed, 1939, 442 § 6.
Sect. 13 amended, 1936, 68.
Sect. 18 revised, 1938, 445 § 12.
Chapter 111. — Public Health.
Sect. 1, paragraph added at end, 1938, 265 § 6.
Sect. 3 revised, 1946, 152.
Sect. 5, paragraph added at end, 1941, 388; same paragraph re-
vised, 1945, 615.
Sect. 5A added, 1941, 612 (relative to the preparation and distribu-
tion by the department of public health of products applicable to the
prevention or cure of diseases of man).
Sect. 6 revised, 1938, 265 § 7.
Sect. 11 revised, 1934, 328 § 1.
Sect. 12 revised, 1943, 331 § 1.
Sect. 13, last sentence revised, 1943, 331 § 2.
Sect. 15 amended, 1934, 340 § 7. (See 1934, 340 § 18.)
Sect. 16 amended, 1934, 340 § 8. (See 1934, 340 § 18.)
Sect. 17 amended, 1937, 340.
Sect. 20 revised, 1947, 76.
Sect. 24 amended, 1937, 365; revised, 1939, 234; 1945, 292 § 10.
Sect. 26 revised, 1946, 268 ^^ 1.
Sects. 26A-26E added, 1946, 268 § 2 (relative to the replacement of
a board of health of a city by a health department).
Chap. 111.] GENERAL LaWS. 925
Sect. 27A revised, 1932, 209.
Sect. 31 amended, 1937, 285.
Sect. 31A stricken out, and new sections 31A and 31B inserted, 1937,
282.
Sect. 31 A, paragraph added at end, 1945, 423.
Sects. 34-43 and 46-49, and the caption preceding section 34,
repealed, 1937, 362 § 6. (See 1937, 362 §§ 1-5, 7.)
Sect. 51 revised, 1943, 16 § 1.
Sect. 53 amended, 1943, 16 § 2.
Sect. 54 amended, 1943, 16 § 3.
Sect. 57A added, 1943, 436 § 1 (permitting the department of public
health to establish and maintain cancer cHnics). (See 1943, 436 § 2.)
Sect. 65A amended, 1936, 346 § 1; 1941, 506. (See 1936, 346 § 2.)
Sect. 65B added, 1945, 453 (providing for the admission of children
suffering from rheumatic heart disease to the North Reading state
sanatorium).
Sect. 66 amended, 1934, 219; first sentence revised, 1947, 630.
(See 1936, 346 § 2.)
Sect. 66A added, 1937, 392 (permitting the admission to state sana-
toria and county tuberculosis hospitals, for purposes of diagnosis and
observation, of certain patients with diseases of the lungs other than
recognizable tuberculosis).
Sects. 67A-67D added, under caption "care of certain infants
prematurely born", 1937, 332.
Sect. 67 A revised, 1939, 246 § 1.
Sect. 67C revised, 1939, 246 § 2; amended, 1945, 535.
Sect. 69A amended, 1936, 337 § 1.
Sect. 69C amended, 1936, 337 § 2.
Sect. 70 amended, 1941, 194 § 5, 389 § 1; 1945, 291.
Sects. 71-73 stricken out and sections 71-72A and 73 inserted, 1941,
661 § 1. (See 1941, 661 § 2.)
Sect. 71, sentence inserted after first sentence, 1945, 527; fifth
sentence amended, 1945, 521.
Sect. 74 amended, 1941, 72.
Sects. 78-90 affected (as to district of Chelsea, Revere and Win-
throp), 1934, 78.
Sect. 78 revised, 1946, 310 § 1. (See 1945, 505.)
Sect. 79 revised, 1936, 343.
Sect. 83A added, 1933, 318 § 6 (relative to the indemnification or
protection of officers and employees of tuberculosis hospital districts
in connection with actions for personal injuries arising out of the
operation of vehicles owned by such districts); amended, 1934, 291
§ 5. (See 1933, 318 § 9; 1934, 291 § 6.)
Sect. 85, first sentence revised, 1943, 414 § 1; section revised, 1943,
500 § 1. (See 1943, 500 § 3.)
Sect. 85A revised, 1932, 65.
Sect. 87 amended, 1945, 398 § 1.
Sect. 87A added, 1945, 398 § 2 (providing that trustees of Bristol
county tuberculosis hospital shall be appointed by the governor). (See
1945, 398 §§ 4, 5.)
Sect. 88 revised, 1943, 500 § 2; 1946, 310 § 2. (See 1943, 500 § 3.)
Sect. 88A added, 1943, 500 § 2 (relative to charges for the support
926 Changes in the [Chap. hi.
of patients in county tuberculosis hospitals); revised, 1946, 310 § 3.
(See 1943, 600 § 3.)
Sect. 96 revised, 1938, 265 § 8.
Sect. 96A added, 1938, 265 § 9 (regulating the transportation to
another town of a person infected with a disease dangerous to public
health).
Sect. 97 revised, 1938, 265 § 10.
Sect. 104 revised, 1938, 265 § 11.
Sect. 107 revised, 1938, 265 § 12.
Sect. 109 revised, 1938, 265 § 13.
Sect. 109 A added, 1936, 115 (relative to the treatment of infants'
eyes at time of birth); amended, 1943, 46.
Sect. 110, second sentence amended, 1932, 180 § 17.
Sect. Ill revised, 1938, 265 § 14.
Sect. 112 amended, 1938, 265 § 15.
Sect. 113 revised, 1938, 265 § 16.
Sect. 116, sentence in lines 24-32 amended, 1943, 275 § 1.
Sect. 116A added, under caption "chronic rheumatism", 1937, 393
(providing for the hospitalization of patients with chronic rheumatism).
Sect. 117 revised, 1935, 155; 1937, 391.
Sect. 118 amended, 1933, 44.
Sect. 121 revised, 1945, 555.
Sect. 121 A added, 1939, 407 (requiring a serological test for syphilis
of pregnant women).
Sect. 122A added, 1947, 148 (increasing the powers of boards of
health with respect to the supplying of water for domestic purposes in
places of habitation and in places where the public is furnished food or
drink) .
Sect. 127 revised, 1937, 339.
Sect. 128, two paragraphs added at end, 1943, 468; first of said
paragraphs amended, 1947, 631 § 2; paragraph inserted after same
paragraph, 1947, 631 § 2.
Sect. 141 revised, 1937, 278.
Sect. 143 revised, 1933, 269 § 2.
Sect. 151 amended, 1943, 332 § 9.
Sect. 154 amended, 1934, 340 § 9. (See 1934, 340 § 18.)
Sect. 173 A added, 1938, 293 (extending the jurisdiction of certain
police officers employed to protect public sources of water supply from
pollution).
Sect. 173B added, 1943, 84 (authorizing water commissioners and
others to enter premises within the watersheds of certain sources of
supply).
Sect. 175 revised, 1941, 353.
Sects. 176-180 repealed, 1938, 265 § 17.
Sect. 184A added, 1939, 344 (authorizing the state department of
public health to issue certificates of approval relative to bacteriological
laboratories); second paragraph amended, 1946, 155 § 1; paragraph
added at end, 1946, 155 § 2.
Sect. 185A added, 1945, 543 § 2 (relative to the furnishing of certain
material for use in determining and recording the physical condition
of school children).
Chap. 112.1 GENERAL LaWS. 927
Chapter 112. — Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations.
Sect. 2, second sentence revised, 1933, 171 § 1, 1936, 247 § 1; three
paragraphs added at end of section, 1936, 247 § 2; section amended,
1938, 210; paragraph added at end, 1939, 415 § 1; section revised, 1939,
451 § 37; amended, 1941, 722 § 9; second sentence stricken out and
four sentences inserted, 1945, 396 § 1; third paragraph revised, 1945,
396 § 2; paragraph added at end, 1946, 365. Affected, 1938, 259
(See 1933, 171 § 2; 1936, 247 ^.§ 3-6; 1939, 415 §i 3, 4.)
Sect. 2A amended, 1945, 398 § 3.
Sect. 5 revised, 1937, 425 § 12. (See 1937, 425 § 15.)
Sect. 9 revised, 1933, 152; 1945, 186.
Sect. 12A amended, 1943, 41.
Sect. 13 amended, 1937, 425 § 2. (See 1937, 425 § 15.)
Sect. 14 amended, 1937, 425 § 3. (See 1937, 425 § 15.)
Sect. 15 amended, 1937, 425 § 4. (See 1937, 425 § 15.)
Sect. 16 revised, 1937, 425 § 5. (See 1937, 425 § 15.)
Sect. 17 revised, 1937, 425 § 6. (See 1937, 425 § 15.)
Sect. 17A added, 1937, 425 § 7 [defining certain duties of the board
of registration in chiropody (podiatry'-)]-. (See 1937, 425 § 15.)
Sect. 18 amended, 1937, 425 § 8. (See 1937, 425 § 15.)
Sect. 19 amended, 1937, 425 § 9. (See 1937, 425 § 15.)
Sect. 20 amended, 1937, 425 § 10. (See 1937, 425 § 15.)
Sect. 21 amended, 1937, 425 § 11. (See 1937, 425 § 15.)
Sect. 23 repealed, 1937, 425 § 13. (See 1937, 425 § 15.)
Sect. 24 amended, 1932, 227; 1933, 126; 1937, 343 § 1; revised,
1941, 52 § 1; amended, 1945, 502 § 1. (See 1941, 52 § 2; 1943, 165;
1945, 502 §§ 2, 4.)
Sect. 24A added, 1945, 502 § 3 (relative to registrations and renewal
of registrations as pharmacists and assistant pharmacists). (See 1945,
502 § 4.)
Sect. 24B added, 1946, 194 (relative to standards for schools and
colleges of pharmacy); revised, 1947, 503.
Sect. 27 revised, 1934, 328 § 2; amended, 1937, 343 § 2.
Sect. 30 amended, 1937, 343 § 3.
Sect. 32 amended, 1934, 328 § 3.
Sect. 34 amended, 1934, 328 § 4.
Sect. 35 amended, 1934, 328 § 5; 1935, 306; 1937, 343 § 4.
Sect. 36 revised, 1934, 328 § 6.
Sect. 38 revised, 1934, 236.
Sect. 39 amended, 1939, 138.
Sect. 40 amended, 1934, 328 § 6A; 1937, 343 § 5.
Sect. 42A added, 1937, 343 § 6 (relative to the retail drug business
and pharmacy).
Sect. 45, second sentence amended, 1932, 180 § 18; paragraph added
at end, 1939, 415 § 2. (See 1939, 415 § 3.)
Sect. 46, clause Third amended, 1934, 108.
Sect. 50 amended, 1935, 344.
Sects. 52A and 52B added, 1934, 281 (relative to methods and prac-
tices of dentists and dental hygienists).
Sect. 52 A revised, 1937, 253.
928 Changes in the [Chap. 112.
Sect. 55 amended, 1937, 66; revised, 1939, 251 § 1; first paragraph
amended, 1945, 724. (See 1939, 251 §§ 2, 3, 4; 1945, 711.)
Sects. 60A-60J added under caption "registeation op archi-
tects", 1941, 696 § 2. (See 1941, 696 §§ 3, 4.)
Sect. 60A, preliminary paragraph amended, 1945, 265 § 2.
Sect. 60C, clause (c) revised, 1943, 167.
Sects. 60K-60M added, 1945, 265 § 1 (further regulating the prac-
tice of architecture).
Sects. 66-73 stricken out, and new sections 66-73 inserted, 1934,
339 § 2
Sect." 72 amended, 1938, 434 § 1. (See 1938, 434 § 4.)
Sect. 73 amended, 1938, 434 § 2. (See 1938, 434 § 4.)
Sect. 73A added, 1937, 287 § 1 (regulating advertising in connection
with the sale of eyeglasses, lenses or eyeglass frames). (See 1937, 287
§2.)
Sect. 73B added, 1938, 434 § 3 (further regulating optometrists with
respect to premises where practice may be carried on and to the sharing
of their fees). (See 1938, 434 § 4.)
Sects. 74-81 stricken out, and new sections 74-81C added, 1941,
620 § 3. (See 1941, 620 §§ 1, 4-12.)
Sects. 81A-81Q inserted under caption "registration of profes-
sional engineers and of land surveyors", 1941, 643 § 2. (See
1941, 643 §§ 3-5.)
Sect. 81A, as so inserted, amended and renumbered 81D, 1941,
722 § 9A.
Sect. 81L amended, 1941, 722 § 9B.
Sects. 81B-81Q, inclusive, inserted by 1941, 643 § 2, renumbered
81E-81T, inclusive, 1941, 722 § 9C.
Sects. 82-87, and caption before said section 82, stricken out, and
new sections 82-87 inserted, under caption "registration of em-
BALMERS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS", 1936, 407 § 3. (See 1936, 407
§§ 5-8.)
Sect. 82, definition of "Apprentice" inserted, 1945, 596 § 1; defini-
tion of "Funeral directing", revised, 1939, 160 § 1.
Sect. 83, third paragraph amended, 1939, 160 § 4; section revised,
1945, 596 § 2.
Sect. 85 amended, 1941, 232.
Sect. 87 amended, 1937, 13; 1939, 160 § 2.
Sects. 87F-87S. See 1937, 184.
Sect. 87F, paragraph contained in lines 4-9 revised, 1934, 260 § 1.
Sect. 87H, four sentences added at end, 1934, 260 § 2; section
amended, 1936, 314 § 1; second paragraph amended, 1937, 94; same
paragraph revised, 1941, 619 § 1. (See 1941, 619 § 2.)
Sect. 871 amended, 1936, 314 § 2.
Sect. 87K, paragraph added at end, 1936, 314 § 3.
Sect. 87M amended, 1936, 314 § 4.
Sect. 870 amended, 1933, 149 § 2. (See 1933, 149 § 3.)
Sect. 87P amended, 1934, 260 § 3.
Sect. 87R amended, 1936, 314 § 5.
Sects. 87T-87JJ added, under caption "registration of hair-
dressers", 1935, 428 § 2. (See 1935, 428 §§ 6, 7.)
Sect, 87T, definition of "Apprentice" stricken out and definition of
Chaps. 113-115.] GENERAL Laws. 929
"Instructor" added, 1941, 626 § 1; definition of "shop" revised,
1941, 626 § 2; section revised, 1943, 565 § 1.
Sect. 87U amended, 1937, 385 § 2; revised, 1941, 626 § 3.
Sect. 87V amended, 1937, 385 § 3; revised, 1941, 626 § 4; 1943,
565 § 2.
Sect. 87 W amended, 1937, 385 § 4; revised, 1941, 626 § 5; 1943,
565 § 3; sentence added at end, 1946, 550 § 2.
Sect. 87X revised, 1941, 626 § 6; 1943, 565 § 4.
Sect. 87Z amended, 1937, 385 § 5; revised, 1943, 565 § 5.
Sect. 87AA revised, 1941, 626 § 7; 1943, 565 § 6.
Sect. 87BB amended, 1937, 385 § 6; revised, 1943, 565 § 7.
Sect. 87CC revised, 1941, 626 § 8; 1943, 565 § 8.
Sect. 87DD revised, 1943, 565 § 9.
Sect. 87EE revised, 1937, 385 § 7.
Sect. 87GG revised, 1941, 626 § 9; 1943, 565 § 10; sentence added
at end, 1946, 550 § 3.
Sect. 87II amended, 1937, 385 § 8; revised, 1941, 626 § 10; 1943,
565 § 11.
Sect. 87JJ revised, 1941, 626 § 11; 1943, 565 § 12.
Sect. 88, clause (3) amended, 1941, 626 § 13.
Chapter 113. — Promotion of Anatomical Science.
Sect. 1 amended, 1941, 351 § 7.
Chapter 114. — Cemeteries and Burials.
Sect. 1 amended, 1936, 319 § 1. (See 1936, 319 § 7.)
Sect. 6 amended, 1936, 319 § 2. (See 1936, 319 § 7.)
Sect. 7 revised, 1936, 319 § 3. (See 1936, 319 § 7.)
Sect. 8 revised, 1936, 319 § 4. (See 1936, 319 § 7.)
Sect. 9 amended, 1936, 319 § 5. (See 1936, 319 § 7.)
Sect. 25 amended, 1934, 85 § 1. (See 1934, 85 § 2.)
Sects. 43A-43N added, under caption "miscellaneous provisions",
1936, 319 § 6 (relative to the ownership, maintenance and operation of
cemeteries and crematories and to the disposal of dead human bodies).
(See 1936, 319 § 7.)
Sect. 49 revised, 1936, 407 § 4; last paragraph amended, 1939, 160
§ 3. (See 1936, 407 §§ 5-8.)
Chapter 115. — Veterans' Benefits (former title, State and' Military Aid,
Soldiers' Relief, etc.).
For legislation providing for payments for the benefit of soldiers and
sailors serving in the present war, see 1942, 11; 1943, 211; 1945, 366;
1946, 584.
Sect. 1, paragraph in third line revised, 1943, 455 § 3; 1945, 393 § 7.
Sect. 2 A added, 1932, 113 (requiring the furnishing of information
to the commissioner of state aid and pensions by certain banks and
other depositories relative to certain deposits therein); paragraph
added at end, 1943, 455 § 4.
Sect. 6, first paragraph amended, 1945, 633 § 1; fourth paragraph
amended, 1943, 455 § 5; sixth paragraph amended, 1943, 455 § 6;
930 Changes in the [Chaps. ii6, ii7.
twelfth paragraph amended, 1945, 633 § 2; sixteenth paragraph
amended, 1943, 455 § 7.
Sect. 7 amended, 1937, 273 § 1; revised, 1938, 316 § 1.
Sect. 9 amended, 1943, 455 § 8.
Sect. 10, second paragraph amended, 1943, 455 § 9; 1945, 633 § 3.
Sect. 12A added, 1933, 363 (making certain Massachusetts veterans
receiving hospital treatment outside the commonwealth eligible to
receive military aid).
Sect. 15 amended, 1932, 106.
Sect. 17, first paragraph amended, 1936, 77; 1939, 295; paragraph
added, 1932, 63; section revised, 1945, 633 § 4.
Sect. 18, sentence added at end of first paragraph, 1933, 323; para-
graph added at end, 1932, 270.
Sect. 19 amended, 1932, 250; 1934, 336 § 1; 1937, 273 § 2; revised,
1938, 316 § 2; amended, 1943, 455 § 10.
Sect. 20 amended, 1932, 251; 1934, 336 § 2; revised, 1943, 455 § 11;
amended, 1945, 633 § 5.
Sect. 21 amended, 1943, 455 § 12.
Sect. 24 revised, 1945, 374 § 1. (See 1945, 374 § 2.)
Chapter stricken out, and new chapter (with new title) inserted, 1946,
584 § 1. (See 1946, 554, §§ 2, 21, 22.) The following references are to chapter
115 as so inserted:
Sect. 1, paragraph 7 added, 1947, 444.
Sects. 10-14 added, 1946, 599 § 1 (relative to local departments of
veterans' services). (See 1946, 599 §§ 2, 3; 1947, 1.)
Chapter 116. — Settlement.
Sect. 1, clause Fifth amended, 1943, 455 § 13.
Sect. 2 revised, 1933, 213; amended, 1943, 379; 1946, 584 ,: 4. (See
1946. 584 ^ 22.)
Sect. 4 revised, 1946, 584 ^^ 5. (See 1946, 584 ^^ 22.)
Sect. 5 amended, 1943, 455 ^« 14; revised, 1946, 584 c; 6. (See 1946,
584 <> 22.)
Chapter 117, — Support by Cities and Towns.
Sect. 1 amended, 1934, 124.
Sect. 2A added, 1933, 181 (authorizing local boards of pubUc wel-
fare to aid needy persons in the cultivation of vegetable gardens).
Sect. 3A added, 1937, 277 (protecting needy persons from the public
view while applying for public relief and support).
Sect. 3B added, 1939, 127 (prohibiting local boards of pubhc welfare
from making the institution of ejectment proceedings a prerequisite to
the payment by them of rent owed for dwelUngs by certain persons on
welfare reUef).
Sect. 5 amended, 1937, 125.
Sect. 6 revised, 1936, 108.
Sect. 6A added, 1938, 211 (preventing discrimination against certain
persons with respect to the payment of welfare refief).
Sect. 13, new sentence added at end, 1941, 608.
Sect. 14 revised, 1937, 113; amended, 1938, 275; 1939, 39 § 1. (See
1939, 39 § 2.)
Chaps. 118, 118A.] GENERAL LaWS. . 931
Sect. 16 repealed, 1936, 328.
Sect. 17 amended, 1939, 370; 1941, 351 § 8; last sentence revised,
1945, 668 § 2. (See 1939, 454 § 21.)
Sect. 18 amended, 1934, 45; 1938, 425; revised, 1941, 351 § 9. (See
1939,454 §21.)
Sect. ISA added, 1938, 465 (relative to the payment by cities and
towns of the expense of the funeral and burial of certain poor and in-
digent persons); paragraph added at end, 1945, 668 § 1.
Sect. 19, paragraph added at end, 1937, 86.
Sect. 21 amended, 1941, 196.
Sect. 24 revised, 1935, 164; sentence added at end, 1943, 481.
Sect. 35 amended, 1932, 180 § 19.
Sects. 44-46 added, 1938, 476 (authorizing the establishment of pub-
lic weKare districts in cities and towns).
Chapter 118. — Aid to Dependent Children (former title, Aid to Mothers
with Dependent Children).
The following reference is to chapter 118, as appearing in the Tercente-
nary Edition:
Sect. 1 revised, 1935, 494 § 2. (See 1935, 494 § 1.)
Chapter stricken out and new chapter (with new title) inserted, 1936,
413 § 1. (See 1936, 413 § 2.)
The following references are to chapter 118, as inserted by 1936, 413 § 1:
Sect. 1 amended, 1939, 487.
Sect. 2 amended, 1941, 593 § 1; 1943, 97; 1945, 412; sentence in-
serted after fourth sentence, 1945, 532 § 1; section revised, 1946, 415.
Sect. 2A added, 1945, 567 (relative to certain persons in families
receiving aid under the law providing aid to dependent children).
Sect. 4A added, 1943, 117 (permitting recipients of aid to dependent
children, so-called, to leave the commonwealth without suspension of
such aid); paragraph added at end, 1945, 458 § 1.
Sect. 5 revised, 1941, 593 § 2.
Sect. 6 revised, 1941, 405; two sentences added at end, 1943, 491.
(See 1939, 454 § 21.)
Sect. 8 revised, 1939, 248.
Sect. 9 amended, 1946, 584 § 7. (See 1946, 584 § 22.)
Chapter 118A. — Adequate Assistance to Certain Aged Citizens.
The following references are to chapter USA, as appearing in the
Tercentenary Edition:
Sect. 1 amended, 1933, 219; revised, 1933, 328; amended, 1935, 494
§ 3. (See 1934, 374 § 3 subsection 15; 1935, 494 § 1.)
Sect. 2A added, 1933, 285 (providing for appeals by persons ag-
grieved by failure of cities and towns to render old age assistance).
Sect. 3 revised, 1932, 259 § 3.
Chapter stricken out and new chapter USA inserted, 1936, 436 § 1. (See
1936, 436 § 4.)
The following references are to chapter 118A, as inserted by 1936, 436 § 1:
Sect. 1 amended, 1937, 440 § 1; last sentence amended, 1938, 274;
section revised, 1941, 729 § 1; 1943, 489 § 1; paragraph added at end,
1943, 506; same paragraph revised, 1945, 532 § 2; paragraph inserted
932 Changes in the [Chai\ no.
before said paragraph, 1945, 441; last sentence of first paragraph
amended, 1945, 683 § 1. (See 1941, 729 § 15; 1945, 683 § 4.)
Sect. 2 revised, 1937, 440 § 2; amended, 1941, 597 § 1; revised, 1941,
729 § 2; 1943, 489 § 2; 1945, 683 § 2. (See 1941, 729 § 15; 1945, 683
§4.)
Sect. 2A added, 1941, 729 § 3 (relative to the liability of children to
contribute to the support of aged parents); revised, 1943, 489 § 3;
1945, 683 § 3. (See 1941, 729 § 15; 1945, 683 § 4.)
Sect. 3 revised, 1937, 440 § 3; last sentence revised, 1938, 285; sec-
tion revised, 1939, 481.
Sect. 4 amended, 1938, 467; amended, 1941, 729 § 4; revised, 1943,
512. (See 1941, 729 §§ 14, 15.)
Sect. 4 A added, 1941, 729 § 5 (making a recipient of old age assist-
ance liable to repay the same in certain cases). (See 1941, 729 § 15.)
Sect. 5 revised, 1938, 408; amended, 1941, 729 § 6; revised, 1946,
460. (See 1941, 729 § 15.)
Sect. 6A added, 1937, 165 (permitting recipients of old age assist-
ance, so called, to leave the commonwealth without suspension of such
assistance); amended, 1941, 729 § 7; revised, 1943, 470; paragraph
added at end, 1945, 458 § 2. (See 1941, 729 § 15.)
Sect. 8 amended, 1941, 729 § 8; two sentences inserted after third
sentence, 1943, 490. (See 1939, 454 § 21; 1941, 729 § 15.)
Sect. 9 revised, 1945, 541 § 3; amended, 1946, 584 § 8. (See 1946,
584 § 22.)
Sect. 10 revised, 1941, 597 § 2.
Sect. 11 added, 1941, 729 § 10 (establishing the old age assistance
fund); amended, 1945, 684. (See 1941, 729 §§ 9, 9A, 15.)
Chapter 119. — Protection and Care of Children, and Proceedings against
Them.
Sect. 1 revised, 1941, 629 § 1; 1946, 547 § 1.
Sect. 2 revised, 1941, 629 ^ 2; amended, 1946, 547 ;; 2.
Sect. 6 revised, 1941, 629 § 3; amended, 1946, 547 § 3.
Sect. 9 amended, 1941, 629 § 4.
Sect. 10 amended, 1941, 629 § 5.
Sect. 11 revised, 1946, 547 ^, 3 A.
Sect. 12 revised, 1932, 180 § 20.
Sect. 13A added, 1945, 520 (relative to the responsibihty of the board
of public welfare in a town where an infant has seemingly been aban-
doned).
Sect. 14 revised, 1941, 629 § 6; amended, 1946, 547 § 4.
Sect. 22 amended, 1941, 351 § 10.
Sect. 28 amended, 1941, 629 § 7.
Sect. 29 amended, 1941, 629 § 8.
Sect. 47 amended, 1946, 448 § 1. (See 1946, 448 J^ 2.)
Sect. 47A added, 1943, 504 (relative to the payment of expenses for
the support of certain neglected children).
Sect. 56 revised, 1943, 244 § 1.
Sect. 58, paragraph inserted after third paragraph, 1941, 264 § 1.
Sect. 58A amended, 1941, 194 § 6; revised, 1941, 327; 1947, 616.
Sect. 59, second paragraph stricken out, 1941, 648 § 1.
Chaps. 120, 121.] GENERAL LaWS. 933
Sect. 60 stricken out and new sections 60 and 60A inserted, 1938,
174 § 1 (relative to the use of information and records in cases of way-
wardness or delinquency).
Sect. 63 revised, 1932. 95 § 1.
Sect. 65 amended, 1932, 95 § 2.
Sect. 66 revised, 1941, 648 § 2; 1943, 244 § 2.
Sect. 67 amended, 1941, 648 § 3; revised, 1943, 244 § 2.
Sect. 68 revised, 1943, 244 § 2.
Sect. 69 revised, 1943, 244 § 2.
Sect. 72 amended, 1947, 235.
Sect. 73 revised, 1945, 202.
Sect. 74 amended, 1933, 196 § 1.
Sect. 75 amended, 1933, 196 § 2.
Chapter 120. — Massachusetts Training Schools.
Sect. 20, first sentence revised, 1945, 147.
Sect. 21, first sentence amended, 1932, 180 § 21.
Chapter 121. — Powers and Duties of the Department of Public Welfare,
and the Massachusetts Hospital School.
Sect. 4A added, 1941, 630 § 3 (relative to information concerning
recipients of old age assistance and aid to dependent children); re-
vised, 1945, 240 § 2.
Sect. 6 amended, 1941, 351 § 11.
Sect. 7 amended, 1941, 351 § 12; revised, 1941, 404.
Sect. 8 A added, 1935, 311 § 2 (relative to funds received by the
director of the division of aid and relief for the benefit of persons under
the care and supervision of the department); revised, 1941, 523.
Sect. 8B added, 1941, 618 (relative to the disposition of certain un-
claimed moneys held by the division of child guardianship for the bene-
fit of certain wards thereof).
Sect. 9 amended, 1941, 351 § 13.
Sect. 9A added, 1934, 167 (relative to the interstate transportation
of poor and indigent persons) ; sentence added at end, 1945, 458 § 3.
Sect. 12 amended, 1941, 351 § 14.
Sect. 13 amended, 1941, 351 § 15.
Sect. 15 amended, 1941, 351 § 16.
Sect. 23 (and caption) amended, 1933, 364 § 2; section amended,
1935, 449 § 2; revised, 1935, 475 § 3. (See 1933, 364 § 8.)
Sect. 24 amended, 1933, 364 § 3. (See 1933, 364 § 8.)
Sect. 24A added, 1935, 449 § 2A (authorizing the acceptance and
use by the state board of housing of grants of federal funds).
Sect. 24B added, 1935, 485 § 1 (authorizing the state board of
housing to take land by eminent domain in order to aid or co-operate
with the United States with respect to federal housing projects).
Sect, 25 revised, 1933, 364 § 4. (See 1933, 364 § 8.)
Sect. 26 amended, 1933, 364 § 5; revised, 1935, 475 § 4; amended,
1936, 211 § 6; 1947, 340 § 6. (See 1933, 364 § 8; 1936, 211 § 7.)
Sects. 26A-26H added, 1933, 364 § 6 (relative to the powers and
duties of the state board of housing, and to limited dividend corpora-
tions under its control.) (See 1933, 364 § 8.)
934 Changes in the [Chaps. 121A, 122.
Sect. 26H revised, 1935, 449 § 3.
Sects. 26A-26H repealed, 1945, 654 § 2.
Sects. 26I-26BB, under caption "housing authorities", added,
1935, 449 § 5 (relative to the establishment, powers and duties, and dis-
continuance, of local housing authorities).
Sect. 26Q, subsection (c) added, 1935, 485 § 2 (authorizing local
housing authorities to take land by eminent domain in order to aid or
co-operate with the United States with respect to federal housing
projects).
Sects. 26I-26BB stricken out and new sections 26I-26II inserted,
1938, 484 § 1 (to relate the Massachusetts Housing Authority Law to
the United States Housing Act of 1937). (See 1938, 484 § 2; 1941, 269
§ 2; 1941, 317.)
Sect. 26W amended, 1943, 148.
Sect. 26AA, clause (d) stricken out and new clauses (d) and (e) in-
serted, 1941, 269 § 1.
Sect. 26BB, amended, 1941, 291.
Sect. 26DD revised, 1939. 26.
Sects. 261-2611 stricken out and new sections 26I-26NN inserted,
1946, 574 ^ 1. (See 1948, 574 - 2.)
Sect. 26KK, second paragraph revised, 1947, 486.
Sect. 27 repealed, 1933, 364 § 7.
Sect. 39 amended, 1941, 351 § 17.
Sect. 40 amended, 1941, 656 § 13. (See 1941, 656 § 17.)
Sect. 42 amended, 1932, 180 § 22; 1941, 406.
Chapter 121A. — Urban Redevelopment Corporations.
New chapter inserted, 1945, 654 § 1.
Sect. 1, definition of "Decadent area" amended, 1947, 15.
Sect. 7, first tv/o paragraphs revised, 1947, 487 § 1.
Sect. 7A added, 1946, 574 § 3 (relative to acquisition from housing
authorities of sites for urban redevelopment).
Sect. 12, paragraph added at end, 1947, 487 § 2.
Sect. 18A added, 1946, 129 (authorizing savings banks to invest in
urban redevelopment projects).
Chapter 122. — Tewksbury State Hospital and Infirmary (former title, State
Infirmary).
Sect. 1 amended, 1941, 351 § 19; revised, 1941, 596 § 25.
Sect. 2 amended, 1941, 351 § 20.
Sect. 2A amended, 1941, 351 § 21.
Sects. 2B-2E added, 1936, 295 (relative to Patients' Funds at the
state infirmary and the disposition of unclaimed property and moneys
represented by bank books belonging to former patients).
Sect. 2B amended, 1941, 351 '^ 22; revised, 1946, 331.
Sect. 2C amended, 1941, 351 § 23.
Sect. 2D revised, 1941, 351 § 24.
Sect. 2E revised, 1941, 351 § 25.
Sect. 3 amended, 1941, 351 § 26.
Sect. 4 amended, 1941, 351 § 27.
Sect. 5 amended, 1941, 351 § 28.
Chap. 123.] GENERAL LawS. 935
Sect. 6 amended, 1933, 345; 1941, 351 § 29.
Sect. 8 amended, 1941, 351 § 30.
Sect. 10 amended, 1941, 351 § 31.
Sect. 13 amended, 1941, 351 § 32.
Sect. 14 amended, 1941, 351 § 33.
Sect. 15 amended, 1936, 325; 1941, 351 § 34.
Sect. 16 amended, 1941, 351 § 35.
Sect. 17 amended, 1941, 351 § 36.
Sect. 18 amended, 1936, 378; 1941, 351 § 37; revised, 1941, 412;
first sentence amended, 1943, 275 § 2; fourth sentence stricken out and
two sentences inserted, 1943, 476; section revised, 1945, 583; fifth
sentence amended, 1947, 618. (See 1939, 454 § 21.)
Sect. 20 amended, 1941, 351 § 38.
Sect. 20A added, 1941, 201 (penalizing the unlawful possession,
handhng or consumption of certain things by inmates of said hospital
and infirmary).
Sect. 23 amended, 1941, 351 § 39.
Sect. 24 revised, 1941, 191.
Chapter 123. — Commitment and Care of the Insane and Other Mental
Defectives.
For legislation relative to the establishment of the Norfolk state
hospital for the care of the criminal insane, see 1935, 421; 1939, 485;
1941, 194 §§ 20, 21, 722 §§ 12, 13.
Sect. 1, definition of "commissioner" and "department" revised,
1938, 486 § 7.
Sect. 4 revised, 1938, 486 .< 8.
Sect. 8A added, 1935, 301 (providing for co-operation between the
departments of mental diseases and public works relative to roads at
state hospitals).
Sect. 10 amended, 1941, 490 § 25.
Sect. 13 revised, 1936, 286.
Sect. 15 amended, 1941, 656 § 14. (See 1941, 656 § 17.)
Sect. 16 revised, 1938, 486 § 9; amended, 1939, 500 § 1; 1947,
429 § 1. (See 1946, 324; 1947, 429 § 2.)
Sect. 16A amended, 1938, 486 J 10.
Sect. 19 repealed, 1935, 163.
Sect. 20A added, 1945, 311 (relative to commitment to the Veterans
Administration or other agencies of the United States of certain war
veterans for care and treatment).
Sect. 22 revised, 1941, 351 § 40, 706.
Sect. 22A amended, 1941, 194 § 7.
Sect. 25 amended, 1935, 314 § 3, 421 § 4. (See 1935, 421 § 6.)
Sect. 26 repealed, 1938, 486 § 11.
Sect. 28 revised. 1938, 486 i^ 12; 1945, 638.
Sect. 29 revised, 1938. 486 §13.
Sect. 30 revised, 1938, 486 § 14.
Sect. 31 revised, 1938, 486 ^^ 15.
Sect. 32 revised, 1933, 115; 1938, 486 § 16.
Sect. 35 revised, 1946, 33 (< 1.
Sect. 36 revised, 1939, 500 § 12.
Sect. 37 revised, 1946, 33 ^^ 2.
936 (Jhanges in the [(!hap. 123.
Sect. 39, sentence added at end, 1936, 291 § 1.
Sect. 39A amended, 1936, 291 § 2.
Sect. 39B added, 1932, 204 (relative to the disposition of unclaimed
belongings at certain state hospitals, known as "patients' valuables");
revised, 1936, 291 § 3.
Sect. 39C added, 1933, 256 (relative to the disposition of moneys
represented by certain bank books belonging to former patients of
certain state hospitals); revised, 1936, 291 § 4.
Sect. 40 amended, 1939, 500 § 13.
Sect. 43 repealed, 1939, 500 § 2.
Sect. 45 amended, 1938, 486 § 17. (See 1938, 486 §§ 21, 22.)
Sect. 46 amended, 1938, 486 § 18. (See 1938, 486 §§ 21, 22.)
Sect. 47 revised, 1938, 486 § 19; 1945, 467. (See 1938, 486 §§ 21, 22.)
Sect. 49 amended, 1945, 451.
Sect. 50 revised, 1935, 314 § 4.
Sect. 52 amended, 1932, 85.
Sect. 53 revised, 1941, 645 § 1.
Sect. 56 repealed, 1939, 500 § 4.
Sect. 62 amended, 1941, 655 § 1.
Sect. 66, paragraph added at end, 1939, 500 § 6; first sentence
amended, 1945, 24.
Sect. 66A amended, 1941, 194 § 8.
Sect. 69, sentence added at end, 1945, 227.
Sect. 73 revised, 1947, 194.
Sect. 77, first sentence amended, 1935, 314 § 5; section revised, 1939,
600 § 5.
Sect. 78, first sentence revised, 1935, 314 § 6.
Sect. 79, first sentence revised, 1935, 314 § 7; section revised, 1939,
500 § 7; amended, 1941, 216 § 1; revised, 1941, 645 § 2.
Sect. 80 amended, 1939, 500 § 8.
Sect. 82 amended, 1939, 500 § 9.
Sect. 84 revised, 1941, 481; amended, 1941, 490 § 26; revised, 1941,
722 § 10.
Sect. 86 amended, 1935, 314 § 8; revised, 1939, 500 § 10.
Sect. 86A added, 1947, 517 (providing for the reception in certain
state institutions under the department of mental health of certain
mentally ill children) .
Sect. 87 amended, 1939, 500 § 11; revised, 1945, 454.
Sect. 88A revised, 1945, 25.
Sect. 89 revised, 1941, 216 § 3.
Sect. 89A amended, 1941, 194 § 9.
Sect. 89B amended, 1938, 254 § 1; 1941, 194 § 10.
Sect. 90, first sentence amended, 1932, 180 § 23.
Sect. 94 A added, 1947, 681 (providing for the adjudication of restora-
tion of soundness of mind) .
Sect. 96 amended, 1941, 351 § 41; third paragraph revised, 1941,
398.
Sect. lOOA amended, 1941, 194 § 11.
Sect. 102 re\4sed, 1934, 15; paragraph added at end, 1938, 226;
amended, 1947, 459; section amended, 1941, 344 § 3.
Sect. 105 revised, 1936, 130; first paragraph amended, 1945, 50;
last paragraph amended, 1939, 54; 1941, 216 § 2.
Chaps. 123A-125.] GENERAL LawS. 937
Sect. HO amended, 1937, 136.
Sect. 113 amended, 1941, 194 § 12; revised, 1943, 185 § 1; amended,
1947, 684 § 1.
Sect. 114 revised, 1943, 185 § 2.
Sect. 115 revised, 1943, 185 § 3; 1946, 557 § 1; 1947, 684 § 2.
Sect. 116 revised, 1943, 185 § 4.
Sect. 117 amended, 1941, 655 § 2.
Sect. 117A added, 1936, 32 (providing in certain cases for the return
to penal institutions of prisoners removed therefrom to departments for
defective dehnquents); revised, 1943, 185 § 5.
Sect. 118 revised, 1938, 254 § 2; 1943, 185 § 6; amended, 1945, 150;
revised, 1946, 557 § 2; 1947, 684 § 3.
Sect. 118A added, 1947, 684 § 3 (relative to the parole of defective
delinquents) .
Sect. 119 revised, 1938, 254 § 3.
Chapter I23A. — Care, Treatment and Rehabilitation of Sexual
Psychopaths.
New chapter inserted, 1947, 683.
Chapter 124. — Powers and Duties of the Department of Correction.
Sect. 1 amended, 1939, 451 § 38; 1941, 344 § 4.
Sect. 5 amended, 1941, 344 § 5.
Sect. 6 amended, 1936, 23 § 2; 1939, 451 § 39.
Sect. 7 amended, 1939, 451 § 40.
Sect. 8 amended, 1935, 48 § 1. (See 1935, 48 § 2.)
Chapter 125. — Penal and Reforniatory Institutions of the Commonwealth.
Sect. 2 amended, 1941, 344 § 6.
Sect. 3 amended, 1941, 344 § 7.
Sect. 4 amended, 1932, 282 § 3; 1941, 344 § 8.
Sect. 4A added, 1939, 360 § 1 (changing the minimum age require-
ment for appointment of correction officers at certain state penal and
reformatory institutions). (See 1939, 238 § 50.)
Sect. 6A added, 1945, 537 § 1 (establishing the office of treasurer
at certain state penal and reformatory institutions). (See 1945, 537
§5.)
Sect. 10 revised, 1937, 20 § 1. (See 1937, 20 § 2.)
Sect. 11 amended, 1935, 437 § 1. (See 1935, 437 § 8.)
Sect. 13 amended, 1936, 276; 1939, 360 § 2.
Sect. 14, third sentence stricken out, 1945, 537 § 2.
Sect. 22 revised, 1946, 591 ^ 44.
Sect. 26 amended, 1945, 537 § 3.
Sect. 29 revised, 1946, 591 § 45.
Sect. 30 amended, 1932, 180 § 24.
Sect. 34 revised, 1945, 537 § 4.
Sects. 39-41 (and heading before said section 39) repealed, 1941,
344 § 9.
Sect. 46 repealed, 1941, 596 § 26.
Sect. 49 revised, 1936, 126.
938 Changes in the [Chaps. 126, 127.
Chapter 126. — Jails, Houses of Correction and Reformation, and County
Industrial Farms.
Sect. 16 revised, 1937, 219 § 6.
Sect. 37 amended, 1936, 228.
Chapter 127. — Officers and Inmates of Penal and Reformatory Institutions,
Paroles and Pardons.
Sect. 1 revised, 1941, 490 § 27.
Sect. 2 amended, 1941, 344 § 10.
Sect. 10 amended, 1936, 23 § 3; 1941, 656 § 15. (See 1941, 656 § 17.)
Sect. 11 revised, 1941, 344 § 11.
Sect. 12 amended, 1941, 344 § 12.
Sect. 14 amended, 1939, 200.
Sect. 16, last sentence stricken out, 1933, 77 § 1; section amended,
1941, 344 § 13.
Sect. 17 revised, 1933, 77 § 2
Sect. 18 amended, 1933, 77 § 3.
Sect. 23 amended, 1941, 69.
Sect. 35 amended, 1941, 344 § 14.
Sect. 36 revised, 1941, 237 § 1.
Sect. 37 revised, 1941, 237 § 2.
Sect. 48A revised, 1946, 461 § 1.
Sect. 50 revised, 1941, 344 § 15.
Sect. 51 amended, 1941, 344 § 16.
Sect. 67A added, 1932, 252 § 1 (regulating the sale of prison made
goods). (See 1932, 252 § 2.)
Sect. 71 revised, 1941, 344 ^> 17; 1946, 461 § 2.
Sect. 72 amended, 1941, 344 § 18; revised, 1941, 436 § 1. (See 1941,
436 § 2.)
Sect. 78 and sections 79-82 (and heading preceding said section 79)
repealed, 1941, 344 § 19.
Sect. 84 amended, 1941, 490 § 28.
Sect. 87 amended, 1941, 344 § 20.
Sect. 90A revised, 1938, 65.
Sect. 96 amended, 1941, 351 § 42.
Sects. 96A and 96B added, 1936, 383 (providing for the disposition of
unclaimed money and property of former prisoners).
Sect. 96A amended, 1945, 290.
Sect. 97 revised, 1943, 113.
Sect. 109 repealed, 1941, 344 § 21.
Sect. 109B added, 1935, 113 § 1 (relative to the transfer of certain
prisoners from the Massachusetts Reformatory to the State Prison).
(See 1935, 113 § 2.)
Sect. lllA added, 1933, 169 (relative to transfers of defective de-
linquents and drug addicts from one institution to another under the
department of correction).
Sect. 117 revised, 1941, 510 § 1; 1943, 120.
Sect. 118 revised, 1938, 456; amended, 1941, 351 § 43; revised, 1941,
510 § 2.
Sect. 123 amended, 1941, 510 § 3.
Sect. 125 amended, 1946, 148.
Chap. 127.] GENERAL LaWS. 939
Sect. 127 amended, 1938, 71; 1941, 70; 1941. 690 § 5A; sentence
added at end, 1945, 449 § 2. (See 1941, 690 §§ 8-10.)
Sect. 128 amended, 1939, 451 § 41; revised, 1941, 690 § 1. (See 1941,
690 §§ 8-10.)
Sect. 129 revised, 1937, 399 § 2. (See 1937, 399 §§ 3-6.)
Sect. 130 revised, 1938, 264 § 1; amended, 1941, 277. (See 1938,
264 § 2.)
Sect. 131 amended, 1939, 451 § 42.
Sect. 132 amended, 1939, 451 § 43.
Sect. 133 revised, 1933, 134 § 1; amended, 1939, 451 § 44. (See
1933, 134 § 2.)
Sect. 135 amended, 1939, 451 § 45.
Sect. 136 amended, 1939, 451 § 46.
Sect. 137 amended, 1939, 451 § 47; repealed, 1941, 344 § 22.
Sect. 137A amended, 1939, 451 § 48.
Sect. 138 amended, 1939, 451 § 49.
Sect. 139 amended, 1939, 451 § 50; revised, 1941, 344 § 23.
Sects. 129-139 stricken out and new sections 129-136 and 136A in-
serted, 1941, 690 § 2. (See 1941, 690 §§ 8-10.)
The following references are to sections 129-136 inserted by 1941, 690 § 2.
Sect. 129, third sentence amended 1945, 49 s> 1; section revised,
1946, 543 § 1; sentence added at end, 1947, 131 § 1. (See 1945, 49 § 2;
1946, 543 § 6; 1947, 131 § 2.)
Sect. 130 revised, 1946, 543 v^ 2. (See 1946, 543 .s 6.)
Sect. 132 revised, 1946, 543 i 3. (See 1946, 543 § 6.)
Sect. 133 amended, 1946, 254.
Sect. 134 revised. 1946, 543 ; 4. (See 1946, 543 § 6.)
Sect. 136 revised, 1946, 543 :- 5. (See 1946, 543 ? 6.)
Sect. 141 amended, 1941, 174 § 1; revised, 1947, 578.
Sect. 146 revised, 1932, 221 § 1.
Sect. 149 amended, 1939, 451 § 51; revised, 1941, 174 § 2; amended,
1941, 690 ^ 3: revised, 1946, 424 § 1. (See 1941, 690 i^ 8-10; 1946,
424 § 2.)
Sect. 151, last sentence amended, 1932, 180 § 25.
Sects. 151A-151G added, under the heading "interstate super-
vision OF PROBATIONERS AND PAROLEES ", 1937, 307 § 1 (providing for
the entry of this commonwealth into compacts with any of the United
States for mutual helpfulness in relation to persons convicted of crimes
or offences who are on probation or parole). (See 1937, 307 § 2.)
Sect. 152 revised, 1939, 479; sentence added at end of fourth para-
graph, 1941, 297; same sentence stricken out, 1945, 38 § 8. See 1945,
180.
Sect. 153, see 1945, 180.
Sect. 154 amended, 1939, 451 § 52; revised, 1941, 690 § 4. (See 1941,
690 §§ 8-10.)
Sect. 154, see 1945, 180.
Sect. 154A added, 1935, 225 (requiring consideration by the advisory
board of pardons of the cases of certain life prisoners on the question of
extending clemency) ; amended, 1939, 451 § 53.
Sect. 158 revised, 1941, 344 § 24.
Sect. IGO revised, 1941, 344 § 25; 1943, 433; last sentence stricken
out, 1945, 512.
940 Changes in the [Chaps. 128, 128A.
Sects. 166-169 added, 1939, 484 (regulating the payment or receipt
of money or other rewards or gratuities for the purpose of obtaining the
granting of any pardon, parole, or commutation of or respite from
Sects. 166 and 167 revised, 1941, 690 § 5. (See 1941, 690 §§ 8-10.)
Chapter 128. — Agriculture.
Sect. 1 amended, 1941, 490 § 29.
Sect. 2, paragraph (a) revised, 1941, 490 § 30; paragraph (/)
amended, 1937, 415 § 1; 1938, 230; paragraph (g) added, 1933, 291 § 1;
same paragraph repealed, 1941, 598 § 3.
Sect. 6 amended, 1933, 291 § 2; 1941, 598 § 4.
Sect. 8A added, 1943, 495 (relative to the control or destruction of
certain rodents by the commissioner of agriculture); amended, 1946,
366.
Sect. 10 amended, 1934, 340 § 10. (See 1934, 340 § 18.)
Sect. 13 amended, 1934, 340 § 11. (See 1934, 340 § 18.)
Sects. 16-31 A affected, 1939, 405.
Sect. 16 amended, 1941, 490 § 32.
Sect. 22 amended, 1941, 490 § 33.
Sect. 23 amended, 1941, 490 § 34.
Sect. 24A added, 1939, 136 (providing for the control of the Dutch
elm disease).
Sect. 27 revised, 1938, 309.
Sect. 31A revised, 1943, 144.
Sect. 39 repealed, 1933, 74 § 2.
Sect. 42 revised, 1932, 166; paragraph added at end, 1947, 180.
Chapter 128A. — Horse and Dog Racing Meetings.
New chapter inserted, 1934, 374 § 3.
Sect. 2, subsection (5) amended, 1946, 575 § 1.
Sect. 3, first paragraph revised, 1935, 454 § 2; 1943, 269; clause (b)
revised, 1946, 575 § 2; clause (c) amended, 1941, 382; clause (d) re-
vised, 1946, 575 § 3; clause (e) revised, 1939, 505 § 1; clause (/) amended,
1935, 454 § 3; clause (h) amended, 1935, 454 § 4; clause (i) revised, 1939,
505 § 2; clause (j) revised, 1946, 575 § 4; clause (n) added, 1935, 239
(forbidding the hcensed racing of horses and dogs under the pari-
mutuel system of betting, on pubhcly owned premises); clause (n)
added, 1935, 471 § 1 (forbidding the hcensed racing of dogs under such
system, in certain residential neighborhoods) ; designation of the clause
added by 1935, 471 § 1 changed from (n) to (o), 1936, 405 § 3. (See
1935, 471 § 2; 1939, 505 § 3.)
Sect. 4, second paragraph amended, 1947, 567; last paragraph re-
vised, 1939, 356.
Sect. 5, first paragraph revised, 1935, 454 § 1; paragraph inserted
after first paragraph, 1946, 252; second paragraph, as appearing in
1934, 374 § 3, revised, 1936, 351; 1946, 575 § 5; third paragraph, as
so appearing, revised, 1936, 351; 1939, 473; first sentence of same
paragraph revised, 1946, 381 § 1; 575 § 7; second sentence of same
paragraph revised, 1946, 381 § 2; paragraph inserted after fourth
Chaps. 12SB, 129.1 GENERAL LaWS. 941
paragraph, 1947, 390 § 1; last paragraph, as appearing in 1934, 374 § 3,
amended, 1939, 497; paragraph added at end, 1946, 575 § 6.
Sect. 5A added, 1946, 445 § 1 (relative to the disposition of money
held for payment of unclaimed winnings upon wagers made at horse
and dog racing meetings). (See 1946, 445 § 2.)
Sect. 9, last paragraph revised, 1935, 454 § 5.
Sect. 9A added, 1935, 454 § 6 (relative to rules, regulations and con-
ditions to be prescribed by the state racing commission).
Sect. 10 revised, 1936, 268.
Sect. 13 amended, 1935, 454 § 7.
Sect. 13A added, 1935, 454 § 8 (relative to the application of certain
laws as to betting and certain local requirements as to race tracks and
public amusements, in the case of racing meetings under this chapter) ;
revised, 1939, 159; amended, 1941, 295. (See 1935, 471 § 2.)
Sect. 13B added, 1937, 322 (prohibiting and penaUzing the use of
drugs for the purpose of affecting the speed of horses at horse racing
meetings).
Sect. 14 revised, 1935, 279 § 2; 1936, 253 § 2; amended, 1938, 282;
revised, 1947, 138 § 2. (See 1935, 279 § 3; 1936, 253 § 1.)
Sect. 14A added, 1935, 279 § 1 (providing for the resubmission to
the voters of the several counties of the question of licensing dog races
at which the pari-mutuel system of betting shall be permitted); re-
pealed, 1936, 253 § 1. (See 1935, 279 § 3; 1936, 253 § 1.)
Sect. 15 revised, 1936, 436 § 2; 1941, 729 § 12; amended, 1947,
390 § 2. (See 1936, 436 § 4; 1941, 729 § 15.)
Chapter 128B. — Conservation of Soil and Soil Resources and Prevention
and Control of Erosion.
New chapter inserted, 1945, 531.
Sect. 2, paragraph (2) revised, 1947, 73 § 1.
Sect. 5 revised, 1947, 73 § 2.
Chapter 129. — Livestock Disease Control (former title, Animal Industry).
Sect. 1 revised, 1934, 340 § 12; paragraph (defining "Domestic ani-
mals") added, 1935, 70. (See 1934, 340 § 18.)
Sect. 8A added, 1941, 375 (establishing a scale of fees for the inocu-
lation of swine against hog cholera).
Sect. 9 amended, 1943, 332 § 10.
Sect. 10 amended, 1934, 340 § 13. (See 1934, 340 § 18.)
Sect. 15 revised, 1941, 162.
Sect. 26A revised, 1938, 168; amended, 1941, 173.
Sect. 29 amended, 1938, 308.
Sect. 32 amended, 1939, 451 § 54.
Sect. 33 amended, 1934, 272; 1946, 417.
Sect. 33B revised, 1934, 96.
Sect. 36A added, 1935, 426 (providing for the licensing of certain
dealers in bovine animals) ; repealed, 1941, 607 § 2.
Sect. 36B added, 1938, 314 (providing for the vaccination of certain
cattle to curtail the spread of Bang's disease, so called); revised, 1943,
66.
942 Changes in the [Chaps. ]29A, 130.
Sect. 36C added, 1938, 386 (regulating the transportation of neat
cattle); repealed, 1941, 607 § 2.
Sect. 38 revised, 1934, 340 § 14. (See 1934, 340 § 18.)
Sects. 39-43 added, 1941, 607 § 1 (to further regulate the dealing in
and transportation of bovine animals and to prevent the spread of
disease among such animals).
Sect. 40 revised, 1946, 416 § 1.
Sect. 43 revised, 1946, 416 § 2.
Chapter 129A. — Marine Fish and Fisheries, Inland Fish and Fisheries,
Birds and Mammals, General Provisions.
New chapter inserted, 1933, 329 § 1.
Sect. 1, definition of "Warden" revised, 1937, 413 § 2; definitions
of "Coastal Warden", "Deputy Coastal Warden" and "Supervisor",
revised, 1939, 491 § 11. (See 1937, 413 §§ 3, 4; 1939, 491 § 12.)
Sect. 10, sentence added at end, 1941, 171.
Chapter 129A repealed in part, 1941, 598 § 7; entirely repealed, 1941,
599 § 1. (See 1941, 598 § 9, 599 § 7.)
Chapter 130. — Marine Fish and Fisheries (former title, Marine Fish and
Fisheries, including Crustacea and Shellfish).
The following reference is to chapter 130, as appearing in the Tercen-
tenary Edition:
Sect. 48 A added, 1933, 118 (prohibiting the taking of certaia herring
or alewives from the waters of Plymouth harbor, Kingston bay. Dux-
bury bay and certain waters of Plymouth bay).
Chapter stricken out, and new chapter 130 (with new title) inserted,
1933, 329 § 2.
The following references are to chapter 130 as so inserted:
Sect. 3A added, 1935, 324 (providing for state aid to coastal cities
and towns in conserving and increasing the supply of shellfish and in
exterminating the enemies thereof).
Sect. 6B added, 1934, 115 § 1 (providing for the fiUng with the
supervisor of marine fisheries of copies of rules and regulations made
by cities and towns under the marine fisheries laws, and for notifjdng
him of permits and licenses issued under said laws). (See 1934, 115 § 2.)
Sect. IIA added, 1941, 172 (penalizing the taking of certain herring
or alewives from the waters of Plymouth Harbor, Kingston Bay, Dux-
bury Bay and certain waters of Plymouth Bay).
Sect. 23 amended, 1937, 168.
Sects. 27A and 27B added, 1939, 385 § 1 (relative to the establish-
ment and maintenance of a plant for the propagation of lobsters). (See
1939, 385 § 2.)
Sect. 41A added, 1937, 121 (prohibiting, during certain months of the
year, the taking of edible crabs from the waters of the commonwealth).
Sect. 48, first paragraph amended, 1935, 110.
Sect. 73 amended, 1935, 117.
Sects. 77, 78, 79 revised, 1937, 246.
Sect. 84A added, 1934, 129 (regulating the disposition of starfish
caught in or taken from the coastal waters of the commonwealth).
Chapter stricken out, and new chapter 130 (with new title) inserted,
1941, 598 § 1. (See 1941, 598 § 9.)
Chap. 131.] GENERAL LaWS. 943
The following references are to chapter 130 as so inserted:
Sect. 1, definition of "Fish" amended, 1945, 98 § 1; last paragraph
revised, 1945, 98 § 2.
Sect. 2, last paragraph revised, 1945, 98 § 3.
Sect. 15A added, 1945, 281 (providing for reciprocal enforcement of
laws relating to marine fisheries).
Sect. 31 amended, 1945, 98 § 4.
Sect. 33 amended, 1945, 98 § 5.
Sect. 37, paragraph contained in lines 10 and 11 amended, 1943,
149; same paragraph revised, 1943, 533 § 1. (See 1943, 533 § 2.)
Sect. 42, last sentence amended, 1945, 242 § 15.
Sect. 43, last sentence amended, 1945, 242 § 16.
Sect. 69 amended, 1945, 98 § 6.
Sect. 74, sentence added at end, 1945, 99 § 1.
Sect. 80, third paragraph amended, 1945, 98 § 7.
Sect. 81, sentence added at end, 1945, 99 § 2.
Sect. 82, sentence added at end, 1945, 99 § 3.
Sect. 100 amended, 1945, 264 § 1.
Sects. lOOA and lOOB added, 1945, 264 § 2 (making permanent the
law protecting striped bass). For prior temporary legislation see 1941,
421.
Sect. lOOB revised, 1947, 515.
Chapter 131. — Powers and Duties of the Division of Fisheries and Game
(former title, Game and Inland Fisheries).
The following references are to chapter 131, as appearing in the Tercen-
tenary Edition:
Title amended, 1933, 329 § 14.
Sects. 1^ repealed, 1933, 329 § 20.
Sect. 5 amended, 1932, 272 § 1; 1933, 214 § 1; 1937, 191 § 1.
Sect. 6 revised, 1932, 272 § 2.
Sect. 7 revised, 1932, 272 § 3.
Sect. 8 revised, 1932, 272 § 4; new paragraph added (summer three-
day fishing Ucense), 1934, 156; same paragraph re\ised, 1938, 121 § 1.
(See 1938, 121 § 2.)
Sect. 8A added, 1933, 214 § 2 (establishing special fox hunting licenses
for non-resident members and guests of clubs or associations conducting
fox hunts).
Sect. 8B added, 1937, 191 § 2 (authorizing the issuance to certain
officials of certain other states of compHmentary certificates entitUng
them to hunt and fish in this commonwealth).
Sects. 9-11 repealed, 1933, 329 § 20.
Sect. 12 amended, 1932, 272 § 5; revised, 1933, 214 § 3.
Sect. 13 revised, 1933, 329 § 15.
Sect. 13A added, 1941, 159 § 1 (imposing a penalty for carrying fire-
arms, while intoxicated, in places where hunting is permitted). (See
1941, 159 § 2.)
Sects. 14-24 repealed, 1933, 329 § 20.
Sect. 24A added, 1932, 78 (relative to the establishment in certain
brooks and streams of breeding areas for fish).
Sect. 25, paragraph added at end, 1934, 33.
Sects. 27-34 repealed, 1933, 329 § 20.
944 Changes in the [Chap. 131.
Sect. 42 repealed, 1933, 329 § 20.
Sect. 43A added, 1936, 294 (relative to fishing in ponds situated
partly in the commonwealth and partly in another state).
Sect. 44 revised, 1933, 329 § 16.
Sect. 45, sentence added at end, 1932, 77.
Sect. 48 revised, 1936, 69.
Sect. 49 amended, 1933, 329 § 17.
Sect. 49A added, 1937, 123 (establishing a close season for fish with
respect to which no close season is otherwise established by law).
Sects. 52-55 repealed, 1933, 329 § 20.
Sect. 56 amended, 1934, 51.
Sect. 57 amended, 1934, 149; 1936, 425 § 1; 1937, 116.
Sect. 59 revised, 1936, 425 § 2; 1937, 269.
Sect. 61A added, 1933, 329 § 18 (regulating the taking of smelt in
great ponds).
Sect. 66 amended, 1934, 40.
Sect. 68 revised, 1935, 120.
Sect. 73A added, 1935, 98 (authorizing the use of certain traps for
the purpose of catching fish bait in the inland waters of the common-
wealth).
Sect. 74 revised, 1932, 272 § 6.
Sect. 77 revised, 1933, 154.
Sect. 83 revised, 1935, 107.
Sect. 85 amended, 1932, 28; 1935, 13; 1937, 167.
Sect. 86A added, 1932, 60 (authorizing the director of fisheries and
game to suspend or modify the open season or bag limit as to ruffed
grouse and quail).
Sect. 87A added, 1933, 122 (relative to the taking or killing of water-
fowl and other migratorv birds in certain cases).
Sect. 92 amended, 1932, 52.
Sect. 94 amended, 1934, 183; 1937, 172; revised, 1937, 316.
Sect. 97 revised, 1934, 70; amended, 1936, 13.
Sect. 99 amended, 1932, 180 § 26.
Sect. lOOA added, 1932, 82 (prohibiting the hunting of beavers).
Sect. 103 revised, 1938, 301.
Sect. 104 revised, 1933, 192 § 1; 1937, 324; amended, 1941, 175.
Sect. 104A added, 1939, 462 (restricting the carrying of certain fire-
arms in motor vehicles in areas used for hunting).
Sect. 105A revised, 1933, 203; repealed, 1934, 275 § 2.
Sects. 105B and 105C added, 1934, 275 § 1 (regulating the use of
traps and other devices for the capture of fur-bearing animals and
providing for local option thereon). (See 1934, 275 § 4.)
Sect. 109 revised, 1932, 264; 1933, 192 § 2; amended, 1935, 5 § 1;
1936, 21 § 1, 138 § 1; 1937, 89 § 1, 243 § 1.
Sect. 112 revised, 1933, 192 § 3; amended, 1935, 5 § 2; 1936, 21 § 2,
138 § 2; 1937, 243 § 2.
Sect. 114 revised, 1937, 89 § 2; last paragraph amended, 1937,
372 § 1.
Sect. 114A added, 1934, 275 § 3 (authorizing the commissioner of
conservation to temporarily suspend, within certain specified territory,
the provisions of section 105B).
Sect. 124 amended, 1937, 229.
Chap. 132.] GENERAL LaWS. 945
Sect. 135 revised, 1932, 81, 272 § 7.
Sect. 137 added, 1933, 329 § 19 (relative to the protection of salmon
fry in the Merrimack river).
Chapter stricken out, and new chapter 131 (with new title) inserted, 1941,
599 § 2. (See 1941, 599 §§ 5-7.)
The following references are to chapter 131 as so inserted:
Sect. 1, definition of "Birds" revised, 1941, 663 § 1; definition of
"Loaded shotgun or rifle" inserted, 1945, 83; definition of "Mam-
mals" revised, 1941, 663 § 2. (See 1941, 663 § 3.)
Sect. 3A added, 1945, 548 § 1 (estabhshing the inland fisheries and
game fund). (See 1945, 548 § 3.)
Sect. 5 amended, 1947, 245 § 1; paragraph added at end, 1947,
245 § 2.
Sect. 8, last paragraph of clause (1) revised, 1943, 265.
Sect. 14, paragraph contained in lines 65-73 amended, 1943, 216 § 1;
paragraph contained in lines 74-86 amended, 1943, 216 § 2.
Sect. 16 revised, 1947, 193.
Sect. 34 revised, 1945, 693 § 2.
Sect. 40A added, 1946, 79 (penalizing the use of artificial bait in ice
fishing elsewhere than in the Connecticut river).
Sect. 53 amended, 1947, 172.
Sect. 61 A added, 1945, 232 (protecting the wood duck).
Sect. 68 amended, 1943, 90.
Sect. 78, first sentence amended, 1947, 275.
Sect. 89 amended, 1947, 363.
Sect. 97 repealed, 1945, 12.
Sect. 97A added, 1943, 463 (relative to the disposition by counties of
revenue received from the federal government by reason of federal wild-
life refuges situated therein) ; repealed, 1945, 12.
Sect. 101 revised, 1943, 100.
Sect. lOlA added, 1946, 334 (penalizing the use of certain firearms
for hunting purposes).
Sect. 103, paragraph (2) amended, 1946, 333.
Sect. Ill, paragraph added at end, 1946, 412; section revised, 1947,
397.
Chapter 132. — Forestry.
Sect. 1 amended, 1937, 415 § 2; 1941, 490 § 36; 1947, 344 § 26.
Sect. 5 repealed, 1932, 180 § 27.
Sect. 6 revised, 1941, 455.
Sect. 11 revised, 1937, 415 § 3.
Sect. 12 amended, 1937, 415 § 4.
Sect. 12A added, 1945, 401 (relative to suppression of gypsy moths,
etc., on land of the commonwealth).
Sect. 13 revised, 1935, 87; amended, 1937, 415 § 5.
Sect. 14 revised, 1937, 415 § 6.
Sect. 17 amended, 1937, 415 § 6A; last sentence revised, 1946,
432 : 10.
Sect. 18 amended, 1937, 415 § 6B.
Sect. 22 amended, 1937, 415 § 7.
Sect. 25 revised, 1937, 415 § 8.
Sect. 26 amended, 1937, 415 § 9.
946 Changes in the [Chaps. 132a-136.
Sect. 27 amended, 1937, 415 § 10.
Sect. 28 amended, 1937, 415 § 11.
Sect. 30, last sentence revised, 1945, 514.
Sect. 33 amended, 1935, 373; 1936, 415 § 1. (See 1936, 415 § 3.)
Sect. 34, new paragraph added at end, 1935, 233.
Sect. 34 A, paragraph added at end, 1947, 366.
Sect. 36 revised, 1936, 415 § 2. (See 1936, 415 § 3.)
Sect. 36A added, 1945, 27 (relative to the acquisition by prescrip-
tion or adverse possession of title to lands of the commonwealth under
control of the department of conservation).
Sects. 40-45 added, under caption "Forest Cutting Practices", 1943,
539.
Chapter 132A. — State Parks and Reservations Outside of the Metropolitan
Parks District.
Sect. 2 amended, 1941, 490 § 37.
Sect. 5 amended, 1946, 432 § 11.
Sect. 7 revised, 1941, 722 § 11.
Sect. 9 amended, 1933, 75 § 4.
Chapter 135. — Unclaimed and Abandoned Property.
Sect. 1 revised, 1947, 441 § 1.
Sects. 2-4 repealed, 1947, 441 § 2.
Sect. 8 amended, 1938, 98 § 1.
Sect. 9 amended, 1938, 98 § 3.
Sect. 11 amended, 1938, 98 § 2.
Chapter 136. — Observance of the Lord's Day.
Sect. 2 amended, 1933, 150 § 1; 1934, 63; 1935, 78; 1946, 207 § 1.
Sect. 4 amended, 1945, 575.
Sect. 4A added, 1933, 150 § 2 (relative to the licensing of certain
enterprises to be held on the Lord's day at amusement parks and beach
resorts); revised, 1933, 309 § 1; sentence added at end, 1946, 207, § 2.
(See 1933, 309 § 2.)
Sect. 4B added, 1946, 207 § 3 (relative to the licensed operation
on the Lord's Day of bowHng alleys).
Sect. 6, second and third paragraphs amended, 1934, 328 § 7; fourth
paragraph amended, 1932, 96; 1934, 354; paragraph added at end, 1933,
150 § 3; section revised, 1934, 373 § 6; third paragraph amended, 1936,
129; 1937, 286; fourth paragraph amended, 1938, 143; same para-
graph revised, 1943, 473; last paragraph revised, 1946, 207 ^^ 4.
Sect. 7 amended, 1934, 328 § 8; revised, 1934, 373 § 7.
Sect. 8 amended, 1937, 124.
Sect. 13 amended, 1932, 105.
Sect. 17, sentence added at end, 1933, 150 § 4; section amended,
1934, 55; revised, 1938, 60.
Sect. 21 revised, 1935, 104, 169; 1946, 318 § 1. (See 1946, 318 ^ 2.)
Sect. 22. See 1933, 136; 1935, 49.
Chap. VsS.] GeNERAL LawS. 947
Chapter 138. — Alcoholic Liquors (Old Title, Intoxicating Liquors and
Certain Non-Intoxicating Beverages).
The following references are to chapter 138, as appearing in the Tercen-
tenary Edition:
Sect. 1, paragraph in lines 4-7 amended, 1933, 97 § 1. (See 1933,
97 § 3, 346 § 9.)
Sect. 2 affected, 1933, 120 § 53.
Sect. 3 amended, 1933, 97 § 2. (See 1933, 97 § 3, 346 § 9.)
Chapter stricken out, and new chapter 138 inserted, 1933, 376 § 2.
The following references are to the new chapter 138:
Sect. 1, new paragraph (definition of "Alcohol") added, 1935, 440
§ 1; definition of "Restaurant" amended, 1936, 368 § 1; eighth para-
graph (definition of "Club"), revised, 1934, 385 § 1; definition of
"Tavern" amended, 1934, 121 § 1; 1935, 253 § 1; definition of "Wines"
revised, 1941, 637 § 1. (See 1941, 637 § 3.)
Sect. 2 revised, 1934, 305, 372 § 4; 1935, 440 § 2; first sentence
revised, 1939, 470 § 1; 1943, 542 § 1.
Sect. 3 amended, 1935, 440 § 3.
Sect. 4 amended, 1934, 385 § 2.
Sect. 7 amended, 1935, 440 § 4.
Sect. 10 amended, 1935, 440 § 5.
Sect. lOA revised, 1943, 542 § 2.
Sect. lOB added, 1934, 370 § 11 (authorizing the alcohohc beverages
control commission to remove a member of a local licensing board
under certain conditions).
Sect. U revised, 1936, 207 § 1; 1947, 138 § 3. (See 1935, 281.)
Sect. 11 A, first paragraph amended, 1934, 142 § 1; paragraph in-
serted, 1934, 142 § 2; paragraph added at end, 1934, 142 § 3; section
revised, 1934, 211 § 1; last paragraph stricken out, 1935, 440 § 6. (See
1934, 142 § 4, 211 § 2.)
Sect. 12, first paragraph amended, 1934, 121 § 2; last sentence of
first paragraph revised, 1934, 370 § 1 ; second paragraph amended, 1934,
121 § 2; sentence contained in fines 42-53 revised, 1934, 370 § 2; section
revised, 1934, 385 § 3; first paragraph amended, 1935, 253 § 2; revised,
1935, 440 § 7; new paragraph inserted after first paragraph, 1935, 253
§ 3; proviso contained in lines 46-48 stricken out, 1935, 253 § 4; third
paragraph revised, 1935, 440 § 8; next to last paragraph stricken out,
1935, 440 § 9; section revised, 1935, 468 § 1; first paragraph amended,
1936, 207 § 2; last sentence of first paragraph revised, 1937, 331; 1943,
542 § 3; second paragraph revised, 1936, 368 § 2; amended, 1943, 542
§ 4; paragraph added at end, 1937, 264. (See 1943, 542 § 20.)
Sect. 13, last two sentences stricken out, 1934, 385 § 4; section re-
vised, 1935, 440 § 10.
Sect. 14 amended, 1934, 370 § 3; paragraph added at end, 1935,
440 § 11.
Sect. 15, first paragraph amended, 1934, 385 § 5; revised, 1935,
440 § 12; last paragraph revised, 1934, 370 § 4; last sentence revised,
1936, 225 § 1 ; second paragraph revised, 1938, 353.
Sect. 15A added, 1934, 370 § 5 (relative to the publication of appli-
cations for original licenses); revised, 1935, 440 § 13; 1939, 414;
amended, 1943, 542 § 5.
Sect. 16 revised, 1936, 368 § 3.
948 Changes in the [Chap. 138.
Sect. 16A revised, 1934, 385 § 6; 1937, 424 § 1.
Sect. 16B revised, 1935, 440 § 14; paragraph added at end, 1937,
291; section revised, 1937, 424 § 2; second paragraph revised, 1939, 92;
section amended, 1943, 542 § 6.
Sect. 17, second proviso of first paragraph amended, 1934, 385 § 7;
first paragraph amended, 1935, 81; last paragraph revised, 1934, 83;
section revised, 1935, 440 § 15; first paragraph amended, 1936, 136,
245; 1937, 14 § 1; second paragraph revised, 1936, 199; paragraph
added after the second paragraph, 1936, 368 § 4; section revised, 1937,
424 § 3; paragraph in lines 77-105 amended, 1946, 305; paragraph in
lines' 106-118 revised, 1939, 263; paragraph in hnes 119-122 revised,
1941, 522; same paragraph amended, 1945, 666. (See 1937, 14 v 2.)
Sect. 18, first paragraph revised, 1935, 440 § 16; first sentence re-
vised, 1943, 542 § 7; two paragraphs added, 1934, 385 § 8; paragraph
added at end, 1943, 542 § 8.
Sect. 18 A added, under caption "selling agents of foreign im-
porters AND manufacturers", 1934, 312; first paragraph revised,
1935, 440 § 17.
Sect. 18B added, 1943, 542 § 9 (relative to the issuance of certificates
of compliance to persons licensed outside the commonwealth to export
and sell alcoholic beverages to licensees under this chapter) .
Sect. 19, first paragraph revised, 1935, 440 § 18; second paragraph
amended, 1934, 385 § 9; last paragraph amended, 1934, 385 § 10; 1935,
440 § 19; paragraph added at end, 1936, 368 § 5.
Sect. 19A added, 1934, 385 § 11 (relative to the licensing of sales-
men for manufacturers and for wholesalers and importers); revised,
1935, 440 § 20.
Sect. 20 revised, 1934, 385 § 12; first paragraph amended, 1936, 368
§ 6; paragraph inserted, 1936, 368 § 7; section revised, 1943, 542 § 10.
Sect. 20A added, 1937, 424 § 4 (relative to granting permits to pub-
lic warehousemen to store and warehouse alcoholic beverages) .
Sect. 21 revised, 1934, 385 § 13; first paragraph amended, 1935,
440 § 21; first six paragraphs revised, 1936, 411 § 1; 1939, 367 § 1;
first paragraph (as appearing in 1939, 367 § 1) amended, 1943, 542 § 11;
third paragraph (as so appearing) stricken out and two new paragraphs
inserted, 1941, 637 § 2; sixth paragraph (as so appearing) revised, 1943,
36; first seven paragraphs stricken out and eight paragraphs inserted,
1947, 625 § 1; next to the last paragraph (as appearing in 1934, 385
§ 13) amended, 1936, 368 § 8; last paragraph (as so appearing) revised,
1939, 451 § 55; paragraph added at end, 1939, 394; same paragraph
stricken out and two paragraphs inserted, 1947, 524. [For prior tempo-
rary additional excise, 1939, 434; 1941, 339; 1943, 423; 1945, 546.
Additional excise, 1945, 731 § 11.] (See 1936, 411 § 2; 1939, 367 § 2;
1941, 637 §3; 1947, 625 §§3,4.)
Sect. 22 revised, 1934, 385 § 14; 1935, 440 § 22; fourth and fifth
paragraphs stricken out and new paragraph inserted, 1937, 418.
Sect. 22A added, 1934, 385 § 15 (providing for the granting by the
alcoholic beverages control commission in certain cases of permits to
sell alcoholic beverages).
Sect. 23, sentence added at end of fourth paragraph, 1934, 370 § 6;
last paragraph amended, 1934, 245; section revised, 1934, 385 § 16;
fifth paragraph amended, 1935, 253 § 5; last four paragraphs stricken
Chap. 138.] GENERAL LawS. 949
out, and five new paragraphs inserted, 1935, 440 § 23; second of the
paragraphs so inserted revised, 1941, 578; fourth paragraph revised,
1938, 238; sentence added at end of next to last paragraph, 1939,
470 § 2; section revised, 1943, 542 § 12.
Sect. 23A added, 1945, 215 (authorizing the Alcohohc Beverages
Control Commission to take action to eliminate unfair competition and
other trade abuses in the sale of alcoholic beverages).
Sect. 24, first sentence amended, 1934, 232; section revised, 1943,
542 § 13.
Sects. 25A, 25B added, 1946, 304 (prohibiting discrimination be-
tween licensees authorized to sell alcohohc beverages by eliminating
the pi-actice of granting special inducements to favored hcensees).
Sect. 26, first paragraph amended, 1935, 440 § 24.
Sect. 27 revised, 1934, 301 § 1; amended, 1934, 385 § 23; revised,
1935, 442; amended, 1936, 436 § 3; revised, 1936, 438; 1941, 729 § 13;
1947, 625 § 2. (See 1936, 436 § 4; 1941, 729 § 15; 1947, 625 § 4.)
Sect. 28 amended, 1934, 112.
Sect. 29 revised, 1935, 440 § 25.
Sect. .30 amended, 1935, 83 § 1; 1943, 542 § 14. (See 1935, 83
§2.)
Sect. 30A revised, 1934, 370 § 7; 1935, 440 § 26.
Sect. 30B amended, 1935, 440 § 27; paragraph added at end, 1936,
368 § 9.
Sect. 30D amended, 1935, 440 § 28.
Sect. 30E, first paragraph amended, 1935, 440 § 29.
Sect. 30F revised, 1935, 440 § 30.
Sect. 30G amended, 1935, 440 § 31.
Sect. 30H added, 1935, 440 § 32 (possession or transportation of
alcoholic beverages or alcohol under certain circumstances deemed prima
facie evidence of violation of law).
Sect. 31 amended, 1935, 440 § 33; revised, 1936, 368 § 10.
Sect. 32 amended, 1934, 370 § 8.
Sect. 33 revised, 1934, 370 § 9; amended, 1935, 468 § 2; last sentence
revised, 1936, 225 § 2; section amended, 1937, 268; 1941, 356.
Sect. 34 amended, 1935, 440 § 34; revised, 1936, 171; 1937, 424 § 5;
amended, 1943, 542 § 15.
Sect. 34A added, 1935, 146 (relative to procuring by false repre-
sentation sales or dehvery of alcoholic beverages to minors); revised,
1935, 440 § 35.
Sect. 36 amended, 1934, 385 § 17.
Sect. 37 revised, 1934, 385 § 18.
Sect. 38 amended, 1941, 199.
Sects. 42-55 affected, 1935, 440 § 36.
Sect. 42, paragraph added at end, 1935, 440 § 36.
Sect. 46 amended, 1934, 370 § 10; 1935, 440 § 37.
Sect. 56 revised, 1935, 440 § 38; 1936, 368 § 11.
Sect. 57 revised, 1936, 368 § 12.
Sect. 62 amended, 1935, 440 § 39.
Sect. 63, first sentence revised, 1934, 385 § 19; section revised, 1935,
440 § 40; 1936, 368 § 13.
Sect. 63A revised, 1935, 440 § 41; 1943, 542 § 16.
Sect. 64 revised, 1934, 385 § 20.
950 Changes in the [Chaps. 139, 140.
Sect. 65 revised, 1943, 542 § 17.
Sect. 67 amended, 1934, 385 § 21; revised, 1935, 440 § 42; amended,
1938, 400; first paragraph amended, 1943, 542 § 18.
Sect. 70 revised, 1934, 301 § 2; 1945, 598.
Sects. 72-75 repealed, 1934, 372 § 1.
Sect. 76 revised, 1934, 372 § 2; next to last sentence revised, 1934,
385 § 22; section revised, 1935, 440 § 43.
Sect. 77 revised, 1943, 542 § 19.
Chapter 139. — Common Nuisances.
Sect. 2, sentence added at end, 1945, 697 § 5.
Sect. 14, caption amended, 1934, 328 § 9; section amended, 1934,
328 § 10.
Sect. 16 amended, 1934, 328 § 11.
Sect. 16A amended, 1934, 328 § 12.
Sect. 17 repealed, 1934, 328 § 13.
Sect. 19 amended, 1934, 328 § 14.
Sect. 20 amended, 1934, 328 § 15.
Chapter 140. — Licenses.
Sect. 4 amended, 1934, 171 § 1.
Sect. 6 amended, 1937, 424 § 6; revised, 1941, 439 § 1.
Sect. 6A added, 1937, 424 § 7 (providing for the granting of com-
mon victuallers' licenses and licenses to sell alcoholic beverages upon
condition that licensed premises are equipped and furnished according
to plans and estimates approved in advance); repealed, 1941, 439 § 2.
Sect. 8 amended, 1936, 368 § 14; revised, 1943, 328.
Sect. 9A added, 1939, 431 (relative to the keeping of the premises of
common victuallers open for business).
Sect. 10 amended, 1935, 167.
Sect. 12 revised, 1932, 86; 1933, 92; 1943, 31.
Sects. 21E and 21F added, under caption "organizations dis-
pensing FOOD OR beverages TO MEMBERS AND GUESTS ", 1933, 284
(providing for the regulation of such organizations).
Sect. 21E, last sentence revised, 1934, 328 § 16; affected, 1934, 328
§17.
Sect. 27, first sentence amended, 1947, 375.
Sects. 32A-32E added, 1939, 416 (requiring the licensing of recrea-
tional camps, overnight camps or cabins and trailer camps).
Sect. 32B amended, 1941, 396; revised, 1945, 153.
Sect. 48 repealed, 1937, 342 § 2.
Sect. 51 amended, 1932, 275; 1935, 428 § 3; 1936, 55 § 1; revised,
1941, 626 § 12; amended, 1947, 253. (See 1935, 428 §§ 6, 7; 1936,
55 § 2.)
Sect. 52 amended, 1935, 428 § 4. (See 1935, 428 § 7.)
Sect. 55 amended, 1938, 59.
Sect. 59 amended, 1934, 254 § 1; 1938, 96. (See 1934, 254 § 2.)
Sect. 71 revised, 1943, 154.
Sect. 90, three sentences added at end, 1934, 179 § 1; section re-
vised, 1946, 223 § 1. (See 1946, 223 § 2.)
Chap. 140.] GENERAL LaWS. 951
Sect. 96, sentence added at end, 1934, 179 § 2; section amended,
1941, 158 § 1. (See 1941, 158 §§ 2, 3.)
Sect. 100 amended, 1946, 119; revised, 1946, 174 § 1. (See 1946,
174 vi 2.)
Sect. 121 amended, 1934, 359 § 1.
Sect. 129A repealed, 1945, 254.
Sect. 130, sentence added at end, 1945, 132.
Sect. 131 revised, 1936, 302.
Sect. 131C added, 1934, 246 (prohibiting persons licensed to carry
pistols and revolvers from carrying the same in vehicles unless said
weapons are under their control therein).
Sect. 13 ID added, 1947, 492 § 5 (relative to the emission of smoke
by steam locomotives).
Sect. 133 amended, 1939, 451 § 56.
Sect. 136 revised, 1947, 492 § 6.
Sect. 136A, under caption "dogs", added, 1934, 320 § 1 (definitions
of certain words and phrases in sections 137-175); amended, 1943,
111 § 1. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)
Sect. 137 amended, 1932, 289 § 1; revised (and caption stricken
out) 1934, 320 § 2; revised, 1943, 111 § 2; 1945, 140. (See 1934, 320
§ 34.)
Sects. 137A-137C added, 1934, 320 § 3 (relative to kennel licenses
and regulating holders of such licenses). (See 1934, 320 § 34.)
Sect. 137A, paragraph added at end, 1937, 95; first paragraph stricken
out and three para2;raphs inserted, 1943, 111 § 3.
Sect. 137C revised, 1939, 206.
Sect. 138 revised, 1934, 320 § 4; 1938, 92; 1943, HI § 4. (See 1934,
320 § 34.)
Sect. 139 amended, 1934, 320 § 5; sentence added at end, 1939, 23;
sentence added at end, 1941, 132. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)
Sect. 140 repealed, 1934, 320 § 6. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)
Sect. 141 revised, 1934, 320 § 7. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)
Sects. 142-144 repealed, 1934, 320 § 8. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)
Sect, 145 amended, 1932, 289 § 2.
Sect. 145A added, 1932, 289 § 3 (relative to the furnishing of anti-
rabic vaccine); revised, 1934, 320 § 9; 1937, 375; last sentence revised,
1939, 42. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)
Sect. 146 revised, 1934, 320 § 10; 1941, 133 § 1. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)
Sect. 147 revised, 1932, 289 § 4; 1934, 320 § 11; amended, 1941, 133
§ 2. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)
Sect. 148 repealed, 1932, 289 § 6. (See G. L. chapter 41 § 13A, in-
serted by 1932, 289 § 5.)
Sect. 150 revised, 1934, 320 § 12. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)
Sect. 151 revised, 1934, 320 § 13. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)
Sect. 151A added, 1934, 320 § 14 (powers and duties of dog officers
under annual warrants from mayors or selectmen). (See 1934, 320
§34.)
Sect. 152 revised, 1934, 320 § 15. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)
Sect. 153 revised, 1934, 320 § 16. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)
Sect. 154 repealed, 1934, 320 § 17. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)
Sect. 155 revised, 1934, 320 § 18. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)
Sect. 156 revised. 1934, 320 § 19. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)
952 Changes in the [Chaps. i41, 142.
Sect. 157 revised, 1934, 320 § 20. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)
Sect. 158 revised, 1934, 320 § 21. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)
Sect. 159 revised, 1934, 320 § 22. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)
Sect. 160 revised, 1934, 320 § 23. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)
Sect. 161, first two sentences amended, 1932, 289 § 7; section
amended, 1934, 320 § 24. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)
Sect. 161A added, 1934, 320 § 25 (reimbursement for damages by
dogs regulated). (See 1934, 320 § 34.)
Sect. 162 revised, 1934, 320 § 26. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)
Sect. 163 amended, 1934, 320 § 27. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)
Sect. 164 amended, 1934, 320 § 28. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)
Sect. 165 revised, 1934, 320 § 29. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)
Sect. 166 amended, 1934, 320 § 30. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)
Sect. 170 amended, 1934, 320 § 31. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)
Sect. 171 revised, 1934, 320 § 32. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)
Sect. 172 revised, 1932, 289 § 8.
Sect. 175 revised, 1932, 289 § 9; 1934, 320 § 33; 1943, 93; repealed,
1945, 276 § 2. (See 1934, 320 § 34.)
Sects. 180A-180D added, under caption "theatrical booking
AGENTS, PERSONAL AGENTS AND MANAGERS", 1935, 378 (providing fOF
the licensing and bonding of certain theatrical booking agents, per-
sonal agents and managers).
Sect. 180A revised, 1946, 566 § 1.
Sect. 180B revised, 1946, 566 ? 2.
Sect. 180C revised, 1946, 566 § 3.
Sect. 181. Affected by 1935, 454 § 8.
Sect. 183A amended, 1935, 102 § 1; 1936, 71 § 1. (See 1935, 102 § 2.)
Sect. 183B repealed, 1936, 71 § 2.
Sect. 184 amended, 1934, 328 § 18.
Sect. 185A amended, 1936, 279; paragraph added at end, 1941, 247.
Sect. 185H added, 1939, 253 (relative to the hcensing and supervision
of dancing schools, so called).
Sect. 186 amended, 1936, 169 § 1.
Sect. 187 amended, 1936, 169 § 2.
Sect. 202 revised, 1936, 169 § 3.
Chapter 141. — Supervision of Electricians.
Sect. 1, first paragraph amended, 1943, 308.
Sect. 2, fourth paragraph stricken out, 1946, 480 vj 1.
Sect. 2A added, 1946, 480 § 2 (granting a credit in the examination
standing of certain veterans applying for electricians' licenses).
Sect. 3, clause (4) amended, 1934, 347 § 1.
Chapter 142. — Supervision of Plumbing.
Sect. 4, first sentence revised, 1947, 382; paragraph added at end,
1946, 502.
Sect. 6 revised, 1934, 347 § 2.
Sect. 11 amended, 1945, 703 § 11.
Sect. 13 amended, 1934, 284.
Sect. 17 revised, 1936, 234; 1941, 518 § 1; paragraph added at end,
1945, 477.
Chap. 143.] GENERAL LaWS. 953
Sect. 18 re\4sed, 1941, 518 § 2.
Sect. 19 revised, 1941, 518 ^ 3.
Sect. 21 added, 1938, 302 (providing for regulation of plumbing in
buildings owned and used by the commonwealth).
Sect. 22 added, 1941, 518 § 4 (providing for the enforcement of cer-
tain laws relative to the marking, construction and installation of hot
water tanks).
Chapter 143. — Inspection and Regulation of, and Licenses for, Buildings,
Elevators and Cinematographs.
Sect. 1, definition of "Alteration" revised, 1945, 480; definitions of
"Building" and "Commissioner" inserted, 1945, 480; definition of
"Inspector" amended. 1943, 544 § 7B; revised, 1945, 480; definition
of "Place of assembly" inserted after paragraph in lines 12-14, 1943,
546 § 1; revised, 1945, 480; definition of "Public building" revised,
1945, 480; definition of "Public hall" revised, 1946, 363 § 1; defini-
tion of "Special hall" revised, 1941, 694; definition of "Structure"
inserted, 1945, 480; definition of "Supervisor of plans" revised, 1946,
363 § 1. (See 1945, 722 i 2.)
Sect. 3 revised, 1943, 544 § 2; 1945, 674 § 1; first paragraph revised,
1946, 363 § 2; paragraph inserted after second paragraph, 1946, 423.
(See 1945, 722 § 2.)
Sects. 3A-3H added, 1943, 544 § 2 (providing for rules and regula-
tions for protecting life and limb in places of assembly and for the en-
forcement of laws, rules and regulations, ordinances and by-laws for
protecting the same therein), (See 1943, 544 §§ 7A and 8.)
Sect. 3A revised, 1945, 482 § 1. (See 1945, 722 § 2.)
Sect. 3B revised, 1945, 645, § 2; sentence inserted after first sentence,
1947, 646.
Sect. 3C repealed, 1945, 645 § 3.
Sect. 3D revised, 1945, 482 ^ 2. (See 1945, 722 § 2.)
Sects. 3E and 3F repealed, 1945, 645 § 3.
Sect. 3G revised, 1945, 482 § 3; 1946, 363 § 3. (See 1945, 722 § 2.)
Sect. 3H revised, 1945, 645 § 4.
Sects. 3I-3K added, 1947, 631 § 1 (to provide regulations for the
prevention of fire and the preservation of life, health and morals in
buildings used for dwelling purposes and to provide for alternatives to
the requirements of ordinances, by-laws or regulations relative to the
construction, alteration, repair, use or occupancy of such buildings).
Sect. 6 revised, 1946, 363 § 4.
Sect. 8 amended, 1945, 697 § 1.
Sect. 9 revised, 1945, 697 § 2.
Sect. 9A added, 1945, 697 § 2A (relative to recovery for damage to
other property caused by the making safe or taking down of a danger-
ous structure). (See 1945, 697 <^ 2B.)
Sect. 10 revised, 1945, 697 § 3.
Sect. 12 amended, 1945, 697 § 4.
Sect. 13 revised, 1946, 363 § 5.
Sect. 15 amended, 1943, 544 § 3; first sentence amended, 1947,
645 § 1. (See 1943, 544, § 7A.)
Sect. 16 amended, 1943, 544 § 3; revised, 1945, 473. (See 1943,
544 § 7A.)
954 Changes in the [Chap. 143.
Sect. 20 amended, 1945, 700 § 1.
Sect. 21 amended, 1943, 544 § 3; revised, 1943, 546 § 2; 1945, 536;
first sentence revised, 1947, 645 § 2. (See 1943, 544 § 7 A, 546 § 5;
1945, 722 § 2.)
Sects. 21A and 21B added, 1943, 546 § 3 (further regulating the
means of ingress to and egress from places of assembly and certain
other places). (See 1943, 546 §§ 5 and 6.)
Sect. 21A amended, 1945, 474 § 1; 1946, 363 § 6.
Sect. 21B amended, 1945, 482 § 4; revised, 1945, 722 § 1; para-
graph added at end, 1946, 327 § 1; section revised, 1947, 654 § 1.
(See 1947, 654 § 3.)
Sect. 21C added, 1946, 327 § 2 (relative to the use and maintenance
of revolving doors, so called, in certain buildings) ; revised, 1947, 654
§ 2. (See 1947, 654 § 3.)
Sects. 24-33 amended, 1943, 544 § 3. (See 1943, 544 § 7A.)
Sect. 28 revised, 1945, 474 § 2; 1947, 648.
Sect. 33 revised, 1945, 533 § 1; 1946, 363 § 7; amended, 1947, 645
§ 3. (See 1945, 722 § 2.)
Sect. 34 revised, 1943, 544 § 4. (See 1943, 544 § 7A.)
Sect. 43 amended, 1943, 544 § 3. (See 1943, 544 § 7A.)
Sect. 44 amended, 1947, 643.
Sects. 45 and 46 amended, 1943, 544 § 3. (See 1943, 544 § 7A.)
Sect. 47, last sentence stricken out, 1945, 700 § 2.
Sect. 48 amended, 1945, 700 § 3.
Sect. 49 amended, 1943, 544 § 3; revised, 1945, 526. (See 1943,
544 § 7A.)
Sect. 50, sentence added at end, 1945, 472. (See 1945, 722 § 2.)
Sects. 51 and 52 amended, 1943, 544 § 3. (See 1943, 544 § 7A.)
Sect. 51 revised, 1945, 510.
Sect. 52 revised, 1945, 478.
Sect. 54 revised, 1943, 544 >> 5. (See 1943, 544 § 7A.)
Sect. 57 revised, 1945, 533 o 2. (See 1945, 722 § 2.)
Sect. 59 revised, 1943, 544 § 6; 1945, 533 i^ 3. (See 1943, 514 § 7A;
1945, 722 ^ 2.)
Sect. 60 amended, 1945, 533 .^ 4. (See 1945, 722 1;^ 2.)
Sect. 61 revised, 1945, 674 <^ 2. (See 1945, 722 § 2.)
Sect. 69 revised, 1945, 643 ;^ 2.
Sects. 71A-71C added, 1945, 626 § 1 (providing for the Hcensing of
persons engaged in the construction and maintenance of elevators and
escalators). (See 1945, 626 § 2.)
Sect. 71D added, 1946, 495 (providing that persons engaged in
certain work in the construction and maintenance of elevators and
escalators need not be licensed as elevator constructors, maintenance
men or repairmen).
Sect. 74 revised, 1941, 553 § 1. (See 1941, 553 § 9.)
Sect. 75 revised, 1941, 553 § 2. (See 1941, 553 § 9.)
Sect. 76 revised, 1941, 553 § 3. (See 1941, 553 § 9.)
Sects. 77 and 78 repealed, 1941, 553 § 4. (See 1941, 553 § 9.)
Sect. 79 revised, 1941, 553 § 5. (See 1941, 553 § 9.)
Sect. 80 repealed, 1941, 553 § 4. (See 1941, 553 § 9.)
Sect. 82 amended, 1941, 553 § 6. (See 1941, 553 § 9.)
Sect. 85 amended, 1941, 553 § 7. (See 1941, 553 § 9.)
Sect. 86 amended, 1941, 553 § 8. (See 1941, 553 § 9.)
Chaps. 145-148.] GENERAL LaWS. 955
Chapter 145. — Tenement Houses in Towns.
Sect. 17A added, 1934, 168 (relative to the erection of garages in the
yards of certain tenement houses).
Chapter 146. — Inspection of Boilers, Air Tanks, etc.. Licenses of Engineers,
Firemen, and Operators of Hoisting Machinery.
Sect. 2 amended, 1941, 459; 1946, 336 § 1.
Sect. 4 amended, 1946, 336 § 2.
Sect. 16 revised, 1932, 180 § 28.
Sect. 34 revised, 1938, 319 § 1; sentence added at end, 1947, 620.
Sect. 35 amended, 1938, 319 § 2.
Sect. 50 amended, 1935, 67.
Sect. 67 revised, 1941, 525 § 1; amended, 1946, 180. (See 1941,
525 § 2.)
Chapter 147. — State and Other Police, and Certain Powers and Duties of
the Department of Public Safety.
Sect. 1A added, 1947, 668 § 1 (relative to the poKcing of reservations
of the United States of America). (See 1947, 668 § 2.)
Sect. 4B added, 1939, 116 (providing that local police authorities
and district attorneys be furnished with information relative to certain
persons charged with or convicted of sex crimes, so called, upon their
release or discharge from certain institutions).
Sect. 8 A added, 1938, 296 (authorizing the carrying of certain
weapons by sheriffs, deputy sheriffs and special sheriffs, and certain
officers in the department of correction); revised, 1939, 174.
Sect. 10 amended, 1934, 23.
Sects. 13B and 13C added, 1939, 419 § 2 (providing for the ultimate
abohtion of reserve police forces in certain cities and towns).
Sect. 16A added, 1937, 85 § 1 (providing for one day off in every
seven days for police officers in certain cities and towns) ; revised, 1938,
426 § 1.
Sect. 16B added, 1938, 426 § 2 (providing for one day off in every
six davs for pohce officers of certain cities and towns).
Sect. 17 amended, 1937, 85 § 2; 1938, 426 § 3.
Sect. 19, sentence added after the first sentence, 1939, 256 § 2. (See
1939, 256 § 3.)
Sects. 25A-25C added, 1937, 437 § 1 (relative to promoting peaceful
industrial relations by regulating certain forms of private police and
detective activity in labor disputes and related matters).
Sect. 26 amended, 1937, 437 § 2.
Sect. 30 revised, 1937, 437 § 3.
Sect. 32 revised, 1935, 262 § 1.
Sect. 33 amended, 1935, 262 § 2.
Sect. 35 revised, 1934, 69.
Sect. 36 revised, 1932, 79.
Sect. 38 revised, 1947, 234.
Chapter 148. — Fire Prevention.
Sect. 1, definition of "Head of the fire department" revised, 1945,
470; definition of "local Ucensing authority" amended, 1932, 102;
956 Changes in the [Chap. 148.
three paragraphs added at end, defining "Board," "Building" and
"Structure," 1945, 470.
Sect. 3 amended, 1945, 700 § 4.
Sect. 4 amended, 1945, 710 § 2.
Sect. 5, sentence in Hnes 16-17 amended, 1945, 463.
Sect. 9 amended, 1945, 710 § 3.
Sect. 10 revised, 1945, 710 § 4.
Sect. lOA added, 1932, 75 (relative to the granting of certain permits
and the making of certain inspections by municipal officers designated
by the state fire marshal) ; revised, 1945, 479.
Sect. 13, first paragraph amended, 1932, 22 § 1; section amended,
1935, 123 § 1 ; revised, 1936, 394 § 1 ; first paragraph amended, 1945,
415 § 1; revised, 1945, 710 § 5; second paragraph amended, 1945, 710
§ 6; third paragraph amended, 1939, 333; 1945, 710 § 7; fourth para-
graph amended, 1945, 710 § 8; last paragraph amended, 1938, 99.
(See 1932, 22 § 2; 1936, 394 §§ 2, 3; 1945, 415 § 2; 710 § 19.)
Sect. 14 amended, 1938, 103.
Sect. 16 amended, 1941, 288.
Sect. 18 repealed, 1934, 182 § 2.
Sect. 20A added, 1946, 501 (relative to bonds to cover risk of damages
from blasting operations conducted in several municipalities).
Sect. 21 amended, 1945, 710 § 9.
Sect. 22 amended, 1945, 710 § 10.
Sect. 23 amended, 1935, 123 § 2.
Sect. 25 amended, 1945, 710 § 11.
Sect. 26 amended, 1945, 481.
Sect. 27A added, 1932, 283 (relative to the protection of life and
property from fire hazards incident to the present industrial emer-
gency).
Sect. 28, paragraph L amended, 1943, 546 § 4; section amended,
1945, 710 § 12; paragraph L revised and paragraph N added, 1946,
363 § 9. (See 1943, 546 § 5.)
Sect. 29 amended, 1939, 205.
Sect. 30 amended, 1945, 710 § 13.
Sect. 31 amended, 1945, 460.
Sect. 38 amended, 1945, 710 § 14.
Sect. 38A added, 1938, 95 (prohibiting the removal of certain gaso-
line tanks without a permit).
Sect. 39 revised, 1943, 291 § 1.
Sect. 39 A added, 1943, 291 § 2 (authorizing the making of rules and
regulations for the granting of permits for supervised displays of fire-
works); amended, 1945, 256; 710 § 15.
Sect. 40 amended, 1945, 710 § 16.
.Sect. 46 amended, 1945, 710 § 17.
Sects. 48 and 49 repealed, 1946, 282.
Sect. 49A added, 1934, 182 § 1 (relative to the inspection of kerosene
or any product thereof kept for sale for illuminating, heating or cook-
ing purposes); repealed, 1946, 282.
Sect. 50 amended, 1943, 291 § 3.
Sect. 53 repealed, 1943, 291 § 4.
Chap. 149.1 GENERAL LaWS. 95?
Chapter 149. — Labor and Industries.
For temporary legislation authorizing the commissioner of labor and
industries to suspend certain laws, rules and regulations relative to the
employment of women and minors when necessary to provide relief
from conditions resulting from the present shortage of man power, see
1943, 382.
For temporary legislation authorizing the commissioner of labor and
industries to suspend certain laws, rules and regulations relative to the
emplojanent of women and minors when an emergency exists or condi-
tions of hardship require or justify suspension, see 1947, 357 § 4.
For legislation relative to interstate compacts affecting labor and in-
dustry, see 1933, Res. 44; 1934, 383, Res. 25; 1935, 315 §§ 1-3; 1936,
Res. 68; 1937, 404; 1943, 255.
Sect. 1, paragraph defining "co-operative courses" amended, 1939,
461 § 4; paragraph defining "discrimination" inserted, 1937, 367 § 1;
paragraphs defining "employee" and "employer" inserted, 1945, 584
§ 1; definition of "employment" amended, 1945, 584 § 2; revised,
1945, 646; paragraph defining "employment permit", "permit for
employment" or "emplo\anent certificate" inserted, 1939, 461 § 4A;
revised, 1945, 133 § 3; paragraph defining "mercantile estabhshments "
amended, 1936, 78.
Sect. 6 amended, 1934, 132 § 1 ; 1937, 249. (See 1934, 132 § 2.)
Sect. 8 amended, 1943, 441.
Sect. 11 amended, 1935, 328.
Sect. 17 amended, 1945, 430.
Sect. 20A added, 1933, 351 § 1 (relative to the judicial enforcement
of certain contracts relative to membership in labor or employers' or-
ganizations). (See 1933, 351 § 2.)
Sects. 20B and 20C added, 1935, 407 § 1 (regulating the Hability of
labor unions and others involved in labor disputes, and defining labor
disputes and other terms used in connection therewith). (See 1935,
407 § 6.)
Sect. 20C. See 1937, 436 § 10; G. L. 150A § 6 (A) inserted by 1938,
345 § 2.
Sect. 23 amended, 1935, 114.
Sect. 23A added, 1934, 233 (regulating the employment of armed
guards in connection with strikes, lockouts and other labor troubles).
Sect. 24 amended, 1933, 272.
Sects. 24A-24J added, under the caption "discrimination against
certain persons in employment on account of age", 1937, 367
§2.
Sects. 26 and 27 stricken out, and new sections 26~27D added, 1935,
461 (relative to preference and minimum wages of veterans and others
in certain employments on certain pubUc works).
Sect. 26 amended, 1947, 334; paragraph added at end, 1937, 346;
same paragraph revised, 1938, 413; 1946, 591 § 46.
Sect. 27E added, 1938, 67 (establishing residential requirements to
be observed in the employment of certain persons by the department
of public works).
Sect. 29 amended, 1935, 217 § 2; revised, 1935, 472 § 2; 1938, 361.
Sect. 30 revised, 1936, 367 § 1; 1947, 680 § 1.
958 Changes in the [Chap. 149.
Sect. 30A added, 1947, 677 § 1 (further regulating the work hours of
certain persons employed by the commonwealth). (See 1947, 677
§§ 2, 3.)
Sect. 32 revised, 1945, 680.
Sect. 33A added, 1947, 649 (authorizing a forty hour week for em-
ployees of certain cities and towns).
Sect. 34 amended, 1936, 367 § 2; revised, 1947, 680 § 2.
Sect. 34A added, 1938, 438 (requiring contractors on public buildings
and other public works to provide and continue in force, during the full
term of the contract, insurance under the Workmen's Compensation
Law, so called).
Sect. 34B added, 1939, 252 (regulating the rate of compensation
paid to reserve police officers by contractors on certain public
works).
Sect. 34C added, 1947, 680 § 3 (concerning the applicability of
certain provisions of law relative to hours of labor on public works).
Sect. 36 amended, 1942, 1 § 7. (See 1942, 1 § 9.)
Sect. 39 revised, 1935, 444 § 1. (See 1935, 444 § 2.)
Sect. 40 revised, 1945, 426 § 1. (See 1945, 426 § 2.)
Sects. 44A-44D added, 1939, 480 (requiring fair competition for
bidders on the construction, reconstruction, alteration, remodelling or
repair of certain public works by the commonwealth or any political
subdivision thereof).
Sect. 44A revised, 1941, 699 § 1.
Sect. 44C, subsection (B) revised, 1941, 699 § 2; subsection (D)
amended, 1941, 699 § 3; first paragraph of subsection (E) revised, 1941,
699 § 4; sentence added at end of subsection (E), 1941, 699 § 5; last
paragraph of "Draft of Proposal Form" amended, 1941, 699 § 6; para-
graph contained in lines 14-18 of the "Proposal Form (Sub-Bidder)"
amended, 1941, 699 § 7.
Sect. 48 revised, 1935, 185, 423 § 3; amended, 1938, 320; revised,
1939, 235 § 1.
Sect. 49 amended, 1937, 221; revised, 1938, 295.
Sect. 50 revised, 1933, 225; amended, 1935, 423 § 1.
Sect. 50A added, 1935, 423 § 2 (making one day's rest in seven law
applicable to watchmen and employees maintaining fires in certain
establishments).
Sect. 51 revised, 1939, 235 § 2.
Sect. 55 revised, 1945, 87.
Sect. 56 amended, 1932, 110 § 1; revised, 1935, 200; first sentence
stricken out and two sentences inserted, 1939, 377; section amended,
1941, 574, 610 § 1; first sentence amended, 1947, 161; revised, 1947,
368; paragraph added at end, 1946, 241 § 1. (See 1941, 610 §§ 2, 3.)
Sect. 57 amended, 1932, 110 § 2.
Sect. 59 amended, 1933, 193 § 1; 1936, 170 § 1; revised, 1947,
357 § 1. (For prior temporary legislation authorizing the commissioner
of labor and industries to suspend certain provisions relative to the
hours of employment of women in the textile and leather industries,
see 1933, 347; time for suspension as to the textile industry extended,
1935,429; 1936,154; 1937,153; 1938,68; 1939,96; 1941,154; 1943,
306; 1945, 14; 1946, 96. For prior temporary legislation suspending
certain provisions relative to the hours of employment of women and
Chap. 149.] GENERAL LaWS. 959
children in the textile industry and to their meal periods, 1946, 127,
560.)
Sect. 60 revised, 1935, 203; paragraph added at end, 1939, 193 § 1;
section revised, 1939, 273, 461 § 5; 1947, 109 § 1. (See 1939, 461 § 13.)
Sect. 61, clause (1) revised, 1946, 241 § 2.
Sect. 62, clause (13) amended, 1934, 328 § 19; section amended,
1945, 337; clause (15) added, 1946, 171.
Sect. 65 amended, 1939, 352; revised, 1939, 461 § 6.
Sect. 66 amended, 1933, 193 § 2; 1936, 170 § 2; 1939, 255; 1946,
48; affected, 1946, 127, 560; section revised, 1947, 357 §^2.
Sect. 67 revised, 1939, 348.
Sects. 69-73. See 1934, 114.
Sect. 69 amended, 1939, 461 § 7.
Sect. 70, sentence added at end, 1939, 94; section revised, 1945, 133
§^-
Sect. 71 amended, 1945, 133 § 5.
Sect. 73 revised, 1939, 461 § 8.
Sect. 78 amended, 1934, 292 § 1.
Sect. 84 amended, 1932, 180 § 29.
Sect. 86 revised, 1939, 461 § 9; first paragraph revised, 1947, 109 § 2.
Sect. 87 revised, 1939, 461 § 10.
Sect. 88 amended, 1945, 133 § 6.
Sect. 89 revised, 1945, 133 § 7.
Sect. 90 revised, 1945, 133 § 8.
Sect. 94 revised, 1939, 461 § 11.
Sect. 95, first paragraph amended, 1945, 133 § 9.
Sect. 100 amended, 1939, 280; affected, 1946, 127, 560; section
revised, 1947, 357 § 3.
Sect. 101 revised, 1938, 335.
Sect. 104 amended, 1932, 27; 1939, 193 § 2.
Sects. 105A-105C added, 1945, 584 § 3 (penalizing discriminatory
wage rates based on sex).
Sect. IOoA revised, 1947, 565.
Sect. 113 revised, 1934, 255.
Sect. 117 revised, 1935, 208.
Sect. 126 re\dsed, 1945, 528.
Sect. 135 amended, 1933, 64.
Sects. 142A-142F added, under caption "benzol and mixtures
containing benzol", 1933, 304 (regulating the sale, distribution,
storage and use of benzol and its compounds).
Sect. 142A amended, 1935, 463 § 1.
Sect. 142B revised, 1935, 463 § 2.
Sects. 143-147A, and the heading above section 143, stricken out,
and new sections 143-147H inserted, under the heading "industrial
homework", 1937, 429.
Sect. 143 revised, 1945, 600 § 1.
Sect. 144 amended, 1945, 600 § 2.
Sect. 147 amended, 1941, 539; first paragraph amended, 1945, 600
§3.
Sect. 147A added, 1932, 234 (requiring the furnishing of certain
information to the department of labor and industries with respect to
the performance of certain industrial work in tenements and dwelling
960 Changes in the [Chains. i50, i50A.
houses); section stricken out and new section inserted, 1937, 429;
amended, 1939, 461 § 12.
Sect. 147B amended, 1945, 600 § 4.
Sect. 147C amended, 1945, 600 § 5.
Sect. 147D amended, 1945, 600 § 6.
Sect. 147G amended, 1945, 600 § 7.
Sect. 148, last sentence amended, 1932, 101 § 1; section revised,
1935, 350; 1936, 160; paragraph inserted after first paragraph, 1943,
467; paragraph inserted after third paragraph, 1943, 378; same para-
graph amended, 1943, 563; revised, 1946, 414.
Sect. 150, sentence added at end, 1932, 101 § 2.
Sect. 150A added, 1938, 403 (requiring employers to furnish certain
information to employees relative to deductions from wages for social
security and unemployment compensation benefits).
Sect. 150B added, 1943, 385 (prohibiting labor unions from requir-
ing payment of certain fees as a condition of securing or continuing
employment). (
Sect. 156 amended, 1935, 363 § 1; 1941, 164. (See 1935, 363 § 2.)
Sect. 157A added, 1933, 268 (insuring to piece or job workers in
factories and workshops information relative to their compensation).
Sect. 159A added, 1937, 342 § 1 (to prevent the misleading of patrons
of certain places as to the beneficiaries of tips given to hat-check and
cigarette girls and the hke).
Sect. 170 amended, 1945, 580 § 8. (See 1945, 580 § 9.)
Sect. 178A added, 1932, 175 (authorizing the payment of small
amounts of wages or salary of intestate employees to certain next of
kin without administration).
Sect. 178B added, 1947, 189 § 1 (to authorize deductions from
wages of employees of districts and municipalities for making certain
payments to credit unions of such employees). [For prior legislation,
see G. L. chapter 171 § 6A (1946, 184) repealed by 1947, 189 § 2.]
Sect. 179B added, 1941, 642 (requiring the giving of notice to the
Commissioner of Labor and Industries of the commencement or a
change of location of operations by industries in this commonwealth).
Chapter 150. — Conciliation and Arbitration of Industrial Disputes.
Sect. 3 amended, 1938, 364 § 1; 1939, 111.
Sect. 5 revised, 1938, 364 § 2.
Sect. 7, fifth sentence amended, 1946, 590 § 1.
Sect. 9, last sentence amended, 1946, 590 § 2.
Chapter 150A. — Labor Relations.
New chapter inserted, 1938, 345 § 2 (incorporating the provisions
of 1937, 436, relative to labor relations as an addition to the General
Laws). (See 1938, 345 §§ 3, 4.)
Sect. 4, subsection (3) revised, 1947, 657 § 1; subsection (6) added,
1947, 657 § 2.
Sect. 4A revised, 1947, 657 § 3.
Sect. 4B added, 1947, 657 § 3 (making it an unfair labor practice for
a labor organization to refuse to bargain collectively in certain cases).
Chaps. 150B, 151.] GENERAL LawS. 961
Sect. 5, subsection (b) amended, 1939, 318; subsection (c) amended,
1947, 657 § 4.
Sect. 6, subsection (a) amended, 1947, 657 § 5; subsection (h)
amended, 1941, 261.
Sects. 6A-6C added, 1947, 657 § 6 (relative to membership in labor
organizations where such membership is required as a condition of
employment).
Sect. 7, first paragraph amended, 1947, 657 § 7.
Sect. 9 amended, 1947, 657 § 8. ^
Sect. 10, subsection (6) revised, 1945, 354; 1947, 657 § 9.
Chapter 150B. — Peaceful Settlement of Industrial Disputes Dangerous to
Public Health and Safety.
New chapter inserted, 1947, 596.
Chapter 151. — Minimum Fair Wages (former title, Minimum Fair Wages
for Women and Minors).
The following references are to chapter 151, as appearing in the Ter-
centenary Edition:
Sect. 8 amended, 1933, 110.
Sects. UA-llD added, 1933, 220 § 1 (relative to the more effective
enforcement of decrees of the minimum wage commission). (See 1933,
220 § 2.)
Chapter stricken out, and new chapter 151 inserted, 1934, 308 § 1. (See
1934, 308 §§ 2, 3; 1935, 267. See also 1933, Res. 44; 1934, 383, Res. 25).
The following references are to chapter 151, as inserted by 1934, 308 § 1:
Sect. 1 revised, 1936, 430 § 1. (See 1936, 430 §§ 18-22.)
Sect. 2 revised, 1936, 430 § 2. (See 1936, 430 §§ 18-22.)
Sect. 3 amended, 1936, 430 § 3. (See 1936, 430 §§ 18-22.)
Sect. 4 revised, 1936, 430 § 4. (See 1936, 430 §§ 18-22.)
Sect. 7 revised, 1936. 430 § 5. (See 1936, 430 §§ 18-22.)
Sect. 10 revised, 1936, 430 § 6. (See 1936, 430 §§ 18-22.)
Sect. 12 revised, 1936, 430 § 7. (See 1936, 430 §§ 18-22.)
Sect. 13 amended, 1936, 175; revised, 1936, 430 § 8. (See 1936,
430 §§ 18-22.)
Sect. 14 revised, 1936, 430 § 9. (See 1936, 430 §§ 18-22.)
Sect. 15 revised, 1936. 430 § 10. (See 1936, 430 §§ 18-22.)
Sect. 16 amended, 1936, 430 § 11. (See 1936, 430 §§ 18-22.)
Sect. 17 amended, 1936, 430 § 12. (See 1936, 430 §§ 18-22.)
Sect. 20 amended, 1936, 430 § 13. (See 1936, 430 §§ 18-22.)
Sect. 21 revised, 1936, 430 § 14. (See 1936, 430 §§ 18-22.)
Sect. 22 revised, 1936, 430 § 15. (See 1936. 430 §§ 18-22.)
Sect. 23 amended, 1936, 430 § 16. (See 1936, 430 §§ 18-22.)
Sect. 24 revised, 1936, 430 § 17. (See 1936, 430 §§ 18-22.)^
Chapter stricken out, and new chapter 151 (with "new title) "inserted,
1937, 401 § 1. (See 1937, 401 §§ 2, 3.)
The following references are to chapter 151, as inserted by 1937, 401 § 1:
Sect. 19, paragraph added at end, 1938, 237.
Sect. 20A added, 1939, 275 (relative to evidence ~of the establish-
ment of minimum fair wage rates).
Chapter stricken' out, and new chapter 151 "(with new title) inserted,
1947, 432 § 1 (incorporating as part of the General Laws, 1946, 545 which
extended the minimum wage law, so called, to adult male persons). (See
1947, 432 § 2.)
962 Changes in the [Chap. 151A.
Chapter 151A. — Employment Security (former title, Unemployment
Compensation).
For legislation providing for the payment of unemployment compen-
sation benefits to persons upon termination of service in the military or
naval forces of the United States during the present national emergency,
see 1941, 701; 1943, 319; 1946, 168.
New chapter inserted, 1935, 479 § 5. (See 1935, 479 §§ 6, 7; 1936,
12 § 3, 249 § 16.)
The following references are to chapter 151A, as inserted by 1935, 479 § 5:
Sect. 1, clauses (1) to (9), inclusive, of paragraph (a) revised, 1936,
249 § 1; paragraph (6) amended, 1936, 249 § 2; paragraph (k) amended,
1936, 249 § 3; paragraph (m) amended, 1936, 249 §4; paragraph (n)
revised, 1936, 249 § 5.
Sect. 3 revised, 1936, 249 § 6.
Sect. 4 revised, 1936, 249 § 7.
Sect. 7, paragraph added at end, 1936, 249 § 8.
Sect. 7A added, 1936, 249 § 9 (relative to refunding of over-pay-
ments or collection of under-payments of contributions).
Sect. 10 amended, 1936, 249 § 10.
Sect. 12 amended, 1936, 12 § 1.
Sect. 17, paragraph (a) amended, 1936, 249 § 11.
Sect. 18, paragraph (a) amended, 1936, 249 § 12.
Sect. 19, paragraph defining "suitable employment" amended, 1936,
12 §2.
Sect. 20 amended, 1936, 249 § 13.
Sect. 24, second paragraph stricken out, 1936, 249 § 14.
Sect. 48 amended, 1936, 249 § 15.
Chapter stricken out, and new chapter 151 A (with same title) inserted,
1937, 421 § 1. (See 1937, 421 §§ 2-4.)
The following references are to chapter 151A, as inserted by 1937, 421 § 1:
Sect. 1, paragraphs (1) and (2) inserted after subsection (a), 1939,
490 § 1; subsection (6) revised, 1939, 20 § 2; subsection (/) clause (5)
amended, 1939, 319 § 1; subsection (/) clause (8) added, 1939, 374 § 1
(see 1939, 374 § 6); subsection (/) revised, 1939, 490 § 2; subsection (fc)
revised, 1938, 469 § 1; amended, 1939, 490 § 3; subsection (l) revised,
1938, 469 § 2; amended, 1939, 490 § 4; subsection (n) amended, 1939,
490 § 19. (See 1938, 469 § 20; 1939, 20 §§6-9; 1939, 319 §§ 10, 11.)
Sect. 1A, subsections (1) and (2) revised, 1938, 469 § 3; subsection
(6) added, 1938, 469 § 4. (See 1938, 469 § 20.)
Sect. 3 revised, 1939, 319 § 2; amended, 1939, 490 § 17; revised,
1939, 490 § 23. (See 1939, 319 §§ 10, 11.)
Sect. 4, first paragraph revised, 1938, 469 § 5; fifth paragraph
stricken out, 1938, 469 § 6; paragraph inserted before the last para-
graph, 1938, 469 § 7; last paragraph revised, 1938, 470 § 2; section
revised, 1939, 319 § 3. (See 1938, 469 § 20, 470 §§ 1 and 3; 1939, 319
§§ 10, 11.)
Sect. 8, last paragraph stricken out, 1939, 319 § 4. (See 1939, 319
§§ 10, 11.)
Sect. 9 amended, 1939, 319 § 5. (See 1939, 319 §§ 10, 11.)
Sect. 10 amended, 1939, 319 § 6. (See 1939, 319 §§ 10, 11.)
Sect. 11, subsection (a) revised, 1938, 469 § 8. (See 1938, 469 § 20.)
Chap. 151A.] GENERAL LawS. 963
Sect. 12, last sentence stricken out, 1939, 319 § 7. (See 1939, 319
§§ 10, 11.)
Sect. 14, subsection (a) revised, 1938, 469 § 9; 1939, 490 §§ 5, 6;
subsection (c) revised, 1938, 469 § 10; subsection (d) added, 1938,
469 § 11. (See 1938, 469 § 20.)
Sect. 15, subsection (a) revised, 1938, 469 § 12; 1939, 490 § 7. (See
1938, 469 § 20.)
Sect. 16, subsection (c) revised, 1939, 490 § 8; first paragraph of
subsection (d) revised, 1938, 469 § 13; subsection (e) revised, 1939,
490 § 9; subsection (/) added, 1938, 469 § 14; subsections (g), (h)
added, 1939, 374 § 2. (See 1938, 469 § 20; 1939, 374 § 6.)
Sect. 17 revised, 1938, 469 § 15; 1939, 490 § 10. (See 1938, 469
§20.)
Sect. 18, subsection (a) revised, 1938, 469 § 16; amended and re-
vised, 1939, 490 § 11; subsection (6) stricken out, 1939, 490 § 13; sub-
section (c) stricken out, 1939, 490 § 13; subsection (d) revised, 1938,
469 § 17; 1939, 490 § 12; stricken out, 1939, 490 § 13. (See 1938,
469 § 20.)
Sect. 19 revised, 1939, 490 § 14.
Sect. 22A revised, 1939, 319 § 8. (See 1939, 319 §§ 10, 11.)
Sect. 26 amended, 1938, 469 § 18. (See 1938, 469 § 20.)
Sects. 26-33, stricken out and new sections 26-31 inserted, 1939,
20 §3.
Sects. 26, 27, 28 (as appearing in 1939, 20 § 3) revised, 1939, 490
§ 15.
Sect. 30 (as appearing in 1939, 20 § 3) amended, 1939, 490 § 16.
Sect. 35 amended, 1939, 490 § 21.
Sect. 36 amended, 1939, 490 § 18.
Sect. 41, second sentence revised, 1939, 20 § 4.
Sect. 42 amended, 1939, 319 § 9. (See 1939, 319 §§ 10, 11.)
Sect. 43 revised, 1939, 374 § 3. (See 1939, 374 § 6.)
Sect. 45 revised, 1939, 20 § 5.
Sect. 47 revised, 1938, 163.
Sect. 47A added, 1939, 374 § 4 (authorizing the director of the divi-
sion of unemployment compensation to co-operate with certain federal
agencies charged with the administration of laws relative to unemploy-
ment). (See 1939, 374 § 6.)
Sect. 48, paragraph added at end, 1939, 374 § 5. (See 1939, 374 § 6.)
Sect. 52 added, 1938, 469 § 19 (powers of the unemployment com-
pensation commission when employer fails or refuses to make any
required report or return). (See 1938, 469 § 20.)
Sect. 53 added, 1938, 469 § 19 (authorizing the payment without
administration of unemployment compensation benefits due a deceased
person in certain cases); revised, 1939, 490 § 20. (See 1938, 469 § 20.)
Note — See sect. 53, infra.
Sect. 53 added, 1939, 490 § 22 (relative to the preparation, use as
evidence and disposition of certain records, reports, claims and other
papers). Note — See sect. 53, supra.
Sect. 54 added, 1938, 469 § 19 (relative to the effect to be given any
ruling or decision of the unemplo3maent compensation commission).
(See 1938, 469 § 20.)
964 Changes in the [Chaps. 151B, 152.
Chapter stricken out, and new chapter 151A (with new title) inserted,
1941, 685 § 1. (See 1941, 685 §§ 7-11; 1941, 686.)
The following references are to chapter 151 A, as so inserted:
Sect. 6, subsection (q) amended, 1947, 433.
Sect. 8, subsections (g) and (h) added at end, 1943, 534 § 2.
Sect. 11 revised, 1941, 685 § 2.
Sect. 14, subsection (b) (2) revised, 1943, 534 § 1; amended, 1945,
484 § 2; ]946, 170 § 2; subsection (b) (4), sentence added at end, 1947,
602 § 1; subsection (c) added, 1943, 534 § lA; designations of sub-
sections (c) and (d) changed to (d) and (e), respectively, 1943, 534 § IB;
subsection (c) revised, 1945, 516; paragraph in lines 48-72 revised,
1946, 360; subsection (c) revised, 1947, 440 § 1. (See 1947, 440 § 2;
602 § 2.)
Sect. 15, subsection (c) revised, 1943, 373.
Sect. 22, sentence added at end, 1945, 625 § 2.
Sect. 23, subsection (a) revised, 1941, 685 § 3; subsection (e) stricken
out, 1943, 534 § 3.
Sect. 25, subsection (d) amended, 1945, 356.
Sect. 27 amended, 1945, 625 § 3.
Sect. 29, subsection (a) revised, 1943, 534 § 5; 1945, 484 § 1; 1946,
170 § 1; subsection (c) added, 1946, 611.
Sect. 30 amended, 1945, 484 § 3.
Sect. 33 repealed, 1943, 534 § 4.
Sect. 42 revised, 1943, 534 § 6; next to last sentence stricken out and
six sentences inserted, 1947, 434.
Chapter 151B. — Unlawful Discrimination against Race, Color, Religious
Creed, National Origin or Ancestry.
New chapter inserted, 1946, 368 ^ 4.
Sect. 4, paragraph added at end, 1947, 424.
Chapter 152. — Workmen's Compensation.
For legislation requiring manufacturers to insure under the work-
men's compensation act where employees work on machinery, see
1936, 426.
Sect. 1, two sentences added at end of paragraph (1), 1935, 332 § 1;
paragraph (1) revised, 1943, 529 § 1; paragraph (4) revised, 1935, 406;
1943, 529 § 3; 1945, 369; first paragraph of paragraph (4) amended,
1947, 215; paragraph (5) revised, 1943, 529 § lA; paragraph (6)
amended, 1943, 529 § 2; paragraph (7A) added, 1941, 437; paragraph
(7B) added, 1947, 488 § 9. (See 1943, 529, § 14.)
Sect. 2A added, 1946, 386 § 3 (limiting the appHcation of certain
acts in amendment of G. L. 152 increasing the amounts of compensation
payable thereunder).
Sect. 4 revised, 1939, 83.
Sect. 5, paragraph added at end, 1943, 359.
Sect. 6 amended, 1945, 347.
Sect. 7A added, 1947, 380 (relative to procedure in certain claims
under the workmen's compensation law where employees are unable to
testify) .
Chap. 152.] GENERAL LaWS. 965
Sect. 7B added, 1947, 455 (regulating the admissibility of certain
evidence in workmen's compensation cases).
Sect. 9A revised, 1938, 381.
Sect. 9B added, 1935, 424 (providing for the reference of certain
cases under the workmen's compensation law to industrial disease
referees); revised. 1938, 462; repealed, 1947, 286.
Sect. 10 revised, 1947, 546.
Sect. 11 amended, 1932, 129 § 1; paragraph added at end, 1935,
484; paragraph added at end, 1939, 213 § 1. (See 1939, 213 § 2.)
Sect. IIA added, 1945, 444 (relieving employees and their dependents
of the expenses of certain appeals in workmen's compensation cases).
Sect. 12, last paragraph amended, 1932, 117 § 1. (See 1932, 117
§2; 1935,351.)
Sect. 13, sentence added at end, 1933, 68.
Sect. 15 revised, 1939, 401; 1943, 432.
Sect. 15A amended, 1934, 252.
Sect. 18, sentence added at end, 1938, 102; section amended, 1939,
93.
Sect. 19, paragraph in lines 17 and 18 revised, 1935, 339; same para-
graph revised, 1939, 245; paragraph added at end, 1941, 379 § 11.
Sect. 19A added, 1935, 359 (requiring certain notices from employers
not insured under the workmen's compensation law).
Sect. 19B added, 1941, 410 (requiring the posting of notices by cer-
tain employers not covering their employees by workmen's compensa-
tion insurance).
Sect. 20 revised, 1935, 340; amended, 1945, 464; last two sentences
revised, 1946, 390.
Sect. 20A added, 1945, 468 (requiring employers and certain in-
surers who maintain clinics, etc., for the treatment of injured employ-
ees, to furnish such emplovees with copies of all medical examinations).
Sect. 21 amended, 1943, 529 § 4. (See 1943, 529 § 14.)
Sect. 22 amended, 1943, 529 § 13. (See 1943, 529 § 14.)
Sect. 23 revised, 1943, 529 § 5. (See 1943, 529 § 14.)
Sect. 24 amended, 1943, 529 § 6. (See 1943, 529 § 14.)
Sects. 25A-25D added, 1943, 529 § 7, under caption "Compulsory
Compensation and Self-Insurance." (See 1943, 529 § 14.)
Sect. 25A, paragraph (2) (a) amended, 1945, 316; sixth sentence
revised, 1946, 472 § 1; paragraph (2) (6), first sentence revised, 1945,
518; 1946, 472 § 2; paragraph (2) (c) revised, 1945, 344.
Sect. 26 amended, 1937, 370 § 1; revised, 1943, 302; 529 § 8; para-
graph added at end, 1945, 623 § 1. (See 1943, 529 § 14.)
Sect. 26A added, 1937, 370 § 2 (providing for payment of workmen's
compensation in certain cases of suicide).
Sect. 27 revised, 1935, 331,
Sect. 28 amended, 1934, 292 § 2; revised, 1943, 529 § 9. (See 1943,
529 § 14.)
Sect. 29 revised, 1935, 372; 1937, 382.
Sect. 30 revised, 1936, 164; 1943, 181; 1946, 233 § 1. (See 1946,
233 § 2.)
Sect. 31, first paragraph amended, 1934, 250; paragraph contained
in the seventh to the forty-fourth lines revised, 1937, 325; same para-
966 Changes in the [Chap. 152.
graph amended, 1943, 368; revised, 1945, 572; last paragraph revised,
1943, 400.
Sect. 32, paragi-aph (d) revised, 1947, 450; new paragraph added,
1935, 361 (relative to payments under the workmen's compensation law
to dependents of deceased minor employees) .
Sect. 33 revised, 1939, 81; 1941, 495.
Sect. 34 revised, 1935, 332 s^ 2; 1941, 624; 1945, 717; 1946, 321 § 1;
amended, 1947, 665. (See 1946, 321 § 4.)
Sect. 34A added, 1935, 364 (providing for payments for total and
permanent disability under the workmen's compensation law, and estab-
lishing methods of determining the same); amended, 1943, 276; revised,
1945, 717; first paragraph revised, 1946, 321 § 2. (See 1946, 321 § 4.)
Sect. 35 amended, 1943, 299; revised, 1945, 717; 1946, 321 § 3.
(See 1946, 321 § 4.) '
Sect. 35 A added, 1945, 717 (providing for an increase in certain
weekly benefits under the workmen's compensation law in certain cases) ;
revised, 1946, 553.
Sect. 36, paragraph (j) revised, 1933, 257; section revised, 1935, 333;
paragraph (6) amended, 1947, 664 § 1; paragraph (d) amended, 1947,
634 § 1; paragraph (e) amended, 1947, 634 § 2; paragraph (/) amended,
1946, 386 § 1; paragraph added at end of section, 1947, 634 § 3. (See
1946, 386 § 2; 1947, 664 § 2.)
Sect. 37 amended, 1937, 321.
Sect. 37A added, 1945, 623 § 2 (relative to payments to disabled
war veterans subsequently injured in industry).
Sect. 39 amended, 1937, 317.
Sect. 46 amended, 1941, 378; 1945, 623 § 2A.
Sect. 52 revised, 1947, 619 § 1. (See 1947, 619 § 3.)
Sect. 52A added, 1939, 465 § 2 (relative to insuring against silicosis
and other occupational pulmonary dust diseases). (See 1939, 465 § 4.)
Sect. 52B added, 1945, 581 (relative to the pajanent of premiums
for workmen's compensation insurance in certain cases).
Sects. 52C-52G added, 1947, 619 § 2 (relative to rates for work-
men's compensation insurance). (See 1947, 619 § 3.)
Sect. 54A added, 1935, 425 (relative to safeguarding and extending
the workmen's compensation law by making void certain contracts or
agreements in the nature of insurance which do not insure the payment
of the compensation provided for by said law).
Sect. 55, second paragraph revised, 1934, 137 § 1.
Sect. 65 amended, 1935, 395; 1936, 162; 1937, 394; revised, 1939,
465 § 3; amended, 1943, 367. (See 1939, 465 § 4.)
Sects. 65A-65M added, 1939, 489 (providing for the equitable distri-
bution of rejected risks among insurers of workmen's compensation, and
the pooHng of losses in connection with such risks).
Sect. 65N added, 1945, 623 § 3 (establisWng a special fund to en-
courage the employment in industry of disabled war veterans).
Sect. 66 revised, 1943, 529 § 9A. (See 1943, 529 § 14.)
Sect. 67 revised, 1943, 529 § 10. (See 1943, 529 § 14.)
Sect. 68 revised, 1943, 529 § 11; amended, 1947, 506 § 4. (See 1943,
529 § 14.)
Sect. 69 revised, 1933, 318 § 7; 1936, 260; amended, 1936. 403; re-
Chaps. 153-155.] GENERAL LaWS. 967
vised, 1939, 435; last sentence revised, 1939, 468; section amended,
1941, 614; 1945, 729; 1946, 422; second sentence revised, 1947, 590.
Sect. 69A added, 1933, 315 (regulating workmen's compensation
payments by the commonwealth).
Sect. 69B added, 1936, 427 (further regulating workmen's compen-
sation payments by the commonwealth).
Sect. 73, first sentence amended, 1936, 318 § 4; 1937, 336 § 23; 1941,
379 § 12.
Sect. 73A added, 1941, 649 (to provide for the employment of par-
tially disabled public employees and temporary filHng of their original
positions).
Sect. 74 amended, 1939, 451 § 57; 1941, 344 § 26.
Sect. 75 revised, 1932, 19.
Sects. 76-85 added, 1939, 465 § 1 (providing workmen's compensa-
tion benefits for employees in the granite industry contracting silicosis
and other occupational pulmonary dust diseases). (See 1939, 465 § 4.)
Sect. 76 revised, 1943, 529 § 12. (See 1943, 529 § 14.)
Chapter 153. — Liability of Employers to Employees for Injuries not
resulting in Death.
Sect. 6 amended, 1935, 387; first sentence revised, 1947, 506 § 5.
Chapter 154. — Assignment of Wages.
Sect. 8 added, 1933, 96 (exempting orders for payment of labor or
trade union or craft dues or obligations from the operation of the laws
regulating assignments of wages); amended, 1939, 125.
Chapter 155. — General Provisions relative to Corporations.
Sect. 1 revised, 1935, 297 § 1. (See 1935, 297 § 3.)
Sect. 9 amended, 1938, 327 § 1; revised, 1943, 295. (See 1938, 327
§2.)
Sect. 10 amended, 1933, 11; third sentence revised, 1943, 549 § 4.
Sect. 12A added, 1938, 164 § 1 (making permanent certain provi-
sions of law authorizing domestic corporations to contribute to certain
funds for the benefit of social and economic conditions); amended,
1946, 278. (See 1938, 164 ^ 2.)
Sect. 12B added, 1947, 488 § 5 (empowering corporations to partici-
pate as subscribers in the exchanging of reciprocal or inter-insurance
contracts) .
Sect. 15 revised, 1939, 14.
Sect. 23A added, 1935, 297 § 2 (regulating sales of stocks, bonds and
other securities of corporations to their employees); repealed, 1938,
445 § 13. (See 1935, 297 § 3; G. L. chapter llOA § 11 A, inserted by
1938, 445 § 9.)
Sect. 50 amended, 1933, 66.
Sect. 50A added, 1939, 456 § 1 (relative to the dissolution of domes-
tic corporations); amended, 1943, 383.
Sect. 56, first sentence revised, 1939, 456 § 2.
968 Changes in the [Chaps. 156-159.
Chapter 156. — Business Corporations.
Sect. 5 amended, 1939, 301 § 1.
Sect. 6, clause (e) amended, 1939, 15 § 1.
Sect. 12, form of certificate revised, 1932, 67.
Sect. 30 amended, 1937, 52.
Sect. 36 revised, 1941, 514 § 1.
Sect. 41 revised, 1932, 136.
Sect. 42 amended, 1943, 38 § 1.
Sect. 46, sentence added at end, 1943, 38 § 2.
Sects. 46A-46E added, under the heading "merger and consolida-
tion", 1941, 514 § 2.
Sect. 46B, paragraph contained in lines 102-108 revised, 1943, 405
§ 1; 1947, 543 § 1.
Sect. 46D, paragraph contained in Hnes 64-73 revised, 1943, 405 § 2;
1947, 543 § 2.
Sect. 49 revised, 1941, 276.
Sect. 54 amended, 1932, 180 § 30.
Chapter 157. — Co-operative Corporations.
Sect. 16, last sentence amended, 1932, 180 § 31.
Chapter 159. — Common Carriers.
Sect. 12, paragraph (a) revised, 1945, 175.
Sect. 14A added, 1941, 713 (authorizing the department of public
utilities to regulate rates for the transportation of persons or property
within the commonwealth by common carriers by aircraft).
Sect. 15, paragraph added at end, 1937, 247; same paragraph stricken
out, 1938, 155 § 2.
Sect. 16A added, 1938, 243 (relative to the discontinuance of service
by railroads).
Sect. 20 amended, 1939, 18.
Sect. 21, sentence inserted after first sentence, 1946, 214.
Sect. 24, second sentence revised, 1945, 647 § 1.
Sect. 27 revised, 1945, 647 § 2.
Sect. 28 revised, 1945, 647 § 3.
Sect. 29 revised, 1945, 647 § 4.
Sect. 30 revised, 1945, 647 § 5.
Sect. 32, first sentence revised, 1945, 199.
Sect. 34A added, 1945, 577 (relative to afl&liated companies of com-
mon carriers).
Sect. 59 revised, 1933, 326 § 1.
Sect. 60 amended, 1933, 326 § 2; 1941, 233.
Sect. 61 amended, 1933, 326 § 3; 1946, 437 § 1.
Sect. 62 amended, 1933, 326 § 4; 1946, 437 § 2.
Sect. 63 amended, 1946, 437 § 3.
Sect. 65 amended, 1937, 270.
Sect. 70 revised, 1934, 357 § 1.
Sect. 80 amended, 1934, 357 § 2.
Sect. 89 revised, 1936, 363 §1.
Chaps. 159A, 159B.] GENERAL LawS.
Sect. 90 revised, 1936, 363 § 2.
Sect. 91 revised, 1936, 363 § 3.
Sect. 92 amended, 1936, 363 § 4.
Sect. 93 amended, 1936, 363 § 5.
Sect. 94 amended, 1936, 363 § 6.
Sect. 103 amended, 1933, 10; 1941, 54; 1943, 322 § 1.
Chapter 159A. — Common Carriers of Passengers by Motor Vehicle.
[Title amended, and headings, "part i", "carriers of passengers
BY MOTOR vehicle", inserted before section 1, 1933, 372 § 1.]
Sect. 2 revised, 1947, 258 § 1. (See 1947, 258 § 2.)
Sect. 4, first sentence stricken out and three sentences inserted, 1945,
318 § 1. (See 1945, 318 § 2.)
Sect. 10, paragraph added at end, 1945, 585.
[Sects. 17-30 added, under headings, "part ii", "carriers of
PROPERTY BY MOTOR VEHICLE", 1933, 372 § 2 (regulating carriers of
property by motor vehicle).]
Note — 1933, 372 repealed by 1934, 264 § 5.
Sect. 11 A added, 1939, 404 § 1 (placing special and chartered buses,
so called, under the supervision of the department of public utilities);
amended, 1941, 480; revised, 1947, 482 § 1. (See 1939, 404 § 2; 1947.
482 § 2.)
Chapter 159B. — Carriers of Property by Motor Vehicle.
New chapter inserted, 1934, 264 § 1.
The following references are to chapter 159B, as inserted by 1934, 264 § 1 :
Sect. 2 revised, 1936, 345 § 1.
Sect. 6 revised, 1936, 345 § 2.
Sect. 7 revised, 1936, 345 § 3; amended, 1938, 332.
Sect. 8 affected, 1935, 24.
Sect. 9 revised, 1936, 345 § 4.
Sect. 10 revised, 1936, 345 § 5; 1937, 381.
Sect. lOA added, 1936, 345 § 6 (prohibiting rebates, discrimination
and evasion of regulation in the carrying of property by motor vehicle).
Sect. 13 amended, 1937, 122.
Chapter stricken out and new chapter 159B (with same title) inserted,
1938, 483 § 1. (See 1938, 483 §§ 2-5.)
The following references are to chapter 159B, as inserted by 1938, 483 § 1:
Sect. 2, definition of "Irregular route common carrier " revised, 1941,
653 § 2; definition of "Regular route common carrier" revised and
paragraph defining "Regular routes" added, 1941, 653 § 3; definition
of "Agricultural carrier by motor vehicle" inserted, 1941, 704 § 1; defi-
nitions of "Contract carrier by motor vehicle", "Motor carrier" and
"Permit" revised, 1941, 704 § 2. (See 1941, 704 § 4.)
Sect. 3, introductory paragraph amended, 1945, 400 § 1 ; paragraph
(6) revised, 1941, 592 § 1; paragraph (c) revised, 1945, 400 § 2; amended,
1946, 420 § 1; revised, 1947, 52 § 1. (See 1945, 400 § 8; 1946, 420
§ 2; 1947, 52 § 2.)
Sect. 4, second paragraph revised, 1945, 400 § 3; third paragraph
revised, 1941, 592 § 2.
970 Changes in the [Chap. 160.
Sect. 7, paragraph (a) revised, 1939, 171; paragraph (h) amended,
1945 343
Sect. 9 amended, 1941, 483 § 1; 1946, 376 § 1; sentence added at
end, 1947, 52 § 3.
Sect. 10, paragraph added at end, 1939, 306; amended, 1941, 483
§ 2; paragraph added at end, 1945, 379; section amended, 1946, 376 § 2.
Sect. lOA added, 1939, 322 (relative to replacing lost or mutilated
plates and lost or destroyed certificates, permits and licenses issued to
carriers of property by motor vehicle); sentence added at end, 1945,
644 § 1.
Sect. lOB added, 1946, 376 § 3 (relative to the issuance of certain
distinguishing plates to carriers of property by motor vehicle and to
the use of such plates).
Sect. 11 amended, 1941, 483 § 3; second sentence of last paragraph
revised, 1945, 644 § 2.
Sect. 12, first paragraph revised, 1941, 653 § 4; second sentence
amended, 1945, 400 § 4.
Sect. 13 amended, 1941, 692; 1945, 400 § 5.
Sect. 14 amended, 1941, 653 § 5; 1945, 400 § 6.
Sect. ISA added, 1941, 704 § 3 (relative to agricultural carriers of
property by motor vehicles). (See 1941, 704 § 4.)
Sect. 16A added, 1939, 307 (giving the department of public utilities
authority to obtain certain information of persons engaged in leasing
motor vehicles for the transportation of property for hire).
Chapter 160. — Railroads.
Sect. 38 revised, 1946, 226.
Sect. 68 revised, 1943, 33.
Sect. 70 amended, 1932, 238.
Sect. 70A revised, 1932, 236; amended, 1934, 264 § 3.
Sect. 85 amended, 1941, 53.
Sect. 102 amended, 1941, 496 § 1.
Sect. 104 revised, 1933, 176.
Sect. 134 amended, 1941, 273 § 1.
Sect. 138 amended, 1941, 273 § 2.
Sect. 142 amended, 1938, 29; revised, 1947, 584 § 1. (See 1947,
584 § 2.)
Sect. 144 revised, 1945, 301.
Sect. 147 revised, 1947, 498.
Sect. 167 amended, 1941, 273 § 3.
Sect. 185A added, 1943, 333 (providing that railroad and terminal
corporations shall provide reasonable lavatory and sanitary facilities for
their employees).
Sect. 198A. See 1936, 267.
Sect. 198B added, 1936, 267 (prohibiting the scalping, so called, of
tickets issued by railroad corporations).
Sect. 232 amended, 1947, 506 § 6.
Sect. 235 amended, 1941, 490 § 38.
Sect. 245 amended, 1941, 273 § 4, 496 § 2.
Chaps. 161-164.] GENERAL LaWS. 971
Chapter 161. — Street Railways.
Name of Metropolitan Transit District changed to Boston Metro-
politan District, and authority to issue notes and bonds defined, 1932,
147.
Temporary act, extending to January 15, 1939, the period of public
control and management of the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway
Company, 1933, 108; further extension of five years, 1938, 173; fur-
ther extension of five years, 1943, 98.
Temporary acts relative to the purchase of bonds of the Boston
Elevated Railway Company by the Boston Metropolitan District,
1933, 235; 1934, 334; 1935, 451; 1936, 308; 1937, 357; 1941, 567;
1947, 92.
Act providing for the creation of the Metropolitan'^Transit^ Authority
and the acquisition and operation by it of the entire assets, property
and franchises of the Boston Elevated Railway Company, 1947, 544.
Sect. 20A amended, 1939, 28.
Sect. 35 amended, 1943, 342.
Sect. 42, third sentence amended, 1934, 328 § 20.
Sect. 44 amended, 1934, 264 § 4.
Sect. 77 revised, 1934, 310 § 1.
Sect. 86 revised, 1934, 310 § 2.
Sect. 91A added, 1935, 101 (relative to the number of guards on
passenger trains operated by street railway companies).
Sect. 107, first paragraph amended, 1946, 253.
Chapter 163. — Trackless Trolley Companies.
Sect. 12 added, 1932, 185 (requiring trackless trolley companies to
furnish security for civil liabiUty on account of personal injuries or
property damage caused by their vehicles).
Sect. 13 added, 1943, 141 (providing a penalty for the improper opera-
tion of trackless trolley vehicles, so called).
Chapter 164. — Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity.
For legislation authorizing compacts relative to the interstate trans-
mission of electricity and gas, see 1933, 294.
Sect. 4 amended, 1938, 44.
Sect. 6, paragraph (e) revised, 1947, 48.
Sect. 14 amended, 1935, 222.
Sect. 17A added, 1932, 132 (regulating the lending of money by gas
and electric companies).
Sect. 31 amended, 1939, 301 § 2.
Sect. 33 amended, 1932, 180 § 32.
Sect. 34 amended, 1937, 235 § 1. (See 1937, 235 § 2.)
Sect. 76A added, 1935, 335 § 1 (givmg to the department of public
utilities supervision over certain afl&liates of gas and electric companies).
Sect. 84A added, 1934, 202 § 1 (requiring gas and electric companies
to make additional annual returns).
Sect. 85, second paragraph amended, 1935, 335 § 2.
972 Changes in the [Chaps. 165, 166-
Sect. 85A added, 1933, 202 § 1 (requiring the filing with the depart-
ment of public utilities of certain contracts of gas and electric com-
panies with affiUated companies).
Sect. 94, paragraph in lines 29-37 amended, 1939, 178 § 1. (See
1939, 178 § 2.)
Sect, 94A amended, 1941, 400 § 1.
Sect. 94B amended, 1941, 400 § 2.
Sect. 94C added, 1935, 227 (relative to payments, charges, contracts,
purchases, sales or obligations or other arrangement between gas or
electric companies and affiliated companies, and the burden of proving
the reasonableness thereof).
Sect. 94D added, 1936, 243 (prohibiting gas and electric companies
from collecting penalty charges for deUnquency in the payment of bills
for gas or electricity used for domestic purposes).
Sect. 94E added, 1941, 400 § 3 (relative to notice of the termination
of certain contracts of gas and electric companies).
Sect. 96 revised, 1939, 229 § 1.
Sect. 97 amended, 1943, 55.
Sect. 102 revised, 1939, 229 § 2.
Sect. 105 A added, 1932, 119 (regulating the storage, transportation
and distribution of gas).
Sect. 115A added, 1936, 259 § 1 (requiring the periodic replacement
of meters for measuring gas); amended, 1937, 40 § 1. (See 1936, 259
§§2,3; 1937, 40 §§ 2, 3.)
Sect. 119 revised, 1934, 365.
Sect. 119 A added, 1936, 76 § 1 (requiring bills for gas or electricity
used for domestic purposes to be itemized); revised, 1939, 145 § 1. (See
1936, 76 § 2; 1939, 145 § 2.)
Sect. 124 amended, 1935, 237, 376 § 2.
Sect. 124A added, 1935, 376 § 1 (relative to the shutting off of gas
or electric service in homes where there is serious illness).
Chapter 165. — Water and Aqueduct Companies.
Sect. 4A added, 1933, 202 § 2 (requiring the filing with the depart-
ment of public utilities of certain contracts of water companies with
affihated companies).
Sect. 19 repealed, 1941, 275 § 1.
Sect. 28 added, under caption "general provisions", 1941, 275 § 2
(further regulating the acquisition and holding of real estate by water
and aqueduct companies).
Chapter 166. — Telephone and Telegraph Companies, and Lines for th«
Transmission of Electricity.
Sect. 12A added, 1934, 202 § 2 (requiring telephone and telegraph
companies to make additional annual returns).
Sect. 15A added, 1935, 242 (regulating charges by telephone com-
panies for the use of hand sets, so called).
Sect. 15B added, 1939, 162 (authorizing the sale and transfer of
property and the transfer of locations by domestic telephone and tele-
Chap. 167.] GENERAL LawS. 973
graph companies to domestic or foreign telephone and telegraph com-
panies and validating certain locations so transferred).
Sect. 21 amended, 1939, 161.
Sect. 22, second paragraph amended, 1932, 36.
Sect. 22A added, 1932, 266 (relative to the placing underground of
certain wires); revised, 1933, 251.
Chapter 167. — Banks and Banking.
For temporary act, providing for the establishment of a fund for the
insurance of deposits in certain savings banks, see 1934, 43; amended,
1936, 149 §§ 2-4; 1938, 125 §§ 1, 2; 1939, 149 §§ 2, 3; 1941, 78 § 2.
For temporary act, providing for the establishment of a fund for the
insurance of shares in co-operative banks, see 1934, 73; amended, 1935,
76, 80; 1936, 155; 1938, 244 §§ 2-5; 1939, 227 §§ 2-5.
For temporary act providing for the liquidation of certain trust com-
panies, see 1939, 515; 1941, 143; 1943, 122.
For temporary act to enable certain banking institutions to co-operate
in the distribution of United States defense savings bonds and defense
postal savings stamps, see 1941, 221, 575.
For temporary legislation authorizing banking institutions to make
loans to veterans of World War II guaranteed or insured by the ad-
ministrator of veterans' affairs, see 1945, 46; 1946, 126; 1947, 110.
Sect. 1 amended, 1935, 452 § 1.
Sect. 2 revised, 1934, 251; first paragraph amended, 1935, 452 § 2.
Sect. 2A added, 1933, 310 (improving the method of examination of
banks).
Sect. 4 amended, 1934, 270 § 1.
Sect. 5 revised, 1933, 337.
Sect. 6 revised, 1945, 164.
Sect. 9 revised, 1939, 499 § 8; 1945, 292 § 11.
Sect. 11 revised, 1934, 270 § 2.
Sect. IIA added, 1938, 266 § 1 (placing all corporations conducted
on the Morris plan under the supervision of the commissioner of banks
and further regulating the business of banking companies).
Sect. 12 revised, 1935, 452 § 3.
Sect. 14 revised, 1933, 334 § 1.
Sect. 17 repealed, 1933, 334 § 2.
Sect. 18 amended, 1943, 110 § 1.
Sect. 20 amended, 1933, 190; 1943, 22.
Sect. 20A added, 1933, 292 (permitting certain public officers to par-
ticipate in certain bank reorganizations).
Sects. 22-36. See 1934, 43 § 11.
Sect. 22, second paragraph amended, 1943, 121. (See 1933, 59 § 5,
112 § 9.)
Sect. 23. See 1933, 112 § 6.
Sect. 24 amended, 1932, 294; 1933, 41 § 4.
Sect. 31A added, 1933, 277 (authorizing payment of dividends on
small deposits in closed banks to certain minors and to the next of kin
of certain deceased persons without probate proceedings); revised,
1937, 170.
Sect. 35. See 1936, 428,
974 Changes in the [Chap. 168.
Sect. 35A added, 1933, 302 (authorizing the destruction of certain
books, records and papers relating to closed banks).
Sect. 35B added, 1934, 241 (providing for semi-annual reports by
the commissioner of banks as to progress of liquidation of certain
banks).
Sect. 36 amended, 1939, 451 § 58.
Sect. 46 amended, 1943, 110 § 2.
Sect. 47 amended, 1943, 110 § 3.
Sect. 48 added, 1939, 244 § 6 (relative to payments of moneys on
deposit in the name of a minor).
Sect. 49 added, 1941, 444 (relative to adverse claims to certain bank
deposits and to certain securities held by banks for the account of
others).
Sect. 50 added (making permanent the law authorizing certain
banking institutions to take certain first mortgages on real estate),
1945, 37 § 1. (See 1945, 37 § 2.) For prior temporary legislation see
1936, 191; 405 § 2; 1939, 98; 1941, 40.
Sect. 51 added (making permanent the law relative to the making
by certain banking institutions of loans insured by the federal housing
administrator), 1945, 66 § 1; last sentence revised, 1947, 89. (See
1943, 339; 1945, 66 § 2.) For prior temporary legislation see 1935,
162; 1937, 240; 1939, 241; 1941, 260; 1943, 126.
Sect. 52 added, 1946, 284 (permitting banks to close on Saturdays
during June, July, August and September) ; amended, 1947, 9.
^ Sect. 53 added, 1947, 169 (relative to the liability of banks to their
depositors for non-payment of checks) .
Chapter 168. — Savings Banks.
For temporary act, estabUshing the Mutual Savings Central Fund,
Inc., for the term of five years, see 1932, 44; term extended to ten
years, 1936, 149 § 1 ; term extended to twenty-five years, 1939, 149 § 1 ;
act amended, 1941, 78 § 1.
For temporary act, providing for the establishment of a fund for the
insurance of deposits in certain savings banks, see 1934, 43; amended,
1936, 149 §§ 2-4; 1938, 125 §§ 1, 2; 1939, 149 §§ 2, 3; 1941, 78 § 2.
For temporary act modifying the requirements for making certain
railroad bonds legal investments for savings banks, institutions for sav-
ings and trust companies in their savings departments, see 1939, 87;
1941, 115; temporary act repealed, 1941, 413 § 11.
For temporary act to enable certain banking institutions to co-oper-
ate in the distribution of United States Defense Savings Bonds and
Defense Postal Savings Stamps, see 1941, 221, 575.
For an act creating the Savings Bank Investment Fund as an addi-
tional means of investment for savings banks, see 1945, 283 §§ 1-11.
Sect. 1, two paragraphs (defining "deposit book [etc.]" and "savings
bank") added at end, 1933, 334 § 3.
Sect. 2 revised, 1933, 334 § 4.
Sect. 2A added, 1933, 46 § 1 (authorizing savings banks to become
members of the Federal Home Loan Bank established for the district
of New England).
Sect. 5. See 1936, 143 § 2.
Chap. 168.] GENERAL LaWS. 975
Sect. 11 amended. 1933, 334 § 5.
Sect. 13 amended, 1933, 334 § 6; 1946, 34. (See 1933, 41 § 1.)
Sect. 15 amended, 1946, 32.
Sect. 17 revised, 1933, 334 § 7.
Sect. 25 revised, 1933, 334 § 8.
Sect. 25A added, 1933, 334 § 8 (authorizing the collection of savings
from school children through principals, teachers, etc.).
Sect. 26 revised, 1933, 334 § 9; 1943, 21 § 1.
Sect. 27 amended, 1933, 334 § 10.
Sect. 28 revised. 1933, 334 § 11. (See 1943, 30.)
Sect. 29 amended, 1933, 334 § 12; 1945, 111.
Sect. 31 amended, 1945, 97; revised, 1947, 45 § 1.
Sect. 31A revised, 1947, 45 § 2.
Sect. 33A revised, 1933, 334 § 13.
Sect. 33B added, 1941, 103 (relative to the sale of checks by savings
banks).
Sect. 34 revised, 1933, 334 § 14.
Sect. 35 revised, 1933, 334 § 15.
Sect. 42 revised, 1945, 365.
Sect. 44 amended, 1941, 186.
Sect. 45 amended, 1933, 334 § 16.
Sect. 47 revised, 1933, 334 § 17.
Sect. 49 amended, 1933, 334 § 18; 1941, 105.
Sect. 50 revised, 1933, 334 § 19.
Sect. 51 revised, 1932, 245 § 1.
Sect. 51 A revised, 1933, 334 § 20; amended, 1943, 27 § 1.
Sect. 53 revised, 1933, 334 § 21.
Sect. 54. clause First, first two paragraphs revised, 1933, 334 § 22;
same clause revised, 1937, 180; first paragraph revised, 1946, 256 § 1;
subdivision (a) revised, 1946, 256 § 2; subdivision (d) revised, 1943,
94 § 1; 1946, 256 § 3; subdivision (e) revised, 1943, 94 2; 1945,
184 § 1; 1946, 256 § 4; subdivision (e^) inserted, 1945, 184 2; re-
vised, 1946, 256 § 5; subdivision (/) amended, 1945, 184 § 3; sub-
division (g) added, 1947, 98; subdivision (h) added, 1947, 254; clause
Second, subdivisions (a), (e) and (/) revised, 1933, 334 § 23; subdivision
(h) added, 1933, 334 § 24 (forbidding investment of funds in bonds or
notes of county, etc., in default, and defining term "in default");
subdivisions (i), (6), (c) and (d) affected, 1939, 112 § 2; clause Second
revi.sed, 1941, 413 § 1; subdivisions (h), (i), (j) stricken out and sub-
divisions (h) and (z) added, 1943, 215 § 1 (see 1943, 215 § 12); sub-
division (k) amended, 1947, 236 § 1; clause Third affected, 1933, 111;
1934, 79; 1935, 72 §§ 1, 2; 1936, 84; 1937, 56; 1939, 87; 1941, 115,
413 § 11; subdivision (p) of clause Third revised, 1936, 79; clause
Third revised, 1941, 413 § 2; subdivision (3) revised, 1943, 215 § 2;
subdivision (4) amended, 1945, 377 § 1; first paragraph of subdivision
(6) amended, 1943, 215 § 5; paragraph (d) of the definitions at the
end of clause Third revised, 1943, 215 § 3; clause Third A added,
1943, 215 § 4 (relative to the investments of deposits and the income
derived therefrom of savings banks in obligations of certain reorganized
railroad corporations) ; first paragraph of subdivision (5) amended,
1945, 377 § 2; clause Fourth amended, 1932, 112; stricken out, 1941,
413 § 3; clause Fifth revised, 1941, 413 § 4; subdivision (3) amended,
976 Changes in the [Chap. i70.
1947, 236 § 2; clauses Fifth A-Fifth D added, 1941, 413 § 5; clause
Fifth C, paragraph (c) added, 1947, 236 § 3; clause Sixth A, first para-
graph amended, 1937, 96; clause Sixth A revised, 1941, 413 § 6; 1945,
377 § 3; paragraph (c) of subdivision (1) revised, 1947, 236 § 4; para-
graph (c) of subdivision (4) stricken out, 1947, 236 § 5; subdivisions (5),
(6), (7) stricken out, and subdivisions (5), (6), (7), (8) inserted, 1947,
236 § 5; clause Seventh, first paragraph amended, 1937, 87; second
paragraph revised, 1932, 220; clause Seventh revised, 1941, 413 § 7;
1943, 215 § 6; clause Seventh A added, 1945, 283 § 12 (authorizing the
investment of deposits of savings banks in shares of the Savings Bank
Investment Fund); clause Ninth, first paragraph amended, 1945, 197
§ 1; 1945, 407 § 1; subdivision (a) revised, 1945, 197 § 2 (see 1945,
407 § 2); amended, 1946, 68; subdivision (c) (2) stricken out, 1933,
334 § 25; subdivision (d) stricken out, 1941, 413 § 8; subdivision (e)
(2) revised, 1933, 334 § 26; amended, 1943, 110 § 4; revised, 1943,
215 § 7; subdivision (e) (3) revised, 1933, 334 § 26; 1943, 215 § 8;
subdivision (e) (4) stricken out, 1943, 110 § 5; subdivision (e) (5)
revised, 1933, 334 § 26; amended, 1943, 110 § 6; subdivision (e) (6)
amended, 1939, 244 § 5; 1941, 234; clause Tenth A added, 1941, 106;
amended, 1945, 162; clause Eleventh revised, 1946, 122; clause Twelfth
amended, 1937, 274 § 2; revised, 1943, 215 § 9; clause Twelfth A
added, 1947, 142; clause Thiiieenth A added, 1941, 107; clause Fifteenth
revised, 1941, 413 § 9; subdivision (a) revised, 1943, 215 § 10; sub-
division (c) revised, 1945, 377 § 4; subdivision (d) revised, 1945, 114;
clause Sixi;eenth affected, 1933, 111; 1934, 79; 1935, 72 §§ 1, 2; 1936,
84; 1937, 56; 1939, 87; 1941, 115, 413 § 11; clause Sixteenth stricken
out,H941, 413 § 10; clause Seventeenth revised, 1943, 215 § 11. (See
1943, 215 § 12.)
Sect. 55, paragraph added at end, 1933, 334 § 27 (authorizing the
continuing of the offices of a merged savings bank as branch offices of
the continuing bank).
Sect. 56 added, 1933, 41 § 1 (authorizing savings banks to purchase,
loan upon or participate in loans upon the assets of certain closed and
other banks).
Sect. 57 added, 1933, 334 § 28 (authorizing savings banks to become
members of savings bank associations); revised, 1945, 61 § 1.
Sects. 58-60 added, 1943, 249 (providing for the establishment of a
contributory savings bank employees retirement association).
Sect. 58, third paragraph amended, 1945, 104 § 1; last paragraph
revised, 1946, 240.
Sect. 60 amended, 1945, 104 § 2.
Chapter 170. — Co-operative Banks.
For temporary act, establishing the Co-operative Central Bank for
the term of five years, see 1932, 45; term extended to ten years, 1935,
82; amount which a member bank may borrow without collateral fur-
ther regulated, 1935, 136; 1941, 86; term further extended to twenty-
five years, 1938, 244 § 1; refunds to member banks regulated, 1939,
227 § 1; act further amended, 1943, 219.
For temporary act, providing for the establishment of a fund for the
insurance of shares in co-operative banks, see 1934, 73 ; amended, 1935,
76, 80: 1936, 155; 1938, 244 §§ 2-5; 1939, 227 §§ 2-5; 1945, 116.
Chap. 170.] GENERAL LaWS. 977
For temporary act to enable certain banking institutions to co-operate
in the distribution of United States Defense Savings Bonds and Defense
Postal Savings Stamps, see 1941, 221, 575.
The following references are to chapter 170, as appearing in the Tercen-
tenary Edition:
Sect. 16 revised, 1932, 292 § 1.
Sect. 19 amended, 1932, 292 § 2.
Sect. 20A added, 1932, 292 § 3 (authorizing payment to spouse or
next of kin without administration in case value of shares does not
exceed two hundred dollars).
Sect. 36A added, 1932, 292 § 4 (authorizing and regulating borrow-
ings to meet withdrawals and to loan against shares).
Sect. 40, paragraph added at end, 1932, 233 § 1.
Sect. 41 amended, 1932, 233 § 2.
Sect. 42 amended, 1932, 233 § 3.
Sect. 45A added, 1933, 46 § 2 (authorizing co-operative banks to
become members of the Federal Home Loan Bank established for the
district of New England).
Sect. 50 added, 1932, 201 (authorizing co-operative banks to become
members of certain leagues).
Chapter stricken out and new chapter inserted, 1933, 144.
The following references are to the new chapter 170:
Sect. 1, "Co-operative Bank JNIortgage" defined, 1947, 21.
Sect. 6, subsection (h) amended, 1946, 154 § 6; subsection (k) re-
vised, 1947, 46.
Sect. 7 amended, 1938, 162 § 1; first sentence amended, 1946, 64.
Sect. 8 revised, 1947, 577.
Sect. 11 revised, 1947, 29.
Sect. 12 amended, 1936, 196 § 1; 1938, 159; 1941, 73; five sen-
tences added at end, 1945, 177 § 1; same five sentences stricken out,
1947, 88 § 1.
Sect. 12A added, 1947, 88 § 2 (relative to savings shares and savings
share accounts in co-operative banks).
Sect. 13, sentence added at end, 1947, 88 § 3.
Sect. 16, first paragraph revised, 1947, 88 § 4; second paragraph
revised, 1936, 196 § 2; 1938, 244 § 7; sentence added at end, 1947, 35.
Sect. 17A added, 1941, 116 (providing for the temporary suspension
of payments on certain shares of co-operative banks owned by persons
engaged in the military or naval service of the United States, or by
their dependents) ; revised, 1943, 142.
Sect. 23 revised, 1941, 76.
Sect. 25, sentence added at end. 1935, 174.
Sect. 27, sentence inserted after first sentence, 1945, 176 § 1.
Sect. 31 revised, 1946, 154 § 3.
Sect. 32A added, under heading "other authorized payments",
1938, 197 (permitting acceptance of certain payments by co-operative
banks).
Sect. 33 amended, 1935, 190; first sentence amended, 1945, 172.
Sect. 34 amended, 1934, 203 § 1.
Sect. 35, last paragraph stricken out, 1934, 203 § 2.
Sect. 35A added, 1945, 191 (providing for converting co-operative
form mortgages to direct reduction form mortgages by agreement in
co-operative banks).
978 Changes in the . [Chap. i7i.
Sects. 36A-36D added under caption "direct-reduction loans"
(changing and making permanent the law authorizing co-operative
banks to make direct-reduction loans on real estate and providing for
the suspension of payments thereon by persons in the military or naval
service and others), 1941, 293 § 1. [For prior temporary legislation
(repealed by 1941, 293 § 2) see 1935, 191; 1936, 203; 1937, 233; 1938,
199.]
Sect. 36A, first paragraph amended, 1945, 177 § 2; first sentence of
same paragraph amended, 1947, 56 § 1; second paragraph revised,
1946, 154 § 1; first two sentences of same paragraph revised, 1947,
56 § 2; last paragraph amended, 1945, 115; revised, 1946, 255; para-
graph added at end, 1945, 176 § 2; paragraph added at end, 1947, 56 § 3.
Sect. 36B, sentence added at end, 1945, 173.
Sect. 36D, paragraph added at end, 1946, 154 § 2; paragraph added
at end, 1947, 86.
Sect. 36E added, 1945, 174 (authorizing additional loans for the
benefit of certain real estate mortgaged to co-operative banks).
Sect, 36F added, 1947, 177 (relative to the making of certain resi-
dential construction development mortgage loans by co-operative
banks) .
Sect. 39 amended, 1941, 77; revised, 1946, 123.
Sect. 39A added, 1945, 171 (relative to the purchase by co-operative
banks from federal agencies of certain loans made by such agencies).
Sect. 40 revised, 1941, 75.
Sect. 43 A added, 1943, 77 (authorizing the sale of checks by co-
operative banks) ; revised, 1946, 154 § 4.
Sect. 44, second paragraph revised, 1936, 159.
Sect. 46 revised, 1943, 81.
Sect. 47 revised, 1935, 75; 1936, 133.
Sect. 50, first paragraph amended, 1935, 54; 1937, 174.
Sect. 50A added, under caption "conversion", 1935, 215 (estab-
lishing the procedure to be followed by a co-operative bank in con-
verting into a federal savings and loan association); first paragraph
amended, 1938, 162 § 2; 1943, 235 § 1; second and third paragraphs
revised, 1938, 244 § 6. (See 1943, 235 § 2; 1945, 193; 1946, HI; 1947,
20.)
Sect. 54 revised, 1943, 191.
Sect. 55 revised, 1945, 61 § 2; last two sentences revised, 1947, 57.
Sect. 56 revised, 1946, 154 § 5.
Sects. 59-61 added 1945, 190 (providing for the establishment of a
contributory co-operative banks employees retirement association).
Sect. 59, last paragraph revised, 1946, 239.
Chapter 171. — Credit Unions.
For temporary act, establishing the Central Credit Union Fund, Inc.,
for the term .of five years, see 1932, 216; amended, 1934, 221; 1939,
112 § 2. Term extended to ten years, 1936, 70. Term extended to
twenty years, 1941, 177.
For temporary act to enable certain banking institutions to co-operate
in the distribution of United States Defense Savings Bonds and De-
fense Postal Savings Stamps, see 1941, 221, 575.
Sect. 3, second paragraph revised, 1936, 323.
Chap. 172.] GENERAL LaWS. 979
Sect. 5 amended, 1939, 112 § 1.
Sect. 6A added, 1946, 184 (to authorize deductions from wages of
employees of districts and municipalities for making certain payments
to credit unions of such employees); repealed, 1947, 189 § 2. (See
G. L. chapter 149 § 178B, inserted by 1947, 189 § 1.)
Sect. 8 revised, 1946, 49 § 1.
Sect. 9 revised, 1946, 49 § 2.
Sect. 10, two sentences inserted after fifth sentence, 1945, 81; sec-
tion revised, 1947, 87.
Sect. 15, last sentence stricken out, and paragraph added at end,
1933, 163 § 1; new paragraph added, 1935, 272; paragraph added by
1935, 272 revised, 1936, 329.
Sect. 17. See 1943, 30.
Sect. 19A added, 1938, 239 (relative to the liability of certain en-
dorsers upon notes held by credit unions and authorizing the establish-
ment of contingent funds by credit unions); revised, 1941, 79.
Sect. 20A added, 1936, 119 (relative to the impairment of the capital
of credit unions).
Sect. 21 amended, 1933, 163 § 2; 1937, 228; revised, 1943, 118;
sentence added at end, 1946, 76.
Sect. 24, paragraph added at end of subdivision (A), 1933, 163 § 3;
first four paragraphs and subdivision (A) revised, 1941, 102; paragraph
4 of subdivision (A) revised, 1947, 85; paragraph 5 of subdivision (A)
amended, 1946, 47; subdivision (B) revised, 1945, 82; 1947, 178.
Sect. 29, first paragraph revised, 1936, 139.
Sect. 30 added, 1946, 90 (relative to the consolidation of credit
unions and the conversion of foreign credit unions).
Chapter 172. — Trust Companies.
For temporary act providing for the liquidation of certain trust com-
panies, see 1939, 515; 1941, 143; 1943, 122.
Sect. 1 revised, 1934, 349 § 1.
Sect. 7, clause Fourth revised, 1934, 349 § 2.
Sect. 9, fifth sentence amended, 1934, 349 § 3.
Sect. 10, first paragraph amended, 1934, 349 § 4.
Sect. 11 revised, 1934, 349 § 5.
Sect. 12 revised, 1934, 349 § 6.
Sect. 13 revised, 1934, 349 § 7.
Sect. 14 revised, 1934, 349 § 8; 1935, 40; amended, 1936, 143 § 1.
Sect. 14A added, 1934, 349 § 9 (relative to the submission of a
monthly report by the treasurer of a trust company to its board of
directors); subparagraph 3 stricken out and subparagraphs 3 and 3 A
inserted, 1939, 244 § 1.
Sect. 15 revised, 1934, 349 § 10.
Sect. 16, paragraph added at end, 1934, 349 § 11.
Sect. 18 revised, 1934, 349 § 12; amended, 1935, 18; second para-
graph revised, 1943, 110 § 8.
Sect. 19 amended, 1934, 349 § 13.
Sect. 19A added, 1943, 237 (providing for notice to the commissioner
of banks of certain transfers of stock of trust companies).
Sect. 24 revised, 1934, 349 § 14; two paragraphs added at end, 1937,
248.
980 Changes in the [Chap. i72.
Sect. 25 amended, 1934, 349 § 15.
Sect. 26 amended, 1934, 349 § 16; revised, 1943, 21 § 2.
Sect. 27, three sentences added at end, 1946, 66,
Sect. 30A, sentence added at end, 1934, 349 § 17; same sentence
amended, 1947, 28.
Sect. 31 revised, 1934, 349 § 18; last sentence amended, 1939, 124.
Sect. 33 revised, 1941, 484 § 1. (See 1941, 484 §§ 4, 5.)
Sect. 34 revised, 1934, 349 § 19; 1939, 244 § 2.
Sect. 40 revised, 1941, 484 § 2; amended, 1945, 88. (See 1941, 484
§§ 4, 5.)
Sect. 40A added, 1943, 261 (clarifying the limits on the total liabili-
ties of any one borrower to a trust company in its commercial and sav-
ings departments).
Sect. 41, sentence added at end, 1947, 36.
Sect. 43 revised, 1934, 349 § 20; 1941, 484 § 3. (See 1941, 484 §§ 4, 5.)
Sect. 44 revised, 1939, 187; amended, 1946, 87 § 1.
Sect. 44A added, 1933, 41 § 2 (authorizing trust companies to pur-
chase, loan upon or participate in loans upon the assets of certain
closed and other banks).
Sect. 45 revised, 1934, 349 § 21; amended, 1939, 244 § 3; revised,
1946, 87 § 2. (See 1943, 192; 1946, 87 § 4.)
Sect. 46 revised, 1934, 349, ^ 22; amended, 1939, 244 § 4; 1946,
87 § 3. (See 1943, 192; 1946, 87 § 4.)
Sect. 48 revised, 1934, 349 § 23; paragraph (c) added at end, 1937,
276.
Sect. 54 amended, 1934, 349 § 24; 1935, 172 § 1.
Sect. 54A added, 1935, 172 § 2 (authorizing trust companies under
certain conditions to deposit in their commercial departments certain
funds held in their trust departments).
Sect. 57 revised, 1934, 349 § 25.
Sect. 60 amended, 1934, 349 § 26.
Sect. 61 amended, 1933, 41 § 3.
Sect. 62 amended, 1934, 349 § 27; revised, 1941, 104.
Sect. 66 revised, 1932, 245 § 2.
Sect. 66A revised, 1943, 27 § 2.
Sect. 67, paragraph added at end, 1933, 334 § 29 (regulating the
declaration and payment of interest on deposits in savings depart-
ments of trust companies).
Sect. 69 amended, 1943, 110 § 7.
Sect. 70. See 1943, 30.
Sect. 74 amended, 1934, 349 § 28.
Sect. 75 revised, 1934, 349 § 29; last sentence revised, 1943, 193;
1945, 53 § 1.
Sect. 76 amended, 1934, 349 § 30.
Sect. 80 revised, 1934, 349 § 31 (but see 1934, 349 § 32) ; next to last
sentence revised, 1945, 53 § 2.
Sect. 82 added, under caption "set-off or recoupment of de-
posits", 1932, 295 § 1. (See 1932, 295 § 2.)
Sects. 83-89 added, under caption "conservatorship", 1933, 87 § 1.
Sects. 83, 88. See 19.33, 112 §§ 6, 9.
Sect. 90 added, 1933, 273 (relative to the enforcement of conserva-
torship proceedings in respect to trust companies).
Chaps. 172A-175.] GENERAL LaWS. 981
Chapter I72A. — Banking Compiuiies.
New chapter inserted, 1935, 452, § 4.
For temporary act to enable certain banking institutions to co-operate
in the distribution of United States Defense Savings Bonds and Defense
Postal Savings Stamps, see 1941, 221, 575.
Sect. 1 revised, 1938, 266 § 2; amended, 1941, 391 § 1. (See 1941,
391 §§ 2, 3.)
Sect. 1A added, 1938, 266 § 3 (authorizing certain existing corpora-
tions to vote to carry on the business of a banking company on certain
conditions).
Sect. 2 amended, 1938, 266 § 4.
Sect. 3 revised, 1938, 266 § 5.
Sect. 4 amended, 1938, 266 § 6.
Sect. 5, first paragraph revised, 1938, 266 § 7.
Sect. 6 revised, 1938, 266 § 9.
Sect. 6A added, 1946, 115 § 1 (authorizing certain banking com-
panies to receive deposits subject to withdrawal by check).
Sect. 7, preHminary sentence re\-ised, 1946, 115 § 2; clause Firet,
last sentence stricken out, 1945, 192 § 1; clause Second revised, 1943,
208; clause Fourth added, 1945, 192 § 2.
Sect. 7A added, 1938, 266 § 8 (relative to the carrying and disposi-
tion by certain existing corporations of certain assets not authorized as
investments after they become subject to this chapter).
Sect. 8 amended, 1947, 39.
Sect. 10, first sentence amended, 1946, 115 § 3.
Sect. 15 added, 1941, 438 (authorizing banking companies to sell cer-
tain negotiable checks).
Chapter 174A. — Regulation of Rates for Fire, Marine and Inland Marine
Insurance, and Rating Organizations.
New chapter inserted, 1947, 614 § 1. (See 1947, 614 § 3.)
Chapter 175. — Insurance.
For legislation authorizing domestic insurance compam'es to invest
in real estate mortgages insured under the National Housing Act, see
1939, 359. (See also 1943, 339.) [For other legislation, see 1935, 162;
1937, 240; 1939, 241; 1941, 260; 1943, 126; 1946, 125.]
For temporary act, modifying the requirements for investments in
real estate mortgages, see 1936, 191; amended, 1936, 405 § 2; extended,
1939, 98; 1941, 40.
For temporary legislation authorizing insurance companies to make
loans to veterans of World War II guaranteed or insured by the ad-
ministrator of veterans' affairs, see 1945, 46; 1946, 126; 1947, 110.
For temporary legislation confirming the power and authority of
domestic insurance companies, their officers, directors, employees and
agents, to pay certain taxes and fees, and relating to liability therefor,
see 1945, 57; 1947, 80.
Sect. 1, definition of "Company" revised, 1947, 488 § 10; paragraph
added (after definition of "Foreign company") defining "Industrial life
982 Changes in the [Chap. 175.
insurance policy" or "policy of industrial life insurance", 1943, 227
§ 11; paragraph added after word "law" in the fifty-second line, 1938,
306 (defining "resident" with respect to the incorporators, officers and
directors of insurance companies). (See 1943, 227 §§ 13, 14.)
Sect. 4, first paragraph revised, 1938, 357 § 1; fourth paragraph
amended, 1939, 472 § 4; revised, 1941, 324.
Sect. 5 amended, 1933, 107 § 2.
Sect. 6, first paragraph amended, 1933, 107 § 3; section amended,
1939, 472 § 1 ; first paragraph amended, 1939, 488 § 2. (See 1939, 488 § 9.)
Sect. 9, clause Second revised, 1941, 326 § 1; clause Fourth revised,
1941, 326 § 2; section revised, 1943, 227 § 1. (See 1943. 227 §§ 13, 14.)
Sect. 10 revised, 1947, 217.
Sect. 11, first paragraph amended, 1934, 92 § 1; revised, 1943, 207
§ 3; 1945, 605 § 2; 1947, 539; third paragraph amended, 1933, 5. (See
1943, 207 § 4; 1945, 605 §3.)
Sect. 12 amended, 1943, 183 § 1. (See 1943, 183 § 2.)
Sect. 12A added, 1943, 183 § 2 (relating to the computation of re-
serves required of certain domestic liability insurance companies with
respect to certain policies of liability insurance).
Sect. 14 amended, 1939, 395 § 2; revised, 1941, 635 § 3, 693; para-
graph inserted after paragraph contained in line 14, 1943, 54 § 1; re-
vised, 1945, 593 § 1 ; paragraph contained in lines 22-26 revised, 1943,
288; seventeenth paragraph revised, 1943, 54 § 2, 227 §2. (See 1945,
593 § 2.)
Sect. 16, second paragraph amended, 1939, 395 § 3.
Sect. 19A amended, 1934, 137 § 2; revised, 1941, 364 § 1.
Sect. 19B added, 1939, 375 (authorizing domestic insurance com-
panies to merge or consohdate with foreign insurance companies in cer-
tain cases); revised, 1941, 364 § 2.
Sect. 19C added, 1941, 364 § 3 (relative to rights of stockholders of
merging or consoUdating corporations).
Sect. 20, first sentence of second paragraph amended, 1946, 508;
new paragraph inserted after fifth paragraph, 1941, 343.
Sect. 22A revised, 1935, 234; first paragraph amended, 1946, 158;
last paragraph amended, 1938, 181.
Sect. 24, sentence added at end of first paragraph, 1946, 244.
Sect. 25, second paragraph revised, 1945, 159; last paragraph of
Form A stricken out, 1934, 12; Forms B and C revised, 1947, 488 § 2;
last paragraph of section amended, 1934, 92 § 2.
Sect. 29 revised, 1939, 167.
Sect. 32 revised, 1938, 357 § 2: amended, 1941, 342 § 1.
Sect. 33 revised, 1946, 186.
Sect. 36, second paragraph revised, 1935, 140; 1936, 61; two para-
graphs added at end, 1938, 218 § 1.
Sect. 47, clause First revised, 1938, 176; clause Fourth revised, 1938,
307; clause Sixth amended, 1941, 243; 1945, 436; clause Seventh
amended, 1937, 261; clause Twelfth revised, 1935, 204; clause Seven-
teenth added, 1946, 471 § 1.
Sect. 48, first paragraph revised, 1946, 471 s^ 2; lines 22 and 23
stricken out and new paragraph inserted, 1946, 471 § 3.
Sect. 48 A revised, 1946, 471 § 4.
Sect. 49, paragraph inserted after second paragraph, 1939, 15 § 2;
Chap. 175.] GENERAL LaWS. 983
paragraph contained in the twenty-second to the twenty-eighth lines
revised, 1941, 342 § 2; last paragraph stricken out, 1941, 342 § 3.
Sect. 50, first sentence revised, 1945, 609 § 1 ; third sentence amended,
1932, 180 § 33.
Sect. 51, clause (a) revised, 1946, 471 § 5.
Sect. 54, clause (a>^) added, 1946, 471 § 6; clause (e) revised, 1939,
488 § 3. (See 1939, 488 § 9.)
Sect. 54A added, 1932, 165 (permitting certain insurance companies
to make outside the commonwealth contracts insuring personal prop-
erty against all risks or hazards); amended, 1938, 198.
Sects. 54B-54D added, 1945, 384 § 2 (authorizing multiple line
underwriting, so-called, by certain domestic and foreign stock and
mutual insurance companies). (See 1945, 384 § 3.)
Sect. 54B revised, 1946, 285.
Sect. 63, paragraph 2, clause (d) added, 1947, 266 § 1 ; paragraph 3
amended, 1947, 266 § 2; paragraph 4 revised, 1947, 266 § 3; paragraph
5A added, 1947, 266 § 4; paragraph 6 revised, 1947, 266 § 5; paragraph
7 revised, 1945, 188; sentence added at end, 1946, 438 § 2; paragraph 9
revised, 1947, 266 § 6; paragraph 11 revised, 1947, 266 § 7; paragraph
14A added, 1947, 266 § 8.
Sect. 64, second paragraph amended, 1936, 213; third paragraph
revised, 1943, 207 § 2; 1947, 269 § 2; paragraph added at end, 1941,
548. (See 1943, 207 § 4.)
Sect. 65 amended, 1946, 125; 1947, 41.
Sect. 66 amended, 1947, 650.
Sect. 66A added, 1943, 207 § 1 (relative to the construction, opera-
tion and maintenance of low rental housing projects by domestic life
insurance companies); revised, 1945, 605 § 1; 1947, 504. (See 1943,
207 § 4; 1945, 605 § 3.)
Sect. 66B added, 1947, 269 § 1 (authorizing domestic life insurance
companies to invest in certain land and buildings) .
Sect. 72 amended, 1936, 212.
Sect. 73, first paragraph revised, 1939, 300 § 1.
Sect. 77 amended, 1941, 365 § 1. (See 1941, 365 § 2.)
Sect. 79 revised, 1933, 23 § 1.
Sect. 80, first sentence revised, 1947, 196; paragraph inserted after
the word "classified" in the twenty-third line, 1936, 315; section re-
vised, 1947, 317.
Sect. 83, paragraph added at end, 1941, 716 § 5. (See 1941, 723.)
Sect. 85A added, 1941, 716 § 1 (providing that the commissioner of
insurance may authorize certain domestic mutual insurance companies
to issue non-assessable policies) ; sentence added at end, 1943, 247 § 1 ;
sentence added at end, 1947, 197 § 1. (See 1941, 723; 1943, 247 § 4.)
Sect. 87 repealed. 1934. 22.
Sect. 90, first paragraph amended, 1941, 716 § 2; 1945, 403 § 2.
(See 1941, 723.)
Sect. 90A amended, 1939, 300 § 2.
Sect. 90B revised, 1933, 23 § 2; 1945, 726.
Sect. 93, first paragraph revised, 1939, 488 § 1; 1941, 654 § 1. (See
1939, 488 § 9.)
Sect. 93B revised, 1939, 488 § 4. (See 1939, 488 § 9.)
Sect. 93C revised, 1939, 488 § 5. (See 1939, 488 § 9.)
984 Changes in the [Chap. i75.
Sect. 93D revised, 1939, 488 § 6. (See 1939, 488 § 9.)
Sect. 93F added, 1941, 716 § 3 (permitting certain domestic mutual
insurance companies to issue non-assessable policies); sentence added
at end, 1943, 247 § 2; sentence added at end, 1947, 197 § 2. (See 1941,
723; 1943,247 §4.)
Sect. 94, first two paragraphs stricken out, and two new paragraphs
inserted, 1933, 81; first paragraph amended, 1938, 218 § 2; 1943, 632
§ 2; revised, 1945, 313 § 2. (See 1945, 313 § 5.)
Sects. 94A-94M added, 1947, 488 § 1 (authorizing and regulating the
exchange of reciprocal or inter-insurance contracts in the common-
wealth) .
Sect. 96A added, 1946, 471 § 7 (providing that insurance against
expenses actually incurred in repairing or replacing property damaged
or destroyed by fire or other causes shall not be subject to certain
limitations as to value).
Sect. 97 amended, 1933, 31; two sentences added at end, 1945, 399
§ 1. (See 1945, 399 § 2.)
Sect. 99, clause Ninth revised, 1934, 95; paragraph of the standard
form appearing in lines 14-23 revised, 1943, 462; clause Tenth added,
1947, 488 § 3.
Sect. 102 amended, 1932, 174 § 1; revised, 1934, 110 § 1. (See 1932,
174 § 2; 1934, 110 § 2.)
Sect. 104 repealed. 1947, 614 § 2. (See 1947, 614 § 3.)
Sect. 106 revised, 1932, 150 § 1; amended, 1939, 400 § 1. (See 1932,
150 § 4.)
Sect. 108, paragraph added at end, 1945, 341; paragraphs A-C
added at end, 1947, 607.
Sect. 110, sentence added at end, 1939, 133; section amended, 1941,
118; revised, 1943, 424 § 3, 532 § 1; subdivision (1) of second para-
graph amended, 1945, 403 § 1.
Sect. IIOA added, 1938, 401 (relative to exemption of the benefits of
disabiHty insurance from attachment and execution).
Sect. HOB added, 1939, 209 (relative to the termination or lapsing of
certain accident and health policies for non-payment of premiums).
Sect. lUC added, 1943, 375 § 1 (providing for the inclusion of acci-
dent benefits in certain liability insurance policies).
Sect. 113A, provision (2) amended, 1933, 119 § 1; revised, 1933, 145
§ 1; provision (2A) added, 1933, 145 § 2; amended, 1935, 296 § 1; pro-
vision (6) revised, 1936, 272. (See 1933, 145 § 3; 1935, 296 § 2.)
Sect. 113B, paragraph inserted after first paragraph, 1935, 459 § 4.
(See 1935, 459 § 5.)
Sect. 113D, first paragraph revised, 1933, 119 § 2; fourth paragraph
revised, 1933, 146 § 1; sixth paragraph revised, 1933, 146 § 2; amended,
1934, 46; first sentence of sixth paragraph amended, 1938, 311; para-
graph added at end, 1933, 119 § 3; paragraph added at end, 1934, 379.
(See 1933, 119 § 6, 146 § 3.)
Sect. 113E added, 1934, 61 (prohibiting certain discrimination in the
issuance or execution of motor vehicle liability policies or bonds);
amended, 1941, 401.
Sect. 113F added, 1937, 390 (relative to the renewal of motor vehicle
Uabihty policies or bonds, so called, in certain cases); first paragraph
amended, 1938, 351.
Chap. 175.] GENERAL LawS. 985
Sect. 113G added, 1939, 406 § 1 (relative to the relations of officers,
directors and employees of certain domestic insurance companies with
certain insurance agencies and finance companies). (See 1939, 406 § 2.)
Sect. 114 amended, 1932, 180 § 34; 1939, 225.
Sect. 116A amended, 1932, 180 § 35.
Sect. 117A, first paragraph amended, 1938, 216 § 1; heading before
section 117A stricken out and "marine and automobile and sprinkj.er
LEAKAGE INSURANCE" inserted, 1938, 216 § 2.
Sect. 123 revised, 1943, 186.
Sect. 125. See 1933, 42.
Sect. 126 amended, 1943, 227 § 5. (See 1933, 42 §§ 13, 14; 1943,
227.)
Sect. 132, first paragraph revised, 1933, 101 § 1; first paragraph
amended, 1943, 227 § 6; provisions numbered 6, 7, 8, 9, revised, 1943,
227 § 7; four paragraphs added at end of section, 1943, 227 § 6. (See
1943, 227 ,^§ 13, 14.)
Sects. 132A-132E added, 1945, 313 § 1 (relative to group annuity
contracts). (See 1945, 313 § 5; 1947, 188 §§ 1, 2.)
Sect. 133, clause (a) amended, 1946, 346; clause (6) amended, 1938,
362 § 2; clause (6) amended, 1943, 424 § 1; clause (c) added, 1938
362 § 1 ; clause (d) added, 1943, 424 § 2.
Sect. 134, sentence added at end of provision numbered 4, 1938, 362
§ 3; said provision revised, 1939, 170; 1941, 456; last paragraph stricken
out and three new paragraphs inserted, 1938, 362 § 4.
Sect. 138A added, 1943, 424 § 4 (relative to deductions from salaries
of state, county and municipal employees for payment of premiums on
certain group life insurance policies).
Sect. 139, two sentences added at end, 1945, 335; section revised,
1946, 313.
Sect. 140, second paragraph revised, 1943, 227 § 12; third paragraph
amended, 1933, 101 § 2. (See 1943, 227 §§ 13, 14.)
Sect. 142 revised, 1943, 227 § 8. (See 1943, 227 §§ 13, 14.)
Sect. 143 revised, 1943, 227 § 9. (See 1943, 227 §§ 13, 14.)
Sect. 144, last paragraph revised, 1933, 101 § 3; first three para-
graphs stricken out and four new paragraphs inserted, 1938, 209 § 1;
section revised, 1943, 227 § 3; subdivision 11 added, 1945, 313 § 3.
(See 1938, 209 § 3; 1943, 227 §§ 13, 14; 1945, 313 §§ 4, 5.)
Sect. 146 revised, 1943, 227 § 4. (See 1943, 227 §§ 13, 14.)
Sect. 146A added, 1945, 298 (providing for giving notice to holders
of lapsed industrial life insurance policies of non-forfeiture benefits).
Sect. 147 amended, 1938, 209 § 2; repealed, 1943, 227 § 10. (See
1943, 227 §§ 13, 14.)
Sect. 147A repealed, 1943, 227 § 10. (See 1943, 227 §§ 13, 14.)
Sect. 147B added, 1935, 232 (requiring foreign Hfe insurance com-
panies to provide for paid-up and extended term insurance and cash
surrender values on policies of industrial Hfe insurance issued in the
commonwealth); repealed, 1943, 227 § 10. (See 1943, 227 §§ 13, 14.)
Sects. 149A-149D added, 1946, 455 (providing that certain unclaimed
funds held by domestic life insurance companies be paid into the state
treasury).
Sect. 150 revised, 1945, 609 § 2; amended, 1946, 250.
Sect. 151, clause Second amended, 1933, 107 § 1; clause Second, sub-
986 Changes in the [Chap. 175.
division (3) (c) revised, 1939, 488 § 7; clause Second, subdivision (3) (/)
revised, 1939, 488 § 8. (See 1939, 488 § 9.)
Sect. 152A added, 1941, 716 § 4 (relative to the issue by certain
foreign mutual insurance companies of non-assessable policies); sen-
tence added at end, 1943, 247 § 3; same sentence amended, 1947, 257;
sentence added at end, 1947, 197 § 3. (See 1941, 723; 1943, 247 § 4.)
Sect. 155, clause First revised, 1932, 150 § 2; amended, 1939, 400 § 2.
(See 1932, 150 § 4.)
Sect. 156 A amended, 1933, 30.
Sect. 157, paragraph added at end, 1939, 315; section revised, 1941,
451.
Sect. 160 A added, 1933, 25 § 1 (prohibiting the printing or publica-
tion of certain advertisements for or on behalf of unlicensed insurance
companies).
Sect. 160B added, 1934, 14 § 1 (authorizing the commissioner of in-
surance to publish certain information relative to unlicensed foreign
insurance companies or societies).
Sect. 162, third paragraph revised, 1941, 286.
Sect. 162A added, 1947, 629 (authorizing insurance companies and
their agents to compensate duly licensed insurance brokers for certain
services) .
Sect. 163, paragraph added at end, 1941, 502; same paragraph re-
vised, 1943, 85.
Sect, 164A added, 1938, 225 (providing that no insurance agent shall
be charged with a decrease or deduction from his commission or salary
on account of industrial life insurance policies lapsed or surrendered
after being paid on for three years); revised, 1943, 226.
Sect. 167 A amended, 1934, 137 § 3; 1937, 260; 1945, 368.
Sect. 172, last sentence revised, 1941, 703.
Sect. 173 revised, 1946, 299.
Sect. 174C added, 1941, 493 (relative to the quaUfications and
licensing of insurance agents, insurance brokers and special insurance
brokers) .
Sects. 177A-177D added, 1939, 395 § 1 (defining and providing for
the licensing of insurance advisers).
Sect. 177B, second and third paragraphs stricken out, and new para-
graph inserted, 1941, 635 § 1; paragraph added at end, 1941, 635 § 2.
Sect. 178 amended, 1941, 450 § 2.
Sect. 179, sentence added at end, 1939, 472 § 2; section revised, 1941,
452.
Sect. 180A stricken out, and new sections 180A-180L inserted, 1939,
472 § 3 (relative to the rehabilitation, conservation and liquidation of
certain domestic and foreign insurers).
Sect. 181 revised, 1934, 160; amended, 1939, 395 § 4.
Sect. 184 amended, 1937, 103; first sentence revised, 1947, 531.
Sect. 185, first paragraph amended, 1939, 400 § 3 ; second paragraph
revised, 1932, 150 § 3; first and second paragraphs revised, 1941, 654
§ 2; section revised, 1943, 238 § 2.
Sect. 187C, first paragraph amended, 1934, 34; 1936, 215 § 1. (See
1936, 215 § 2.)
Sect. 187E added, 1947, 104 (to facilitate payment by insurance
Chaps. 175A, 176.] GENERAL LaWS. 987
companies of amounts not exceeding five hundred dollars due to estates
of deceased persons).
Sect. 192, sentence added at end, 1943, 375 § 2.
Sect. 193B added, 1937, 314 (authorizing the payment of motor
vehicle insurance premiums in instalments).
Chapter 175A. — Regulation of Rates for Certain Casualty Insurance, in-
cluding Fidelity, Surety and Guaranty Bonds, and for all other Forms
of Motor Vehicle Insurance, and Regulation of Rating Organizations.
New chapter inserted, 1947, 641 § 1. (See 1947, 641 § 3.)
Chapter 176. — Fraternal Benefit Societies.
Sect. 1, definition of "Fraternal benefit society" amended, 1945,346
§2.
Sect. 3 amended, 1941, 336 § 1.
Sect. 4 amended, 1939, 139.
Sect. 5 amended, 1933, 25 § 2; 1934, 14 § 2; 1943, 238 § 3.
Sect. 8 amended, 1945, 346 § 3.
Sect. 11 amended,1943, 309 § 1.
Sect. 12, first paragraph revised, 1941, 310.
Sect. 13, first sentence amended, 1945, 346 § 4.
Sect. 13A added, 1945, 346 § 1 (authorizing certain fraternal benefit
societies to provide for hospitalization and medical service insurance).
Sect. 14 amended, 1945, 346 § 5.
Sect. 16 amended, 1938, 93.
Sect. 18 revised, 1941, 336 § 2.
Sect. 19, first sentence amended, 1945, 346 § 6.
Sect. 19A added, 1939, 236 § 1 (relating to the granting of annuities
by certain fraternal benefit societies).
Sect. 21 amended, 1934, 170; revised, 1937, 79; amended, 1939, 236
§2.
Sect. 22 amended, 1941, 336 § 3.
Sect. 23 amended, 1932, 46; 1938, 94.
Sect. 24 amended, 1941, 322; first sentence amended, 1945, 329.
Sect. 25 revised, 1938, 157.
Sect. 30 amended, 1941, 336 § 4.
Sect. 31 amended, 1945, 346 § 7; 1947, 393.
Sect. 32 revised, 1943, 309 § 2.
Sect. 32 A added, 1943, 74 (providing a penalty for the alteration,
defacement, mutilation, destruction or concealment of any record of a
fraternal benefit society).
Sect. 36, first paragraph amended, 1941, 336 § 5.
Sect. 37A added, 1945, 331 (requiring vouchers, etc., for certain dis-
bursements by fraternal benefit societies).
Sect. 40, first two sentences amended, 1932, 180 § 36; first para-
graph amended, 1945, 346 § 8.
Sect. 41 amended, 1939, 168; 1945, 346 § 9.
Sect. 42A added, 1943, 238 § 1 (further regulating the admission of
certain foreign fraternal benefit societies to transact business within the
commonwealth).
Changes in the [Chaps. 176A-176D.
Sect. 45, second sentence amended, 1939, 254 § 1 ; paragraph added
after first paragraph, 1943, 309 § 3; second paragraph amended, 1932,
104.
Sect. 46, fifth paragraph amended, 1939, 254 § 2; paragraph inserted
after third paragraph, 1941, 274; three sentences added at end of para-
graph so inserted, 1943, 86.
Sect. 46B added, 1932, 47 § 1 (authorizing certain fraternal benefit
societies to acquire, hold, manage and dispose of real property, and
confirming title to such property heretofore acquired by certain of such
societies).
Sect. 46C added, 1941, 397 (permitting certain fraternal benefit so-
cieties to contract with insurance companies for the payment of benefits).
Sect. 46D added, 1945, 506 (authorizing grand or district lodges of
certain secret orders or fraternities to pay a limited amount of death
or funeral benefits).
Sect. 49iV added, 1946, 124 (authorizing certain fraternal benefit
societies to pay pensions to their employees in certain cases).
Chapter 176A. — Non-Profit Hospital Service Corporations.
New chapter inserted, 1936, 409.
Sect. 2, second sentence amended, 1939, 312 § 7.
Sect. 3 amended, 1939, 312 § 1; sentence added at end, 1947, 403 § 1.
Sect. 4 amended, 1939, 312 § 2.
Sect. 5 revised, 1939, 312 § 3.
Sect. 7 amended, 1939, 312 § 4; sentence added at end, 1947, 403 § 2.
(See 1947, 403 § 3.)
Sect. 9 revised, 1939, 312 § 5.
Sect. 11 added, 1939, 312 § 6 (relative to the payment of salaries,
compensation or emoluments by certain non-profit hospital service cor-
porations).
Sect. 12 added, 1943, 424 § 5 (relative to deductions from salaries
of state, county and municipal employees of amounts payable under
contracts issued by non-profit hospital service corporations).
Chapter 176B. — Medical Service Corporations.
New chapter inserted, 1941, 306.
Sect. 16A added, 1943, 424 § 6 (relative to deductions from salaries
of state, county and municipal employees of amounts payable under
certificates issued by certain medical service corporations).
Chapter 176C. — Non-Profit Medical Service Plans.
New chapter inserted, 1941, 334.
Sect. 16A added, 1943, 424 § 7 (relative to deductions from salaries
of state, county and municipal employees of amounts payable under
contracts issued by certain medical service corporations).
Chapter 176D. — Unfair Methods of Competition and Unfair and Deceptive
Acts and Practices in the Business of Insurance.
New chapter inserted, 1947, 659.
Chaps. 178-181.] GENERAL LaWS. 989
Chapter 178. — Savings Bank Life Insurance.
For legislation relative to the computation of the reserve liability with
respect to life insurance policies issued by savings and insurance banks
and to the non-forfeiture benefits under such policies, see 1943, 227.
Sect. 10 amended, 1935, 330 § 1; 1946, 112 § 1. (See 1946, 112 § 2.)
Sect. 11 amended, 1935, 330 § 2.
Sect. IIA added, 1935, 330 § 3 (relative to non-payment *t)f pre-
miums on annuity and certain other contracts).
Sect. 14 amended, 1947, 260 § 3.
Sect. 15 amended, 1935, 330 § 4; 1936, 285 § 1.
Sect. 16 revised, 1947, 260 § 4.
Sect. 17 revised, 1935, 330 § 5; 1939, 391 § 1. (See 1939, 391 § 2.)
Sect. 18 amended, 1943, 210 § 1.
Sect. 18A added, 1943, 210 § 2 (relative to payments to the general
insurance guaranty fund).
Sect. 19 amended, 1935, 330 § 6.
Sect. 21 revised, 1935, 330 § 7; amended, 1936, 285 § 2.
Sect. 26 revised, 1932, 103.
Sect. 29 amended, 1936, 285 § 3; revised, 1941, 108 § 1.
Sect. 30 amended, 1936, 285 § 4.
Sect. 31 revised, 1941, 108 § 2.
Sects. 32 and 33 added, 1947, 143 (creating the savings bank life
insurance council and defining its powers and the powers of savings and
insurance^banks relative thereto).
Chapter 179. — Proprietors of V/harves, Real Estate lying in Common,
and General Fields.
Sect. 3 revised, 1943, 130 § 1. (See 1943, 130 § 2.)
Chapter 180. — Corporations for Charitable and Certain Other Puri>oses.
Sect. 3 amended, 1943, 549 § 5; revised, 1947, 559 § 1. (See 1947,
559 § 7.)
Sect. 5 amended, 1934, 328 § 21; second sentence revised, 1947,
559 § 2
Sect. 6 revised, 1947, 461.
Sect. 8 repealed, 1947, 559 § 3.
Sect. 10 amended, 1932, 180 § 37; revised, 1937, 151 § 1; 1943, 549
§ 6; 1947, 559 § 4.
Sect. 11 revised, 1937, 151 § 2; 1947, 559 § 5.
Sect. 12 amended, 1946, 24.
Sect. 12A amended, 1935, 246; 1946, 25.
Sect. 17, first sentence revised, 1947, 559 § 6.
Sect. 26A added, 1933, 236 § 1 (requiring the filing of annual returns
by certain incorporated clubs and other corporations); amended, 1945,
225. (See 1933, 236 § 2.)
Sect. 27 amended, 1934, 328 § 22.
Chapter 181. — Foreign Corporations.
Sect. 3 revised, 1943, 459 § 4; amended, 1946, 342 § 1.
Sect. 4, paragraph added at end, 1946, 342 § 2.
990 Changes in the [Chaps. i82-
Chapter 182. — Voluntary Associations and Certain Trusts.
Sect. 3 amended, 1945, 649 § 1.
Sect. 4 amended, 1945, 649 § 2.
Sect. 7 amended, 1945. 649 § 3.
Sect. 8 amended, 1945, 649 § 4.
Sect. 9 amended, 1945, 649 § 5.
Chapter 183. — Alienation of Land.
Sect, 4 revised, 1941, 85.
Sect. 28A added, 1946, 438 § 1 (extending the secm-ity of real estate
mortgages to cover expenses of repairs or replacements of mortgaged
property and taxes and other assessments).
Sect. 43 amended, 1937, 101 § 1.
Sect. 44 amended, 1937, 101 § 2.
Chapter 184. — General Provisions relative to Real Property.
Sect. 13 amended, 1937, 112; revised, 1937, 245 § 1; first paragraph
amended, 1943, 52 § 1. (See 1937, 245 § 2; 1943, 52 § 2.)
Sect. 15 amended, 1941, 88 § 1. (See 1941, 88 § 2.)
Sect. 17A added, 1939, 270 (relative to the effect of agreements for
the purchase and sale of real estate).
Chapter 185. — The Land Court and Registration of Title to Land.
Sect. 1, clause (6) revised, 1935, 318 § 3; clause (c) revised, 1935,
318 § 4; clause (pA) added, 1934, 263 § 1 (granting to land court
exclusive original jurisdiction to determine by declaratory judgment
the vaUdity and extent of municipal zoning ordinances, by-laws and
regulations); clause (k) revised, 1934, 67 § 1; clauses (I) and (w)
added, 1935, 318 § 5 (granting to said court original jurisdiction con-
current with supreme judicial and superior courts of certain suits in
equity); paragraph in lines 44-50, inclusive, revised, 1937, 183 § 1;
paragi-aph in lines 51-55 revised, 1947, 449 § 3. (See 1934, 67 § 2;
1935, 318 § 8; 1937, 183 § 2; 1947, 449 § 7.)
Sect. 2 amended, 1937, 409 § 3. (See 1937, 409 § 7.)
Sect. 2A repealed, 1937, 409 § 4. (See 1937, 409 § 7.)
Sect. 12, sentence added at end, 1941, 27; section revised, 1943, 29.
Sect. 14, sentence in lines 10-12 stricken out, 1946, 427 § 2; section
revised, 1946, 544 § 3. (See 1946, 427 § 3; 544 § 5.)
Sect. 25A added, 1933, 55 (relative to the power of the land court
to enforce its orders and decrees, and relative to service of its processes).
Sect. 40 amended, 1937, 118.
Sect. 78 amended, 1937, 144 § 1. (See 1937, 144 § 2.)
Chapter 186. — Estates for Years and at Will.
Sect. 12 revised, 1946, 202.
Sect. 15 added, 1945, 445 § 1 (making void certain provisions of
leases and rental agreements pertaining to real property). (See 1945,
445 § 2.)
Chaps. 188-196.] GENERAL LaWS. 991
Sect. 16 added, 1947, 118 § 1 (making void so much of any real estate
or rental agi^eement as provides for its termination in the event tenants
have children). (See 1947, 118 § 2.)
Chapter 188. — Homesteads.
Sect. 1 amended, 1939, 32 § 1. (See 1939, 32 § 5.)
Sect. 9 amended, 1939, 32 § 2. (See 1939, 32 § 5.)
Chapter 189. — Dower and Curtesy.
Sect. 3 revised, 1936, 91 § 1. (See 1936, 91 § 2.)
Chapter 190. — Descent and Distribution of Real and Personal Property.
Sect. 1, paragraph (1) amended, 1945, 238 § 1. (See 1945, 238 § 2.)
Sect. 7 amended, 1943, 72 § 1.
Chapter 190A. — Effect of Apparently Simultaneous Deaths upon Devolu-
tion and Disposition of Property, including Proceeds of Insurance.
New chapter inserted, 1941, 549 § 1. (See 1941, 549 § 2.)
Chapter 192. — Probate of Wills and Appointment of Executors.
Sect. 1A added, 1934, 113 (requiring that the attorney general be
made a party in certain proceedings relative to tlie probate of wills).
Sect. IB added, 1945, 338 § 1 (providing for a guardian ad litem
when the surviving spouse of the deceased is under disability).
Sect. 7. See 1937, 408 § 3.
Chapter 193. — Appointment of Administrators.
Sect. 3 amended, 1938, 328.
Sect. 12 amended, 1945, 349 § 1.
Chapter 194. — Public Administrators.
Sect. 7 revised, 1933, 100.
Sect. 9, last sentence amended, 1932, 180 § 38; section affected,
1932, 180 § 45.
Sect. 10. See 1936, 428.
Chapter 195. — General Provisions relative to Executors and Administrators.
Sects. 1^ repealed, 1933, 221 § 1. (See 1933, 221 § 8.)
Sect. 7 revised, 1945, 349 § 2.
Sect. 8 amended, 1933, 221 § 2. (See 1933, 221 § 8.)
Chapter 196. — Allowances to Widows and Children, and Advancements.
Sect. 2 amended, 1933, 36; revised, 1936, 214.
992 Changes in the [Chaps. 197-202.
Chapter 197. — Payment of Debts, Legacies and Distributive Shares.
Sect. 2 amended, 1933, 221 § 3. (See 1933, 221 § 8.)
Sect. 2A added, 1939, 298 (establishing limitations applicable to suits
against, and regulating the payments of debts by, administrators de
bonis non).
Sect. 9 amended, 1933, 221 § 4. (See 1933, 221 § 8.)
Chapter 200. — Settlement of Estates of Absentees.
Sect. 12 revised, 1941, 399 § 1.
Sects. 13 and 14 stricken out and new section 13 inserted, 1941,
399 S 2
Sect! 13 revised, 1946, 395.
Chapter 201. — Guardians and Conservators.
Sect. 1 amended, 1945, 728 § 1. (See 1945, 728 § 4.)
Sect. 6 amended, 1941, 194 § 13.
Sect. 7 amended, 1941, 194 § 14.
Sect. 13, sentence added at end, 1934, 204 § 1; section amended,
1941, 194 § 15.
Sect. 13 A added, 1941, 325 (providing for the removal of a per-
manent guardian of an insane person).
Sect. 14 amended, 1941, 194 § 16.
Sect. 16 revised, 1945, 728 § 2. (See 1945, 728 § 4.)
Sect. 18, new sentence added at end, 1934, 204 § 2.
Sect. 20, see 1945, 338 § 3.
Sect. 21 revised, 1945, 728 § 3. (See 1945, 728 § 4.)
Sect. 30 amended, 1939, 57.
Sect. 39 A added, 1936, 270 (authorizing payments from estates of
minors under guardianship for expenses for the funerals of the parents
in certain cases).
Sect. 45, sentence added at end, 1945, 338 § 2.
Sect. 47A added, 1937, 312 § 1 (permitting guardians and conser-
vators to invest funds in certain insurance policies and annuity con-
tracts).
Sect. 48A revised, 1941, 241.
Chapter 202. — Sales, Mortgages and Leases of Real Estate by Executors,
Administrators, Guardians and Conservators.
Sect. 4A added, 1933, 129 (relative to the use and management of
real estate of a decedent by his executor or administrator for the pur-
pose of the payment of debts from the rents thereof).
Sect. 12 amended, 1941, 194 § 17.
Sect. 14 amended, 1934, 157 § 1.
Sect. 19 amended, 1941, 341 § 1. (See 1941, 341 § 2.)
Sect. 20 revised, 1933, 221 § 5. (See 1933, 221 § 8.)
Sect. 36 added, 1945, 418 § 1 (relative to sales, mortgages and leases
by guardians and conservators of wards holding real estate under ten-
ancies by the entirety). (See 1945, 418 § 2.)
Chaps. 203-207.1 GENERAL LaWS. 993
Chapter 203. — Trusts.
Sect. 3A added, 1946, 287 § 1 (exempting trusts created by employers
in connection with stock bonus, pension, disabilitj^, death benefit or
profit sharing plans from the rule against perpetuities). (See 1946,
987 ceo o \
Sect. 13 revised, 1943, 201 § 1. (See 1943, 201 § 3.)
Sect. 16 amended, 1934, 157 § 2.
Sect. 17A added, 1932, 50 (relative to the sale of real estate by
foreign testamentary trustees).
Sect. 22 amended, 1936, 184 § 1. (See 1936, 184 § 2.)
Sects. 24A and 24B added, under caption "salvage operations
OF trustees", 1943, 389 § 1. (See 1943, 389 § 2.)
Sect. 25A added, under the heading "purchase of insurance
policies or annuity contracts", 1937, 312 § 2 (permitting trustees
to invest funds in certain insurance policies and annuity contracts).
Chapter 203A. — Collective Investment of Small Trust Funds.
New chapter inserted, 1941, 474.
Sect. U added, 1945, 67 (making redeemable obligations of the
United States ehgible investments for common trust funds).
Chapter 204. — General Provisions relative to Sales, Mortgages, Releases,
Compromises, etc., by Executors, etc.
Sect. 26 amended, 1933, 221 § 6. (See 1933, 221 § 8.)
Sects. 27-36 added, 1943, 152 (authorizing releases and disclaimers
of powers of appointment and providing for the methods of releasing
and disclaiming the same).
Sect. 37 added, 1943, 201 § 2 (authorizing the resignation of fidu-
ciaries by their guardians, conservators or committees, or other like
officers, acting in their behalf).
Chapter 205. — Bonds of Executors, Administrators, Guardians, Conserva-
tors, Trustees and Receivers.
Sect. 4 amended, 1941, 45 § 1.
Sect. 5 amended, 1941, 45 § 2.
Chapter 206. — Accounts and Settlements of Executors, Administrators,
Guardians, Conservators, Trustees and Receivers.
Sect. 7 amended, 1941, 194 § 18.
Sect. 16 amended, 1941, 36.
Sect. 17 amended, 1936, 208.
Sect. 19 repealed, 1938, 154 § 2.
Sect. 23 repealed, 1938, 154 § 2.
Sect. 24 revised, 1938, 154 § 1.
Chapter 207. — Marriage.
Sect. 5 amended, 1941, 194 § 18A.
Sect. 7 revised, 1941, 270 § 1.
994 Changes in the [Chaps. 208-210.
Sect. 17 amended, 1945, 185.
Sect. 20 amended, 1933, 127; sentence inserted after the word "resi-
dence" in line 18, 1943, 561 § 3.
Sect. 20A added, 1939, 269 § 3 (relative to the duties of city and
town clerks in the case of the filing of notices of intention of marriage of
pregnant females).
Sect. 20B added, 1941, 601 § 1 (requiring pre-marital physical
examination); first paragraph amended, 1941, 697 § 1; second para-
graph stricken out and three paragraphs inserted, 1941, 697 § 2; re-
pealed, 1943, 561 § 2. (See 1941, 697 § 3.)
Sect. 21, paragraph added at end, 1943, 168 § 2.
Sect. 28 amended, 1941, 601 § 2. (See 1941, 601 § 4.)
Sect. 28A added, 1943, 561 § 1 (further regulating pre-marital ex-
aminations).
Sect. 30 amended, 1937, 11 S 1; 1945, 214 U; 1946, 197 ^ 1. (See
1937, 11 § 2; 1945, 214 5 2.)
Sect. 33 amended, 1941, 270 § 2.
Sect. 36 re\nsed, 1946, 273 $ 1.
Sect. 38 revised, 1932, 162; amended, 1946, 197 § 2.
Sect. 40 revised, 1946, 197 § 3.
Sect. 42 amended, 1946, 197 § 4.
Sect. 47A added, under heading "breach of contract to marry
not actionable", 1938, 350 § 1 (abolishing causes of action for breach
of contract to marry). (See 1938, 350 § 3.)
Sect. 52 revised, 1943, 312 § 1. (See 1943, 312 § 2.)
Sect. 55 repealed, 1946, 273 v< 2.
Sect. 57 amended, 1941, 601 § 3. (See 1941. 601 § 4.)
Chapter 208. — Divorce.
Sect. 2 revised, 1937, 76 § 1. (See 1937, 76 § 2.)
Sects. 9-11 revised, 1943, 196 § 1. (See 1943, 196 § 2.)
Sect. 19 revised, 1932, 3.
Sect. 21, sentence added at end, 1934, 181 § 1. (See 1934, 181 § 2.)
Sect. 24 amended, 1943, 168 § 1.
Sect. 33 revised, 1936, 221 § 1. (See 1936, 221 § 2.)
Sect. 38 revised, 1933, 288.
Chapter 209. — Husband and Wife.
Sect. 21 amended, 1939, 32 § 3. (See 1939, 32 § 5.)
Sect. 32, sentence added at end, 1938, 136.
Sect. 33 revised, 1933, 360.
Chapter 210. — Adoption of Children and Change of Names.
Sect. 1 amended, 1941, 44.
Sect. 3 amended, 1941, 61; 1945, 239; revised, 1945, 300.
Sect. 6, paragraph added at end, 1943, 155 § 1.
Sect. 13, paragraph added at end, 1943, 155 § 2.
Chaps. 211-214.] GENERAL LawS. 995
Chapter 211. — The Supreme Judicial Court.
Sect. 4 amended, 1945, 465.
Sect. 11 revised, 1933, 300 § 1. (See 1933, 300 § 4.)
Sect. 19 revised, 1938, 115 § 1.
Sect. 22 revised, 1946, 544 .^ 1. (See 1946, 544 § 5.)
Chapter 212. — The Superior Court.
For act further extending to June 30, 1948, the operation of certain
provisions of law (1923, 469, as amended) relative to the more prompt
disposition of criminal cases in the superior court, see 1947, 112.
Sect. 14 revised, 1932, 144 § 1. (For prior temporary legislation,
see 1927, 306; 1928, 228.)
Sect. 14A added, 1932, 144 § 2 (regulating the establishing of sessions
and sittings of the superior court). (For prior temporarj^ legislation,
see 1927, 306; 1928, 228.)
Sects. 15-18 repealed, 1932, 144 § 3.
Sect. 22 amended, 1934, 287; 1943, 145 § 1; sentence added at end,
1943, 244 § 3. (See 1943, 145 § 2.)
Sect. 24 amended, 1943, 244 § 4.
Sect. 25 amended, 1932, 144 § 4.
Sect. 26A added, 1935, 229 § 1 (providing for the transfer from the
superior court to the land court of certain actions at law and suits in
equity where any right, title or interest in land is involved). (See 1935,
229 § 2.)
Sect. 27 revised, 1946, 544 v> 2. (See 1946, 544 :^ 5.)
Chapter 213. — Provisions Common to the Supreme Judicial and Superior
Courts.
Sects. 1A and IB added, 1939, 257 § 1 (granting to the superior court
jurisdiction of certain extraordinary writs and certain other matters,
concurrently with the supreme judicial court). (See 1939, 257 § 2.)
Sect. 1A amended, 1941, 28, 180.
Sects. IC and ID added, 1943, 374 § 4 (providing for changing a
petition for certiorari into a petition for mandamus and vice versa and
providing for appeals from judgments upon such petitions).
Sect. 3, clause Tenth A revised, 1945, 582 § 2 (see 1945, 582 §§4,
5); clause Tenth B added, 1943, 374 § 3 (providing for the presentation
at hearings upon petitions for certiorari of evidence at proceedings
complained of in such petitions).
Sect. 4 revised, 1947, 449 § 5. (See 1947, 449 § 7.)
Sect. 6 amended, 1932, 144 § 5.
Chapter 214. — Equity Jurisdiction and Procedure in the Supreme Judicial
and Superior Courts.
Sect. 1 amended, 1935, 407 § 2. (See 1935, 407 § 6; 1937, 436 § 10;
G. L. 150A § 6 (h) inserted by 1938, 345 § 2.)
Sect. 2 Affected, 1939, 257 § 2.
Sect. 3, clause (12) added at end, 1939, 194 § 1.
996 Changes in the [Chaps. 215, 2i7.
Sect. 9 amended, 1934, 381; 1935, 407 § 3; last sentence amended,
1947, 571 § 1. (See 1935, 407 § 6; 1937, 436 § 10; G. L. 150A § 6 (h)
inserted by 1938, 345 § 2.)
Sect. 9A added, 1935, 407 § 4 (limiting authority of courts to grant
injunctive relief in cases involving or growing out of labor disputes).
(See 1935, 407 § 6; 1937, 436 § 10; G. L. 150A § 6 {h) inserted by 1938,
345 § 2.)
Sect. 9B added, 1947, 571 § 2 (relative to the issuance of injunctions
in certain jurisdictional disputes).
Sect. 23 revised, 1945, 394 § 1 ; 1947, 365 § 2. (See 1945, 394 § 2.)
Sect. 24 amended, 1947, 365 § 1.
Chapter 215. — Probate Courts.
Sect. 6 amended. 1933, 237 § 1; revised, 1937, 257; amended, 1939,
194 § 2.
Sect. 6B added, 1935, 247 § 1 (providing for interpretative judg-
ments in the probate courts as to the meaning of written instruments);
repealed, 1945, 582 § 3. (See 1935, 247 § 2; 1945, 582 § 5.)
Sect. 9, sentence added at end, 1945, 469 § 1; same sentence
stricken out, 1947, 360. (See 1945, 469 § 2; 1946, 88, 610 § 1; 1947,
97 § 1.)
Sect. 11 amended, 1947, 365 § 3.
Sect. 30A amended, 1934, 330.
Sect. 39A added, 1947, 536 (relative to counsel fees in the probate
courts) .
Sect. 44, last sentence revised, 1941, 323 § 1; section amended, 1943,
91. (See 1941, 323 § 2.)
Sect. 58 revised, 1947, 449 § 4. (See 1947, 449 § 7.)
Sect. 61 repealed, 1939, 65 § 1. (See 1939, 65 § 2.)
Sect. 62, paragraph in lines 17-20 revised, 1932, 107; 1936, 241;
paragraph in lines 29-33 revised, 1934, 24; paragraph in lines 34-37
amended, 1934, 54; same paragraph revised, 1934, 175 § 1; paragraph
in lines 45-51 revised, 1935, 132; paragraph in lines 56 and 57 revised,
1933, 274. (See 1934, 175 § 2.)
Chapter 217, — Judges and Registers of Probate and Insolvency.
For legislation relative to abolition of office of special judge of pro-
bate and insolvency on the death, resignation or removal of the incum-
bent, see 1937, 408 § 8.
Sect. 1 amended, 1935, 434 § 1.
Sect. 2 amended, 1934, 290; 1935, 434 § 2.
Sects. 5 and 6 stricken out and new sections 5, 5A, 6, 6A inserted,
1937, 408 § 3. (See 1937, 408 § 9.)
Sect. 7, sentence added at end, 1937, 408 § 4. (See 1937, 408 §§ 3, 9.)
Sect. 8 revised, 1937, 408 § 5. (See 1937, 408 § 9.)
Sect. 24 amended, 1943, 464 § 1. (See 1943, 464 § 2.)
Sect. 24 A revised, 1939, 392; 1947, 348.
Sect. 25 am.ended, 1947, 347.
Sect. 25A added, 1945, 475 § 1 (providing for a permanent third
assistant register of probate for the county of Essex); revised, 1946,
482. . (See 1945, 475 § 2.)
Chap. 218.] GENERAL LawS. 997
Sect. 30 revised, 1935, 143 § 1;* 1935, 313 § 1; 1936, 252 § 1; 1941,
226 § 1. (See 1935, 313 § 3; 1936, 252 § 2; 1941, 226 § 2.)
Sect. 31 A added,* 1935, 313 § 2 (providing for the appointment of a
messenger for the probate court of Essex county). (See 1935, 313 § 3.)
Sect. 34 revised, 1937, 408 M; 1946, 544 § 4. (See 1937, 408 § 9;
1946, 544 § 5.)
Sects. 35A and 35B added, 1947, 678 § 2 (establishing the salaries of
registers of probate and assistant registers). (See 1947, 678 § 3.)
Sect. 38 repealed, 1937, 408 § 2.
Sect. 40 revised, 1937, 408 § 6. (See 1937, 408 § 9.)
Sect. 41 amended, 1937, 408 § 7; 1941, 503. (See 1937, 408 §§ 8, 9.)
Chapter 218. — District Courts.
For act further extending to June 30, 1948, the operation of certain
provisions of law (1923, 469, as amended) authorizing certain justices
of district courts to sit in criminal cases in the superior court, see 1947,
112.
For legislation limiting the number of special justices of certain dis-
trict courts, see 1941, 664.
Sect. 1, first paragraph under caption "Franklin^' revised, 1932,
87 § 1; section amended, 1939, 451 § 59.
Sect. 6, first paragraph revised, 1941, 664 § 1; second paragraph
revised, 1945, 611: section revised, 1947, 588 § 1. (See 1941, 664
§§ 2, 3: 1947, 588 §§ 2, 3.)
Sect. 8 revised, 1936, 282 § 1. (See 1936, 282 § 3.)
Sect. 9, sentence added at end, 1934, 217 § 1.
Sect. 10 amended, 1932, 160 § 1; 1937, 297 § 1; 1938, 193 § 1; first
paragi-aph amended, 1946, 182; 1947, 335 § 1; last paragraph revised,
1938, 222 § 1; paragraph added at end, 1941, 309 § 1. (See 1937, 297
§ 2; 1938, 193 § 2, 222 § 2; 1947, 335 § 2.)
Sect. 13 revised, 1937, 59: first paragraph stricken out, 1939, 157 § 1.
(See 1939, 157 § 4.)
Sect. 15 revised, 1939, 230 § 1, 347 § 1; first paragraph amended,
1947, 460 § 1. (See 1939, 230 § 2; 1947, 460 § 2.)
Sect. 16 revised, 1937, 219 § 3; 1939. 214 § 5.
Sect. 19 amended, 1934, 387 § 1; 1943, 296 § 1. (See 1934, 387 § 5;
1943, 296 § 6, 437.)
Sect. 22 amended, 1937, 310.
Sect. 26 revised, 1937, 301 § 1; 1938, 365 § 1. (See 1937, 301 § 2;
1938, 365 § 2.)
Sect. 29 amended, 1932, 55.
Sect. 30 amended, 1941, 194 § 19.
Sect. 35 A added, 1943, 349 § 1 (providing that certain persons against
whom complaints are made in district courts may be given an oppor-
tunity to be heard before issuance of process); revised, 1945, 293.
(See 1943, 349 § 2.)
Sect. 37 amended, 1945, 250 § 1.
Sect. 38, second sentence revised, 1939, 347 § 2
Sect. 43 amended, 1939, 347 § 3.
* Void for non-acceptance.
998 Changes in the [Chaps. 219-221.
Sect. 43A, first paragraph amended, 1938, 324; section revised, 1941,
682 § 1; first paragraph amended, 1943, 101. (See 1941, 682 §§ lA, 2.)
Sect. 53, paragraph added after the first paragraph, 1936, 230.
Sect. 58 revised, 1936, 282 § 2. (See 1936, 282 § 3.)
Sect. 62 amended,* 1932, 235 § 1; revised,* 1932, 247 § 1; amended,
1935, 71 § 1; 1937, 298; revised, 1939, 305; amended, 1941, 309 § 3,
348; 1945, 294; 1946, 264 § 1; 300. (See 1935, 71 § 2; 1946, 264 § 2.)
Sect. 63 revised, 1935, 341.
Sect. 75 revised, 1946, 609 § 1. (See 1946, 609 § 3.)
Sect. 75A added, 1946, 512 § 2 (relative to the compensation of
clerks and assistant clerks of the municipal court of the citv of Boston) ;
revised, 1946, 609 § 2. (See 1946, 512 § 3; 609 § 3.)
Sect. 76 amended, 1932, 269 § 1; 1935, 366 § 1; 1937, 378 § 1; re-
vised, 1939, 451 § 60; amended, 1945, 476 § 1; 1946, 453; 498 § 1;
revised, 1946, 530, 578; amended, 1946, 600; revised, 1947, 576. (See
1935,366 §3; 1945,476 §2.)
Sect. 77 revised, 1937, 294.
Sect. 79 amended, 1941, 309 § 2; revised, 1941, 447 § 2; amended,
1943, 136 § 2. (See 1941, 447 §§ 4, 5; 1943, 136 § 3.)
Sect. 80, sentence added at end, 1935, 366 § 2; section amended,
1936, 229 § 1; 1937, 378 § 2; revised, 1941, 447 § 3; amended, 1946,
498 § 2. (See 1935, 366 § 3; 1936, 229 § 2; 1941, 447 §§ 4, 5.)
Sect. 80A added, 1947, 400 § 2 (relative to the salaries of the secre-
tary and assistant secretary to the justices of the municipal court of
the city of Boston). (See 1947, 400, §§ 3, 4.)
Sect. 81 revised, 1939, 296 § 1. (See 1939, 296 § 3.)
Sect. 82A added, 1945, 486 § 1 (relative to salaries of court ofiicers
of the municipal court of the city of Boston). (See 1945, 486 § 3.)
Chapter 219. — Trial Justices.
Sect. 17 amended, 1947, 343 § 2.
Sect. 28 amended, 1934, 328 § 23.
Sect. 33 added, 1947, 343 § 1 (gi'anting civil jurisdiction to the trial
justice in Barre).
Chapter 220. — Courts and Naturalization.
Sect. 6 revised, 1947, 449 § 6. (See 1947, 449 § 7.)
Sects. 13A and 13B added, 1935, 407 § 5 (regulating procedure in
trials for contempt arising out of disobedience to decrees or process of
courts in labor dispute cases). (See 1935, 407 § 6; 1937, 436 § 10;
G. L. 150A § 6 (h) inserted by 1938, 345 § 2.)
Sect. 14A added, 1936, 206 § 1 (relative to the time within which
certain justices shall render their decisions). (See 1936, 206 § 2.)
Sects. 16 and 17 repealed, 1932, 144 § 3.
Sect. 19 repealed, 1932, 16.
Chapter 221. — Clerks, Attorneys and Other Officers of Judicial Courts.
Sect. 4 amended, 1935, 89 § 1; 1937, 158 § 1; 1943, 336 § 1; revised,
1946, 248 § 1. (See 1935, 89 § 2; 1937, 158 § 2; 1943, 336 § 3.)
* Void for non-acceptance.
Chap. 221.] GENERAL LawS. 999
Sect. 5 amended, 1932, 51; 1943, 336 § 2. (See 1943, 336 § 3.)
Sect. 6A added, 1947, 443 (providing for the appointment of an
equity clerk of the superior court for the county of Middlesex).
Sect. 12 revised, 1937, 219 § 4; 1939, 214 § 6.
Sect. 24 revised, 1936, 31 § 3.
Sect. 27 revised, 1939, 157 § 2. (See 1939, 157 § 4.)
Sect. 27A added, 1939, 157 § 3 (relative to the disposal of certain
obsolete and useless papers of courts) ; revised, 1945, 323 § 1 ; amended,
1946, 150. (See 1939, 157 § 4; 1945, 323 § 2.)
Sect. 34C amended, 1947, 601.
Sect. 36 amended, 1945, 157.
Sect. 36A added, 1945, 261 (relative to educational requirements
for admission to the bar of persons serving in the armed forces in World
War II).
Sect. 43 revised, 1939, 197 § 1.
Sects. 44A and 44B added, 1939, 197 § 2 (prohibiting employees and
other persons connected with hospitals from furnishing certain infor-
mation about certain personal injury cases to attorneys at law).
Sect. 44A amended, 1943, 293.
Sect. 46 revised, 1935, 346 § 1.
Sects. 46A and 46B added, 1935, 346 § 2 (prohibiting individuals not
members of the bar from practising law or attempting so to do and pro-
viding a means of restraining unauthorized practice of law).
Sect. 46B amended, 1947, 75.
Sect. 47 repealed, 1935, 346 § 3.
Sect. 49 repealed, 1935, 346 § 3.
Sect. 50 stricken out, and sections 50, 50A, 50B inserted, 1945, 397
§ 1. (See 1945, 397 § 3.)
Sect. 53 amended, 1939, 151.
Sect. 58 amended, 1932, 40 § 1.
Sect. 60 repealed, 1932, 40 § 2.
Sect. 63 amended, 1939, 6 § 1. (See 1939, 6 §§ 2, 3.)
Sect. 68 amended, 1946, 591 § 46A.
Sect. 73 revised, 1935, 182 § 2; 1938,347 § 2; 1941, 448 § 1; 1945,
388 § 1; 1946, 427 § 1; amended, 1946, 593 § 1. (Sen 1935, 182
§§ 5, 6; 1938, 347 :> 3; 1941, 448 •> 3; 1945, 388 § 3; 1946, 593 i 2.)
Sect. 73A added, 1938, 347 § 2; amended, 1941, 448 § 2; repealed,
1945, 388 § 2. (See 1938, 347 § 3; 1941, 448 § 3.)
Sect. 76 revised, 1935, 182 § 3 ; first sentence stricken out and two
new sentences added, 1939, 258 § 1; second and third sentences revised,
1939, 165 § 2. (See 1935, 182 §§ 5, 6; 1939, 165 § 3, 258 § 2.)
Sect. 76A added, 1945, 179 § 1 (providing for the appointment of
an assistant messenger of the superior court in Suffolk county).
Sect. 80 amended, 1935, 182 § 4. (See 1935, 182 § 6.)
Sect. 88 amended, 1947, 179.
Sect. 91 revised, 1947, 469 § 2. (See 1947, 469 §§ 4, 5.)
Sect. 91A added, 1947, 469 § 3 (relative to establishing salaries of
ofiicial stenographers and compensation of additional stenographers
and temporary stenographers of the superior court in the county of
Suffolk). (See 1947, 469 §§ 4, 5.)
Sect. 93 amended, 1945, 615.
Sect. 94, first sentence amended, 1932, 180 5^ 39; section revised,
1946, 262J 2; amended, 1947, 290 § 2. (See 1946, 262 §§ 4, 5.)
1000 Changes in the [Chaps. 222, 223.
Sect. 94A padded, 1946, 262 § 3 (relative to the salaries of the clerk
and assistant clerks of the superior court for civil business in the county
of Suffolk). (See 1946, 262 i;-§ 4, 5.)
Chapter 222. — Justices of the Peace, Notaries Public and Commissioners.
Sect. 8 amended, 1947, 256 § 1.
Chapter 223. — Commencement of Actions, Service of Process.
Sect. 2 revised, 1934, 387 § 2; last sentence of first paragraph revised,
1943, 296 § 2. (See 1934, 387 § 5; 1943, 296 § 6, 437.)
Sect. 2A added, 1935, 483 § 1 (providing for trial together of two or
more actions arising out of the same motor vehicle accident pending in
district courts). (See 1935, 483 §§2, 3.) Section stricken out and new
sections 2A-2G inserted, 1943, 369 § 1 (relative to the trial and disposi-
tion of certain actions and proceedings pending in different courts).
(See 1943, 369 § 2.)
Sect. 2B amended, 1945, 373 § 1. (See 1945, 373 § 2.)
Sect. 8A added, 1947, 488 § 6 (relative to transitory actions by or
against subscribers to a reciprocal or inter-insurance exchange).
Sect. 19 A added, 1947, 488 § 7 (providing that actions by or against
subscribers to a reciprocal or inter-insurance exchange shall be brought
in the name under which the contracts are issued) .
Sect. 24 amended, 1938, 115 § 2.
Sect. 37, last sentence stricken out and new paragraph added at
end, 1945, 306 § 1. (See 1945, 306 § 2.)
Sect. 38 amended, 1939, 451 § 61.
Sect. 39B added, 1947, 488 § 8 (providing that, in actions against
subscribers of a domestic reciprocal or inter- insurance exchange, service
may be made upon the attorney in fact if a domestic exchange).
Sect. 42 amended, 1937, 2951 1.
Sect. 42A added, 1943, 234 § 1 (relative to the amount for which
attachments may be made on hquidated claims). (See 1943, 234 § 3.)
Sect. 44A added, 1937, 295 § 2 (further regulating the attachment of
motor vehicles on mesne process in actions of contract).
Sect. 48 revised, 1937, 308; amended, 1938, 348 § 1. (See 1938,
348 § 2.)
Sect. 62, sentence added at end, 1947, 105.
Sect. 74 revised, 1943, 298 § 1. (See 1943, 298 § 10.)
Sect. 75 revised, 1943, 298 § 2. (See 1943, 298 § 10.)
Sect. 76 revised, 1943, 298 § 3. (See 1943, 298 § 10.)
Sect. 78 revised, 1943, 298 § 4. (See 1943, 298 § 10.)
Sect. 79 revised, 1943, 298 § 5. (See 1943, 298 § 10.)
Sect. 80 revised, 1943, 298 § 6. (See 1943, 298 § 10.)
Sect. 81 revised, 1943, 298 § 7. (See 1943, 298 § 10.)
Sect. 82 revised, 1943, 298 § 8. (See 1943, 298 § 10.)
Sect. 83 A added, 1943, 298 § 9 (providing that sections 74-83 shall
not apply to conditional sales, notices of which are recordable under
G. L. 184 § 13). (See 1943, 298 § 10.)
Sect. 114 amended, 1938, 325 § 1; revised, 1943, 234 § 2. (See 1938,
325 § 2; 1943, 234 § 3.)
Chaps. 224-231.] GENERAL LaWS. 1001
Sect. 114A added, 1945, 339 § 1 (relative to the dissolution of certain
real estate attachments by operation of law). (See 1945, 339 § 2.)
Chapter 224, — Arrest on Mesne Process and Supplenrsentary Proceedings
in Civil Actions.
Sect. 12 amended, 1945, 101 § 1.
Sect. 16 amended, 1943, 292 § 1. (See 1943, 292 § 2.)
Sect. 18, paragraph inserted after first paragraph, 1946, 177.
Chapter 226. — Bail.
Sect. 23 amended, 1945, 101 § 2.
Chapter 228. — Survival of Actions and Death and Disabilities of Parties.
Sect. 1 revised, 1934, 300 § 1. (See 1934, 300 § 2.)
Sect. 5 amended, 1933, 221 § 7; revised, 1937, 406 § 1. Affected,
1938, 16. (See 1933, 221 § 8.)
Chapter 229. — Actions for Death and Injuries Resulting in Death.
Sect. 1 revised, 1943, 444 § 1.
Sect. 2 amended, 1941, 460 § 1, 504 § 1.
Sect. 3, first sentence revised, 1941, 460 § 2; section amended, 1941,
504 § 2.
Sect. 5 amended, 1937, 406 § 3; 1941, 504 § 3.
Sects. 1-5 stricken out and sections 1 and 2 inserted, 1946, 614 § 1.
(See 1946, 614 § 7.)
Sect. 1 amended, 1947, 506 § 1. (See 1947, 506 §§ 3, 3A.)
Sect. 2 revised, 1947, 506 § lA. (See 1947, 506 §§ 3, 3A.)
Sect. 5A added, 1938, 278 § 1 (to permit recovery in certain death
cases notwithstanding that the death of the tortfeasor occurred before
that of the person whose death he caused); amended. 1946, 614 § 2.
(See 1938, 278 § 2; 1946, 614 § 7.)
Sect. 6 amended, 1939, 451 § 62; revised, 1946, 614 § 3; 1947, 506
§ 2. (See 1946, 614 § 7; 1947, 506 § 3, 3A.)
Sects. 6A and 6B added, 1943, 444 § 2 (relative to the disposition of
money recovered in certain actions for death).
Sect. 6A revised, 1946, 614 § 4. (See 1946, 614 c 7.)
Sect. 6B amended, 1946, 614 § 5. (See 1946, 614 i^ 7.)
Sects. 7 and 8 repealed, 1946, 614 S 6. (See 1946, 614 § 7.)
Sect. 9 amended, 1941, 504 § 4; repealed, 1946, 614 o 6. (See 1946,
614 § 7.)
Sect. 10 repealed, 1946, 614 i 6. (See 1946, 614 c; 7.)
Chapter 230. — Actions By and Against Executors and Administrators.
Sect. 5 amended, 1934, 116.
Chapter 231. — Pleading and Practice.
Sect. 4A added, 1943, 350 § 1 (providing for the joinder of parties in
one action in certain casosj ; sentence inserted after first sentence,
1947, 408 § 1. (See 1943, 350 §§ 3, 4; 1947, 408 § 2.)
1002 Changes in the [CuAr. 23i.
Sect. 5 amended, 1945, 141 § 2.
Sect. 6A added, 1939, 372 § 1 (relative to the recovery of certain
medical expenses by the husband of a married woman or the parent or
guardian of a minor, in actions to recover for personal injuries by
married women and minors). (See 1939, 372 § 2.)
Sect. 6B added, 1946, 212 >; 1 (providing for interest from the date
of the writ in certain civil actions). (See 1946, 212 -; 3.)
Sect. 7, clause Sixth revised, 1939, 67 § 1. (See 1939, 67 § 2.)
Sect. 55 amended, 1935, 318 § 6. (See 1935, 318 § 8.)
Sect. 59C added, under caption "speedy trial of certain actions
FOR malpractice, ERROR OR MISTAKE", 1935, 118 § 1 (relative to the
advancement for speedy trial in the superior court of actions against
physicians and others for malpractice, error or mistake). (See 1935,
118 § 2.)
Sect. 63 amended, 1932, 84 § 1.
Sect. 69 amended, 1932, 177 § 1; revised, 1946, 450. (See 1932,
177 s^ 2.)
Sect. 73 repealed, 1932, 180 § 40.
Sect. 78 repealed, 1932, 180 § 40.
Sect. 84A added, 1933, 247 § 1 (relative to the joint trial in the
superior court of actions involving the same subject matter). (See
1933, 247 § 2.)
Sect. 85 revised, 1947, 386 § 1. (See 1947, 386 § 2.)
Sects. 85B and 85C added, 1937, 439 § 1 (relative to procedure in
certain actions to recover damages arising out of motor vehicle acci-
dents and in suits by judgment creditors in actions to reach and apply
the proceeds of motor vehicle liability policies and in actions to recover
on motor vehicle Uability bonds). (See 1937, 439 § 2.)
Sect. 85D added, 1945, 352 § 1 (providing that negligence of parent
or custodian shall not be imputed to an infant because of such parent-
hood or custodianship). (See 1945, 352 §§ 3, 4.)
Sect. 91 revised, 1943, 365 § 1. (See 1943, 365 § 2.)
Sect. 93 revised, 1943, 360.
Sect. 94 amended, 1943, 361.
Sect. 96A added, 1945, 530 § 1 (relative to the fihng of bills of excep-
tions in suits in equity); repealed, 1947, 361. (See 1945, 530 § 2; 1946,
94, 610 § 2; 1947, 97 § 2.)
Sect. 102A added, 1934, 387 § 3 (relative to the removal to the
superior court of an action of tort arising out of the operation of a
motor vehicle); amended, 1937, 133 § 1; revised, 1938, 338 § 1; first
paragraph amended, 1941, 203 § 1; second paragraph amended, 1941,
203 § 2; section repealed, 1943, 296 § 3. (See 1934, 387 § 5; 1937, 133,
§ 2; 1938, 338 § 2; 1941, 203 § 3; 1943, 296 § 6.)
Sect. 107 revised, 1943, 296 § 4. (See 1943, 296 § 6.)
Sect. 108, second paragraph revised, 1939, 382; second sentence of
third paragraph revised, 1933, 255 § 1. (See 1933, 255 § 2.)
Sect. 113, two sentences added at end, 1945, 328.
Sect. 115 amended, 1939, 451 § 63.
Sect. 127, sentence added at end, 1945, 578 § 1. (See 1945, 578 § 3.)
Sect. 128, amended, 1945, 578 § 2. (See 1945, 578 § 3.)
Sect. 133 amended, 1933, 300 § 2. (See 1933, 300 § 4.)
Sect. 135, two paragraphs inserted after first paragraph, 1941, 187,
§ 1. (See 1941, 187 § 2.)
Chaps. 231.A, 233.] GENERAL LaWS. 1003
Sect. 140A added, 1932, 130 § 1 (relative to the effect of a settle-
ment by agreement of an action of tort growing out of a motor vehicle
accident upon the right of a defendant in such action to maintain a
cross action); revised, 1947, 431 § 1. (See 1947, 431 § 2.)
Sect. 141 amended, 1932, 130 § 2; 1933, 300 § 3; 1934, 387 § 4;
1943, 296 § 5, 350 § 2; 1945, 352 § 2; 1946, 212 § 2. (See 1933, 300
§ 4; 1934, 387 § 5; 1943, 296 § 6, 350 ^§ 3, 4; 1946, 212 § 3.)
Sect. 142 amended, 1935, 318 § 7. (See 1935, 318 § 8.)
Sect. 145 amended, 1939, 451 § 64.
Sect. 147, Form 8 repealed, 1938, 350 § 2.
Chapter 231A. — Procedure for Declaratory Judgments.
New chapter inserted, 1945, 582 § 1. (See 1945, 582 § 5.)
Chapter 233. — Witnesses and Evidence.
Sect. 1 revised, 1945, 250 § 2.
Sect. 3A added, 1933, 262 (authorizing the commissioner of banks
to respond to summonses or subpoenas by an employee or other
assistant in his department).
Sect. 8 amended, 1933, 269 § 3, 376 § 3.
Sects. 13A-13D added, 1937, 210 § 1 (making uniform the law
securing the attendance of witnesses from without a state in criminal
proceedings). (See 1937, 210 § 2.)
Sect. 21 A added, 1947, 410 § 1 (making admissible evidence relat-
ing to the reputation of a person in a gToup with whom he habitually
associates). (See 1947, 410 § 2.)
Sect. 22 amended, 1932, 97 § 1.
Sect. 23A added, 1945, 424 § 1 (relative to the admissibihty in evi-
dence of written statements obtained from persons sustaining personal
injuries in accidents). (See 1945, 424 § 2.)
Sect. 26 amended, 1932, 71 § 1.
Sect. 29 amended, 1932, 71 § 2.
Sect. 30 amended, 1932, 71 § 3.
Sect. 32 amended, 1932, 71 § 4.
Sect. 33 amended, 1932, 71 § 5.
Sect. 34 amended, 1932, 71 § 6.
Sect. 45 amended, 1932, 71 § 7.
Sect. 46 amended, 1932, 71 § 8.
Sect. 47 amended, 1932, 71 § 9.
Sect. 48 amended, 1932, 71 § 10.
Sect. 49 amended, 1932, 71 § 11.
Sect. 65 amended, 1941, 363 § 1; 1943, 105 § 1; revised, 1943, 232
§ 1. (See 1941, 363 § 2; 1943, 105 § 2, 232 § 2.)
Sect. 75, sentence added at end, 1943, 190 § 1. (See 1943, 190 § 2.)
Sect. 76A added, 1938, 213 § 1 (relative to the use of authenticated
copies of certain papers and documents filed with the federal securities
and exchange commission). (See 1938, 213 § 2.)
Skct. 79 revised, 1941, 389 ^ 2; amended, 1943, 233 § 1; 1946,
473 § 1. (See 1943, 233 § 2; 1946, 473 § 2.)
Sect. 79 A added, 1941, 662 § 2 (relative to the use in evidence of
photographic and microphotographic records and copies).
1004 Changes in the [Chaps. 234-246.
Sect. 79B added, 1947, 385 § 1 (making admissible in evidence in
civil cases certain publicly issued compilations of facts and statistics).
(See^l947,|385|§ 2.)
Chapter 234. — Juries.
Sect. 1 amended, 1935, 257 § 11; 1936, 25. (See 1935, 257 § 12.)
Sect. 11 amended, 1934, 150.
Sect. 15 repealed, 1936, 161 § 1. (See 1936, 161 § 3.)
Sect. 24 amended, 1941, 90.
Sects. 25 and 26 stricken out, and sections 25, 26, 26A, 26B inserted,
1945, 428 § 1 (providing for emergency jurors and for the waiver of a
full jury). (See 1945, 428 § 3.)
Sect. 29 revised, 1945, 428 § 2. (See 1945, 428 § 3.)
Chapter 236. — Levy of Executions on Land.
Sect. 18 revised, 1939, 32 § 4. (See 1939, 32 § 5.)
Chapter 239. — Summary Process for Possession of Land.
Sect. 1 amended, 1941, 242 § 1.
Sect. 5 revised, 1946, 175 § 1. (See 1946, 175 § 2.)
Sect. 6A added, 1941, 242 § 2 (relative to conditions of bonds in
actions of summary process for recovery of possession of land after
tax title foreclosures).
Sects. 9-13 affected, 1941, 700; 1946, 43; 1947, 78.
Chapter 240. — Proceedings for Settlement of Title to Land.
Sect. 14A added, 1934, 263 § 2 (providing for determination by the
land court by declaratory judgment as to the validity and extent of
municipal zoning ordinances, by-laws and regulations).
Chapter 244. — Foreclosure and Redemption of Mortgages.
For legislation concerning judicial determination of rights to foreclose
real estate mortgages in which soldiers or sailors may be interested, see
1941, 25; 1943, 57; 1945, 120.
Sect. 15, sentence added at end, 1946, 204.
Sects. 17A-17C added, 1945, 604 § 1 (relative to actions for deficien-
cies on mortgage notes following foreclosures, etc.). (See 1945, 604 § 2.)
Chapter 246. — Trustee Process.
Sect. 1 revised, 1938, 303 § 1; amended, 1943, 17 § 1. (See 1938, 303
§ 2; 1943, 17 § 2.)
Sect. 28 revised, 1935, 410 § 1; 1941, 338 § 1; amended, 1947, 264 § 1.
(See 1935, 410 §§ 2, 3; 1941, 338 § 2; 1947, 264 § 2.)
Sect. 32, paragraph added at end, 1938, 343.
Chaps. 249-255.1 GENERAL LawS. 1005
Chapter 249. — Audita Querela, Certiorari, Mandamus and Quo Warranto.
Sect. 4 amended, 1943, 374 § 1. (See 1939, 257; 1941, 28, 180;
1943, 374 §§3, 4.)
Sect. 5 amended, 1938, 202; 1943, 374 § 2. (See 1939, 257; 1941,
28, 180; 1943, 374 § 4.)
Chapter 250. — Writs of Error, Vacating Judgment, Writs of Review.
Sect. 16 amended, 1933, 244 § 1. (See 1933, 244 § 2.)
Chapter 255. — Mortgages, Conditional Sales and Pledges of Personal
Property, and Liens thereon.
Sect. 1. See 1933, 142 (recording of federal crop loans to farmers).
See also 1936, 264 subsection 20 (relative to trust receipt and pledge
transactions).
Sect. 3 amended, 1935, 86 § 2.
Sects. 7A-7E added, 1935, 86 § 1 (relative to the mortgaging of
crops and certain other classes of personal property).
Sect. 11 revised, 1939, 509 § 1.
Sect. 12 revised, 1939, 509 § 1; 1943, 410 § 1. (See 1943, 410 § 2.)
Sect. 13 revised, 1939, 509 § 1; amended, 1941, 285.
Sect. 13A added, 1935, 348 § 1 (regulating conditional sales of motor
vehicles); revised, 1939, 509 § 1. (See 1935, 348 § 2.)
Sect. 13B added, 1935, 396 (relative to certain contracts of condi-
tional sale of household or personal effects).
Sects. 13C and 13D added, 1937, 315 (relative to contracts of con-
ditional sale of household furniture or other household or personal
effects except jewelry).
Sect. 13C revised, 1938, 367.
Sects. 13C and 13D stricken out, and new sections 13C-13G inserted,
1939, 509 § 2.
Sect. 13H added, 1941, 468 (relative to conditional sales of textile
and other machinery, seats for theatres and other places of public
assembly, and parts, accessories, appliances and equipment therefor).
Sect. 31D added, 1945, 607 (creating a lien in favor of certain per-
sons performing work upon, or storing articles of clothing or household
goods).
Sect. 35 amended, 1938, 83 § 1. (See 1938, 83 § 2.)
Sects. 40-47 added, 1945, 285 (providing for the creation of liens
upon merchandise without the necessity of custody or possession in the
lienee).
Sect. 40 amended, 1946, 514 § 1; revised, 1947, 273 § 1.
Sect. 41, first paragraph amended, 1946, 514 § 2; section revised,
1947, 273 § 2.
Sect. 42 revised, 1947,Sf273 § 3.
Sect. 43 revised, 1947, 273 § 4.
Sect. 44 revised, 1947,1273 § 5.
Sect. 45 amended,^1947, 273 § 6.
1006 Changes in the [Chaps. 255A-262.
Chapter 255A. — Trust Receipts and Pledges without Possession in the
Pledgee.
New chapter inserted, 1936, 264.
Chapter 258. — Claims against the Commonwealth.
Sect. 3 revised, 1932, 180 § 41.
Sect. 4A added, 1945, 552 (to prevent the running of interest on
claims against the commonwealth after an offer of judgment).
Sect. 5 repealed, 1943, 566 § 2.
Chapter 260. — Limitation of Actions.
Sect. 3A added, 1943, 566 § 1 (limiting the time within which peti-
tions founded upon claims against the commonwealth may be brought).
Sect. 4 amended, 1933, 318 § 5; 1934, 291 § 4; 1937, 385 § 9; para-
graph added at end, 1943, 409 § 4. (See 1933, 318 § 9; 1934, 291 § 6;
1937, 385 § 10.)
Sect. 4A added, 1947, 333 § 1 (limiting the time within which certain
actions to recover back wages may be commenced) . (See 1947, 333 § 2.)
Sect. 10, sentence added at end, 1937, 406 § 2.
Chapter 261. — Costs in Civil Actions.
Sect. 4 amended, 1937, 44 § 1. (See 1937, 44 § 2; 1943, 296 §§ 3, 6.)
Chapter 262. — Fees of Certain Officers.
Sect. 2 revised, 1939, 345 § 1. (See 1939, 345 § 3.)
Sect. 4, seventh paragraph amended, 1937, 188; seventh to tenth
paragraphs stricken out, 1939, 345 § 2. (See 1939, 345 § 3.)
Sect. 5 amended, 1933, 201.
Sect. 8 revised, 1947, 135.
Sect. 25 amended, 1933, 162; 19.34, 141; 1945, 236 § 1. (See 1945,
236 § 2.)
Sect. 32 revised, 1935, 280.
Sect. 34 amended, 1933, 21,
Sect. 34A added, 1938, 380 (authorizing the charging of certain fees
by city and town clerks or registrars for the expense of the examination
or copying by them of records of births, marriages and deaths).
Sect. 38, second paragraph amended, 1937, 97; two paragraphs
inserted after paragraph in line 23, 1945, 569 § 2; section revised, 1946,
353 § 1.
Sect. 39, paragraph in lines 15, 16 amended, 1945, 522; paragraph
added at end, 1939, 13; section revised, 1946, 353 § 2.
Sect. 40 revised, 1934, 324 § 1. (See 1934, 324 § 2.)
Sect. 46A added, 1938, 232 (to provide for furnishing without charge
copies of records relating to soldiers, sailors and marines in certain
cases); revised, 1943, 484; 1945, 218.
Sect. 53 amended, 1936, 251; fourth sentence revised, 1947, 181.
Chaps. 263-266.] GENERAL LaWS. 1007
Chapter 263. — Rights of Persons Accused of Crime.
Sect. 4A added, 1934, 358 (expediting the arraignment of persons
charged with crimes not punishable by death by permitting them to
waive indictment proceedings).
Sect. 6 amended, 1933, 246 § 1. (See 1933, 246 § 2.)
Chapter 264. — Crimes against Governments.
Sect. 5 revised, 1932, 298; amended, 1933, 153 § 3; 1934, 56; re-
vised, 1941, 117 § 1. (See 1941, 117 § 2.)
Sect. lOA revised, 1933, 276.
Chapter 265. — Crimes against the Person.
Sect. 13A added, 1943, 259 § 1 (providing a penalty for the crimes of
assault and assault and battery) ; paragraph added at end, 1945, 230.
(See 1943, 259 § 2.)
Sect. 17 revised, 1943, 250 § 1. (See 1943, 250 § 2.)
Sect. 25 revised, 1932, 211.
Sect. 26 amended, 1934, 1.
Chapter 266. — Crimes against Property.
Sect. 1 revised, 1932, 192 § 1.
Sect. 2 revised, 1932, 192 § 2.
Sects. 3 and 4 repealed, 1932, 192 § 3.
Sect. 5 revised, 1932, 192 § 4.
Sect. 5A added, 1932, 192 § 5 (defining and providing penalties for
attempts to commit arson).
Sect. 6 repealed, 1932, 192 § 3.
Sect. 8 revised, 1932, 192 § 6.
Sect. 10 revised, 1932, 192 § 7.
Sect. 16 revised, 1943, 343 § 1. (See 1943, 343 § 2.)
Sect. 16A added, 1945, 229 (providing a penalty for breaking and
entering a building, ship or vessel with intent to commit a misdemeanor).
Sect. 22 amended, 1935, 365.
Sect. 25 amended, 1943, 518 § 1. (See 1943, 518 § 2.)
Sect. 26 repealed, 1945, 282 § 1. (See 1945, 282 § 5.)
Sect. 30 revised, 1945, 282 § 2. (See 1945, 282 § 5.)
Sect. 33 revised, 1945, 282 § 3. (See 1945, 282 § 5.)
Sect. 36 repealed, 1945, 282 § 1. (See 1945, 282 § 5.)
Sect. 37 revised, 1937, 99.
Sects. 44-46 repealed, 1945, 282 § 1. (See 1945, 282 § 5.)
Sect. 47 amended, 1945, 282 § 4. (See 1945, 282 § 5.)
Sect. 52 amended, 1934, 270 § 3.
Sect. 54. See 1933, 59 § 3.
Sect. 70 amended, 1933, 245 § 4; 1939, 144 ^ 2; 1941, 217 § 3;
1946, 209 § 3, 409 § 4; revised, 1947, 468 § 4.
Sects. 75A and 75B added, 1932, 11 (penahzing the fraudulent opera-
tion of slot machines, coin-box telephones and other coin receptacles,
and the manufacture and sale of devices intended to be used in such
operation) .
1008 Changes in the [Chaps. 268-271.
Sect. 89 revised, 1943, 549 § 7.
Sect. 94 amended, 1939, 451 § 65.
Sect. 116A added, 1935, 116 (providing for the protection of wild
azaleas, wild orchids and cardinal flowers).
Sect. 123 revised, 1941, 344 § 27.
Chapter 268. — Crimes against Public Justice.
Sect. 1A amended, 1947, 106.
Sect. 14A added, 1936, 168 (imposing a penalty for depriving em-
ployees of their employment because of jury service).
Sect. 16 revised, 1934, 344; last sentence stricken out, 1941, 344 § 28;
section amended, 1943, 19 § 1.
Sect. 16A added, 1943, 19 § 2 (relative to the penalty for escapes or
attempted escapes from the reformatory for women).
Sect. 26 amended, 1934, 328 § 24.
Sect. 27 amended, 1934, 328 § 25.
Sect. 29 amended, 1934, 328 § 26.
Sect. 33 amended, 1935, 440 § 44; 1941, 71; 1945, 400 § 7.
Chapter 269. — Crimes against Public Peace.
Sect. 10 amended, 1935, 290; 1936, 227 § 1; 1937, 250 § 1. (See
1936, 227 § 2; 1937, 250 § 2.)
Sect. lOB added, 1934, 359 § 2 (further regulating the sale, rental
and leasing of rifles and shotguns).
Sects. IIA-IID added, under caption "tampering with identify-
ing numbers of certain firearms", 1937, 199 (relative to certain
firearms, the serial or identification numbers of which have been re-
moved, defaced, altered, obHterated or mutilated).
Chapter 270. — Crimes against Public Health.
Sect. 2B added, 1946, 517 § 1 (regulating the labelhng of preparations
containing DDT and certain other preparations dangerous to public
health).
Sect. 5 amended, 1934, 328 § 27.
Chapter 271. — Crimes against Public Policy.
Sect. 6A added, 1938, 144 (making certain endless chain transactions
subject to the laws relative to lotteries).
Sect. 22A revised, 1934, 371; paragraphs added at end, 1936, 222,
283; section revised, 1943, 267.
Sect. 23 amended, 1934, 235 § 3, 303 § 1.
Sects. 31, 33, 34 affected by 1935, 454 § 8, 471 § 2.
Sect. 39 A added, 1947, 405 (imposing a penalty on persons who offer
or accept bribes in certain athletic contests and sporting events).
Sect. 43 added, 1941, 630 § 4 (imposing a penalty for the misuse of
information relative to recipients of general public assistance, old age
assistance, aid to dependent children and aid to the blind); amended,
1945, 240 § 3.
Chaps. 272, 273.1
General Laws. 1009
Chapter 272. — Crimes against Chastity, Morality, Decency and Good Order.
Sect. 25 revised, 1933, 376 § 4.
Sect. 26 amended, 1939, 451 § 66.
Sect. 28 amended, 1934, 231 ; 1943, 239.
Sect. 28 stricken out, and new sections 28-28H (relative to obscene
books and other obscene matter) inserted, 1945, 278 § 1. (See 1945,
278 § 2.)
Sect. 43A added, 1947, 358 (providing a penalty for smoking in public
conveyances) .
Sect. 45 amended, 1946, 274; revised, 1947, 409.
Sect. 53 revised, 1943, 377.
Sect. 66 amended, 1939, 451 § 67.
Sects. 79A and 79B added, 1934, 234 § 1 (relative to the cutting of
the muscles or tendons of horses' tails and to the showing or exhibiting
of horses whose tails have been so cut or have been docked). (See 1934,
234 § 2.)
Sect. 79B revised, 1946, 131.
Sect. 80 repealed, 1934, 234 § 1. (See 1934, 234 § 2.)
Sect. 80C added, 1945, 272 penaUzing the unauthorized taking of
cats, dogs or birds for certain purposes).
Sect. 80D added, 1947, 168 (regulating the sale at retail of certain
living baby chicks, ducklings and other fowl).
Sect. 85 A added, 1945, 276 § 1 (relative to killing, etc., of dogs and
other domesticated animals and certain birds).
Sect. 92A added, 1933, 117 (preventing advertisements tending to
discriminate against persons of any religious sect, creed, class, denomi-
nation or nationality by places of public accommodation, resort or
amusement).
Sect. 97A added, 1934, 164 (prohibiting the use of documents drawn
to imitate judicial process).
Sect. 98 amended, 1934, 138.
Sect. 98A added, 1938, 155 § 1 (entitling blind persons accompanied
by "seeing eye" dogs, so called, to certain accommodations, advantages,
etc.).
Sect. 98B added, 1941, 170 (to prevent discrimination in employment
on public works and projects and in the dispensing of public welfare
because of race, color, religion or nationality).
Sect. 98C added, 1943, 223 (penalizing the libel of groups of persons
because of race, color or religion).
Sect. 103 added, 1936, 417 (prohibiting marathon dances, other
marathons or walkathons, so called).
Chapter 273. — Desertion, Non-support and Illegitimacy.
Sect. 1 amended, 1939, 177 § 1. (See 1939, 177 § 2.)
Sect. 2 amended, 1933, 224 ; revised, 1943, 87 § 1. (See 1943, 87 § 2.)
Sect. 9 repealed. 1938, 219 § 1.
Sect. 10 revised, 1938, 219 § 2.
Sect. 14, sentence added at end, 1943, 13,
Sects. 20-22. See 1937, 440 § 2; 1941, 597 § 1, 729 § 2; 1943, 489 § 2.
1010 Changes in the [Chaps. 274-27G,
Chapter 274. — Felonies, Accessories and Attempts to Commit Crimes.
Sect. 4 revised, 1943, 488 § 1. (See 1943, 488 §§ 2, 3.)
Chapter 275. — Proceedings to prevent Crimes.
Sect. 15 repealed, 1932, 180 § 42.
Chapter 276. — Search Warrants, Rewards, Fugitives from Justice, Arrest,
Examination, Commitment and Bail. Probation Officers and Board
of Probation.
Sect. 1, first paragraph amended, 1934, 303 § 2; clause Sixth
amended, 1943, 508 § 5; clause Eleventh amended, 1934, 235 § 1;
clause Sixteenth added, 1947, 93.
Sect. 3 amended, 1934, 340 § 15. (See 1934, 340 § 18.)
Sect. 3A added, 1934, 247 (concerning the service of search war-
rants).
Sect. 7 amended, 1934, 235 § 2.
i^^ Sect. 9 amended, 1947, 359.
Sects. lOA-lOD added, under caption "extra-territorial arrest
ON FRESH pursuit", 1937, 208 § 1 (making uniform the law as to
extra-territorial arrest on fresh pursuit and authorizing this common-
wealth to co-operate with other states in connection therewith). (See
1937, 208 § 2.)
Sects. 11-20 and caption "fugitives from justice" stricken out
and new sections 11-20R inserted, under caption "procedure on
interstate rendition", 1937, 304 § 1. (See 1937, 304 §§ 2, 3.)
Sect. 33A added, 1945, 205 (providing that certain persons held in
custody shall be permitted to communicate by telephone with relatives
and others); amended, 1946, 277.
Sect. 37A added, 1932, 180 § 43 (relative to the assignment of
counsel to appear, on behalf of a person accused of a capital crime, at
his preliminary examination). [For prior legislation, see G. L. chapter
277 §§ 48, 49, repealed by 1932, 180 § 44.]
Sect. 52A added, 1943, 131 (providing that persons held in jail for
trial may be removed in certain cases to a jail in another county).
Sect. 57, sentence added at end of second paragraph, 1943, 330;
same paragraph revised, 1945, 235; paragraph added at end, 1939, 299
§4.
Sect. 83 revised, 1936, 360; amended, 1937, 186; revised, 1947,
566 § 1; sentence inserted before last sentence, 1947, 639.
Sect. 83A added, 1941, 677 § 1 (providing that certain district courts
may join in the appointment of probation officers to act exclusively
in juvenile cases therein); first paragraph amended, 1947, 566 § 2; re-
vised, 1947, 655 § 1. (See 1947, 655 § 3.)
Sect. 83B added, 1947, 655 § 2 (providing for the appointment of
probation officers to act exclusively in juvenile cases in certain district
courts in Suffolk County). (See 1947, 655 § 3.)
Sect. 84 revised, 1937, 219 § 5; 1939, 214 § 7.
Sect. 87 amended, 1941, 264 § 2.
Sect. 89, sentence added at end, 1934, 217 § 2; paragraph added at
end, 1941, 477 § 1.
Chaps. 277-279.] GENERAL LaWS. 1011
Sect. 90 amended, 1938, 174 § 3.
Sect. 94 amended, 1939, 155; revised, 1939, 296 § 2; last sentence
amended, 1947, 82. (See 1939, 296 § 3.)
Sect. 97 revised, 1941, 677 § 2.
Sect. 98 amended, 1932, 145.
Sect. 100 amended, 1943, 64.
Sect. 101 amended, 1936, 30 § 1. (See 1936, 30 § 2.)
Sect. 101 A added, 1947, 364 § 1 (providing for uniform forms of blanks
and records for use by district court probation offices) .
Sect. 102 amended, 1947, 364 § 2.
Chapter 277. — Indictments and Proceedings before Trial.
Sect. 2 amended, 1932, 144 § 6.
Sects. 48 and 49 repealed, 1932, 180 § 44. (See G. L. chapter 276
§ 37A, inserted by 1932, 180 § 43.)
Sect. 50 repealed, 1936, 161 § 1. (See 1936, 161 § 3.)
Sect. 58A added, 1943, 311 § 1 (relative to the venue of the crime of
buying, receiving or aiding in the concealment of stolen or embezzled
property). (See 1943, 311 § 2.)
Sect. 65 amended, 1936, 161 § 2. (See 1936, 161 § 3.)
Schedule of forms of pleadings at end of chapter amended,
1934, 328 § 29.
Paragraph entitled "Accessory after the fact" amended by striking
out all after word "punishment" in line 5, 1943, 488 § 2. (See 1943,
488 § 3.)
Chapter 278. — Trials and Proceedings before Judgment.
Sect. 25 amended, 1937, 311.
Sects. 28A-28D added, 1943, 558 § 1 (establishing in the superior
court an appellate division for the review of certain sentences in crimi-
nal cases). (See 1943, 558 § 2.)
Sect. 28A revised, 1945, 255 § 1. (See 1945, 255 § 4.)
Sect. 28B, first paragraph amended, 1945, 255 § 2. (See 1945, 255
§4.)
Sect. 28C amended, 1945, 255 § 3. (See 1945, 255 § 4.)
Sect. 29 revised, 1939, 271 § 1. (See 1939, 271 § 2.)
Sect. 33 amended, 1933, 265.
Sect. 33E amended, 1939, 341.
Chapter 279. — Judgment and Execution.
Sect. 1 amended, 1934, 205 § 1; 1935, 358 § 1; first paragraph
amended, 1938, 354; second paragraph amended, 1936, 434 § 2; 1939,
299 § 5. (See 1934, 205 § 3; 1935, 358 § 2.)
Sect. 1A amended, 1934, 205 § 2. (See 1934, 205 § 3.)
Sect. 3A amended, 1935, 50 § 2, 437 § 2. (See 1935, 50 § 6, 437
§8.)
Sect. 4 revised, 1935, 50 § 3, 437 § 3. (See 1935, 50 § 6, 437 § 8.)
Sect. 9 amended, 1932, 221 § 2.
Sect. 11 amended, 1934, 328 § 28.
1012 Changes in the General Laws. [Chap. 280.
Sect. 18 revised, 1947, 516.
Sect. 26 revised, 1946, 276.
Sect. 28 amended, 1946, 275.
Sect. 43 revised, 1935, 50 § 4, 437 § 4. (See 1935, 50 § 6, 437 § 8.)
Sect. 44 revised, 1935, 50 § 5, 437 § 5. (See 1935, 50 § 6, 437 § 8.)
Sect. 45 revised, 1935, 437 § 6. (See 1935, 437 § 8.)
Chapter 280. — Fines and Forfeitures.
Sect. 2, last sentence stricken out, 1934, 364 § 2; sentence added
at end, 1935, 303 § 1. (See 1934, 364 § 3; 1935, 303 § 2.)
Sect. 6 revised, 1937, 251 § 1. (See 1937, 251 § 2.)
(Ulye C[l0mmnttmjaltl| of iiaBBarljuH^lla
Office of the Secretary, Boston, December 23, 1947.
I certify that the acts and resolves contained in this vohinie are true
copies of the originals on file in this department.
I further certify that the table of changes in general laws has been
prepared, and is printed as an appendix to this edition of the laws, by
direction of the Joint Committee on Rules of the General Court, in
accordance with the provisions of General Laws, Tercentenary Edi-
tion, chapter 3, section 51, as amended by Acts of 1939, chapter 508,
section 7.
FREDERIC W. COOK,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
INDEX.
A.
Chap.
Abatement of taxes (see Taxation).
ACADEMIES:
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, fellows of, relative to 514
Deerfield Academy, number of trustees of, increased . . 448
Milton Academy, number of trustees of, increased . . . 204
Thayer Academy, Trustees of, certain provision of law forbidding
charging of tuition fees by, in certain cases, repealed . 228
See also Massachusetts maritime academy.
Accident insurance (see Insurance, classes of insurance).
Accidents, industrial, department of (see Industrial accidents, de-
partment of).
motor vehicle (see Motor vehicles).
Accountants, public, registration of, appropriations .J 219 |
[685
Accounts, cities and towns, of (see Municipal Finance).
claims, and, unclassified, appropriations
219
261
685
counties, of (see County finance).
director and division of (see Corporations and taxation, depart-
ment of),
public (see County finance; Municipal finance; State finance).
Acknowledgments, written instruments, of, printing or typing of
names of persons taking, providing for ....
ACTIONS, CIVIL:
checks, non-payment of, by banks, damages for, for
consequential damages, for, presumption of due care on part of
person injured or killed, made applicable to .
death, for, and for injuries resulting in death . .
entry of certain, fees for, in which persons not claiming jointly
have joined as parties plaintiff . . . . .
judgments in, agreement, bjs in certain motor vehicle accident
cases, effect of ....... . 431
reciprocal or inter-insurance exchanges, against . . . 488
summary process for possession of land, further stay of judgment
and execution in .......
wages, back, to recover, time for commencing of, limited .
See also Attachment; Equity; Evidence; Practice in civil
actions; Summary process; Trustee process.
Acts and resolves, blue book edition of, appropriation .
distribution of copies of, to members of executive coimcil
number passed by general court ......
pamphlet edition of, appropriation .....
vetoes by governor ........
See also Laws; Statutes.
Adams, Christopher, retirement of, by city of Northampton
Adjutant general (see Militia).
ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE, COMMISSION ON:
256
386
506
408
78
333
219
320
219
Item or
Section.
1414-01,
1414-02
1414-02
2805-01,
2820-06,
2970-07,
2970-09
2811-02
2811-02
1.2
1-6
1, 2
1. 2
6-8
1. 2
1, 2
0503-01
1. 2
Page 825
0503-01
Pages 825, 826
436
in general, appropriations .......
commonwealth, service of, overtime work in, compensation
for, under rules established by .... .
examination papers, retention of, by state departments,
boards and commissions conducting examinations, in-
vestigation relative to, by . . . . Resolve
Massachusetts public building commission, applications by,
for federal funds for state building projects, upon recom-
mendation of ....... .
meals, reimbursement of state officers and employees for ex-
penses incurred for, rules and rates for, established by .
Worcester, city of, state property, certain, in, conveyance to
Roman Catholic Bishop of Springfield by . . .
219
677
45
349
1.2
0414-01 to
0414-31
0414-03.
0414-09
1016
Index.
ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE, COMMISSION ON
— Conchided.
budget commissioner, appropriation act, certain sections of,
furnishing of copies of, to state departments, etc., by
expenditures and incurring of obligations by state depart-
ments, etc., powers and duties as to .
Massachusetts public building commission, annual report
by, to ........ .
Merrimack River Valley Sewerage Board, works consti'ucted
by, expenses of, filing with ......
New England Interstate Water Pollution Contiol Commission,
members on part of commonwealth on, annual report to
chairman, Massachusetts public building commission, to be
member of ........
state employees, appeals of, from position classification, ways
and means for expediting, investigation concerning,
by ....... . Resolve
unification of certain services performed by departments of
correction, public health, mental health, education and
public welfare and the industrial accident board, joint
board to study as to, to be or to designate a member
of ....... . Resolve
veterans, housing and hospital facilities for, special commis-
sion to survey and studj', to assist . . Resolve
comptroller, appropriations ......
contracts, state, certain, awarding of, prohibited, without cer-
tification as to money available for, from
expenditures and incurring of obligations by state departments,
etc., powers and duties as to
metropolitan district commission, advances to, act repealing
certain provisions of law regulating, as affecting powers
and duties of ....... .
payments, certain, by commonwealth, agreements as to
fees for legal services in connection with, filing of,
with ........ Resolves
representative districts, special commissioners, boards of, to
diAade counties into, etc., expenses of, powers and duties
as to .........
salaries of certain state officers and employees, increase of,
duties as to
tax titles, loans to cities and towns on account of, notes to be
issued by commonwealth to provide funds for, counter-
signing by
veterans' housing, state reimbursement of cities and towns
for certain lo.sses in connection with, powers and duties
as to .........
personnel and standardization, division of, commonwealth,
service of, like hours of labor in like grades in, determina-
tion of, by' ........
director, state employees, appeals of, from position classifica-
tion, ways and means lor expediting, investigation con-
cerning, by ...... Resolve
registers of probate and assistant registers of probate, act
establishing salaries of, as affecting powers and duties of
step-rate salary increases for state employees, duties as to
State purchasing agent, appropriation ....
Administrative committee, district courts, of, appropriation
clerks of district courts, offices of, operation of, on Saturdays,
with reduced personnel, approval by, etc.
probation officers of district courts, certain acts relative to, as
affecting powers and duties of . . . . .
probate courts, of appropriation ......
Administrator of veterans' aSairs (see Veterans' affairs, adminis-
trator of).
Adoption of children, laws and practices relating to, investigation
relative to, scope of, increased . . . Resolve
Adult education, English speaking classes, appropriations
Adultery, sentences to reformatory for women for
Advertising authority, outdoor, appropriations
Chap.
Section.
219
9
636
2, 3
466
3
653
12
421
5
460
2
35
68
/219
I 685
530
f 25, 27,
I 28. 31,
32, 33,
34, 51,
65
182
261
685
48
0414-03
0414-03
678
1
613
1-3
219
0414
-05
219
0304
-01
460
I. 2
/566
1-3
\655
1-3
219
0307-
-01
64
219 1
1301-64.
1301
-65
516
/219
0428-
-01
\685
0428-01
Index.
1017
Chap.
Advisory board of education (see Education, department of).
Aeronautics, advancement and development of, in commonwealth,
investigation and study relative to . Resolve 74
appropriation ........ 685
"navigable air space", definition of phrase as used in laws re-
lating to ........ .
See also Airport commissions; Airports; A^^ation; Massachu-
setts aeronautics commission; State airport plan.
AERONAUTICS COMMISSION, MASSACHUSETTS:
airports, joint, establishment, etc., of, by municipalities, certain
agreements in connection with, approval by .
public, transportation of passengers at or on, exclusive con-
tracts, etc., for, granting of, by, prohibited
Hpriropriations . . . . . . . . . v
Logan Airport, General Edward Lawrence, aircraft schedules
and contracts for concessions at, approval by
rules or rulings, deci.sions or orders of, appeals from, further
regulated .........
state, county and municipal airports, act amending law relative
to, as affecting powers and duties of ... .
Affirmation, verification by, of certain written instruments, re-
quirement as to, eliminated .....
Agawam, town of (see Cities and towns).
Aged persons, adeciuate assistance to (see Old age assistance, so
called),
boarding homes for, and supervision of said homes by depart-
ment of public welfare, study relative to . Resolve
appropriation .........
Agents, insurance (.see Insurance, agents hikI brokers).
Agreements, judgments by (see Judgments in civil actions).
See also Contracts.
Agricultural experiment station, Massachusetts (see Massachu-
setts agricultural experiment station).
Agriculture, county aid to, trustees for, expenses of certain unpaid
volunteers at official meetings, payment of, by
AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF:
in general, appropriations . ...
Granville, Tolland and Sandisficld, towns of, purchase by
state of Connecticut of land in, for water supply pur-
poses, protection of said towns and commonwealth from
certain losses resulting from, special commission to in-
vestigate relative to, to assist . . . Resolve
milk plants, receiving stations and pasteurization plants, in-
spection of, by .
pheasant or quail, liberation of, into the wild, powers and
duties as to
advisory board, appropriation ......
commissioner, essential fresh foods, handling of, within com-
monwealth, special commission to investigate relative to,
to be member of . . . . . Resolve
divisions, etc., of:
dairying and animal husbandry, .ippropriation.s
292
501
332
219
fi70
. 685
676
319
593
106
72
685
livestock disease control, appropriation
markets, appropriations
milk control board, appropriations
l>lant pest control and fairs, appropriations
219
685
397
219
219
685
685
219
219
261
Item or
Section.
0248,
Page 775
0442-01.
0442-21
1-4
0442-01
0209
Page 772
0901-01 to
0910-01
0901-04 to
0908-01
0905-01 to
0905-03
0907-01 to
0907-07
0907-03,
0907-04
0908-01,
0908-02
0908-01
0906-01,
0906-02
0909-01 to
0909-21
0909-02
1018
Index.
0248.
Page 776
1-5
1
0248.
Page 775
Item or
Chap. Seetioii.
Aid, state and military (see Veterans' benefits).
See also Blind persons; County aid to agriculture; Mothers
with dependent children, aid to; Old age assistance, so
called; Poor and indigent persons; Public welfare, etc.
Aid and relief, division of (see Public welfare, department of).
Aides-de-camp (see Militia).
Airplanes, hunting by use of, prohibited ..... 275
motor exhausts, propellers, etc., of, reduction of noises caused by,
investigation and study relative to, etc. . Resolve 74
appropriation ......... 685 <
Airport, commissions, cities and towns, in, method of choosing mem-
bers of ......... 70
state, county and municipal airports, act amending law rela-
tive to, as affecting powers and duties of . . . 593
managers, appointment, etc. . . . . . 593
national guard and reserve military flying activities, for, devel-
opment of, in metropolitan area, investigation relative
to, etc. ....... Resolve 74
appropriation ........ 685
Airports, municipal, Worcester, city of, borrowing of money by, for
construction of . . . . . . . . 250
pubUc, establishment of, laws relative to borrowing by cities and
towns for, amended . . . . . .• . .• 298
establishment, maintenance and operation of, by municipali-
ties, as joint enterprises, authorized .... 501
transportation of passengers at or on, exclusive contracts, etc.,
for, granting of, prohibited . ..... 332
state, county and municipal, relative to . . . . . 593
See also Bedford airport; Hanscom field; Logan airport, Gen-
eral Edward Lawrence.
Air transportation, advancement and development of, in common-
wealth, investigation and study relative to . Resolve 74
appropriation ......... 685
Akeson, John A., payment of sum of money to, by city of Woburn 510
Alcohol, excise upon sale of certain, increased, etc. . . . 625
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES:
manufacture, transportation, storage, sale, importation and
exportation of:
corporations, associations and other organizations engaged in
sale of, excise on . . . ... . 632
excise payable to commonwealth, act further insuring collec-
tion of, and imposing additional penalties in connection
with violations of liquor control law . . . .
amount of, increased, and disposition of fees and excises
under alcoholic beverages law, further regulated
corporations, associations and other organizations engaged
in sale of alcoholic beverages, levying on, of .
sale of, submission to voters of question of licensing (see
Elections).
See also Alcoholism, commission on; Drunkenness.
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES CONTROL COMMISSION:
[219
appropriations . . . ... . • • • i
(261
See also Alcoholic beverages.
Alcoholism, commission on, establishment, powers, duties, etc. 513
appropriation ......... 685
Allotment, sums, certain, available for expenditure by state agen(;ies,
of, by governor ........ 636 1—3
Amateur boxing (see Boxing or sparring matches).
Amateur sports (see Games and sports).
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, fellows of, relative
to 514
American Association of Dental Examiners, national convention
of, to be held in Boston, expenses of, appropriation . 219 1405-21
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, elec-
tion of persons to membership in . . .160 1, 2
Americanization, immigrration and, division of (see Education,
department of).
0248.
Page 776
1,2
1-4
1-3
0Z1
625
1-4
632
1-3
3604-01,
3604-02
3604-02
1, 2
0445-01.
Page 771
Index.
1019
American Legion, The, posts of, suitable quarters for, and for
other organizations, amount of appropriations by cities
and towns for. established ......
American Portuguese War Veterans Association, certain laws
affecting veterans and their organizations made appli-
cable to ......-• •
American Veterans' Committee, Inc., certain laws affecting vet-
erans and their organizations made applicable to .
American Veterans of World War II, AMVETS, headquarters of,
maintenance in state house, etc., providing for
Amesbury, town of (see Cities and towns).
Amusement, places of, employment of certain minors in, prohibited
Anatolia College, The Trustees of, number of trustees in said
corporation increased .......
Andover, town of (see Cities and towns).
Animal husbandry, dairying and, division of (see Agriculture,
department of).
Animals, domestic, diagnostic laboratory dealing with causes, pre-
vention and remedies of diseases of, establishment, etc.,
of, at Massachusetts agricultural experiment station .
inspectors of, reimbursement of certain towns for, compensation
paid to, appropriation ......
See also Game and inland fisheries; and under specific titles of
animals.
Annisquam river canal (see Gloucester harbor).
Annuities, dependents of certain employees of registry of motor
vehicles killed or dying from injuries received, etc., in
performance of duty, designation of registrar of motor
vehicles as "appropriate public authority" in payment of
soldiers and others, of, appropriation .....
See also Retirement systems and pensions.
Annuity contracts (see Insurance, classes of insurance).
Apartment houses (see Buildings; Housing).
Apiaries, inspection of, appropriation ......
APPEAL, BOARDS OF:
cities and towns, of, ordinances and by-laws restricting building
of flwelling houses, temporarily waiving requirements of,
by, further regulated . .
fire insurance rates, on, appropriation ....
motor vehicle liability policies and bonds, on, appropriations
representative of registrar of motor vehicles to serve on, desig-
nation of ........ •
powers of, during present emergency, extended
tax appeals (see Appellate tax board).
See also Appeals.
Appeals, aviation, orders, rules, etc., relative to, from
district courts, to, state police officers, certain, discharge of, in
cases of, etc. .......
employment securit.y law, under, further regulated .
state employees, of, from position classification, ways and means
for expediting, investigation concerning . Resolve
suits in equity and probate cases, in . . . .
superior court, to, corporations and taxation, commissioner of,
decisions of, relating to proposed charitable corporations,
from ........
APPELLATE TAX BOARD:
alcoholic beverages, excise on corporations, associations and
other organizations engaged in sale of, commissioner of
corporations and taxation, decisions? of, relating to,
appeals from, to .......
Chap.
Item or
Section.
671
468
1-4
468
1,2.4
350
1.2
109
1,2
128
471
219
96
219
568
219
219
685
407
4.34
48
365
appropriations ........
Appointments, civil service laws, under (see Civil service laws).
Apprentice training, division of, appropriations
provisions of G. I. Bill of Rights as to, appointment of veterans
to civil service employments under, temporary law rela-
tive to, extended .......
632
219
261
685
673
0907
2805-01
0901-21
1104-01
1103-02,
2970-02
110.3-02
1-3
1204-01.
120'! -02
1605-01,
1605-02
160.5-01.
1605-02
3516-01,
3516-02
1020
Index.
Chap.
. 301
1
[219
1-10
institutions, etc., for 261
1-7
. 670
1-4
685
1-12
irds, commissions, in-
Apprentice training, division of — Concluded.
veterans, for, certain information concerning facilities for, fur-
nishing of, to administrator of veterans' affairs
Appropriations, cities and towns, by (see Municipal finance)
counties, for maintenance of certain, etc.
state departments, boards, commissions,
maintenance of, etc. .
See also specific titles of departments, board
stitutions; State finance.
Aquarium at City Point, South Boston, in, acquisition of, by
metropolitan district commission, investigation relative
to ....... . Resolve
Arbitration, conciliation and, board of (see Labor and industries,
department of),
industrial disputes, certain, of, pro\'iding for ....
Architects, board of registration of, appropriations .
Archives, Massachusetts, reproduction of manuscript collection,
appropriation ........
Arenas, safety of persons in, powers and duties of inspectors as to,
further defined ........
Arlington, town of (see Cities and towns).
Armed forces of United States (see Military and naval service of
the United States).
Armitage, M. Josephine, pension to, payment by city of Brockton
Armories, appropriations ........
Commonwealth Armory, Boston, city of, in, state land adjoining,
use for motor vehicle parking purposes, authorized
■Concord, town of, in, structural alterations at, providing for
appropriation ........
construction, repair, equipment and use of, investigation by
armory commission relative to . . . Resolve
superintendent of, appropriation ......
ARMORY COMMISSION:
appropriations .........
Concord, town of, structural alterations at armory in, to provide
for
appropriation ........
federal funds or contributions, certain, for armory purposes,
acceptance and use of, by . . . . . . 318
investigation by, relative to erection of new armories in certain
cities and towns, and relative to repair, equipment and
use of armories ...... Resolve 49
state rifle range, additional land for, acquisition of, by, authorized 604
appropriation ........ 685
rights of way, etc., over, granting of, to New England Power
Company by, authorized . . . . . . 605
Worcester, city of, state property, certain, in, conveyance to
Roman Catholic Bishop of Springfield by . . . 349
Arms (see Weapons).
Army and Navy Union, U. S. A., certain laws affecting veterans
and their organizations made applicable to . . . 468
Army, navy and marine corps of the United States (see Mili-
tary and naval service of the United States; Soldiers,
sailors and marines; Veterans).
Arrest, drunkenness, for (see Drunkenness).
non-payment of taxes, for, commitment of persons in connection
with 313
persons guilty of felonies, of, offering of rewards by governor for 359
Arsenal, superintendent of, appropriation .... 219
ART COMMISSION:
Item or
Section.
596
219/
1413-01,
1413-02
219
0502-01
645
1-3
139
f219{
1261
[685
0406-04,
0406-05
0406-04
0406-05
627
573
685 1
1, 2
1.2
0409-27,
Page 774
49
219
0405-02
219 1
0409-01,
0409-02
573
685/
1,2
0409-27,
Page 774
appropriations .........
Art, Massachusetts school of (see Massachusetts school of art).
219
261
686
1, 2
0406-25,
Page 774
0405-01
0424-01
0424-01
0424-22
Index.
1021
Chap.
Ashburnham, town of (see Cities and towns).
Ashfield, town of (see Cities and towns).
Ashland, reservoir, transfer of, to department of conservation, au-
thorized, etc. ........ 557
town of (see Cities and towns).
Assembly, places of, escape, means of, from, further regulated . 643
inspection of, relative to ...... . 648
revolving doors, installation, use and maintenance of, in, further
regulated ......... 654
safety of persons in, investigation relative to, etc., further con- f 21, 30,
tinued and scope thereof increased . . Resolves \ 46
appropriation . . . . . . . . 261
laws, certain, relative to, powers and duties of inspectors in
enforcement of, further defined ..... 645
use and occupancy of, granting of permits for, rules and regula-
tions relative to ....... . 646
Assessment of taxes (see Taxation, local taxes).
Assessments, betterment, liens created in connection with, disso-
lution of, when such assessments have been paid or
abated . . . . . . . .116
ASSESSORS OF TAXES:
airports, joint, maintenance and operation of, expenses of,
assessment of taxes for, by . . . . . . 501
disabled veterans, exemptions from taxation, certain, granting
to, and to their wives and widows, powers and duties
as to 612
local taxes, reduction of, in current year, duties as to . . 437
omitted assessments, law requiring reports of, by, amended . 84
See also Taxation, local taxes.
Assets, insurance companies, of, computation of, made uniform
with reference to certain deposits by such companies . 539
Assistance, old age (see Old age assistance, so called).
persons who have sustained hardships as a result of war opera-
tions, for, furnishing of, authorized .... 556
Associates, business, etc., reputation of a person with, made ad-
missible in evidence ....... 410
Associations, alcoholic beverages, engaged in sale of, act levying ex-
cise upon ......... 632
Associations or trusts, certain, transferable shares, etc., of , invest-
ments in, by domestic Hfe insurance companies under
certain conditions ....... 650
Athletics, Boston, city of, in, conducted by school committee of
said city, charges for admission to . . . . 425
bribes, offer or acceptance of, in connection with, penalized . 405
organized professional, certain persons employed to participate
in, exempted from workmen's compensation law . . 215
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, appropriation . 219
Attachment, property, of, trustee process, by (see Trustee process).
real estate and leaseholds, of, relative to .... 105
Attendance, school, Boston juvenile court granted jurisdiction
concurrent with municipal court of the city of Boston of
complaints in connection with ..... 241
ATTORNEY GENERAL:
219/
261
685
Item or
Section.
1-7
0251-00
1-3
1.2
1-3
1,2
appropriations
board composed of state treasurer, flirector of accounts and
approval by, of incurring of debt by cities and towns for
emergency purposes, further regulated . . .
of renewal of certain temporary revenue loans by cities,
towns and districts ......
Boston, city of, land, certain, in, release by commonwealth of
interests or rights affecting, agreement required to be filed
in connection with, approval by .
buildings used for dwellings, regulations relative to construc-
tion, use, etc., of, to assist in framing ...
charity trust cases, notice in, to, by registers of probate, inves-
tigation relative to . . . . . Resolve
claim.9 against state officers and employees, personal injuries and
property damage, for, settlement of, by, without neces-
sity of suit being brought ......
1004-90
1,2
0801-01 to
0803-07
0801-03
0801-02,
0802-02,
Page 770
298
108
494
631
50
337
1022
Index.
ATTORNEY GENERAL — Concluded.
conferences on law enforcement with district attorneys, sheriffs
and police officials, calling of, by, authorized
confidential secretaries employed by, exempted from law pro-
hibiting payment of compensation to former emploj'^ees
who have been retired ......
First Church of Deerfield, The, holding of property by, determi-
nation by supreme judicial court of certain matters relat-
ing to, upon application of .
Good Government Day, high school senior to act as student
attorney general during observance of, selection by
Granville, Tolland and Sandisfield, towns of, purchase by state
of Connecticut of land in, for water supply purposes, pro-
tection of said towns and commonwealth from certain
losses resulting from, special commission to investigate
relative to, to be or to designate a member of Resolve
Greylock state reservation, titles to parcels of land comprising,
study of, by department of conservation, under direction
of ....... . Resolve
appropriation . . . . . . .
industrial school for boys at Sliirley, payments by common-
wealth for property damage caused by certain inmates
of, amount of, determination by .....
insurance, unfair competition, etc., in business of, filing of peti-
tion in supreme judicial court for restraint of, powers and
duties as to
pollution of interstate waters, compact relative to abatement
and control of, between commonwealth and certain other
states, authorized, upon approval by .
public works, department of, conveyance to Everett R. George
by, of certain parcel of land in city of Newburyport,
approval of form of deed by .....
reservoirs, certain, no longer required for water supply purposes,
granting by commissioner of conservation of certain loca-
tions over, form of documents in connection with, approval
by
Riedell, Carl F., payment by commonwealth of sum of money
to, approval of form of release by . Resolve
. sexual psychopaths, periodical examinations of, by department
of mental health, annual report of, submission to .
Sullivan, Nellie, escheated estate of, payment from state treasury
of balance of, under direction of . . . Resolve
veterans, certain, reinstatement of, to positions held by them in
cities and towns, powers and duties as to .
Attorneys, fees of, in probate courts, relative to .
practicing, etc., as, unauthorized, district attorneys authorized
to file petitions to restrain . . • , •
Auburn, town of (see Cities and towns).
water district, establishment, etc. ......
AUDITOR. STATE:
Chap.
238
462
581
561
Item or
Section.
appropriations
Boston Elevated Railway Company, books of, annual audit of,
by, appropriation .......
confidential secretaries employed by, exempted from law pro-
hibiting payment of compensation to former employees
who have been retired
Good Government Day, high school senior to act as student
state auditor during observance of, selection by
Automobiles (see Motor veliicles).
Aviation, advancement and development of, in commonwealth, in-
vestigation and study relative to . . . Resolve
appropriation ........
rules or regulations, decisions or orders relative to, appeal from,
further regulated . . . ...
See also Aeronautics; Airplanes; Airport Commissions, Airports;
Massachusetts aeronautics commission.
Ayer, town of (see Cities and towns).
58
39
685 I
309
659
421
495
557
65
683
51
14
536
75
585
219 I
685
219
462
561
74
685 {
319
3304-04,
Page 772
Subs
Subs. 4
0701-01 to
0701-22
0701-02
0701-21
0248.
Page 775
Index.
1023
B.
Baby chicks, duckling and other fowl, certain living, sale at retail
of, regulated ........
Back wages (see Wages).
Baggage, unclaimed, in possession of certain common carriers, dis-
position of . . . . .
Baker, Lillian G., acts as a notary public validated . Resolve
Ballantine, Michael P., contributions made to retirement system
of city of Worcester, repayment of, to, and retirement
rights of such employee established ....
BALLOT LAW COMMISSION:
appropriations .........
nomination papers and certificates of nomination, act limiting
time for certain actions in connection with, as affecting
powers and duties of .
Ballots (see Elections).
BANKING AND INSURANCE, DEPARTMENT OF:
Chap.
168
in general, appropriations
banks and loan agencies, division of:
in general, appropriations
441
15
263
219
30
bank incorporation, board of, co-operative banks, cliange in
location of main offices of, approval by . .
commissioner of banks, confidential secretary, appointment
and removal by . . . . .
co-operative banks, depots for collection of moneys and
branch offices, establishment of, by, powers as to
residential construction development mortgage loans,
making of, by, powers as to .
Quincy Savings Bank, further investments in purchase and
improvement of real estate of, approval by . . .
Savings Bank Life Insurance Council, powers and duties
as to . . . . . . _ .
savings banks, low rental housing projects, maintenance by,
etc., powers and duties as to
trust companies, investments by, in real estate for trans-
action of banking business, deductions from, with con-
sent of, etc. . . . . . . . •
veterans' housing corporations, bonds, notes, etc., of, in-
vestments in, by banks, approval by .
Wildey Savings Bank, investments in improvement of bank
building of, approval by ..... •
supervisor of loan agencies, appropriations . . . .21
insurance, division of:
in general, appropriations
assets of insurance companies, act making uniform the com-
putation of, with reference to certain deposits, powers
and duties as to
commissioner of insurance, accident and health insurance,
policies of, rates for, etc., approval by . . .
casualty insurance and other forms of motor vehicle insur-
ance and rating organizations, regulation of, powers and
duties as to
confidential secretary, appointment and removal by .
261
685
29
376
29
177
140
143
142
36
564
124
219
685
539
607
641
376
Item or
Section.
1,2
0425-01,
0425-02
1,2
1101-01 to
1105-02.
2970-02
1101-03,
1104-01
1101-02 to
1103-03
1101-01 to
1102-02
1101-03
1101-02
1, 2
1102-01,
1102-02
1103-01 to
1103-03,
2970-02
1103-02,
1103-03
1024
Index.
Chap.
BANKING AND INSURANCE. DEPARTMENT OF — Conclvded.
insurance, division of — Concluded.
commissioner of insurance — Concluded.
fire, marine and inland marine insurance and rating organiza-
tions, regulation of, powers and duties as to . . . 614
General Insurance Guarantj' Fund, trustees of, act relative
to duties of, as affecting ...... 2G0
hospital service corporations, non-profit, holding of real
estate by, approval by ...... 403
insurance companies, annual statements and schedules of,
act making temporary provisions relative to filing with 240
insurance, unfair competition, etc., in business of, restraint
of, powers and duties as to . . . . . . C>59
life insurance companies, domestic, investments by, in
transferable shares, etc., of certain associations or trusts,
approval by ....... . tt.'iO
reciprocal or inter-insurance exchanges, regulation of,
powers and duties as to . . . . . . 488
Savings Bank Life Insurance Council, powers and duties
as to ......... 14."}
veterans' housing corporations, bonds, notes, etc., of,
investments in, by insurance companies, approval by . 504
workmen's compensation insurance, rates for, powers and
duties as to . . . . . 610
savings bank life insurance, division of:
appropriations . . . . . . . . 219 |
commissioner, deputy commissioner and state medical director
in, duties of ....... . 200
See also Savings bank life insurance.
Banking companies (see Banks and banking).
BANKS AND BANKING:
in general, closing of banks on any or all Saturdays, permitted,
etc 9
banking companies, checks and other instruments, non-pay-
ment of, Hability of banks to their depositors for . . 160
payment of, by, law as to time for, clarified .167
limit of liability of one borrower to, exceptions from, limited 39
co-operative banks, charities for public purposes, donations
to, by, and membership of said banks in certain leagues . 57
conversion into federal savings and loan associations, exercise
of privilege of, further deferred ..... 20
depots for collection of moneys and branch offices of, and
changes in location of main offices thereof .29
direct-reduction loans by, amount of fixed monthly payments
on, changed ........ 80
relative to ......... 56
fines in, relative to . . . . . . .46
loans insured by federal housing administrator, making by . 89
mortgages to, definition of . . .21
limit on liability of one borrower upon, clarified . . 35
residential construction development mortgage loans, making
of, by 177
savings share accounts in, relative to . . . . .88
security committees of, powers of .... . 577
veterans of World War II, loans and advances of credit to,
making or acquiring of, by, when guaranteed by adminis-
trator of veterans' affairs . . . .110
federal savings and loan associations, closing of, on any or
all Saturdays, permitted, etc. . . . . . 9
conversion of co-operative banks into, exercise of privilege
of, further deferred ....... 20
Morris plan banks, so called, limit of liability of one borrower
to, exceptions from, limited . ..... 39
national banking associations, closing of, on any or all Sat-
urdays, permitted, etc. ...... 9
national banks, insurance companies, assets of, computation
of, made uniform with reference to certain deposits made
by such companies with ...... 539
savings and insurance banks (see Savings bank life insurance).
savings banks, blanket construction loans on real estate, mak-
ing of, by, authorized ....... 254
deposits, maximum amount of, which may be received by,
increased ......... 45
Item or
Section.
1-3
4
3
1. 2
3
1-3
1105-01.
1105-02
1-3
1.2
Index. 1025
It/em or
Chap. Section.
BANKS AND BANKING ~ Condtulcd.
savings banks — Concluded.
direct-reduction loans on real estate, making of, by, author-
ized 98
Hampden Savings Rank, purchase and improvement of real
estate in city of Springfield for use of said bank, further
investments in, by . . . . . . . 39G 1,2
Institution for Savings in Roxbury and its Vicinity, name
changed to Institution for Savings in Roxbury, and pro-
viding for change in time of annual meetings and in
number and method of election of trustees and officers of
said corporation ....... 562 1-4
insurance companies, assets of, computation of, made uniform
with reference to certain deposits made by such com-
panies with ........ 539
investments of deposits by, bonds, notes, etc., in, further
regulated 236 1-6
loans insured by federal housing administrator, making by 89
low rental housing projects, purchase and improvement of real
estate for purposes of construction and operation of, by,
authorized ........ 142
Quincy Savings Bank, real estate, further investments in
purchase and improvement of, by, authorized 140 1, 2
veterans' housing corporations, bonds, notes, etc., of, invest-
ments in, by, etc. ....... 564 3
veterans of World War II, loans and advances of credit to,
making or acquiring of, by, when guaranteed by admin-
istrator of veterans' affairs . . . .110 1,2
Wildey Savings Bank, improvement of bank building of, in-
vestments in, by, authorized ..... 124 1, 2
See also Banking and insurance, department of, savings bank
life insurance; Savings bank life insurance.
trust companies, assets, interdepartmental transfers of, act
properly relating reference in one section of law relative
to, to other sections thereof ..... 28
insurance companies, assets of, computation of, made uniform
with reference to certain deposits made by such companies
with . . 539
real estate for transaction of banking business, investments in,
by, act affecting ....... 30
.savings departments of, veterans' housing corporations, bonds,
notes, etc., of, investments in, by . . 564 3
veterans of World War II, loans and advances of credit to,
making or acquiring of, by, when guaranteed by adminis-
trator of veterans' affairs . . . . . .110 1,2
See also Credit unions.
Banks and loan agencies, division of (see Banking and insurance,
flepartment f)f).
Banks, commissioner of (see Banking and insurance, depart-
ment of).
Barbers, board of registration of (see Civil service and registra-
tion, department of).
Barber shops, employment of certain minors in, prohibited 109 1, 2
BAR EXAMINERS, BOARD OF:
appropriations 219 | 'oaS-^oi
Barnstable, fire district, additional water loan by, authorized 151 1,2
exten.sion of territory of . . . .175 1,2
town of (see Cities and towns).
BARNSTABLE COUNTY:
appropriation for maintenance of, etc ..... ,301 1
forest fire fighting apparatus for use bj- towns in, purchase, ot<\,
by county commissioners ...... 49
representatives in general (tourt, number apportioned to, and
board of special commissioners established to divide said
county into representative districts and to assign repre-
sentatives thereto . . . . .182 1-4
shore protective work, certain, in, payments by commonwealth
in reimbursement for ....... 500
tax levy 301 1
See also County commissioners.
Barre, town of (see Cities and towns).
Barstow, Carl E., appropriation voted by town of Arlington for
payment of sum of money to, validated . . 478
1026
Index.
Baseball games, offer or acceptance of bribes in, penalized .
Basketball games, offer or acceptance of bribes in, penalized
Bass, striped (see Fish and fisheries).
Baths, pool, shower, etc., occupation of giving of, regulated
Battle of Bunker Rill, model relief map of, making and exhibiting
of, pro\dding for ......
appropriation
Chap.
405
40.5
253
398
685
Bays (see Waters and waterways).
Beach Club, The, reimbursement of, for money expended for con
struction of sea wall in town of Swampscott .
Beaches, certain, metropolitan parks district, in, acquisition by
metropolitan district commission, investigation relative
to ....... . Resolve
Bedford, airport, projects at, commonwealth's share of cost of
appropriation .......
town of (see Cities and towns).
Belchertown, state school, appropriations ....
town of (see Cities and towns).
Belmont, town of (see Cities and towns).
Benefit societies (see Fraternal benefit societies).
Berkeley street, city of Boston, in, interests or rights affecting land
on, release bv commonwealth .....
BERKSHIRE COUNTY:
appropriations for maintenance of, etc. .....
mosquito control project, appropriation .....
North Adams, city of, construction, certain, in, reimbursement
of said city for, by ..... •
representatives in general court, number apportioned to, and
board of special commissioners established to divide said
county into representative districts and to assign repre-
sentatives thereto .......
tax levy ......••■■
Berlin, town of (see Cities and towns).
Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., metropolitan district com-
mission authorized to continue certain contract relative
to furnishing sewage disposal facilities to . . .
Betterment assessments, liens created in connection with, dissolu-
tion of, when such assessments have been paid or abated .
Betting, horse and dog races, on (see Horse and dog racing meetings
conducted under pari-mutuel system of wagering).
Beverages, alcoholic (see Alcoholic beverages).
Beverly, city of (see Cities and towns).
Biennial state primary and election (see Elections).
Billerica, town of (see Cities and towns).
Billiard rooms, employment of certain minors in, prohibited .
Bills of exceptions (see Practice in civil actions).
Biologic laboratories, division of (see Public health, department
of).
Birds (see Fowl; Game and inland fisheries).
Births, records of, fees collected by city and town clerks for transmit-
ting copies of, to state secretary, made uniform
Blackstone, town of (see Cities and towns).
Blanket construction loans, savings banks, by, making of, author-
ized .......-.-
Bleachers (see Grandstands, etc.).
Blighted areas, certain, development of, by urban redevelopment
corporations, authorized ...-.■
Blind, division of the (see Education, department of).
Blind persons, adult, instruction, aid, etc., appropriations
aid to, by division of the blind, relative to ... •
deaf and blind pupils, education of, appropriations .
Blood plasma program, appropriations .....
Blue book, so called, appropriation . . • • . •
distribution of copies of, to members of executive council
Blue Sky law, so called, administration and enforcement of, appro-
priations . . . . • • • . ■
Blue Star Mem.orial Highway, designation of part of United States
Route 1 as ......••
134
38
670
[219
{670
[685
494
301
219
182
301
420
116
109
458
219
685
219
685
219
320
219
Item or
Section.
1,2
2801-22.
Page 770
1. 2
1723-00
1-4
1723-00
1-3
1
3915
1. 2
1304-06,
1304-08
1301-41
1301-41
2008-12
2008-11
0503-01
1,2
2308-01.
2308-02
1. 2
Index.
1027
Boarding homes, aged persons, for, and supervision of said
homes by department of public welfare, study relative
to ....... . Resolve
appropriation .........
Boarding houses (see Inns, lodging houses, etc.).
BOARDS, STATE:
appeal (see Appeal, boards of).
appellate tax (see Appellate tax board).
bar examiners (see Bar examiners, board of).
boiler rules (see Public safety, department of).
collegiate authority (see Education, department of).
conciliation and arbitration (see Labor and industries, depart-
ment of).
education (see Education, department of).
elevator regulations (see Public safety, department of).
emergency finance (see Emergency finance board).
fire prevention regulations (see Public safety, department of).
housing (see Housing, state board of).
milk control (see Milk control board).
milk regulation (see Milk regulation board).
parole (see Correction, department of).
probation (see Probation, board of).
reclamation (see Reclamation board, state).
registration (see Civil ser\'ice and registration, department of).
retirement (see Retirement systems and pensions, common-
wealth, of).
review (see Labor and industries, department of, employment
security, division of).
standards (see Public safety, department of).
teachers' retirement (see Retirement systems and pensions,
teachers, of).
See also Commissioners, state; Commissions, state; Depart-
ments, state; Divisions, state departments, of.
Bodendorf, William, payment of money to, by city of Westfield
for plumbing inspection ......
Boiler rules, board of (see Public safety, department of).
Boilers, inspection of, appropriations ......
Bonds, Boston Elevated Railway Company, of, purchase by Boston
metropolitan district .......
cities and towns, of (see Municipal finance).
commonwealth, of (see State finance).
counties, of (see County finance).
fidelity, surety and guaranty, rates for, regulation of, etc. .
investments in, domestic insurance companies, by .
savings banks, by, further regulated .....
Merrimack River Valley Sewerage Board, treasurer of, to give .
metropolitan transit authority, treasurer and assistant treasurer
of, of
motor vehicle liability (see Motor vehicles, liability for bodily
injuries, etc., caused by, security for.
mutual insurance companies, certain, issued by, dividends or
return of premium on . . . ...
new registered, issuance of, by a county, city, town or district or
any domestic corporation . . . . . .
owners of buildings, of, with respect to installation of cooking,
heating or plumbing facilities during present housing
shortage .........
See also Securities.
Bonus, soldiers', so called (see Soldiers' bonus).
stock (see Stock bonus plan).
veterans' (see Veterans' bonus act).
Bootblack stands, employment of certain minors in, prohibitefl
Borrowing (see County finance; Loans; Municipal finance; State
finance).
Boston, airport, so called (see Logan Airport, General Edward
Lawrence).
and Maine Railroad, certain waterfront properties of, in city of
Boston, acquisition of, by Port of Boston Authority, etc.
city of (see Cities and towns).
Elevated Railway Company, assets, property and franchises of,
acquisition and operation of, by metropolitan transit au-
thority, providing for .
Chap.
f)41
2m
236
6.53
196
317
5.5
427
Item or
Section.
0209
Page 772
,iq/ 2104-31.
"''M 2104-32
92 1-4
1-3
)-8
1-.5
4
1. 2
544
1-28
1028
Index.
Chap.
Boston — Concluded.
Elevated Railway Company — Concluded.
audit of finances of, etc., expenses of, appropriation . .219
bonds of, purchase by Boston metropolitan district and rela-
tive to issue of notes and bonds of said company . . 92
rapid transit facilities of, in East Boston, extension of, transit "1 ^q.^
department of city of Boston authorized to contract with > gj]^
said company for certain construction in connection with J
trustees of, accounting duties, etc., proceeding for judicial f261
determination of, cost of, appropriations . . . \ 685
harbor, fireproof sheds on piers to be built at, provisions of law
relative to, clarified . . . . . . 41.3
pier facilities in, acquisition of certain waterfront properties
for improvement of, rights, etc., of Port of Boston Au-
thority pertaining to, further defined .... 5.32
juvenile court, complaints for failure to require child to attend
school, jurisdiction of, concurrent with municipal court
of the city of Boston, granted to . .241
probation officers of, compensation of, further regulated . 56fi
traveling expenses of, amoimt of money allowed for, increased 82
metropolitan area, rapid transit in, investigation relative to,
continued ....... Resolve 11
See also Metropolitan transit authority,
metropolitan district, bonds of Boston Elevated Railway Com-
pany, purchase by, etc. ...... 92
trustees of, metropolitan transit authority, annual report by, to 544
municipal court of the city of (see District courts).
Port of. Authority (see Port of Boston Authority).
Poultry Show, observance of one hundredth anniversary of,
in 1948, participation by commonwealth in, providing
for ........ Resolve 42
appropriation ........ 685
[219
I)svchopathic hospital, appropriations . . . . . \ 670
[685
retirement system (see Retirement systems and pensions).
f219
state hospital, appropriations . . . . . . { 670
[685
Traffic Commission, parking meters, installation, maintenance,
etc., of, in city of Boston, agreements as to, by . . 442
[219
Boulevards and parkways, in general, appropriations . . I
685
Boundary line, Dennis and Harwich, towns of, between, redefined .372
Reading and Lynnfield, towns of, between, portion of, changed
and established ........ 24.3
Bourne, town of (see Cities and towns).
Boxing commission, state (see Public safety, department of).
Boxing matches, offer or acceptance of bribes in, penalized . 405
Boxing or sparring matches, conduct of, further regulated 234
Boylston street, city of Boston, in, interests or rights affecting land
on, release by commonwealth ..... 494
Boylston street station, enlargement and improvement of, study
of estimates and cost of, by metropolitan transit authority 544
Boys, industrial school for, appropriations . < j,qp
property damage caused by inmates who escape from, pay-
ments bv commonwealth as compensation for . . 309
f219
liVman school for, appropriations . . . . . ■ \ 261
[685
parole of, flepartment of public welfare, appropriations . . 219
See also Minors.
Bradford Durfee Technical Institute of Pall River, appropri- j ^^^
atio'^S I ggg
trustees of, buildings, certain, erection, repair and equipment of,
by, authorized . . ... . . . 582
powers and duties of, and authorizing said trustees to grant
certain degrees ........ 387
Tt«m or
Section.
1-4
1. 2
26
2320-01
2320-01
1, 2
1. 2
1-3
1-4
4
0203,
Page 771
1710-00
1-4
1710-00
1711-00
1-4
1711-00
1
2931-01 TO
2931-04
2931-03.
Page 774
9
1915-00
1915-00
1917-00
1917-00
1917-00
1908-11 to
1908-13
1331-00
1-4
1331-00
Index.
I02d
Braintree, town of (see Cities and towns).
Brewster, town of (see Cities and towns).
Bribes, athletic contests and sporting events, certain, in, offer or
acceptance of, penalized ......
Brick or lumber yards, employment of certain minors in, pro-
hibited .........
BRIDGES:
First street drawbridge. Broad canal, over, in city of Cam-
bridge, care, control and maintenance of . . .
Mystic river, high level toll bridge over, between cities of Bos-
ton and Chelsea, construction, maintenance, etc., of
New City, so called, in town of Blackstone, replacement of,
with bridge of permanent construction, providing for
Stillwater bridge, over Deerfield river in Deerfield, repair of, by
Franklin county .......
Weymouth Back river, over, construction of, damages for prop-
erty taken or injured in connection with, right of recov-
ery of, confirmed, etc. ......
Bridgewater, state teachers college, appropriations
town of (see Cities and towns).
Brigadier generals, land forces, of (see Militia).
BRISTOL COUNTY:
appropriation for maintenance of, etc. . . . . . i
New Bedford, city of, acquisition of certain land in, to be used
as parking space at New Bedford court house building in
representatives in general court, number apportioned to, and
board of special commissioners established to divide
said county into representative districts and to assign
representatives thereto ......
tax levy ..........
tuberculosis hospital, expenditures for maintenance, etc., of
Broad canal, Cambridge, city of, in. First street drawbridge over
care, control and maintenance of .
Brockton, city of (see Cities and towns).
Girl Scouts, Incorporated, Myles Standish state forest, land in
leasing to .
Union Cemetery, investment of funds of.
Brokers, insurance (see Insurance, agents and brokers).
Brookfield, town of (see Cities and towns).
Brookline, town of (see Cities and towns).
Brooks, Ernest R., appropriation voted by town of Arlington for
payment of sum of money to, validated
Brown, C. Ridgely, temporary reinstatement in service of common-
wealth for purpose of being retired, etc.
Buckland, town of (see Cities and towns).
Budget, commissioner (see Administration and finance, commis-
sion on).
state, appropriation acts
Building inspection service, department of public safety, appro-
priations .........
Buildings, construction, etc., employment of certain minors in,
prohibited ........
cooking, heating and plumbing facilities, installation of, in, dur-
ing present housing shortage, licenses for
escape, means of, from certain, further regulated
inspection of certain, relative to ..... .
public, construction, etc., of, employment of mechanics, team-
sters, chauffeurs and laborers in .
municipally owned, remodeling and reconstructing of, borrow-
ing of money by cities and towns for, authorized .
revolving doors, installation, use and maintenance of, in certain,
further regulated . . .
safety of persons in, etc., investigation relative to, further con-
tinued and scope thereof increased . Resolves
appropriation ........
laws, certain, relative to, powers and duties of inspectors in
enforcement of, further defined .....
Chap.
405
109
551
l)2(i
554
521
502
219 {
261
685
301
563
Item or
Section.
182
301
302
550
129
1.2
1.2
l.TOT-OO,
1307-21
1307-00
1307 00
1-4
1
478
656
219
261
670
685
219/
1-10
1-7
1-4
1-12
2104-11,
2104-12
109
1.2
427
643
648
334
207
1.2
654
21,30,
46
261
1-3
0251-00
645
1-3
1030
Index.
Buildings — Concluded.
safety of persons in, etc. — Concluded.
regulations for, and alternatives to requirements of ordinances,
by-laws, etc., relative to construction, alteration, repair,
use or occupancy of such buildings, providing for .
state, superintendent of (see Superintendent of buildings, state).
use and occupancy of certain, granting of permits for, rules and
regulations relative to ......
use, lawful, of certain, continuation of, pending issuance of cer-
tain certificates of inspection, providing for .
See also Housing; Housing authority law; Housing, state board
of; Inns, lodging houses, etc. ; Massachusetts public build-
ing commission; Public works building; Real property.
Bulletins of committee hearings, general court, appropriations
Bunker Hill monument, maintenance, etc., appropriation .
model relief map of Battle of Bunker Hill to be exhibited at,
providing for ........
appropriation ........
Chap.
631
646
149
219
261
219
398
685
Burial expenses, persons who died in overseas service during World
War II, of, financial assistance provided to certain vet-
erans' organizations in connection with
Buses, chartered and special, so called, relative to . . .
school, motor vehicles approaching or passing, which have been
stopped, etc., required to be brought to full stop
See also Motor vehicles.
Business associates, reputation of a person with, made admissible in
evidence ......... 410
Business corporations (see Corporation.s) .
Byfield Water District in town of Newbury, establishment, etc 419
By-laws (see Ordinances and by-laws).
G24
482
418
Item or
Section.
1, 2
0102-04
0102-04
2801-00
1, 2
2801-22,
Page 770
1. 2
1-14
c.
Cabins (see Camps).
Cahill, James P., compensation by city of Peabody for loss of
wages due to injuries received while employed by said city
Caldwell, A. & G. J., Inc., conveyance of certain park land to, by
city of Newburyport .......
Cambridge, city of (see Cities and towns).
subway, extension of, study of estimates and cost of, by metro-
politan transit authority . . . . . .
Camps, recreational camps, overnight camps or cabins and trailer
camps, operation of, further regulated ....
Canals (see Waters and waterways).
Cancer and other chronic diseases, division of (see Public
health, department of).
Cancer hospital, Pondville, appropriation
Candidates (see Elections).
Cape & Vineyard Electric Company, Nickerson state park,
easement over land in, granting of, to .
Cape Cod, canal, pier, appropriation . .
mosquito control project, appropriation .....
Capital outlay program for commonwealth, providing for
Capital stock (see Corporations; Credit unions; Securities).
Capitol police, appropriations . . . . .
officers, powers of, relative to ......
Carriers, common, distinguishing plates, certain, issued by depart-
ment of public utilities to, regulation of transfer of,
and issuance by said department of certain certificates
to veterans of World War II, investigation relative
to ....... . Resolve
appropriation ........
smoking by persons in or upon conveyances of, violation of
regulation restricting, penalized . .
unclaimed property in possession of, disposition of .
See also Motor vehicles, passengers, transporting by; Motor
vehicles, property, transporting; Railroads; Steamships;
Street railways; Transportation.
195
374
544
375
560
219
219
670
682
219
685
47
685
358
441
1, 2
1, 2
2202-08
3901
1-4
0416 03
0416-03
0204,
Page 771
Index. 1031
Item or
Chap. Section.
Cars (see Motor vehicles).
Carson beach, South Boston, in, acquisition of, by metropolitan
district commission, investigation relative to . Resolve 38
Carver, town of (see Cities and towns).
Cassidy, John J., temporary reinstatement in service of town of
Weston for retirement purposes, and retirement board of
Middlesex county authorized to retire said Cassidy for
accidental disability ....... 279
Casualty insurance (see Insurance).
Caucuses, pohtical (see Elections).
Cement concrete pavements (see Pavements).
Cemetery, Brockton Union, investment of fimds of . 12!»
Central mailing room, appropriation ..... 219 04H-12
Certificates of registration (see Licenses and permits; also specific
titles).
Certifications, civil service laws, under (see Civil service laws).
Certified public accountants, registration of, appropriations . 219 | ^04M^0<i
Change of name, persons, of, investigation relative to . Resolve 20
Chaplains, general court (see General court).
Charitable corporations, proposed, approval of . . . . 461
.'^oe also Corporations.
Charities, certain, for public purposes, donations to, by co-operative
banks, etc. ........ 57
Charity trust cases, notice by registers of probate to attorney gen-
eral in, investigation relative to . . . Resolve 50
Charlemont, Fire District, time for acceptance of act establishing,
extended, etc 591 1, 2
town of (see Cities and towns).
Charles river, basin, esplanade of, playground and recreational
equipment for use at, expenditures for, authorized . . 480 1 , 2
[ 219 8607-00
maintenance, etc., appropriations . . . . . \ n^r. / 8607-00
i ^^^ 1 Page 773
VVutertown, town of, in, dredging of, to make certain wharf
accessible to boats . . . . . . .411
Charlestown district of city of Boston, high level toll bridge over
Mystic river in, construction, maintenance, etc., of . 626 1, 2
Chartered buses, so called, relative to 482 1, 2
Chauffeurs, public works, construction of, in, employment of 334
Checks, negotiable, non-payment of, liability of banks to their
depositors for . . . . . . . .169
payment of, by banks, law as to time for, clarified . . . 167
Chelmsford, town of (see Cities and towns).
Chelsea, city of (see Cities and towns).
Cherry Valley and Rochdale Water District, water supply of 198
Cheshire, town of (see Cities and towns).
Chicks, baby, ducklings and other fowl, certain living, sale at retail
of, regulated ........ 168
Chicopee, city of (see Cities and towns).
river valley, aqueduct system, construction of, from Quabbin
reservoir to, etc. ....... 575 1-6
Child delinquency, prevention of, and rehabilitation and treat-
ment of delinquent children, further investigation and
study relative to .... Resolves 71, 75
.ippropriation 685 / „ ^^S^:
[ 1 age 7/5
Child guardianship, division of (see Public welfare, depart-
ment of).
Child health, maternal and, division of (.see Public health de-
partment of).
Children, adoption of, laws and practices relating to, investigation
relative to, scope of, increased . . . Resolve 64
age seventeen, under, who commit an offence and are not appre-
hended until after reaching age seventeen, powers of
juvenile court in deahng with such children further defined 235
delinquent, mental and physical examination of, prior to com-
mitment ......... 616
rehabilitation of, and establishment of institutions for treat-
ment of such children, further investigation and study
relative to Resolves 71,75
appropriation .... ... 685
cmphiyment of (aee Minors).
0246,
Page 775
1032
Index.
Children — Concluded.
leases or rental agreements, certain provisions in, relative to,
made void . . . . . .
men and women who died in armed forces, of, higher educational
opportunities for, amount of reimbursement to be paid
by commonwealth for, increased . .
mentally ill, reception of, in certain institutions under depart-
ment of mental health ......
mothers with dependent, aid to (see Mothers with dependent
children, aid to).
physically handicapped, certain, education of, relative to
school, compulsory attendance at, Boston juvenile court granted
jurisdiction concurrent with municipal court of the city
of Boston of complaints in connection with
See also Schools.
tuition of, etc., cost of, appropriation .....
veterans, certain, of, assistance to, appropriations . . . j
workmen's compensation law, conclusively presumed to be de-
pendent upon deceased employee under, law relative to,
amended .........
wrongful acts of, subjecting certain persons who have care of
such minors to civil and criminal liability for, investiga-
tion relative to . . . . . . Resolve
Children's Hospital, The, real and personal estate, additional,
holding by, and repealing certain provisions of law limiting
the number of patients at said hospital
Chimneys (see Smoke nuisances).
Chiropody (podiatry) board of registration in (see Civil service
and registration, department of).
Chlorinating plants, shellfish (see Fish and fisheries).
Christian, James W., payment by commonwealth of annuity
to ....... . Resolve
Chronic diseases, cancer and other, division of (.sec Public
health, department of).
Churches (see Assembly, places of).
CITIES AND TOWNS:
in general :
accounts of (sec Municipal finance).
aid and relief, certain, by, state reimbursement, appropriations
airport commissions in, method of choosing members of
airports, acquisition, etc., of, by, borrowing of money for, laws
relative to, amended . . . . .
public, establishment, maintenance and operation of, by,
as joint enterprises, authorized ....
transportation of passengers at or on, exclusive contracts,
etc., for, granting of, by, prohibited ....
See also Airports.
American Legion, The, and other veterans' organizations,
suitable quarters for posts of, amount of appropriations
for, by, established .......
appeal, boards of, in (see Appeal, boards of),
appropriations by, graves of persons who served in military
service of commonwealth in time of war, decoration of,
for
nmnicipal planning purposes, for .....
parking meters, for . . .
poison ivy, suppression and eradication of, for .
projects, certain, abandoned or discontinued, proceeds of
loans issued for, appropriation of, for other purposes
public entertainment, for, further regulated
veterans' housing corporations, for . . . .
war veterans' organizations, incorporated, certain military
funerals or burials conducted by, financial assistance
in coimection with, for . . . . . .
suitable quarters for posts of, for, amount of, established
See also Municipal finance,
assessors (see Assessors of taxes).
bonds, issuance by (see Municipal finance).
new registered, issuance of by
borrowing of money by, municipally owned public buildings,
remodeling and reconstructing of, for . . . .
:hap.
Item or
Section.
lis
1, 2
399
517
219
219
685
1907-01
1301-09
3513-01
450
17
130
1, 2
219
70
298
501
332
907-1)5 {.o
1907-10
468
2
340
442
282
1
1-3
60
635
564
2
621
671
55
207
1. 2
Index. 1033
Item or
Chap. Section.
CITIES AND TOWNS — Continued.
in general — Continued.
borrowing of money by — Concluded.
outside debt limit, airports, acquisition, etc., of, for, laws
relative to amended ...... 298 4
emergency purposes, for, further regulated . . . 298 3
public airports, enlargement and improvement of, for . 593 3
public welfare and veterans' benefits, for . . . . 611 1-4
revenue, in anticipation of, renewal of certain temporary
loans ......... 108
within debt limit, pavement, construction of certain types of,
for, authorized . . . . . . . .101
See also Municipal finance,
buildings, public, nmnicipally owned, remodeling and recon-
structing of, borrowing for, by, authorized . . . 207 1,2
See also Buildings,
civil service laws, application to (see Civil service laws),
clerks of (see City and town clerks),
collectors of taxes (see Collectors of taxes),
elections (see Elections).
employees of (see Municipal officers and employees),
emergency purposes, incurring of debt outside debt limit for,
by, further regulated . . . . . . 298 3
English speaking classes for adults, state reimbursement,
appropriation ........ 219 1301-63
entertainment, public, appropriations for, by, further regulated ()35
finances of (see Municipal finance),
fire departments of (see Fire departments),
grade crossings in, protective devices at, installation, main-
tenance and operation of, contributions to cost of, by . 498
graves of persons who served in military service of common- I 144
wealth, decoration of, appropriations for . . . \ 468 2
health, boards of (see Health, local boards of),
highway work, agreements for, entered into by county com-
missioners with, in anticipation of county appropriations 201
housing authorities in, housing authority law, changes in, as
affecting powers and duties of . . . . . 486
housing, veterans of World War II, for, providing by, powers
in respect to, extended ...... 479 1-8
indebtedness of (see Municipal finance).
[ 045 1-3
inspectors of buildings, safety of persons in buildings, certain I 646
acts relative to, as affecting powers and duties of . . | 648
i 654 1-3
joint airports, establishment, maintenance and operation of,
by, authorized . . . . . ... 501
laws, special, affecting, preparation of index of, investigation
relative to, continued ..... Resolve 70
0287,
Page 774
appropriation ........ 685
licenses and permits (see Licenses and permits).
loans by (see, supra, borrowing of money by).
metropolitan districts, in (see Metropolitan districts).
nomination for city and town offices (see Elections).
notes, issuance by (see Municipal finance).
officers of (see Municipal officers and employees; and specific
titles of officers),
offices, public, of, closing of, on Saturdays, authorized . . 265
old age assistance, so called, by, state reimbursement, appro- | ^^^ , •^uT'-
l^^'^tioi^ l^^^l Page 77^6
ordinances, etc. (see Ordinances and by-laws).
parking meters, installation and operation of, in, authorized 442 1, 2
pavement, construction of certain types of, borrowing of
money within debt limit for, by, authorized . . . 101
pensions (see Retirement systems and pensions),
permits by (see Licenses and permits),
planning, municipal, improved method of . . . . 340 1-6
lilanning boards, establishment, etc. ..... 340 1-6
poison ivy, suppression and eradication of, appropriations for,
temporarily authorized ...... 282 1-3
police of (see Police officers),
primaries in (see Elections).
1034
Index.
CITIES AND TOWNS — Continued.
in general — Concluded.
projects, certain, abandonment or discontinuance of, by, and
use of proceeds of loans issued therefor
public buildings, municipally owned, remodeling and recon-
structing of, borrowing for, by, authorized
public entertainment, appropriations for, by, further regulated
public health, boards of (see Health, local boards of).
public offices of, closing of, on Saturdays, authorized
public welfare, iDoards of (see Public welfare, local boards of).
public works projects, federal assistance in, time for incurring
debt to secure benefits of, extended ....
registrars of voters (see Registrars of voters).
reimbursement by commonwealth (see, infra, state aid and
reimbursement) .
retirement systems (see Retirement systems and pensions).
revenue loans, temporary, renewal of certain
salary plans for employees, estabUshment of, by, authorized
school instruction, extended, on junior college level, provided
for veterans and others by, use of designation "junior
college" in connection therewith, authorized .
schools, school committees, etc. (see Schools, public).
state aid and reimbursement:
aid and relief, certain, appropriations
airports, estabUshment, etc., of . . .
housing, veterans', for .....
old age assistance, so called, appropriation
pensions paid to school teachers, appropriation
relative to ......
schools, pubhc (see Schools, pubhc).
taxes, loss of certain, appropriation .....
taxation, local (see Taxation),
taxes, collectors of (see Collectors of taxes),
tax titles, certain, held by, instruments evidencing redemption
of land from, recording of .
land acquired through foreclosure of, by, certain temporary
provisions of law relative to care and disposal of, made
permanent ........
teachers, retirement of (see Retirement systems and pen.sions).
See also Schools, public,
treasurers of (see City and town treasurers),
veterans' housing corporations, formation of, powers and
duties as to
veterans of World War II, housing for, providing by, powers in
respect to, extended .......
ways (see Ways).
welfare aid by (see, supra, public welfare).
cities, aldermen (see City councils),
councils (see City councils),
mayors (see Mayors),
ordinances (see Ordinances and by-laws).
towns, animals, inspection of, state reimbursement, appropriation
assistant town clerks in, of twenty thousand inhabitants or
more, not to be under civil service ....
by-laws (see Ordinances and by-laws).
employees of (see Municipal officers and employees),
forest fires, extinguishing of, expenses, certain, in, state re-
imbursement, appropriation .....
state aid in purchasing equipment for ....
officers of (see Municipal officers and employees).
precincts, voting, in, and boundaries thereof, changes in
representative town meeting government, standard form of,
candidates for election as town meeting members under,
use on ballots of words "candidate for re-election"
against names of certain, etc. .....
selectmen (see Selectmen).
transportation of pupils attending high schools, state reim-
bursement for, appropriation .....
water supply for certain, furnishing of, by metropolitan dis-
trict commission .......
ways, public, in, other than state highways, constructed in
whole or in part with state money, use of state funds for
maintenance of, permitted ......
Chap.
Item or
Section.
207
635
1U8
540
670
479
219
219
674
133
22-1
50^
479
1907-06 to
1907-10
2
8
3625
1305-04
1. 2
1202-22
1-8
219
0907-08
391
219
219
1002-15
1002-11
1301-53
1-6
Index. 1035
Item or
Chap. Section.
CITIES AND TOWNS — Continued.
special provisions relative to particular cities:
Beverly, board of aldermen, compensation of members of .162 1,2
Boston, airport at East Boston (see Logan Airport, General
Edward Lawrence),
appropriations, liabilities incurred by said city in anticipa-
tion of, first assistant assessors, compensation of, for,
authorized . . . . . . . .120
school purposes, for, in, in current year . . . 226 1-4
armory in, erection of, investigation by armory commission
relative to ...... Resolve 49
assessors, first assistant, said city authorized to incur lia-
bilities in anticipation of appropriations for purpose of
compensating . . . . . . . . 120
athletic contests and games conducted by school committee
of, charges for admission to ..... 425 1, 2
auctioneer in office of board of real estate commissioners,
compensation of, regulated, and relative to sale of prop-
erty owned by said city ...... 661 1 , 2
auditor, medical examiners, Suffolk county, in, certain bills
incurred by, approval by . . . . . . 579
pay rolls, bills and accounts for salary or compensation
of persons in service of said city, duties as to . . 137 1
beaches, certain, and other property in, acquisition by
metropolitan district commission, investigation relative
to .....■• ■ Resolve 38
Berkeley street in, interests or rights affecting land on,
release by commonwealth . . . . . . 494 1-3
bills and accounts for salary or compensation of persons in
service or employment of ..... . 137 1-3
Boylston street in, interests or rights affecting land on,
release by commonwealth ...... 494 1-3
budget department, annual vacations, etc., for police offi-
cers of said city, powers and duties as to . . . 140 6
Charlesbank in, certain park land known as, transferred by
park department to trustees under will of George Robert
White, time for completing certain improvements on,
extended ......... 47
eliarter and special laws governing said city and county
of Suffolk, revision of, investigation relative to, con-
tinued ....... Resolve 2
city clerk, to act as mayor during absence of present in-
cumbent, etc 580 1, 2
pity council, athletic contests and games conducted by
school committee of said city, act relative to charges for
admission to, acceptance by .... . 425 2
debates in, publication of substance of, prohibited . . 447 1, 2
Kenney, Walter J., temporary reinstatement in police
department for retirement purposes, act authorizing,
acceptance by ....... 608 2
metropolitan transit authority, use by, of lines of street
railway in Hyde Park district of said city, section of
act providing for, acceptance by ... . 544 16
parking meters, installation, maintenance, etc., of, in
said city, agreements for, powers as to . . . 442 1
police officers, act increasing compensation of, accept-
ance by 342 1, 2
act relative to annual vacations and sick leave allow-
ances for, acceptance by .... . 146 8
public welfare and veterans' benefits, borrowing of money
by said city for, loan orders in connection with, passage by 611 3,4
school teachers, retirement of, act further regulating,
acceptance by . . . . . . . 299 2
transfer of certain land in Dorchester district from school
department to park department, act authorizing, ac-
ceptance by . . . . . . . . 100 2
Veterans of Foreign Wars Parkway, sale of certain land
situated on, authorization of, by, etc. .... 248 1-3
White, George Robert, will of, transfer of certain lands
by said city to trustees under, powers and duties as to . 542 1, 2
Charlestown district of, high level toll bridge over Mystic
river in, construction, maintenance, etc., of . . . 626 1, 2
Clarendon street in, interests or rights affecting land on,
release by commonwealth ...... 494 1-3
1036
Index.
Chap.
CITIES AND TOWNS — Continued.
special provisions relative to particular cities — Continued.
Boston — Continued.
Commonwealth Armory in, state land adjoining, use for
motor vehicle parking purposes, authorized . . . 627
Court house, Suffolk county, in, maintenance cost, reim-
bursement of said city for certain portion of, appropria-
tion 219
Dorchester district of, land, certain, in, transfer from school
department to park department of said city . .100
Malibu beach in, sanding of, appropriation 6S5
public batliing beaches, certain, in, acquisition by metro-
politan district commission, investigation relative
to . . . . . Resolve 38
East Boston district of, airport in (see Logan airport, Gen-
eral Edward Lawrence),
armory in, erection of, investigation by armory commis-
sion relative to .... . Resolve 49
rapid transit facilities in, extension of, transit depart- 1
ment of said city authorized to contract with Boston 1 30'S
Elevated Railway Company for certain construction | 544
in connection with . . . ... J
election commissioners, omitted listings, certain, entry
upon voting lists of said city by . . . . 244
elections in, nomination papers of candidates for municipal
elective offices at, more particular certification of
names of nominators upon, and dispensing with require-
ment that such certification be sworn to . . . 44G
regular municipal, filing of nomination papers and doing
of certain other acts in connection with . . . 227
employees, pay rolls, bills and accounts for salary or com-
pensation of . . . . . . .137
fire department, temporary service of members of, compen-
sation for, etc., investigation relative to . Resolve 52
appropriation ........ 685
harbor (see Boston harbor).
housing conditions in, immediate relief of, investigation
relative to . . . . . . Resolve 09
■appropriation ........ 085
Hyde Park district of, Neponset river, banks of, in, ac-
quiring of land and construction of additional fence
along portions of . . . 529
appropriation ........ 085
street railway lines, certain, in, use by metropolitan transit
authority ........ 544
Kenney, Walter J., temporary reinstatement in police de-
partment of, for retirement purposes . . . . 608
land, certain, in, interests or rights affecting, release by
commonwealth ........ 494
lands, certain, of, transfer to trustees under will of George
Robert White, authorized 542
Ucensing board, salaries of members and secretary of, in-
creased . . .229
listings, omitted, entry upon voting Usts of said city . . 244
MaUbu beach, so called, in Dorchester district of, appro- \ g^^
priation ......... J
markets, director of, of, essential fresh foods, handhng of,
within commonwealth, special commission to investigate
relative to, to be member of . . . Resolve 53
Mattapan district of, Neponset river, banks of, in, acquiring
of land and construction of additional fence along
portions of . . . . 529
appropriation ........ 085
mayor, city clerk to act as, during absence of present incum-
bent and administration of affairs of said city during
present emergency further provided for . . 580
medical examiners, Suffolk county, in, eertain expenses
'»f, approval by ...... . 579
Item or
Section.
1. 2
1.2
8602-^8.
Page 773
1, 2
20
1. 2
1. 2
1-3
0205,
Page 774
0214,
Page 774
1, 2
8002-01,
Page 773
16
1,2
1-3
1,2
1,2
1. 2
8002-48,
Page 773
1. 2
8002-01,
Page 773
Tndex. 1037
Item or
Chap. Section.
CITIES AND TOVfJUS — Conlinucd.
special provisions relative to particular cities — Continued.
Boston — Continued.
mayor — Concluded.
metropolitan transit authority, use by, of lines of street
railway in Hyde Park district of said city, section of
act providing for, approval by . . 54 1 16
school teachers, retirement of, act further regulating,
approval by ..-••■• • 299 2
Veterans of Foreign Wars Parkway, sale of certain laud
situate on, powers and duties as to . . . . 248 1-3
White, George Robert, will of, transfer of certain lands by
said city to trustees under, vote relative to, approval by 542 1
metropolitan transit authority, territory and inhabitants of
said city incorporated as part of . . . . . 544 1
municipal court (see District courts).
Mystic river, high level toll bridge over, in Charlestown dis-
trict, construction, maintenance, etc., of . . . 626 1, 2
Neponset river, banks of, in, acquiring of land and construc-
tion of additional fence along portions of . . 529 Ij, 2
appropriation ........ 685
8602-61.
Page 773
100
1.2
442
1.2
137
1-3
nomination papers, filing of, in connection with certain
regular municipal elections in . . . . 227 1, 2
of candidates for municipal elective offices in, more par-
ticular certification of names of nominators upon, and
dispensing with requirement that such certification be
sworn to 446 1. 2
omitted listings, entry upon voting lists of said city . . 244 1, 2
park commissioners, board of. Veterans of Foreign Wars
Parkway, sale of certain land situate on, assent to, by, etc. 248 1-3
park department of, assistant physical director in, office of,
placed under civil service laws . . . . .231 1, 2
land under control of, athletic contests and games con-
ducted on, by school committee of said city, charges
for admission to ...... . 425 1, 2
temporary transfer by, of certain park land to trustees
under will of George Robert White, act authorizing, ex-
tended . . . . . . . . 47
transfer to, of certain land held for school purposes in
Dorchester district of said city . . . . .
parking meters, installation and operation of, in, authorized
pay rolls, etc., of persons in service or employment of
pier facilities, acquisition of waterfront properties for im-
provement of, rights, powers and duties of Port of Boston
Authority pertaining to, further defined . . . 532
planning, municipal, improved method of, law providing for,
not applicable to .......
police commissioner for, annual vacations and sick leave allow-
ances for poUce officers of said city, powers and duties as to
police department of, members of, annual vacations and
sick leave allowances for .....
compensation of, increased . . . . .
witness fees, payment to, in certain continued criminal
cases .........
temporary reinstatement of, Walter J. Kenney in, for re-
tirement purposes .......
property acquired by tax title foreclosure, sale of, by
Providence street in, interests or rights affecting land on.
release by commonwealth . . . . . 494 1-3
public bathing beaches, certain, and other property in,
acquisition by metropolitan district commission, investi-
gation relative to .... . Resolve 38
rapid transit facilities in East Boston, extension of, transit 1
department of said city authorized to contract with I 303 1,2
Boston Elevated Railway Company for certain construe- [ 544 26
tion in connection with . . . . .J
real estate commissioners, board of, auctioneer in office of,
compensation of, regulated, and relative to sale of prop-
erty owned by said city ...... 661 1. 2
recreational conditions in, immediate relief of, investiga-
tion relative to . . . . . Resolve
340
4, Subs. 81A
146
1-8
146
342
1-8
1.2
181
608
661
1.2
1,2
ippropriation ........ 685
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1038 Index.
Item or
Chap. Section.
CITIES AND TOWNS — Continued.
special provisions relative to particular cities — Continued.
Boston — Concluded.
representative districts, board of special commissioners
established to divide Suffolk county into, etc., expenses
of, payment by ........ 1 82 2
retirement system (see Retirement systems and pen-
sions). . . ■ . ■ . . .
salary plan for municipal employees, certain provisions of
law authorizing, not applicable to .... -540 2
school committee, appointment and dismissal of school
teachers by, relative to ..... . 597 1 , 2
athletic contests and games conducted by, charges for
admission to ....... . 425 1, 2
authorized to transfer certain land in Dorchester district
to park department of said city .... 100 1 , 2
school purposes, appropriations for, in, in current year . 226 1-4
school teachers, retirement of, further regulated . . 299 1, 2
salaries of, in, in current year, appropriations for . . 226 1^
tenure of 597 1, 2
South Boston district of, armory in, erection of, investiga-
tion by armory commission relative to . Resolve 49
public bathing beaches, certain, in, acquisition by metro-
politan district commission, investigation relative
to Resolve 38
street commissioners, preparation and opening of ways in
said city, powers and duties as to _ . ... 117 1,2
street lighting conditions in, immediate relief of, investiga-
tion relative to . . . . . Resolve 69
appropriation ........ 685
subways and rapid transit extensions and facilities in,
appropriation ........ 685
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Page 774
rental of, by metropolitan transit authority . . . 544 21
Suffolk county, board of special commissioners established
to divide, into representative districts, etc., expenses of,
payment by ....... . 182 2
court house, maintenance cost, reimbursement of city for
certain portion of, appropriation .... 219 0.318-01
tax titles, property acquired by said city by foreclosure of,
sale of 661 1.2
teachers (see, supra, school teachers).
TraflBc Commission, parking meters, installation, mainte-
nance, etc., of, in said city, agreements as to, by _ . . 442 1
traffic conditions in, immecfiate relief of, investigation rela-
tive to ...... Resolve 69
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transit commission, traffic conditions, etc., in said city, special
commission to investigate relative to, to assist Resolve 69
transit department of, metropolitan transit authority, to
assist ......... 544 9
rapid transit facilities, extension of, said department au- ) 3Q3 ^ 2
thorized to contract with Boston Elevated Railway 1-54.4 26
Company for certain construction in connection with J
Veterans of Foreign Wars Parkway in, land, certain, situ-
ate on, sale of, by said city, authorized . . . 248 1-8
voting lists of, entry of certain omitted listings thereon . 244 1,2
waterfront properties, certain, in, acquisition of, rights,
powers and duties of Port of Boston Authority pertaining
to, further defined . 532 1-4
ways in, preparation and opening of .... 117 1,2
White, George Robert, will of, park land, certain, trans-
ferred by park department to trustees under, time for
completing improvements on, extended . . .47
transfer of certain lands by said city to trustees under,
authorized 542 1, 2
Brockton, Armitage, M. Josephine, pension to, payment by . 139
biennial municipal elections in, changing date for holding of 268 1, 2
elective municipal officers in, party nominations for, pro-
viding for ......... 173 1-3
Cambridge, chief of police, appointment of trial board by, and
defining powers and duties of said board ... 328 1, 2
First street drawbridge over Broad canal in, care, control
and maintenance of . . . . . . .551
Index. 1039
CITIES AND TOWNS — Continued.
special provisions relative to particular cities — Continued.
Cambridge — Concluded.
Magazine beach section of, park in, establishment, equip-
ment and maintenance of .... . 456
appropriation ........ 685 •
Item or
Chap. Section.
8607-2H.
Page 771
metropolitan transit authority, territory and inhabitants
of said city incorporated as part of ... . 544 1
playground in, establishment and maintenance of, by
metropolitan district commission . . . .491
appropriation 685 | Pa^Q~yJ{
Chelsea, district court of Chelsea at, justice of, salary of,
established . . . . . . _ . . 576
high level toll bridge over Mystic river between city of Bos-
ton and, construction, maintenance, etc., of . . . 626 1, 2
metropolitan transit authority, territory and inhabitants
of said city incorporated as part of . ._ . . 544 1
school committee of, to consist of mayor, ex officio, and four
members to be elected by voters of said city . . .54 1-5
Chicopee, land, water rights, etc., in, taking of, by metro-
politan district water supply commission . . . 575 3
Szot Park in, building, certain, within limits of, construction
of .545 2
field, certain, located in, use for playground and athletic
field purposes . . . . . . • .81 1,2
Everett, city treasurer, tenure of office of . . . . 166 1,2
former employees, certain, of, pension portion of retirement
allowance for, increased ...... 477 1,2
metropolitan transit authority, territory and inhabitants of
said city incorporated as part of . . . _ . . 544 1
police department, permanent members, certain, of, re-
payment to, by said city of contributions made to its
retirement system, and retirement rights of such mem-
bers estabhshed 533 1-3
Fall River, contracts, making of, with .... 600 1, 2
mayor, salary of ....... . 670 1, 2
port facilities of, time available for improvement of, extended 308
Gardner, armory in, erection of, investigation by armory com-
mission relative to .... . Resolve 49
mayor and city councillors, salaries of . . . .111 1-3
Gloucester, Gloucester harbor, riprap along easterly bank of
Annisquam river canal in, repair of ... . 640
state fish pier in, certain additions to ... . 663 1, 2
funds made available for ..... . 670 1-4
Haverhill, beinnial municipal elections in, date for holding of,
advanced 157 1, 2
territory of, included in Merrimack River Valley Sewerage
District 653 1
veterans' services, director of, in, appointment of, by munici-
pal council of said city, providing for . . . . 170 1, 2
Holyoke, city marshal and assistant city marshal in, titles
changed to chief of police and deputy chief of police . 3 1,2
city messenger, retirement of . . . . . . 355
Connecticut river between, and Hartford, opening of, to
navigation, benefits to be derived from, investigation
relative to, etc. ..... Resolve 55
appropriation ........ 685 j
municipal gas or electric plants of, steam generated by,
manufacture, sale and distribution of, by said city,
authorized 289 1-3
soldiers' home in, construction of, funds made available for 670 1-4
progress and development of, study relative to Resolve 68
appropriation ....... 685 |
Lawrence, mayor and city councillors, compensation of,
established 158 1. 2
Merrimack river, dredging of, from, to the sea, for pur-
pose of making said river navigable, investigation
relative to . . . . . . Resolve 55
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appropriation ........ 685
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1040
Index,
CITIES AND TOWNS — roH//>M/eo(.
special provisions relative to particular cities — Continued.
Lawrence — Concbided.
territory of, included in Merrimack River Valley Sewerage
District . . . .
Leominster, school loan authorized . ...
Lowell, district court of Lowell, additional land in said city fo
purposes of, acquisition of .
territory of, included in Merrimack River Valley Sewerage
District . . . . . .
Lynn, city hail, construction of, borrowing of money for, hj-
authorized . . .
police department, supervision of, transfer from mayor to
chief of police, authorized ....
school appropriations in . .
shore protection at, cost of certain repairs for, etc., state
appropriations ......
superintendent of city infirmary, office placed under civil
service laws ......
Maiden, district court, first, of eastern Middlesex, purchase of
additional land to be used as parking space for, in
metropolitan transit authority, territory and inhabitants of
said city incorporated as part of .
Noyes, Herbert H., pension of, increase by
traffic commission, establishment of, in
winter sports program, establishment, etc., of, at Fellsmere
pond in ..... .
Cbaf).
appropriation
Marlborough, chief of police, office placed under civil service
laws .........
Medford, metropolitan transit authority, territory and in
habitants of said city incorporated as part of
Melrose, armory in, erection of, investigation by armory com
mission relative to .... . Resolve
biennial municipal elections in, changing time for holding of
board of aldermen, payment of salaries to, authorized
sewers, construction of certain main and particular, in thi
easterly section of, further regulated . . .
New Bedford, Bristol county authorized to acquire certain
land in, to be used as parking space at New Bedford
court house building ......
port facilities of, continued development of, funds mad-
available for . . . . . .
retirement system, annuity fund of, restoration to, of
money paid to the secretary of the retirement board of
said city and not accounted for, appropriation for,
avithorized . . . . . . .
steamships and other means of water transportation, op-
eration of, between, and Woods Hole, Martha's
Vineyard and Nantucket, investigation relative
to ...... . Resolve
appropriation ........
Ncwburyport, park land, certain, in, conveyance to A. & G. J.
Caldwell, Inc., authorized .....
use for veterans' housing purposes and sale of building
lots to veterans for nominal consideration, authorized,
etc. .........
territory of, included in Merrimack River Valley Sewerage
District . . . . . . .
Newton, H. F. Davis Tractor Company, unpaid bill of, appro-
priation of money for and payment of said bill by .
metropolitan transit authority, territory and inhabitants of
said city incorporated as part of .
Reed, Lester, reimbursement by, for certain medical and
hospital expenses incurred . . .
retirement system for employees of, relative to .
North Adams, charter of, revision of .
elections, non-partisan municipal, in, establishment of
reimbursement of, by county of Berkshire for certain con-
struction ........
Northampton, Adams, Christopher, retirement of, by ^
653
572
51
05.3
187
107
2.30
237
274
544
351
67
176
544
49
5
115
535
563
670
00
685
Item or
Section.
1
1, 2
1, 2
1
1. 2
1. 2
1-3
2931-27,
2931-33
1. 2
1, 2
1
1. 2
1-6
8602-46
Page 771
1. 2
1
1, 2
1-3
1-3
1-4
0211.
Page 772
473
1-3
653
1
164
1-4
544
1
210
528
327
383
1.2
1-28
1-12
1,2
03
436
1. 2
Index.
1041
CITIES AND TOWNS — Continued.
special provisions relative to particular cities — Continued
Peabody, biennial municipal elections in, time for holding of,
changed ........
Cahill, James P., compensation of, for loss of wages due to
injuries received while employed by, payment of, by said
city, authorized .......
electric lighting plant, extension and enlargement of, bor
rowingof money for, by .....
Pittsfield, Burbank park in, leasing of portion of, to United
States for use as naval reserve armory, authorized .
clerical services, certain, payment for, by, authorized .
water supply of, taking of waters and other property for
purpose of increasing ......
Quincy, Hia-Pearl Corporation, certain judgment obtained
by, borrowing of money by said city for meeting appro-
priation in connection with, authorized .
mayor and city councillors, salaries of . . .
shore protection at, cost of certain repairs for, etc., appro
priations ........
Revere, borrowing of money by, for extraordinary repairs to
school buildings .......
metropolitan transit authority, territory and inhabitants o
said city incorporated as part of .
Salem, unpaid bills, appropriation for, and payment thereof,
authorized . . . . . .
Somerville, metropoUtan transit authority, territory and
inhabitants of said city incorporated as part of
Springfield, city council, members of, payment of salaries to
authorized .......
park land, certain, in, use by park commissioners of said
city for parking of motor veliicles ....
school committee, chairman of, relative to
Shine, Harold F., retirement of, by, certain provisions of
retirement laws made applicable to . . .
steam locomotives, emission of smoke by, certain provisions
of law relative to, acceptance by .
Yankee Division Veterans Association, national conven-
tion of, in 1947, to be held in, representation of com-
monwealth at .... . Resolve
appropriation ........
Taunton, mayor and municipal council, salaries of
vacancies in offices of, filling of .
Westfield, bill incurred in 1945 for plumbing inspection, pay-
ment by ........ .
Woburn, Akeson, John A., payment of sum of money to, by
borrowing of money by, for acquiring land and building,
equipping and furnishing school buildings
McColgan, Thomas J., sealer of weights and measures of,
payment of sum of money to, by .
Worcester, airport, municipal, construction of, borrowing of
money for, by ....... .
Auburn Water District, water supply for, by . . .
city councillors, payment of salaries to, authorized
employees, certain, of, repayment to, by retirement board
of said city of contributions made to retirement system,
and retirement rights of such employees established
Saint Ann's Church in, pastor of, reimbursement by said
city for expenses incurred in operation of child care
center .........
sewage disposal plant and sewerage system, improvement,
repair, etc., of, borrowing capacity of said city for, in-
fireased .........
sewerage system of, connection with, of system of sewers
to be constructed by town of Auburn, agreements as to,
etc. ..........
state property, certain, in, conveyance to the Roman
Catholic Bishop of Springfield .....
trust funds, certain, of, investment in mortgages on real
estate, authorized .......
11. S. S. "Worcester", dedication and commissioning of,
expenditures by .said city to properly commemorate,
authorized .......
Chap.
195
306
404
;104
285
171
113
219
553
544
587
544
457
538
145
356
492
288
211
163
510
183
192
250
585
114
263
518
537
126
349
214
370
Item or
Section.
1. 2
1. 2
1. 2
1, 2
1, 2
1-3
2931-27,
2931-33
1. 2
1
1-4
1
1, 2
3504-54,
Page 772
1-3
1-4
1-4
1, 2
1. 2
1, 2
2
1-3
1, 2
1.2
544
165
1
1.2
251
585
126
1,2
1-15
1-15
685
175
3513-23
1. 2
1042 Index.
Chap.
CITIES AND TOVfNS — Continued.
special provisions relative to particular cities — Concluded.
Worcester — Concluded.
ways, private, in, converting of, into public ways, borrow-
ing of money for, by, authorized ..... 155
Worcester Street Railway Company, payment of money to
said city by, in lieu of removing abandoned tracks in . 430
special provisions relative to particular towns :
Agawam, veterans memorial park, use of soldiers' bonus fund
for establishment of, in, authorized .... 464
Amesbury, territory of, included in Merrimack River Valley
Sewerage District ....... 653
Andover, territory of, included in Merrimack River Valley
Sewerage District ....... 653
Arlington, appropriations voted by, to indemnify Ernest R.
Brooks and Carl E. Barstow for services rendered said
town, validated . . . . . . 478
metropolitan transit authority, territory and inhabitants of
said town incorporated as part of . . . .
Ashburnham, school loan authorized .....
Ashfield, election of officers and other proceedings of a meet-
ing of inhabitants of, validated .....
Auburn, Auburn Water District in, estabUshment
system of sewers in, construction and operation of, etc.
Ayer, tuition payments to, in connection with college for
veterans at Fort Devens, appropriation
Barnstable, Barnstable Fire District in, extension of territory of
land, certain, in, lease to Hyannisport Civic Association for
use as public beach ....... 305 1, 2
park land, certain, in, lease or grant to commonwealth for
purposes of Massachusetts maritime academy . . 523
shore protective work, certain, in, payments by common-
wealth in reimbursement for cost of ... . 500
Barre, trial justice in, jurisdiction and compensation of, in-
creased ......... 343 1, 2
Ware river in, flood control protection along portion of,
investigation relative to ... . Resolve 37
Bedford, system of sewers in, construction and operation of,
etc 223 1-14
Belchertown, land, water rights, etc., in, taking of, by metro-
politan district water supply commission . . . 575 3
Belmont, grade crossings, certain, in, abolition of, by depart-
ment of public works with use of federal funds . . 336
metropolitan transit authority, territory and inhabitants of
said town incorporated as part of . . . . 544 1
precinct one in, division into two precincts, authorized . 212 1-4
Berlin, borrowing of money by, for constructing and furnish-
ing a school building ....... 297 1, 2
Billerica, territory of, included in Merrimack River Valley
Sewerage District ....... 653 1
Blackstone, bridge to replace New City bridge, so called, in,
construction of, providing for . . . _ . . 554
Bourne, forest fire, certain, in, extinguishment of, said town
relieved from payment of expense of . . Resolve 61
Braintree, rapid transit facilities, extension to, study of esti-
mates and cost of, by metropolitan transit authority . 544 9
Brewster, Nickerson state park in, granting to Cape & Vine-
yard Electric Company of easement over land in . . 560
Bridgewater, high school, construction and furnishing of,
borrowing of money for, authorized . . . .61 1,2
new state prison, construction of, in, preparation of plans 1 ggg f 1801-15,
for, appropriation .... . . . / \ Page 778
Brookfield, land, water rights, etc., in, taking of, by metro-
politan district water supply commission . . . 575 3
Brookline, metropolitan transit authority, territory and in-
habitants of said town incorporated as part of . . 544 1
Buckland, quarters for post of Veterans of Foreign Wars in
town of Shelburne, contribution toward payment of rent
of, by 122 1,2
Carver, Myles Standish state forest in, leasing to Brockton
Girl Scouts, Incorporated, of land at Barretts pond . 550
Charlemont, Charlemont Fire District in, time for acceptance
of act establishing, extended, etc. . . . .591 1,2
Index. 1043
Item or
Chap. Section.
CITIES AND TOWNS — Continued.
special provisions relative to particular towns — Continued.
Chelmsford, territory of, included in Merrimack River Valley
Sewerage District ....... 653 I
Cheshire, Pittsfield, city of, additional sources of water supply
for, in, etc 285 1-21
Cohasset, playground and recreation field, establishment and
maintenance of, by, jointly with town of Hingham, etc. 68 1,2
representative districts, division of counties into, etc.,
town considered as part of Plymouth county for purposes
of 182 2
second medical examiner district of county of Norfolk re-
established and said town placed in said district . .69 1,2
Colrain, school loan authorized ...... 505 1, 2
Concord, armory in, structural alterations at, providing for 573 1, 2
appropriation ........ 685
f 0409-27,
i Page 774
219
8902-24
325
1.2
233
1. 2
438
1. 2
90
1.2
91
1. 2
521
1.2
372
10
1.2
653
1
272
1.2
White pond in, public access to, establishment of right of
way for, by county of Middlesex ..... 294 1-
Ualton, Pittsfield, city of, additional sources of water supply
for, in, etc 285 1-i
Dana, metropolitan water system assessment upon former
town of, payment to commissioners of Worcester county,
state appropriation .......
Danvers, assessors, election and terms of office of
Doyle, John E., payment of sum of money to, by
Dartmouth, common and town landing places in, regulation of
Dedham, park land, certain, in, conveyance of, authorized
sale or lease of, authorized ......
Deerfield, Stillwater bridge over Deerfield river in, Franklin
county authorized to use post-war rehabilitation funds
for repair of ....... .
Dennis, boundary line between, and town of Harwich, re-
defined .........
pubUc amusements, appropriations for, by, authorized
Dracut, territory of, included in Merrimack River Valley
Sewerage District .......
East Bridgewater, school loan authorized ....
East Longmeadow, acting superintendent of schools for Joint
School Superintendency Union, No. 17, payment of com-
pensation to, by .......
Edgartown, properties, certain, in, acquisition of, by com-
monwealth for public beach purposes ....
Essex, water supply system for, authority of said town to /
borrow money for, clarified, etc. .....
Fairhaven, Fairhaven harbor in, improvement of, investiga-
tion relative to, continued .... Resolve
Falmouth, bath houses on certain park land in, construction
of, by
sewerage system in, relative to .... .
Woods Hole section of, steamships, etc., operation of, be-
tween, and New Bedford, Martha's Vineyard and
Nantucket, investigation relative to . Resolve
appropriation ........
Florida, annual town election of, late filing of certificates of
nomination and nomination papers for, permitted .
Foxborough, bills, certain, appropriation for, and payment
of, authorized ........
Fraraingham, reservoirs, certain, no longer needed for water
supply purposes, commissioner of conservation to confer
with officials of, relative to use of such reservoirs .
state land, certain, in, sale of, by commissioner of correction
Franklin, authorized to purchase water from adjoining towns
and to sell water to said towns .....
Granby, land, water rights, etc., in, taking of, by metropolitan
district water supply commission ....
Granville, land, certain, in, purchase by state of Connecticut
for water supply purposes, assistance to said town for
certain lo.sses resulting from, investigation relative to,
etc Resolve 58
appropriation ........ 685 | Paee 772
42
548
1-3
1, 2
54
205
153
1.2
1-4
60
685 1
0211.
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2
1.2
249
1-3
557
672
2
44
1. 2
575
3
1044
Index.
CITIES AND TOyfV& — Continued.
special provisions relative to particular towns — Continued.
Great Baniiigton, Great Barrington Plre District in, liability
of, established, with respect to damages, etc., sustained
upon a public way by reason of defects or want of repair
or from snow or ice .......
Greenfield, acting librarian, compensation of . . .
Groveland, territory of, included in Merrimack River Valley
Sewerage District .......
Hampden, acting superintendent of schools for Joint School
Superintendency Union, No. 17, payment of compensa-
tion to, by ........
Hanson, school building, construction and furnishing of, bor-
rowing of money for, authorized .....
Harilwick, Ware river in, flood control protection along por-
tion of, investigation relative to . Resolve
Harwich, boundary line between, and town of Dennis, re-
defined .........
Hingham, Hingham high school, scholarship fund for gradu-
ates of ...... . . .
park land, certain, in, use for playground purposes
playground and recreation field, establishment and main-
tenance of, by, jointly with town of Cohasset, etc.
state highway in, relocation of, damages for property taken
or injured in connection with, right of recovery of, c(jn-
firmed, etc. ........
Hinsdale, Pittsfield, city of, additional sources of water supply
for, in, etc. . . .
Hopkinton, reservoirs, certain, no longer needed for water
supply purposes, commissioner of conservation to confer
with officials of, relative to use of such reservoirs
Ipswich, Cogswell, Edward S., retirement and pensioning of,
by
Lancaster, school loan authorized .....
Lee, playground property, certain, in, enclosing of, for use for
athletic purposes, authorized .....
Leverett, school loan authorized .....
Lexington, school loan authorized .....
Leyden, election of officers and other proceedings of a meeting
of inhabitants of, validated ......
Ludlow, land, water rights, etc., in, taking of, by metropolitan
district water supply commission .....
Lunenburg, Lunenburg Water District, properties and obliga-
tions of, taking over and assumption by . . .
Lynnfield, boundary line between, and town of Reading,
portion of, changed and established . . . .
school building, construction and equipment of, borrowing
of money for, authorized ......
state rifle range in, additional land for, acquisition of, by
armory commission ......
appropriation ........
rights of way, etc., over, granting of, to New England
Power Company, authorized .....
Marion, water from additional sources in Rochester, acquisi-
tion by ........ .
Marshfield, Marshfield harbor in, improvement of
motor bus service in, contributions by said town toward
cost of. authorized .......
Mashpee, forest fire, certain, in, extinguishment of, said town
relieved from payment of expense of . Resolve
Mattapoisett, construction and renting of building on town
wharf property in, authorized .....
Medway, regular or permanent patrolman of police depart-
ment, office of, placing under civil service laws, au-
thorized .........
Merrimac, territory of, included in Merrimack River Valley
Sewerage District . . .
Methuen, territory of, included in Merrimack River Valley
Sewerage District .......
Middleborough, armory in, erection of, investigation by
armory commission relative to . . . Resolve
Milford, custodian of town hall, oflfice of, placed under civil
service laws ........
Chap.
185
3S
()5
395
;i7
372
339
502
2S5
Item or
Section.
1, 2
1. 2
1, 2
1, 2
033
103
1.2
1, 2
552
152
ISO
1,2
1. 2
1. 2
252
1, 2
575
3
2S1
1-4
243
1-3
27
1, 2
004
085 1
1,2
0406-25.
Page 774
005
1. 2
405
021
1-6
1-5
8
1, 2
01
232
1, 2
053
1
053
1
49
53
1. 2
Index.
1045
CITIES AND TOWNS -ConluMed.
special provisions relative to particular towns — Continued.
Millville, payment by commonwealth of sum of money to, for
excess interest paid by said town on certain state
loans ....... Resolve
appropriation
Milton, metropolitan transit authority, territory and in-
habitants of said town incorporated as part of . .
Monson, land, water rights, etc., in, taking of, by metropolitan
district water supply commission . . . .
Nantucket, appropriations by, for municipal advertising pur-
poses and for public amusements .....
chief of fire department, office of, and positions of regular
members of said department, removal from civil service,
providing for ........
steamships and other means of water transportation, op-
eration of, between, and New Bedford, Woods Hole
and Martha's Vineyard, investigation relative
to ...... . Resolve
appropriation ........
Natick, fire department, call members, certain, of, appoint-
ment to permanent force of said town, authorized .
Lynch, Francis A., retirement of, by
reservoirs, certain, no longer needed for water supply pur-
poses, commissioner of conservation to confer with officials
of, relative to use of such reservoirs ....
Needham, Knowles, William H., former sergeant in police de-
partment of, retirement allowance of, fixed .
Newbury, act authorizing said town to supply itself and its
inhabitants with water, repealed .....
Byfield Water District in, establishment, etc. .
territory of, included in Merrimack River Valley Sewerage
District .........
Norfolk, water supply system for, and election of water com-
missioners, validation of action of said town as to, and
ratification of acts of said commissioners
North Andover, territory of, included in Merrimack River
Valley Sewerage District ......
Northbridge, Northbridge Athletic Field Commission in,
name changed to John Whitin Lasell Memorial Field
Commission, etc. . . . . . .
Norton, appropriation, advisory or finance committee, elec-
tion or appointment of, by .
Norwell, water from additional sources in, acquisition by
town of Scituate .......
water supply for, and its inhabitants ....
Norwood, representative town government by limited town
meetings, estabhshment in .
Oak Bluffs, properties, certain, in, acquisition of, by com-
monwealth for public beach purposes ....
Orange, Butterfield Park in, use for playground and athletic
field purposes ........
Otis, East Otis reservoir in, outlet and spillway of, screening
by department of conservation, investigation relative
to . . . . . . . . Resolve
Chap.
26
685
544
575
32
392
appropriation
Oxford, school loan authorized . . .
Palmer, armory in, erection of, investigation by armory com-
mission relative to . . . . . Resolve
land, water rights, etc., in, taking of, by metropolitan dis-
trict water supply commission .....
Thorndike Fire and Water District in, supply of water by,
in area heretofore supplied by Jeremiah J. Kelley .
Peru, Pittsficld, city of, additional sources of water supply
for, in, etc. ........
Phillipston, building construction purposes, borrowing of
money for, by ....... .
Plainville, library building, construction, equipment and
maintenance of, on certain park land in said town, au-
thorized . . . . . .
Plymouth, sea wall in, repair of, by department of public works
653
It«m or
SeetioB.
2820-03,
Page 779
1
3
1.2
60
685 1
0211,
Pago 772
147
136
1.2
1.2
567
2
119
284
419
1, 2
1-14
43
1-3
653
1
555
1.2
127
1.2
481
496
1-3
1-10
541
1-20
642
323
1,2
55
685/
428
0207.
Page 772
1.2
49
575
3
40
285
1-21
18
1-3
24
603
1. 2
1.2
1046 Index.
CITIES AND TOWNS — Continued.
special provisions relative to particular towns — Continued.
Provincetown, land, certain, in, sale and conveyance of, by
department of public works . . . . . 314
Provincetown harbor in, improvement of, investigation
relative to ...... Re.solve
system of sewers, construction and operation by .
Randolph, representative town government by limited town
meetings, establishment in . . . . .
Raynham, Raynham Center Water District in, establish-
ment, etc. .........
Reading, boundary line between, and town of Lynnfield,
portion of, changed and established ....
Rochester, water from additional sources in, acquisition by
town of Marion ........
Salisbury, territory of, included in Merrimack River Valley
Sewerage District . . . . . . .
Sandisfield, land, certain, in, purchase by state of Connecticut
for water supply purposes, assistance to said town for
certain losses resulting from, investigation relative to,
etc. ....... Resolve Shi
appropriation ........ 685
Item or
Chap. Section
66
476
1-14
;-!24
1-14
222
1-14
24;{
1-3
465
1-G
653
1
0210,
Page 772
Sandwich, forest fire, certain, in, extinguishment of, said town
relieved from payment of expense of . . Resolve 61
Old harbor in, improvement of, providing for . . . 589
Sandwich Water District in, establishment, etc. . . 280 1-14
Saugus, representative town meeting form of government in, 1 jy 1-58
changed, and town manager form of government com- \ ^^i 12
bined therewith ........ J '
Scituate, water from additional sources in Norwell, acquisi-
tion by ........ . 481 1-3
Shelburne, quarters for post of Veterans of Foreign Wars in,
payment of rent of, contribution toward, by town of
Buckland 122 1, 2
Southborough, annual town election of, late filing of certificates
of nomination and nomination papers for, permitted .125 1,2
reservoirs, certain, no longer needed for water supply pur-
poses, commissioner of conservation to confer with offi-
cials of, relative to use of such reservoirs . . . 557 2
South Hadley, land, water rights, etc. in, taking of, by metro-
politan district water supply commission . . . 575 3
Sudbury, White pond in, public access to, establishment of
right of way for, by county of Middlesex . . . 294 1-6
Sutton, school loan, time for, extended, and amount thereof,
increased ......... 296 1, 2
Swampscott, Beach Club, The, and Abigail F. Curran, money
expended by, for construction of sea wall in said town,
reimbursement for, authorized . . . .134 1, 2
law applicable to tenement houses, revocation of acceptance
of certain provisions of, by, voting on, by said town at its
next annual town election ...... 7 1, 2
Swansea, land, certain, in, acquired for park purposes, sale \ 16 1, 2
and conveyance of, authorized, etc. . . . / 558 1-3
Tewksbury, territory of, included in Merrimack River Valley
Sewerage District ....... 653 1
Tisbury, advertising and public entertainments, appropriation
for, by, authorized . . . 445 1,2
Tolland, land, certain, in, purchase by state of Connecticut
for water supply purposes, assistance to said town for
certain losses resulting from, investigation relative to,
etc. ....... Resolve 58
appropriation ........
Tyngsborough, territory of, included in Merrimack River
Valley Sewerage District ......
Upton, borrowing of money by, for constructing, equipping
and furnishing a school building .....
reservoirs, certain, no longer needed for water supply pur-
poses, commissioner of conservation to confer with officials
of, relative to use of such reservoirs . . . .
Ware, land, water rights, etc., in, taking of, by metropolitan
district water supply commission .....
Ware Fire District Number One in, said town authorized to
take over properties and assume obligations of
685 1
0210.
Page 772
653
1
150
1. 2
557
2
.575
3
209
1-4
Index. 104?
Item or
Chap. Section.
CITIES AND TOWNS — Concluded.
special provisions relative to particular towns — Concluded.
Wareham, beach land, certain, known as Little Harbor in,
purchase and use of . . . . . . . 23 1,2
Warren, land, water rights, etc., in, taking of, by metropolitan
district water supply commission ..... 575 3
Watertown, Charles river in, dredging of, to make certain
wharf located in said town accessible to boats . .411
fire department, relative to . . . . .33 1-5
Leone, Antonio, certain medical expenses incurred by, re-
imbursement for ....... 489
metropolitan transit authority, territory and inhabitants of
said town incorporated as part of .... 544 1
Wayland, chief of police, ofSce removed from civil service laws 72 1,2
reservoirs, certain, no longer needed for water supply pur-
poses, commissioner of conservation to confer with officials
of, relative to use of such reservoirs .... 557 2
school loan authorized ....... 474 1, 2
Webster, Jarosz, John, payment of sum of money to, by . 225 1, 2
Westborough, reservoirs, certain, no longer needed for water
supply purposes, commissioner of conservation to confer
with officials of, relative to use of such reservoirs . 557 2
West Brookfield, land, water rights, etc., in, taking of, by met-
ropolitan district water supply commission . . . 575 3
West Newbury, territory of, included in Merrimack River
Valley Sewerage District ...... 053 1
Weston, Cassidy, John J., temporary reinstatement in service
of, for purpose of being retired by retirement board of
Middlesex county ....... 279
Weymouth, alewife fishery in, improvement of . . . 490
state highway in, relocation of, damages for property taken
or injured in connection with, right of recovery of, con-
firmed, etc. . . . . . ■ • 502
Wilbraham, acting superintendent of schools for Joint School
Superintendency Union, No. 17, payment of compensation
to, by . ... 05
land, water rights, etc., in, taking of, by metropolitan dis-
trict water supply commission ..... 575 3
Wilmington, fire department, relative to . . . . 0 1,2
school building, construction and furnishing of, borrowing
of money for, authorized . . . . . .321 1,2
Windsor, Pittsfield, city of, additional sources of water supply
for, in, etc 285 1-21
Winthrop, town treasurer, reimbursement for certain moneys
paid to, action of said town in connection therewith,
ratified, etc 452 1, 2
Yarmouth, municipal advertising purposes, appropriations for 62 1-3
Citizenship, inquiries as to, permitted under fair employment
practices law ........ 424
CITY AND TOWN CLERKS:
in general, births, marriages and deaths, copies of records of,
certain fees to be collected by, in connection with, made
uniform . . . . . . . . - 283
buildings used for dwellings, construction, alteration, occu-
pancy, etc., of, ordinances and by-law relative to, powers
and duties in connection with . . . . . 63 1 1,2
joint airport commissions, audit of accounts of, filing of copy
of report of, with ....... 501
planning, municipal, improved method of, powers and duties 1340 J siE* SIM
^3t" • • ••' I 816, SIS
questions appearing on ballots at municipal elections, desig-
nation of, powers and duties as to . . . . 138 1
voting machines, custodians of, act relative to appointment,
etc., as affecting powers and duties of . . . . 255 1-3
town clerks, assistant, in towns of twenty thousand inhabitants
or more, not to be under civil service . . . .391
nomination papers, etc., for nomination of town oflScers, last
day for filing of, with, established . . . .74
CITY AND TOWN TREASURERS:
airports, joint, establishment, etc., of, funds for, powers and
duties as to . . . . . . .501
salaries or wages of municipal employees, withholding from, of
certain amounts in compliance with internal revenue
code of United States, powers and duties as to . . 483 1, 2
1048
Index.
Chap.
CITY AND TOWN TREASURERS — Concluded.
tax titles, borrowing of money based upon, powers and duties
as to 206
instruments evidencing redemption of land from, recording by 133
sale of land acquired by cities and towns by foreclosure of,
duties as to . . . . . . 224
CITY COUNCILS:
airports, joint, establishment, etc., of, powers and duties as to 501
appeals, board of, under improved method of municipal planning 340
buildings used for dwellings, construction, alteration, repair, use
or occupancy of, regulations relative to, acceptance by . 031
city employees, former, and their beneficiaries, act authorizing
increases of amounts of pensions payable to certain, ac-
ceptance by ....... . 615
salaries or wages of, increase of, upon two thirds vote of, etc. 298
forty hour work week for certain city employees, act authorizing,
acceptance by ....... . 649
parking meters, installation, maintenance, etc., of, in cities,
agreements for, powers as to . . 442
planning boards, appointment, etc., of, approval by . . 340
maps, official, of, adoption, etc., by . . . . . 340 •
reports by, to ........ . 340
poison ivy, suppression and eradication of, powers and duties
relative to . . .282
policemen and firemen, former, widows of, act increasing amounts
of certain annuities payable to, by cities, acceptance by . 493
public offices in cities, closing of, on Saturdays, powers as to . 265
public welfare and veterans' benefits, borrowing of money for, by
cities, loan orders in connection with, passage by . .011
steam locomotives, emission of smoke by, in cities, certain pro-
visions of law relative to, acceptance by . . . 492
veterans holding unclassified offices or positions, separation
from service of cities, act regulating, acceptance by . 276
veterans' housing corporations, act authorizing establishment of,
acceptance by . . . . . . 564
veterans, housing for, board or officer to provide for, in certain
cities, designation of, by . . . . . 479
City Point beach, South Boston, in, acquisition of, by metropolitan
district commission, investigation relative to . Re.solve 38
Civil actions (see Actions, civil; Practice in civil actions).
CIVIL SERVICE AND REGISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF:
in general, appropriations
civil service, division of, appropriations
director, metropolitan district commission, police force of,
promotion to office of sergeant in, powers and duties as to
re-employment list, civil service, placing of names on,
powers and duties as to .
seniority dates, establishment of, by, in connection with
public officers and employees whose rights were prejudiced
by military or naval service ......
state employees, appeals of, from position classification,
ways and means for expediting, investigation concerning,
by ....... ■ Resolve
war emergency provisions of civil service laws, act amend-
ing, as affecting powers and duties of .
registration, division of, in general, appropriations
261
685
219
201
.685
377
12
11
669
219
architects, board of registration of, appropriations
barbers, board of registration of, appropriations .
685
219
(219
Item Of
Section.
1
1. 2
4, Subs. SIR
Subs. 81 A
4, Subs.
81E, 81F
Subs. 81 C
1
3,4
5
1402-01 to
1421-02
1402-03 to
1412-01
1402-02 to
1420-01
1402-01 to
1402-21
1402-03,
1402-21
1402-02
1-4
1403-01 to
1403-03
1403-02 to
1420-01
1413-01,
1413-02
1420-01,
1420-02
1420-01
Index.
1049
Chap.
509
219
219
417
CIVIL SERVICE AND REGISTRATION — C'o«di«/c(/.
registration, division of — Concluded.
barbers, board of registration of — Concluded.
qualifications of members of .
chiropody (podiatry), board of registration in, appropriations .
dental examiners, board of, appropriations ....
meetings and choice of officers of .
electricians, state examiners of, appropriations
buildings used for dwellings, regulations relative to con-
struction, use, etc., nf, to assist in framing of .
embalming and funeral directing, board of registration in, 1
appropriations ........ J
hairdressers, board of registration of, appropriations
medicine, board of registration in, appropriations
students of medicine, certain, made eligible to be examined
for registration as qualified physicians by . . .
nurses, board of registration of, appropriations
optometry, board of registration in, appropriations
pharmacy, board of registration in, appropriations
powers and duties as to registration of certain veterans of
World War II as pharmacists .....
schools and colleges of pharmacy, standards for, establish-
ment of, by ....... .
plumbers, state examiners of, appropriations
buildings used for dwellings, regulations relative to con-
struction, use, etc., of, to assist in framing of
examination of applicants for plumbers' licenses, rules gov-
erning, making of, by . . . . . .
professional engineers and land surveyors, board of registra-
tion of, appropriations ......
public accountants, board of registration of, appropriations
veterinary medicine, board of registration in, appropriations .
Civil service, division of (see Civil service and registration, depart-
ment of).
CIVIL SERVICE LAWS:
abolition of offices or positions of persons under, rights of such
persons defined in cases of .
airport managers not .subject to . . . . .
appointing authorities, reports required of, concerning em-
ployees under ........
appointments, certain, under, investigation relative to,
etc. ....... Resolve
appropriation ........ 685
original, under, certifications made on or before March 31 in
current year to fill, relative to . . . .
Boston, park department, assistant physical director in, office
of, placed under .......
certifications made on or before March .11 in the current year to
fill original appointments under, relative to . . .
conipen.sation of certain employees under, investigation relative
to, etc. ....... Resolve
631
219
369
219
219
685
511
503
.382
/219
1 261
I 219
1685
219
Item or
Section.
1. 2
1406-01.
1406-02
1405-01,
1405-02
1416-01,
1416-02
1409-01 to
1409-03
1421-01.
1421-02
1404-01,
1404-03
1408-01,
1408-02
1410-01,
1410-02
1407-01 to
1407-03
1407-03
1417-01,
1417-02
1412-01
1412-01
1414-01,
1414-02
1414-02
1411-01,
1411-02
ippropriation
compensation or rank of persons under, lowering of, rights of
such persons defined in cases of .
"department", definition of word, as used in, with respect to
appointments and promotions .....
discharge, etc., of persons under, rights of such persons defined
in cases of ........
373
593
1.2
1
22
52
685 1
0206.
Page 774
71
231
1,2
71
52
685 1
0205.
Page 774
373
1.2
13
373
1. 2
1060 Index.
Item or
Chap. Section.
CIVIL SERVICE LAWS — Conc/urfe^.
pmployment security, division of, employees, certain, of, perma-
nent status in higher grade, granting to, under . . 549
storeroom helpers in, positions of, placed in official service
classification of . . . . . . . . 221
fire departments, districts, of, chief engineers in, offices of, plac-
ing under, authorized ....... 239
fire forces under, promotion to higher grade in, requirements for 354 1, 2
illness, persons resigning on account of, from positions under,
placing of names of, on civil service re-employrDent list . 12
reports required of appointing authorities concerning . 22
investigation of certain matters pertaining to . . Resolve 52
appropriation ........ 685
0205,
Page 774
labor service, officers and employees in, computation of seniority
of, under, in certain cases . . . . . . 426
Lynn, superintendent of city infirmary, office of, placing under,
authorized ........ 2.37 1, 2
Marlborough, chief of police, office of, placing under, authorized 176 1,2
Medway, regular or permanent patrolman of police department,
office of, placing under, authorized . . . .25 1,2
metropolitan district water supply commission, certain em-
ployees transferred from, not subject to . . . 583 2
metropolitan transit authority, officers and employees of, not to
apply to . . 544 18
Milford, custodian of town hall, office of, placing under, au-
thorized 53 1, 2
military or naval forces, persons serving in, appoiiited to offices
or positions under, seniority and compensation rights of . 203
Nantucket, chief of fire department, office of, and positions of
regular members of said department, removal from . 392 1-3
official service, officers and employees in, computation of sen-
iority of, under, in certain cases . . . . .426
police forces under, promotion to higher grade in, requirements
for 354 1, 2
I>romotions, certain, under, investigation relative to, etc. Resolve 52
appropriation 685 | Page^m
re-employment lists, placing of names on, of persons who have
resigned on account of illness . . . . 12
removal, etc , of persons under, rights of such persons defined in
cases of . . . . . . . 373 1, 2
seniority and compensation rights under, of persons appointed
to offices and positions while serving in military or naval
forces . . . . . •. ■ . • ~^'^
seniority dates, computation of, in connection with public officers
and employees whose rights were prejudiced by military
or naval service . . . . . • • .11
seniority, officers and employees in official or labor service, of,
under, computation of, in certain cases . . . 426
suspension, etc., of persons under, rights of such persons defined
in cases of . . . . . . . . . 373 I , 2
tenure, etc., of persons under ...... 373 1,2
town clerks, assistant, in towns of twenty thousand inhabitants
or more, not to be under . . . . . .391
transfers, etc., of persons under, rights of such persons defined
in cases of . . . . . ■ . ■ ■ 373 1 , 2
veterans, appointment of, under apprentice training provisions
of G. I. Bill of Rights to employments under, temporary
law relative to, extended . . . . . . 673
appointment, promotion and compensation of, under, investi-
gation relative to, etc. .... Resolve 51;"
0205,
Rage 774
appropriation ........ 685
examination and appointment of certain, under, to positions
in police and fire departments notwithstanding minimum
age requirements . • . • . • • • • ^^~
veterans' preference provisions of, certifications made on or be-
fore March 31 in current year to fill original appointments
to be made in accordance with . . . .71
war emergency provisions, certain, of, amended . . . 669 2
Wayland, chief of poHce, office of, removal from . . .72 1,2
Civil war veterans (see Grand Army of the Republic).
Index.
1051
Chap.
Civilian War Assistance Program, administration of, by commis-
sioner of public welfare for benefit of certain persons who
have sustained hardships as a result of war operations . 556
'219/
Claims, accoimts and, unclassified, appropriations . . ' { 2gj
685
settlement of rerfain, appropriations
state officers and employees, against, settlement of, by attorney
general without necessity of suit being brought . . 3:^7
See also Creditors.
Clarendon street, city of Boston, in, interests or rights affecting
land on, release by commonwealth .... 494
Clark University, Trustees of, membership of . . 293
Clerk, house of representatives, of (see General Court).
senate, of (see General court).
Clerks, city and town (see City and town clerks).
CLERKS OF COURTS:
district courts, of (see District courts).
superior court, Middlesex county, equity clerk of, appointment,
etc 443
Suffolk county, clerk and assistant clerks for criminal busi-
ness, fixing of salaries of ..... . 290
supreme judicial court, of, commonwealth, for, salary, etc., ap-
propriation ........ 219
Suffolk county, for, commonwealth's part of salary, appro-
priation . . . . . . . . .2)9
Clothing, furnishing of, by commissioner of public welfare, to cer-
tain persons who liave sustained harflships as a re.«nlt of
war operations ........ 556
Coastal waters (see Waters and waterways).
Coast line, commonwealth, of, better protection against storm
damage along, problem of providing for, study relative
to, continued, etc. ..... Resolves 36, 66
ippropriation ......... 685-^
Cochituate, Lake, Natick, Framingham and Wayland, towns of,
in, transfer of, to department of conservation, etc.
Cogswell, Edward S., retirement and pensioning of, by town of
Ipswich .........
Cohasset, town of (see Cities and towns).
Collateral loans, making of, by credit unions ....
COLLECTORS OF TAXES:
liens for betterment assessments, dissolution of, upon filing in
registry of deeds of certificate from, etc.
local taxes, act authorizing reduction of, in current year, as
affecting duties of ...... .
non-payment of, commitment of persons arrested for, powers
and duties as to .
real estate taxes, unpaid, partial payment of, to . . .
water rates and charges, liens for, certificates evidencing dissolu-
tion of, recording by ...... .
See also Taxation, local taxes, collection of.
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES:
Anatolia College, The Trustees of, number of trustees in said cor-
poration increased .......
Clark University, Trustees of, membership of .
Massachusetts state college, appropriations
.557
6.33
85
116
437
313
278
128
293
261
670
685
branch of, for veterans of World War II at Fort Devens, appro- f 219
priations . . . . . . . . . \ 261
name changed to University of Massachusetts . . 344
Item or
Section.
^805-01 to
2805-06
2811-02
2811-02
0802-01,
0802-02
0403-15,
1907-11,
0802-02,
Page 770
1-3
1.2
1. 2
0301-03
0.301-08
0285.
Page 772
1-7
1,2
1. 2
1341-00 to
1341-93
1341-87
1-4
1341-00 to
1341-83;
1341-98,
Page 778
3513-23
1-27
1052
Index.
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES — Cowd^^/crf. ^^'
Massachusetts state college — Concluded.
Waltham field station of, new building at, construction hy,
funds made available for . . . . . 670
outside commonwealth, teaching service rendered in, allowance
of credit for, tmder contributory retirement systems . 416
pharmacy, colleges of, standards for ..... 503
[219 .
state teachers colleges, appropriations . . . . . I 261
685
outside commonwealth, teaching service rendered in, allow-
ance of credit for, under contributory retirement systems 416
students in, state aid to, appropriation .... 219
'219
261
670
University of Massachusetts, appropriations
685
enlargement of, and incorporation of certain other educational
institutions in said university, investigation relative
to Resolve 07
appropriation ........ 685
new building at, for use as health center by department of
public health and for research and laboratory work at
said university, construction of . . 599
trustees of, guards, certain, appointed by, given powers of
police officers while serving on federal reservations . . 668
Wellesley College, real and personal estate, additional, holding
by 247
Sec a I. so Schools.
Collegiate authority, board of (see Education, department of).
Colrain, town of (see Cities and towns).
Columbus park, South Boston, in, acquisition of, by metropolitan
flistrict commission, investigation relative to . Resolve 38
Commander-in-chief (see Mihtia).
Commercial motor vehicle division (see Public utilities, depart-
ment of).
COMMISSIONERS, STATE:
agriculture, of (see Agriculture, department of).
banks, of (see Banking and insurance, department of),
conservation, of (see Conservation, department of),
corporations and taxation, of (see Corporations and taxation,
department of).
correction, of (see Correction, department of),
education, of (see Education, department of).
firemen's relief, on (see Firemen's relief, commissioners on).
insurance, of (see Banking and insurance, department of).
labor and industries, of (see Labor and industries, department of),
mental health, of (see Mental health, department of).
public health, of (see Public health, department of),
public safety, of (see Public safety, department of).
public welfare, of (see Public welfare, department of).
public works, of (see Public works, department of).
uniform state laws, on (see Uniform state laws, comniissioiicrsoii).
veterans' services, of (see Veterans' services, commissioner of),
COMMISSIONS, STATE:
administration and finanrc (sec .Vdministratioii and finance, com-
mission on),
alcoholic beverages control (see Alcoholic beverages control com-
mission),
alcoholism (see Alcoholism, commission on),
armory (see Armory commission),
art (see Art commission),
ballot law (see Ballot law commission).
boxing (see Public safety, department of).
civil service (see Civil service and registration, department ol).
emergency housing (see Emergency housing commission).
Item or
Section.
1307-00 to
1321-00
1307-00 to
1314-00
1307-00 to
1315-00
1301-08
1341-00 to
1341-93
1341-87
1-4
1341-00 to
1341-83;
1341-98.
Page 778
0212,
Page 774
1, 2
1
Index.
1063
COMMISSIONS, STATE — Continued.
emergency public works (see Emergency public works commis-
sion).
interstate co-operation, on (see Interstate co-operation, commis-
sion on).
labor relations (see Labor relations commission).
Massachusetts aeronautic (see Massachusetts aeronautic com-
mission).
Massachusetts development and industrial (see Massachusetts
development and industrial commission).
Massachusetts fair employment practice (see Massachusetts
fair employment practices commission).
Massachusetts public building (see Massachusetts public build-
ing commission).
metropolitan district (see Metropolitan district commission).
metropolitan district water supply commission (see Metropoli-
tan district water supply commission.)
public utilities (see Public utilities, department of).
racing (see State racing commission).
special:
adoption laws and practices in commonwealth, investigation
and study to be made of, by, increasing scope of Resolve
aviation, advancement and development of, making General
Edward Lawi-ence Logan Airport self-supporting, etc.,
to investigate and study relative to . . Resolve
appropriation ........
Boston, city charter and special laws governing said city and
county of Suffolk, revision of, to investigate, revived and
continued ....... Resolve
city of, traffic, housing, street lighting and recreational
conditions in, immediate relief of, to investigate rela-
tive to ...... Resolve
appropriation ........
Boston Poultry Show, observance of one hundredth anniver-
sary of, in 1948, participation by commonwealth in, to
formulate plans for ..... Resolve
appropriation ........
carrier.?, distinguishing plates, certain, i.ssued by department
of public utilities to, regulation of transfer of, and
issuance, by said department of certain certificates, etc.,
to veterans of World War II, to investigate relative
to . . . . . . . . Resolve
Chap.
Item or
Section.
085
42
C85
appropriation ........ t»8
<l delinquency, prevention of, rehabilitation of delinciuent
children and establishment of institutions for treat-
ment of such children, to investigate and study fur-
ther ....... Resolves 71, 7
appropriation .....
ivil service, certain matters pertaining to,
085
to investi-
Resolve
appropriation
const line of commonwealth, better protection against storm
damage along, problem of provitling for, to study, re-
vived and continued, etc. . . . Resolves 30, GO
appropriation ........ 085
community property rights, husband and wife, between, es-
tablishment of, to investigate and study . Resolve 70
appropriation ........ 085
/•on.servation, department of, organization and administration
of, and powers and duties of chief moth superintendent
therein, to further investigate and study Resolves ;^, 10
education in commonwealth, problems of, to investigate and
study relative to .... . Resolve 07
appropriation ........ 685
0248.
Page 775
0214.
Page 774
0203,
Page 771
0204,
Page 771
0246.
Page 775
0205.
Page 774
0285,
Page 772
0228,
Page 770
0212.
Page 774
1054
Index.
Chap.
COMMISSIONS, STATE — Continued.
special — Continued.
employment security law, to investigate relative to Resolves | ^2' '
appropriation ........ 685 i
Fairhaven harbor, improvement of, by state department of pub-
lic works, to investigate, revived and continued Resolve 54
finances, state and municipal, matters relating to, to inquire
into ........ Resolves 1, 8
foods, essential fresh, handling of, to investigate and
study ....... Resolve 53
appropriation ........ 685 I
(ieneral Laws, new edition of, and index of certain special
laws, preparation of, to investigate relative to, revived
and continued ..... Resolve 70
appropriation ........ 685 <
CJranville, Tolland and Sandisfield, towns of, assistance and
relief for, providing of, and protection of interests of
commonwealth against certain losses resulting from
purchase, etc., by state of Connecticut^ of land in said
towns for water supply purposes, to investigate and
study relative to Resolve 58
appropriation ........ 685 <
inland waterways of commonwealth, development of, to in-
vestigate and study .... Resolve 55
appropriation ........ 685 |
Patton, General George S., Jr., statue or other memorial to
commemorate, erection of, within commonwealth, to
investigate and study, revived and continued Resolve 4 1
appropriation ........ 685 I
places of assembly, certain, safety of persons in, and certain 1 21 on
related matters, to investigate and study, revived and > ^g'
continued and scope of investigation increased Resolves J
appropriation . . . . ... .261
I)ublic expenditures, general subject of, to investigate and
study ....... Resolve 56
appropriation ........ 685 |
public health matters, to investigate and study relative
to Resolve 73
appropriation ........ 685 i
I)iiblic welfare, laws relating to, to study and revise Resolves 57, 72
appropriation ........ 685 <
rapid transit in Boston metropolitan area, to investigate and
study, revived and continued . . . Resolve 11
sex (Times, prevalence and means for suppression of, to in-
vestigate relative to .... Resolve 14
appropriation ........ 685 I
shellfish and shellfish chlorinating plants, to investigate rela-
tive to, revived and continued and membership thereof
increased ...... Resolve 43
appropriation ........ 685 I
aleamships, operation of, etc., between New Bedford, Woods
Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, to investi-
gate relative to .... . Resolve 60
appropriation ........ 685 I
veterans, housing and hospital facilities for, problems relating
to, to survey and study .... Resolve 68
appropriation ........ 685 I
Item or
Section.
0202,
Page 772
0206,
Page 774
0287,
Page 774
0210,
Page 772
0207
Page 772
0283,
Page 771
0208,
Page 772
0247,
Page 775
0209
Page 772
0201,
Page 772
0258
Page 771
0211
Page 772
0213,
Page 774
0223,
Page 776
Index. 1055
Item or
Chap. Section.
COMMISSIONS, STATE — Concluded.
special — Concluded.
workmen's compensation law, benefits payable under, in case
of certain injuries, to investigate and study relative
to Resolve 78
appropriation ........ 685
See also specific titles of commissions.
Commitment proceedings (see Defective delinquents; Insane,
feeble-minded and epileptic persons ; Sexual psychopaths) .
Committees, legislative (see General court),
school (see Schools, public),
security (see Security committees).
Common carriers (see Carriers).
COMMONWEALTH :
Airport-Boston, so called (see Logan Airport, General Edward
Lawrence),
airports, public, transportation of passengers at or on, exclusive
contracts, etc., for, granting of, by, prohibited . . 332
Armory, Boston, city of, in, state land adjoining, use for motor
vehicle parking purposes, authorized .... 627 1, 2
Barnstable, town of, park land, certain, in, lease or grant to, for
purposes of Massachusetts maritime academy . . 523
bonds, notes, etc., of (see State finance). ^
Boston, city of, interests or rights affecting land on Boylston,
Berkeley, Providence and Clarendon streets in, release by 494 1-3
Boston Poultry Show, observance of one hundredth anniversary
of, in 1948, participation in, by . . . Resolve 42
appropriation 685 | ^^^^'
capital outlay program for, providing for .
departments, boards, commissions, etc., of, examinations con-
ducted by, retention and inspection of papers in connec-
tion with, investigation relative to . . Resolve 45
Good Government Day, annual observance of, selection of
student heads of state departments, etc., in connection
with . 561
See also Boards, state; Commissioners, state; Commissions,
state; Departments, state; Divisions, state departments,
of; State finance.
Emergency Defense Act of 1941, repealed, etc. . . . 669
finances of (see State finance),
funds of (see State finance),
military forces of (see Militia).
officers and employees of, in general, civil service laws, as affect-
ing (see Civil service laws),
claims, certain, against, for personal injuries and property
damage, settlement of, by attorney general without neces-
sity of suit being brought . . . . . . 337
former, pensions or retirement allowances, receiving, acts 1
providing that such persons may receive compensation I 394
in certain offices and positions in the service of the com- f 462
monwealth . . . . . . . . j
meals, reimbursement for expenses incurred for, regulated . 219
military or naval service, in, length of time after termina- 1
ation of such service during which they shall be con- ^
sidered as remaining in public service and during which > ^^^
they may be reinstated to their former offices or posi-
tions ......... J
motor vehicles owned by, expenses of, allowances for, re-
stricted 219
retirement of (see Retirement systems and pensions).
Page 771
670 1-4
682 6
salaries of, increased, appropriations
r261 5
1 685 10
time for payment of, act postponing effective date of law
further regulating ....... 527
unclassified offices or positions, holding, separation from
.service further regulated in case of certain veterans . . 242
withholding of certain amounts from salaries or wages of, in
compliance with terms of internal revenue code of United
States, etc., providing for . . . . . 483 1, 2
work hours of certain, further regulated .... 677 1-3
1056 Index
Item or
Chap. Section.
COMMONWEALTH — Concluded.
officers and employees of, — Concluded.
employees, mechanics, teamsters, chauffeurs and laborers,
employment of, in construction of public works by com-
monwealth ........ 334
position classification of, appeals from, ways and means for
expediting, investigation concerning . . Resolve 48
public works, on, hours of work of . . . 680 1-3
step-rate salary increases, special, for, authorized . . 613 1-3
workmen's compensation law, maintenance allowances
under, to 590
officers, constitutional, retirement system of commonwealth,
membership of , in . . . . . . 660 1-7
pollution of interstate waters, compact relative to abatement
and control of, between, and certain other states, ratifi-
cation, etc. ........ 421 1-5
appropriation 685 | pt^'rji
safety of, during World War II, so called, laws providing for, re-
pealed, in part ........ 609 1-3
service of, separation from, of certain war veterans holding un-
classified offices or positions, further regulated . . 242
sinking funds of (see State finance).
United States, agencies, certain, of, governor authorized to exe-
cute retroactive leases with, on behalf of . . . 213
Yankee Division Veterans Association, national convention of,
in 1947, representation at, if held in Springfield Resolve 44
aoK f 3504-54,
appropriation 685 | p^^^^^ -,y.j
See also Massachusetts.
Communicable diseases, division of (see Public health, depart-
ment of).
Community property rights, husband and wife, between, estab-
lishment of, investigation and study relative to Resolve 76
f 0228
appropriation 685 | p^^^^ ^^^
Compacts (see Interstate compacts).
Companies, banking (see Banking companies),
insurance (see Insurance),
trust (see Banks and banking).
See also corporations.
Compensation, civil service employees, of (see Civil service laws).
injured employees, for (see Workmen's compensation),
unemployment (see Employment security law).
Competition, unfair, insurance business, in, restraint of . 659
injunctive relief in certain cases of, authorized . . . 307
Compressed air tanks, certain provisions of law relating to, made in-
applicable to certain receptacles used in Ufting automobiles 620
Comptroller (see Administration and finance, commission on).
Compulsory motor vehicle liability insurance (see Motor vehicles,
liability for bodily injuries, etc., caused by, security for).
Concert halls (see Assembly, places of).
Conciliation and arbitration, board of (see Labor and industries,
department of).
Concord, town of (see Cities and towns).
Confidential secretaries, appointment and removal by each com-
missioner of the department of banking and insurance . 376
exempted from law prohibiting payment of compensation to
former public employees who have been retired . . 462
CONGRESS OP THE UNITED STATES:
New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Compact,
approval by ....■•• • 421 2
See also Federal emergency laws.
Connecticut, river, opening of, to navigation, between cities of
Hartford and Holyoke, benefits to be derived from,
investigation of, etc. .... Resolve 55
appropriation ........ 685 | Page 772
state of, land, certain, in towns of Granville, Tolland and Sandis-
field, purchase by, for water supply purposes, protec-
tion of said towns and commonwealth from certain
economic losses resulting from, investigation relative
to . . . . . . • • Resolve 58
ror j 0210.
appropriation o»^ | Page 772
Index.
1057
Connecticut — Concluded.
state of — Concluded.
pollution of interstate waters, abatement and control of, com-
pact relative to, between commonwealth and, etc., rati-
fication, etc. ........
Gonsoquential damages, actions for (see Actions, civil).
CONSERVATION, DEPARTMENT OP:
Chap.
in general, appropriations
East Otis reservoir, screening of outlet and spillway of, by,
investigation relative to, etc. . . . Resolve
appropriation ........
forest fire fighting equipment, purchase, etc., by, providing for
Greylock state reservation, titles to parcels of land comprising,
study of, by . . . . . . Resolve
appropriation ........
inland waterways of commonwealth, development of, special
commission to investigate and study, to assist Resolve
Keniston, Allan, injured while in performance of duties as em-
ployee of, payment by commonwealth of sum of money
to ....... Resolve
appropriation ........
organization and administration of, and establishment of
powers and duties of chief moth superintendent therein,
further investigation relative to . . . Resolves
reservoirs, certain, no longer needed for water supply purposes,
transfer of, to, etc. .......
shellfish and shellfish chlorinating plants, special commission
to investigate relative to, to confer with . Resolve
Weymouth, town of, alewife fishery in, improvement by
commissioner, Cape and Vineyard Electric Company, granting
to, by, of easement over land in Nickerson state park
Myles Standish state forest, leasing to Brockton Girl Scouts,
Incorporated, of land at Barretts pond in, powers as to .
Oak BlufTs and Edgartown, properties, certain, in, taking of,
by, for public beach purposes .....
state forest products, sale of, by, authorized
divisions of :
fisheries and game, appropriations .....
director, fishing certificates, special, patients in veterans'
hospitals, issuance to, by .
licenses, certain, issued by, revocation of .
pheasants and quail, liberation of, into the wild, powers and
duties as to
See also Game and inland fisheries.
685
55
685
470
39
685
55
685
3, 10
557
43
490
560
550
642
366
219
245
193
Item or
Section.
1101-01 to
1004-91,
3304-01 to
3304-53.
4011 to 4031
1004-87.
3304-35
1001-04 to
1004-71;
1004-87,
Page 771,
1002-12.
Page 771
f 0207,
\ Page 772
3304-04.
Page 772
2820-03,
Page 779
forestry, appropriations .......
forest fire in Bourne, Mashpce and Sandwich, said towns
relieved from payment of expenses incurred in extinguish-
ment of, by . . . Resolve
state fire warden, appropriation .....
marine fisheries, appropriations ......
parks and recreation, appropriationB .....
wild life research and management, appropriations
397
219
685
61
219
219
685
219
219
1-7
1004-11,
1004-12,
3304-01 to
3304-03
1. 2
1002-01 to
1002-31
1002-14:
1002-12.
Page 771
1002-12
1004-70 to
1004-90
1004-71
4011 to 4031
3304-51 to
3304-53
1058 Index.
Item or
Chap. Sectipn.
r 1004-11,
Conservation officers, compensation, expenses, etc., appropriations 910 I 1004-12,
"^^^ 3304-11,
Conservators (see Guardians and conservators). ^
Constables, fees, certain, of, relative to .... . 135
See also Sheriffs, deputy sheriffs and constables.
Constabulary, state, so called (see Public safety, department of:
divisions of: state police).
Constitutional officers (see Commonwealth, officers and employees
of: also specific titles of officers).
CONSTITUTION OF COMMONWEALTH:
proposed legislative amendments to:
guarantee of the right of free speech for the people, providing a Page 822
revenue from fees, duties, excise or license taxes relating to
registration, operation or use of vehicles on public high-
ways, or to fuels propelling such vehicles, except revenue
from an excise tax imposed in lieu of local property taxes
for the privilege of registering such vehicles, restricting
the use of Pages 823,824
Construction development mortgage loans, certain, making of,
by co-operative banks ...... 177
Consumption (see Tuberculosis).
Contests, athletic (see Athletics; Games and sports).
Continuous policies of insurance (see Insurance).
Contract carriers (see Carriers).
Contracts, exclusive, transportation of passengers at or on public
airports, for, granting of, prohibited .... 332
insurance (see Insurance).
metropolitan district commission authorized to continue certain,
with United States of America, the General Electric Com-
pany and the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc. . . 420 1, 2
state, certain, awarding of, prohibited, without certification from
comptroller that money is available therefor . . .312
veterans who are minors, or whose spouses are minors, enabled
toenterinto, under G. I. Bill of Rights, so called . .259 1,2
Contributory negligence (see Negligence).
Convalescent homes, certain, regulation of, by state department of
public health, study relative to . . . Resolve 73
Ror / 0247.
appropriation 685 | p^^^ y-,g
safety of persons in, powers and duties of inspectors as to, further
defined 645 1-3
Conventions, political (see Elections).
Conveyances, public (see Carriers, common).
veterans who are minors, or whose spouses are minors enabled to
act in their own behalf in matters of, under G. I. Bill of
Rights, so called 259 1,2
Convicts (see Criminal procedure and practice; Penal and reforma-
tory institutions; Prisoners).
Cooking facilities, installation of, licenses for, during present
housing shortage ....... 427
Co-operation, interstate, commission on (see interstate co-
operation, commission on).
Co-operative banks (see Banks and banking).
Corey, Freda, payment by commonwealth of annuity to Resolve 28
.• fiSr:/ 2820-03,
appropriation 08& j p^^^ ^jg
Corn-borer, European, suppression of, appropriation . 219 0909-12
CORPORATIONS:
in general, domestic, bonds, new registered, issuance of, by . 55
law, unauthorized practice of, by, district attorneys author-
ized to file petitions to restrain ..... 75
taxation of (see Taxation, corporations, of),
banking (see Banks and banking),
business, consolidation of, filing fees to be paid in connection with 543 1, 2
taxation of (see Taxation, corporations, of),
cemetery (see Cemeteries).
charitable, and certain other purposes, for, capital stock of . 559 1-7
organization of, more adequate safeguards surrounding, pro-
visions for, study by special commission relative
to Resolves 57, 72
685
0209,
appropriation ......•• 000 < Page 772
proposed, approval of . . • • • • .461
Index. 1059
Chap. Section.
CORPORATIONS — Continued..
co-operative banks (see Banks and banking).
credit unions (see Credit unions).
electric (see Gas and electric companies).
fraternal benefit societies (see Fraternal benefit societies).
gas and electric (see Gas and electric companies).
hospital service corporations, non-profit, powers of, relative to . 408 1-3
insurance companies (see Insurance).
manufacturing, taxation of (see Taxation, corporations, of).
non-profit, establishment of, to engage in providing homes for
veterans ......... 56-i 1-9
public service (see Public service corporations).
railroad (see Railroads).
savings banks (see Banks and banking).
steamship (see Steamships).
street railway (see Street railways).
telephone and telegraph (see Telephone and telegraph companies).
trust companies (see Banks and banking).
urban redevelopment (see Urban redevelopment corporation.s) .
veterans' organizations, incorporated (see Veterans).
water companies (see Water companies).
special provisions relative to particular corporations:
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, fellows of, relative to 514
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions,
election of persons to membership in .... 160 1, -
Anatolia College, The Trustees of, number of trustees in said
corporation increased . . . . . . .128
Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., metropolitan district
commission authorized to continue certain contract rela-
tive to furnishing sewage disposal facilities to . . 420 1, 2
Boston and Maine Railroad, certain waterfront properties of,
acquisition of, by Port of Boston Authority, etc. . .5.32 1-4
Boston Elevated Railway Company, assets, property and
franchises of, acquisition and operation of, by metro-
politan transit authority, providing for . . .
audit of finances of, etc., expenses of, appropriation .
bonds of, purchase by Boston metropolitan district and rela-
tive to issue of notes and bonds of said company .
rapid transit facilities of, in East Boston, extension of,
transit department of city of Boston authorized to con-
tract with said company for certain construction in con-
nection with ........
trustees of, accounting duties, etc., of, proceeding for judi-
cial determination of, cost of, appropriation .
Brockton Girl Scouts, Incorporated, Myles Standish state
forest, land in, leasing to ..... .
Brockton Union Cemetery, investment of funds of
Caldwell, A. & G. J., Inc., conveyance of certain park land to,
by city of Newburyport ...... .374 1, 2
Cape and Vineyard Electric Company, Nickerson state park,
easement over land in, granting of, to . . 560
Children's Hospital, The, real and personal estate, additional,
holding by, and repealing certain provisions of law limit-
ing the number of patients at said hospital . .1.30 1,2
Clark University, Trustees of, membership of . . . 293 1,2
Davis, H. F., Tractor Company, payment by city of Newton
of unpaid bill of 164 1-4
Dedham Temporary Home for Women and Children, charter
amended ......... 220 1, 2
Deerfield Academy, number of trustees of, increased . . 448
Finney, John B., Co., revived for certain purposes . 519
First Church of Deerfield, The, creation of, and transfer to
said corporation of certain property by the First Congre-
gational Parish of Deerfield, The Deerfield Church and
Orthodox Congregational Church of Deerfield, authorized 581 1-14
General Electric Company, metropolitan district commission
authorized to continue certain contract relative to furnish-
ing water to ....... . 420 1, 2
Graham Company, temporarily revived for certain purpose . 154
Grammar School, in the easterly part of the town of Roxbury,
Trustees of the, name changed to Trustees of the Roxbury
Latin School, anfl relative to the membership of said
corporation ........ 345 1-7
541
219
1-28
0701-21
92
1-4
303
544
1. 2
26
261
2320-01
5.50
129
1060
Index.
CORPORATIONS — Concluded..
special provisions relative to particular corporations — Con-
cluded.
Hampden Savings Bank, purchase and improvement of real
estate in city of Springfield for use of said bank, further
investments in, by, authorized .....
Hia-Pearl Corporation, certain judgment obtained by, city of
Quincy authorized to borrow money for meeting appro-
priation in connection with ......
Institution for Savings in Roxbury and its Vicinity, name
changed to Institution for Savings in Roxbury, and pro-
viding for change in time of annual meetings and in
number and method of election of trustees and officers of
said corporation .......
Israel Brotherhood of Lowell Massachusetts, authorized to
hold real estate in New Hampshire and title to present
holdings confirmed .......
Leominster Athletic Association, revived for certain purpose
Lowell Textile Institute Building Association, holding of
property by, and leasing of certain state land to
Massachusetts General Hospital, The, Old Province House
estate, so called, sale and conveyance of, by .
Massachusetts Security Corporation, revived for certain
purpose .........
Milton Academy, number of trustees of, increased
Museum of Fine Arts, real and personal estate, additional,
holding by ........
New England Power Company, rights of way, etc., over state
rifle range, granting to ......
Newton Mortgage Corporation, temporarily revived
Old Colony Railroad Company, line and facilities of, use for
extension of rapid transit service, study and estimates of
cost of ........ .
Orthodox Congregational Church of Deerfield, certain prop-
perty of, conveyance to The First Church of Deerfield, etc.
Public Reservations, the Trustees of, authorized to convey
certain land in town of Andover to Mabel B. Ward
Quincy Savings Bank, real estate, further investments in pur-
chase and improvement of, by, authorized
Roxbury Latin School, Trustees of, name of Trustees of the
Grammar School, in the easterly part of town of Roxbury
changed to, and relative to the membership of said cor-
poration .........
.Savings Bank Life Insurance Council, creation of, etc. .
Thayer Academy, Trustees of, certain provision of law forbid-
ding charging of tuition fees by, in certain cases, repealed
Vasa Benefit Association, transfer of assets and liabilities to
District Lodge No. 2, Vasa Order of America
Vineyard Development Company, revived ....
Ware Industries, Inc., manufacture, sale and distribution of
electricity by, in town of Ware, and certain acts of said
corporation validated .......
Watson, H. S., Trucking Co., Inc., revived for certain purposes
Wellesley College, real and personal estate, additional, hold-
ing by ........ .
West Boxford Realty Company, revived for certain purpose .
Whitin Machine Works, employees of, who failed to file certain
appeals from denial of benefits of unemployment compen-
sation, director of division of employment security re-
•juired to review all such cases, etc. ....
AN'ildey Savings Bank, improvement of bank building of, in-
vestments in, by, authorized .....
A\'or(ester Street Railway Company, payment of money to
city of Worcester by, in lieu of removing abandoned tracks
in said city, authorized ......
CORPORATIONS AND TAXATION, DEPARTMENT OF:
in general, appellate tax board in (see Appellate tax board).
appropriations
Chap.
Item or
Section.
396
1,2
171
1.2
502
1-4
606
174
1-3
4.39
1.2
507
19
204
159
1,2
605
208
1.2
544
9
581
1-14
184
1. 2
140
1.2
345
143
1-7
228
202
121
1, 2
262
592
1-3
247
547
623
124
1. 2
219
261
685
1201-01 to
1204-02,
2970-03
1201-02 to
1203-12
1201-02 to
1203-12
Index.
1061
CORPORATIONS AND TAXATION, DEPARTMENT OF —
Concluded.
in general — Concluded.
laws, certain, levying new taxes, administration of, appro-
priations .........
commissioner :
alfoholic beverages and alcohol, excise tax on sales of,
ment, collection, etc., of, powers and duties as to .
corporations, associations and other organizations, payable
by, powers and duties as to .....
charitable corporations, proposed, powers and duties as to
Diesel engines used for propelling motor vehicles, licensing of,
and taxation of fuel used therein, powers and duties as to
expenditures, public, special commission to investigate and
study, to assist ...... Resolve
Granville, Tolland and Sandisfield, towns of, purchase by
state of Connecticut of land in, for water supply purposes,
protection of said towns and commonwealth from certain
losses resulting from, special commission to investigate
relative to, to be or to designate a member of Resolve
liens for betterment assessments, certificate from collector of
taxes in connection with dissolution of, approval of form
of, by
omitted assessments, law requiring assessors to report such as-
sessments to, amended ......
salaries or wages of public employees, certain amounts with-
held from, in compliance with internal revenue code of
United States, written statement of, furnishing of copy
of, to .........
divisions of:
accounts, appropriations
director, act amending laws relative to municipal finance,
etc., as affecting powers and duties of . . .
board composed of attorney general, state treasurer and,
approval by, of renewal of certain temporary revenue
loans by cities, towns and districts ....
county personnel board, election of members of, at time
and place designated by .
joint airport commissions, establishment, etc., of, powers
and duties as to .
Merrimack River Valley Sewerage District, audit of
accounts of, by ... . . .
Newton, city of, unpaid bill of, as shown on list on file in
oflSce of, payment authorized . . . .
Salem, city of, unpaid bills of, shown on list on file in
office of, payment authorized, etc. . . . .
tuberculosis hospitals, counties, certain, in, expenditures in
case of extraordinary emergencies at, authorization of, by
Westfield, city of, unpaid bill of, as shown on list on file
in office of, payment authorized ....
income tax, appropriations .....
employees, temporary, in, payment by commonwealth of
eum of money to certain . Resolve
appropriation .......
CORRECTION, DEPARTMENT OF:
in general, appropriations
Chap.
219
261
685
524
625
632
461
666
56
5S
116
84
483
219
77
685
685
Item or
Section.
1201-02,
1201-22
1201-02 to
1201-22
1201-02,
1201-12,
1201-22
1-4
1
1203-01 to
1203-21
1203-11.
1203-12
1203-01,
1203-12
3, 6
108
102
1
501
053
10
164
1-4
587
1-4
302
163
219/
1-4
1201-02,
1202-02
1201-02,
1202-02
1201-02,
Page 775
1801-01 to
1807-00
1801-05,
1801-23,
1805-25.
1806-21
1802-00 to
1807-00;
4401,
Page 773
1062
JNDElJt.
Chap.
CORRECTION, DEPARTMENT OF — Concluded.
in general — Concluded.
Robinson, William M., former chief parole officer in, refund
to, of certain contributions paid into state retirement
system and reclassifying in said system the position of
chief parole officer ....... 414
appropriation ........ 685
services, certain, performed by, and by departments of public
health, mental health, education and public welfare and
the industrial accident board, unification of, study as
to ....... . Resolve 35
classification of prisoners, division of, appropriation . .219
commissioner, defective delinquents, examination and discharge
of certain, powers and duties as to . . . 684
Framingham, land, certain, in, held by commonwealth for
purposes of reformatory for women, sale of, by . . 672
unification of certain services performed by certain state de-
partments and the industrial accident board, joint board
to study as to, to be or to designate a member of Resolve 35
pardons, advisory board of, appropriation . . . .219
parole board, appropriations ...... 219
Correction, houses of (see Penal and reformatory institutions,
counties, of).
Council and councillors (see Governor and council).
Counsel fees, probate courts, in, relative to .... 536
Counsel to senate and house of representatives, appropriations
statutes, general, cumulative table of changes in, preparation by
COUNTIES:
appropriations for maintenance, etc., of certain
bonds, new registered, issuance of, by .
notes, etc., issued by (see County finance),
clerks of courts of (see Clerks of courts),
commissioners (see County commissioners).
committee on (see General Court),
employees of (see, infra, officers and employees of),
finances of (see County finance).
laws, special, affecting, preparation of index of, investigation
relative to, continued ..... Resolve
219
261
685
301
55
appropriation
officers and employees of, in general, civil service laws, as affect-
ing (see Civil service laws).
former, pensions or retirement allowances, receiving, acts
providing that such persons may receive compensation in
certain offices and positions in the service of the common-
wealth . . . . . . . .
meals, reimbursement for expenses of, while traveling at
expense of county .......
military or naval service, in, length of time after termination
of such service during which they shall be considered as
remaining in public service and during which they may
be reinstated to their former offices or positions .
payments in lieu of vacations to certain, who resigned or
were granted leaves of absence to enter the armed forces
of the United States .......
retirement of (see Retirement systems and pensions).
travel allowances for, using their own cars on county busi-
ness, limited . . . . . . . .
withholding of certain amounts from salaries or wages of, in
compliance with terms of internal revenue code of United
States, etc., providing for .
employees, public works, on, hours of work of . . .
teamsters, mechanics, chauffeurs and laborers, employment
of, in construction of public works by county .
workmen's compensation law, maintenance allowances
under, to ........ .
See also specific titles of oflBcers.
394
462
301
4
316
301
483
680
334
590
Item or
Section.
1. 2
0604-21,
Page 770
2,3
1801-21
1801-21 to
1801-24
0101-18,
0101-19,
0102-07,
0102-10
0101-19
0101-19,
Page 772
0287,
Page 774
1, 2
1-3
Index.
1063
COUNTIES — Concluded.
offices, certain, of, closing of, on Saturdays ....
penal and reformatory institutions of (see Penal and reformatory
institutions).
personnel board, county, administrative expenses of, appropria-
tion ..........
election of members of, and appointment of acting members
thereof .........
probation officers of district courts and of Boston juvenile court,
traveling expenses of, amount of money allowed for, by,
increased .........
probation officers of district courts in, other than Suffolk county,
minimum compensation of, for full-time service, estab-
lished .........
public works projects, federal assistance in, time for incurring
debt to secure benefits of, extended .
real estate of, leasing of, by county commissioners, authorized
representatives in general court, apportionment to, establish-
ment of boards of special commissioners to divide the
several counties, except Dukes and Nantucket, into
representative districts and to assign representatives
thereto .........
appropriation
Chap.
449
102
82
639
526
58
182
685
retirement systems (see Retirement systems and pensions),
tax, county, granting for certain ......
tuberculosis hospitals of (see Tuberculosis hospitals).
See also names of specific counties.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS:
in general, airport managers, appointment of, by .
county employees, former, and their beneficiaries, act author-
izing increases of pensions pavable to certain, acceptance
by . . .
county offices, certain, closing of, on Saturdays, powers and
dxities as to
county personnel board, acting members of, to be designated
from among, etc. .......
highway work, agreements entered into for, by, in anticipa-
tion of appropriations ......
probation officers in counties other than Suffolk, minimum
compensation of, for full-time service, powers as to .
probation officers of district courts, uniform forms of blanks
and records for use of, powers and duties as to
real estate, county, leasing of, by, authorized
representative districts, special commissioners to divide coun-
ties into, etc., expenses of, powers and duties as to .
reserve funds, county, transfers from, to other accounts upon
request of .
Barnstable, forest fire fighting apparatus, purchase, etc., by, for
use by towns within said county .....
purchase, etc., of certain fuel, action of said commissioners in
connection with, validated ......
Bristol, land, certain, in city of New Bedford, to be used as park-
ing space at New Bedford court house building, acquisi-
tion by ........ .
tuberculosis hospital, county, care, maintenance and repair of,
expenditures for, by ...... .
Dukes, county airport and approaches thereto, construction and
repair work at, borrowing of money for, etc., by, au-
thorized . ...
purchase, etc., of certain heating equipment, action of said
commissioners in connection with, validated .
Essex, payment of sum of money to Harry D. Thompson, act
authorizing, acceptance by .
tuberculosis hospital, county, care, maintenance and repair of,
expenditures for, by .
erection and equipment of certain buildings at, by, au-
thorized .........
power plant at, act authorizing said commissioners to
complete additions and improvements to . . .
Hampden, district court of Springfield, second assistant clerk in,
act establishing office of, acceptance by . . .
Hampshire, purchase, etc., of certain fuel, action of said commis-
sioners in connection with, validated ....
593
615
102
364
58
302
371
277
It«m or
Section.
1. 2
1-4
0444-04,
Page 770
1, 2
1-3
1. 2
1-4
1,2
1064 Index,
/ Item or
Cnap. Section.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS — ConcZuded.
Middlesex, Cambridge, city of, registry of deeds at, additional
accommodations for, amount that may be raised and ex-
pended for, by, increased . . • • . • . • ^^ ^' ^
superior court building at, additional accommodations in,
providing for, by . • • • , ,. .' , ,' , • ' ^^ ^' ^
district court, first, eastern Middlesex, of, additional land m
city of Maiden for parking space for, purchase by . . 274 1, 2
district court of Lowell, acquisition of land for purposes of, by 51 1,2
tuberculosis hospital, county, care, maintenance and repair of,
expenditures for, by . ■ ■ • • • • 302
Walden pond state reservation, additional toilets and sewage
disposal system for, providing for, by . • • • 389 1-3
White pond in towns of Concord and Sudbury, laymg out right
of way to, by • • • 294 1-6
Norfolk, tuberculosis hospital, county, care, maintenance and
repair of, expenditures for, by . • • _ • • 302
Plymouth, Marshfield, town of, improvement of harbor in, con-
tribution by county to cost of, etc., powers and duties as
to 621 2, 3, 5
Plymouth, town of, sea wall to be repaired in, by department
of public works, contributions by county to cost of, etc.,
powers and duties as to . • " , ' • / ^^^ ^'
tuberculosis hospital, county, care, maintenance and repair of,
expenditures for, by ..•••• • 302
Worcester, payment to, of metropolitan water system assess-
ment upon former town of Dana, appropriation . . 219 8902-24
tuberculosis hospital, county, care, maintenance and repair ^
of, expenditures for, by . . • ■ • • 30'-
See also Counties.
County aid to agriculture, trustees £or, expenses of certain un-
paid volunteers at official meetings, payment of, by . 180
County airports (see Airports).
County fairs, horse and dog racing meetings held in connection with,
tax on certain amounts wagered each day at, and regulat-
ing disposition of money so received .... 3 JO I, 2
COUNTY FINANCE: „^, ,
appropriations for maintenance of certain counties, etc. . . <J01 i
bonds, new registered, iissuance of, by counties, etc. . ■ 5o
notes, etc., issued by counties, investments in, domestic
insurance companies, by
200 1-3
savings banks, by, further regulated .... 230 1
county tax (see County tax). , , , , ,
district court probation offices, uniform forms of blanks and
records for, expense of preparation of, etc., payment by
counties ," r ' u " • i
expenditures, public, investigation and study of, by special
commission Resolve 56
ficr: / 0208,
appropriation ...••■• ^°^ y Page 772
highway work, agreements entered into by county commissioners
for, in anticipation of appropriations . . • .201
probation officers of district courts and of Boston juvenile court,
traveling expenses of, amount of money payable for, by
counties, increased . . • • • . . 82
public works projects, federal afssistance in, time for counties to
incur debt to secure benefits of, extended . . • 520
representative districts, division of the several counties, except
Dukes and Nantucket, into, etc., expenses, certain, in
connection with, inclusion in county tax . . . 182 2
County ofiBLcers and employees (see Counties).
County personnel board, administrative expenses of, appropna-
tion 21J 120,i-^l
elections of members of, and appointment of acting members
thereof ,• u ' ^^^ '
Middlesex county, superior court for, equity clerk to be ap-
pointed for, fixing of salary of, by . ■ ai : , ' y
Suffolk county, superior court, stenographers, official, etc., of,
establishment of salaries of, by justices of said court, act
providing for, as affecting powers and duties of . . 409 1
County retirement systems (see Retirement systems and pensions).
County tax, granting for certain counties 301 1
representative districts, division of counties into, etc., expenses,
certain, in connection with, inclusion in . • • 182 2
Index. 1065
Item or
Chap. Section.
COUNTY TREASURERS:
representative districts, division of counties into, and assignment
of representatives thereto, expenses, certain, in connection
with, duties as to . . . . . . . 182 2
salaries or wages of county employees, withholding from, of cer-
tain amounts in compliance with internal revenue code of
United States, powers and duties as to .... 483 1,2
Court actions (see Actions, civil; Judicial proceedings; Practice in
civil actions).
Court house, Suffolk county, maintenance cost, reimbursement of
city of Boston for certain portion of, appropriation . . 219 0318-01
Court officers and messengers, supreme judicial court, in attend-
ance upon, salaries, appropriation .... 219 0301-07
Court stenographers, fees of, for furnishing transcripts of notes . 179
Suffolk county, superior court, of, salaries and compensation of,
established, etc 469 1-5
COURTS:
clerks of (see Clerks of courts; District courts).
district courts (see District courts).
juvenile (see Boston juvenile court; District courts, juvenile
sessions of),
land court (see Land court),
probate courts (see Probate courts),
proiaation officers of (see Probation officers),
superior court (see Supreme judicial and superior courts),
supreme judicial court (see Supreme judicial and superior courts),
trial justices (see Trial justices).
See also Judicial council.
Credibility of witnesses (see Witnesses).
Credit unions, capital of and deposits in, relative to . .87
district and municipal employees, of, provisions of law author-
izing deductions from wages or salaries of such employees
for making payments to, transferred from one chapter in
General Laws to another . . . . . .189 1,2
loans and advances of credit guaranteed or insured by adminis-
trator of veterans' affairs, making or acquiring of, by, to
veterans of World War II . . .110 1,2
loans, collateral, making of, by . . . . .85
mortgages by, to members of such unions, further regulated . 178
Creditors, claims of, group annuity contracts and proceeds thereof,
exemption from, etc. ....... 188 1,2
Crimes, sex (see Sex crimes, so called).
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND PRACTICE:
adultery, sentences to reformatory for women for . . . 516
bribes, athletic contests and sporting events, certain, in, offer or
acceptance of, penalized ...... 405
children, age seventeen, under, who commit an offence and are
not apprehended until after reaching age seventeen,
powers of juvenile court in dealing with such children
further defined 235
school attendance of, Boston juvenile court granted jurisdic-
tion concurrent with municipal court of the city of Bos-
ton of complaints in connection with . . . .241 1,2
drunkenness, persons, certain, arrested for, release of . . 409
felony, commission of, offering of rewards by governor for de-
tention, arrest and conviction of persons guilty of . . 359
Fort Devens military reservation, offences committed in certain
portions of, jurisdiction of courts of commonwealth over . 668 2
minors, certain, subjecting certain persons who have care of, to
criminal liability for wrongful acts of such minors, inves-
tigation relative to .... . Resolve 17
search warrants, issuance of, for certain dangerous weapons . 93
sex crimes, persons convicted of, punishment of . . . 131 1,2
substantial mandatory sentences and stricter supervision
of, investigation relative to . . . Resolve 14
appropriation ........ 685
trial of crimes by district court justices sitting in superior court,
law providing for, duration extended . . . .112
witness fees, payment to police officers of city of Boston in cer-
tain continued criminal cases ..... 181
See also Parole board; Sexual psychopaths.
Crossings (see Grade crossings).
Cumulative table of changes, general statutes, in, printing and
distribution of ....... . 569
0201,
Page 772
1066
Index.
Curran, Abigail ¥., rehubursement of, for money expended for con-
struction of sea wall in town of Swampscott .
Chap.
Item or
Section.
1, 2
D.
Dairying and animal husbandry, division of (see Agriculture,
department of).
Dalton, Fire District, act authorizing city of Pittsfield to take
waters and other property for purpose of increasing its
water supply as affecting, etc. ..... 285
town of (see Cities and towns).
Damages, consequential, actions for, presumption of due care on
part of person injured or killed made applicable to . 386
deaths, actions for, in, and for injuries resulting in death . . 506
motor vehicle accidents, arising out of (see Motor vehicles).
non-payment of checks by banks, actions in connection with, in 169
Dangerous weapons (see Weapons).
[219
Danvers, state hospital, appropriations . . . . . \ 670
[685
town of (see Cities and towns).
Dartmouth, town of (see Cities and towns).
Davis, H. F., Tractor Company, payment by city of Newton of
unpaid bill of ....... . 164
Deaf and blind pupils, education of, appropriations . . . < fie
Dealer registration plates (see Motor vehicles).
Death benefits, employees, for, trusts created by employers in
connection with, payments made by such employers to,
deducted from taxable income, etc. .... 485
See also Fraternal benefit societies.
Deaths, actions for, and injuries resulting in death . . . 506
See also Actions, civil; Workmen's compensation,
claims for compensation for, under workmen's compensation act,
procedure simplified ....... 380
records of, fees collected by city and town clerks for trans-
mitting copies of, to state secretary, made uniform . 2S3
Debts, commonwealth, of (see State finance).
Deceased persons, estates of (see Estates of deceased persons).
Dedham, Temporary Home for Women and Children, charter
amended ......... 220
town of (see Cities and towns).
Deeds, registers and registries of (see Registers and registries of
deeds).
Deer, damages caused by, payment by commonwealth of, appro- f 219
priations . . . . . . . . \ 261
See also Game and inland fisheries.
Deerfield, Academy, number of trustees of, increased . 448
Church, certain property of, conveyance to The P^irst Church of
Deerfield, etc 581
river, Stillwater bridge over, in town of Deerfield, repair of, by
Franklin county . . . . . • .521
town of (see Cities and towns).
Deer Island, pumping station, improvements at, appropriation . 219
Defective delinquents, commitment and parole of, further regu-
lated 684
Deficiency appropriations, so called, etc. . . .261
Definitions (see Words and phrases).
Degrees, Bradford Durfee Technical Institute and New Bedford
Textile Institute, granting by, of certain . . . 387
Delegates to national convention (See Elections, conventions).
Delinquent chUdren, defective, commitment and parole of, further
regulated ......... 684
mental and physical examinations of, prior to commitment . 616
rehabilitation of, and establishment of institutions for treatment
of delinquent children, further investigation and study
relative to Resolves 71, 75
appropriation ........ (1^5
Dennis, town of (see Cities and towns).
Dental examiners, board of (see Civil service and registration,
department of).
1. 2
1-6
1712-00
1-4
1712-00
1-4
1301-^1
1301-41
1-3
1-6
3304-35
3304-35
1-14
1. 2
8802-32
1-3
1-7
1-3
0246,
Page 775
Index.
1067
Chap.
13
Dental health, division of (see Public health, department of).
"Department", definition of word, as used in civil service laws with
respect to appointments and promotions
DEPARTMENTS, STATE:
See Commonwealth, departments, boards, commissions, etc., of;
also specific titles as follows:
Agriculture, Department of.
Attorney General.
Auditor, State.
Banking and Insurance, Department of.
Civil Service and Registration, Department of.
Conservation, Department of.
Corporations and Taxation, Department of.
Correction, Department of.
Education, Department of.
Industrial Accidents, Department of.
Labor and Industries, Department of.
Mental Health, Department of.
Metropolitan District Commission.
Public Health, Department of.
Public Safety, Department of.
Public Utilities, Department of.
Public Welfare, Department of.
Public Works, Department of.
Secretary, State.
Treasurer, State.
Dependent children, mothers with, aid to (see Mothers with de-
pendent children, aid to),
workmen's compensation law, under, law relative to, amended . 450
Deposits and depositors (see Banks and banking; Credit unions;
Insurance).
Deputy sheriffs (see Sheriffs).
Detention of criminals, etc. (see Arrest; Criminal procedure and
practice; Penal and reformatory institutions).
Development and industrial commission, Massachusetts, ap- \ oig
propriations . . . . . . . J
Devens, Fort (see Fort Devens).
Diesel motor fuel, taxation of, providing for ... . 666
Digby, Frank J., contributions made to retirement system of city
of Everett, repayment of, to, and retirement rights of such
member established ....... 533
Direct-reduction loans, co-operative banks, by, amount of fixed
monthly payments on, changed ..... 86
making of, relative to ....... 56
savings banks, by, making of, authorized .... 98
Disability benefits, employees, for, trusts created by employers in
connection with, payments made by such employers to,
deduction from taxable income, etc. ....
Disabled American Veterans, Department of Massachusetts,
drilling and parading with firearms by, permitted .
Disabled veterans (see Veterans).
Discrimination, employment security law, employer contribution
rates under, in, prevented in cases where business has
been interrupted by reason of service in World War II
Diseases, communicable, division of (see PubUc health, department
of),
dangerous to public health, expenses in connection with, appro-
priation .........
domestic animals, of, causes, prevention and remedies of, diag-
nostic laboratory dealing with, establishment, etc., of, at
Massachusetts agricultural experiment station
occupational (see Labor and industries, department of, occupa-
tional hygiene, division of).
Disputes, labor (see Labor).
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS:
Item or
Section.
485
246
468
602
219
471
1603-01,
1603-02
1-4
1-3
1-3
appropriations
219
2U1
attorney general authorized to call (conferences of, and other
law enforcement officials ...... 238
law, anautliorized practice of, equity proceedings to restrain,
upon petitions of, authorized ..... 75
Bexual psychopaths, commitment or discharge of, furnishing of
information relative to, to . 083
I, 2
19U7-08
0310-01 to
0310-09
0310-09
Subs. 2, 5
1068
Index.
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS — Concluded.
southeaateru district, for, Nevins, Stanislava S., payment by
commonwealth of sum of money to, for certain prop-
erty taken by . . . . . Resolve
Chap,
appropriation
superior court, sitting in, compensation and expenses of,
appropriations ..... . .
trial, etc., of certain criminal cases by, law providing for,
duration extended .......
juvenile sessions of, children, age seventeen, under, who com-
mit an offence and are not apprehended until after reach-
ing age seventeen, powers of courts in dealing with,
further defined ... . .
school attendance of, complaints in connection with,
hearings in ....... .
probation officers, appointed to act exclusively in juvenile
cases in certain district courts, relative to . . .
counties other than Suffolk, in, minimum compensation of,
for full-time service, established .....
district courts in Suffolk county, of, compensation regu-
lated
traveling expenses of, amoxmt of money allowed for, in-
creased .........
uniform forms of blanks and records for use by, providing
for establishment of, by board of probation
>ipeeial provisions for particular courts :
Boston, municipal court of the city of, chief justicaof, employ-
ment security law, appeals under, form of report for, pro-
viding of, by . ......
clerks of, offices of, operation of, on Saturdays, with reduced
personnel when authorized by justices of said court .
complaints for failure to require child to attend school,
Boston juvenile court granted jurisdiction of, concurrent
with
justices of, probation officers to act exclusively in juvenile
cases in district courts in Suffolk county, designation by,
etc
probation officers of, compensation of, further regulated
secretary and assistant secretary to justices of, salaries of
Chelsea, district court of, justice of, salary of, established
Lowell, district court of, additional land in city of Lowell for
purposes of, acquisition of, by Middlesex county commis-
sioners .........
Middlesex, district court, first, of eastern, land, additional, in
city of Maiden, purchase by Middlesex county for .
Springfield, district court of, second assistant clerk, office
established ........
685^
Suffolk county, district attorney, assistant district attorneys,
deputy district attorneys and special district attorney in,
salaries established ....... 676
DISTRICT COURTS:
in general :
administrative committee of, appropriation . . . . 219
probation officers of district courts, certain acts relative to, ( 566
as affecting powers and duties of . . . \ 655
appeals from, to supreme judicial court, employment security
law, under, further regulated ..... 434
appeals to, state police officers, certain, discharge of, in cases
of, etc 407
appellate division of, employment security law, appeals under,
form of report for, providing of, by . 434
clerks of, employment security law, claim of appeal under, filing
with .434
offices of, operation of, on Saturdays, with reduced per-
sonnel ......... 460
criminal cases in, certain continued, payment of witness fees
to police officers of city of Boston in .... 181
justices, offices of clerks of district courts, operation of, on
Saturdays, with reduced personnel when authorized by . 460
special, services of certain, reimbursement of counties, ap-
propriation ........ 219
Item or
Section.
2820-03.
Page 779
0304-01
1-3
1-3
655
1. 2
0302-13
0302-11 to
0302-13
0302-11.
0302-12
1.2
1-3
1,2
434
460
1. 2
241
1, 2
655
566
400
576
2, 3
1-3
1-4
51
1. 2
274
1 2
335
1,2
Index,
1069
DISTRICT COURTS — Concluded.
special provisions for particular courts — Concluded.
Worcester, central district court of, justices and special jus-
tices of, number of, established .....
See also Boston juvenile court.
District Lodge No. 2, Vasa Order of America (see Vasa Benefit
Association).
DISTRICTS:
in general, bonds, new registered, issuance of, by .
notes, etc., of, investments in, domestic insurance companies,
by savings banks, by, further regulated ....
chief engineer of any district having a fire department, office
placed under civil service laws
finances of, laws relative to, act amending
laws, special, affecting, preparation of index of, investigation
relative to, continued .... Resolve
Chap.
Item or
Section.
appropriation . . . .
officers and employees of, in general.
588
56
260
236
239
298
service laws, as
M
4
367
483
189
615
526
108
576
affecting (see Civil service laws)
military or naval service, in, length of time after termina-
tion of such service during which they shall be con-
sidered as remaining in public service and during which
they may be reinstated to their former offices or posi-
tions .........
retirement of (see Retirement systems and pensions),
withholding of certain amounts from salaries or wages of,
in compliance with terms of internal revenue code of
United States, etc., providing for . . . .
employees of, credit unions of, provisions of law authorizing
deductions from wages or salaries of such employees for
making payments to, transferred from one chapter in
General Laws to another ......
mechanics, teamsters, chauffeurs and laborers, employ-
ment of, in construction of public works by common-
wealth . . . . . . . . 334
prudential committees of, district employees, former, and their
beneficiaries, act authorizing increases of amounts of
pen.sions payable to certain, acceptance by .
public works projects, federal assistance in, time for incurring
debt to secure benefits of, extended ....
revenue loans, temporary, renewal of certain . . .
water supply for certain, furnishing of, by metropolitan dis-
trict commission .......
workmen's compensation law, maintenance allowances under,
to employees of .
fire, Barnstable Fire District, additional water loan by, author-
ized ..........
extension of territory of .
Charlemont Fire District, time for acceptance of act establish-
ing, extended, etc. .......
Dalton Fire District, act authorizing city of Pittsfield to take
waters and other property for purpose of increasing its
water supply, as affecting, etc. .....
Great Barrington Fire District, liability of, established, with
respect to damages, etc., sustained upon a public way by
reason of defects or want of repair or from snow or ice .
Ware Fire District Number One, town of Ware authorized to
take over properties and assume obligations of
fire and water, Thorndike Fire and Water District in town of
Palmer, supply of water by, in area heretofore supplied
by .Jeremiah .1. Kelley ......
metropolitan (see Metropolitan districts).
reclamation. Green Harbor Reclamation District, dissolved .
soil conservation, relative to ..... .
water. Auburn Water District, establishment, etc.
Byfield Water District in town of Newbury, establishment,
etc. ..........
Cherry Valley and Rochdale Water District, water supply for
Lunenburg Water District, properties and obligations of,
taking over and assumption by town of Lunenburg
Raynham Center Water District, establishment, etc.
Sandwich Water District, establishment, etc. . .
Sec also Boston metropolitan district; Merrimack river valley
sewerage district.
40
1-3
1
2,5
0287.
Page 774
1|2
1.3
1-e
151
175
1.2
1, 2
591
1.2
285
1-21
185
1.2
209
1-4
199
73
585
1. 2
1-15
419
198
1-14
281
222
280
1-4
1-14
1-14
1070 Index.
Item or
Chap. Section.
Dividends, mutual insurance companies, certain, bonds and continu- / 196
ous policies issued by, on . . . . . . \ 317
DIVISIONS, STATE DEPARTMENTS, OF:
See Commonwealth, departments, boards, commissions, etc., of;
Departments, state; and specific titles as follows:
Accounts (see Corporations and Taxation, Department of).
Aid and Relief (see Public Welfare, Department of).
Apprentice Training (see Labor and Industries, Department
of).
Banks and Loan Agencies (see Banking and Insurance, De-
partment of).
Biologic Laboratories (see Public Health, Department of).
Blind (see Education, Department of).
Cancer and other Chronic Diseases (see Public Health, Depart-
ment of).
Child Guardianship (see Public Welfare, Department of).
Civil Service (see Civil Service and Registration, Department
of).
Commercial Motor Vehicle (see Public Utilities, Department
of).
Communicable Diseases (see Public Health, Department of).
Dairying and Animal Husbandry (see Agriculture, Depart-
ment of).
Dental Health (see Public Health, Department of).
Employment Security (see Labor and Industries, Department
of).
Fire Prevention (see Public Safety, Department of).
Fisheries and Game (see Conservation, Department of).
Food and Drugs (see Public Health, Department of).
Forestry (see Conservation, Department of).
Immigration and Americanization (see Education, Depart-
ment of).
Income Tax (see Corporations and Taxation, Department of).
Inspection (see Public Safety, Department of).
Insurance (see Banking and Insurance, Department of).
Juvenile Training (see Public Welfare, Department of).
Libraries, Public (see Education, Department of).
Livestock Disease Control (see Agriculture, Department of).
Marine Fisheries (see Conservation, Department of).
Markets (see Agriculture, Department of).
Maternal and Child Health (see Public Health, Department
of).
Milk Control (see Agriculture, Department of).
Necessaries of Life (see Labor and Industries, Department of).
Occupational Hygiene (see Labor and Industries, Department
of).
Parks and Recreation (see Conservation, Department of).
Plant Pest Control and Fairs (see Agriculture, Department of).
Registration (see Civil Service and Registration, Department
of).
Sanitary Engineering (see Public Health, Department of).
Savings Bank Life Insurance (see Banking and Insurance,
Department of).
Securities (see Public Utilities, Department of).
Smoke Inspection (see Public Utilities, Department of).
Standards (see Labor and Industries, Department of).
State Police (see Public Safety, Department of).
Telephone and Telegraph (see Public Utilities, Department of).
Tuberculosis (see Public Health, Department of).
Waterways (see Public Works, Department of).
WildHfe Research and Management (see Conservation, Depart-
ment of).
Doctors (see Physicians).
Dodge, Frederick A., contributions made to retirement system of
city of Worcester, repayment of, to, and retirement rights
of such employee established ..... 263 1,2
Dog racing meetings (see Horse and dog racing meetings, etc.).
Domestic animals (see Animals).
Domestic corporations (see Corporations).
Dominican campaign, veterans of, extension of hospital benefits to 444
Doorkeepers (see General court).
Doors, revolving (see Revolving doors).
Index.
1071
Dorchester district of city of Boston, land, certain, in, transfer
from school department to park department of said city
Malibu beach in, sanding of, appropriation ....
public bathing beaches, certain, in, acquisition by metropolitan
district commission, investigation relative to Resolve
Downie, George W., reimbursement for certain moneys paid to town
of Winthrop, action of said town in connection with,
ratified, etc. ........
Doyle, John E., payment by town of Danvcrs of sum of money to
Dracut, town of (see Cities and towns) .
Drinking water, powers of boards of health with respect to, in-
creased ........
Drinks (see Alcoholic beverages).
Drug addicts, commitment and parole of, further regulated .
Druggists (see Pharmacists).
Drugs, food and, division of (see Public health, department of)
inspection in department of public health, appropriations
Drunkenness, persons, certain, arrested for, release of .
See also Alcoholism, commission on.
Ducklings, baby chicks and other fowl, certain living, sale at
retail of, regulated ......
Due care, presumption of, on part of person injured or killed made
applicable to actions for consequential damages
Duffy, John J., contributions made to retirement system of city of
Worcester, repayment of, to, and retirement rights of
such employee established .....
DUKES COUNTY:
appropriations for maintenance of, etc. ....
county airport, construction and repair work at, borrowing of
money for, by, authorized .....
representatives in general court, number apportioned to .
tax levy .........
See also County commissioners.
Dutch elm disease, so called, work in connection with, ap]
priations ........
Dwelling houses (see Buildings; Housing; Mortgages).
Chap.
Item or
Section.
100
685/
1.2
8602-48,
Page 773
38
452
233
1, 2
1. 2
148
684
1-3
219/
409
2012-01.
2012-02
168
386
1, 2
263
1, 2
301
1
371
182
301
1-3
1-4
1
685
0909-14,
1341-83
1341-83
E.
East Boston, airport (see Logan Airport, General Edward Law-
rence),
armory in, erection of, investigation by armory commission
relative to . . . . . . Resolve
pumping station, improvements at, appropriation
rapid transit facilities in, extension of, transit department of
city of Boston authorized to contract with Boston Ele-
vated Railway Company for certain construction in con-
nection with ........
East Bridgewater, town of (see Cities and towns).
East Longmeadow, town of (see Cities and towns).
East Otis Reservoir, outlet and spillway of, screening by department
of conservation, investigation relative to, etc. Resolve
appropriation .........
Edgartown, town of (see Cities and towns).
Education, adult, English speaking classes, appropriation
board of, established and its powers and duties defined
appropriation ........
Resolve
deaf and blind pupils, of, appropriation .
physically handicapped children, certain, of
problems, certain, of. investigation relative to
appropriation ........
veterans, of, facilities available for, certain information con-
cerning, furnishing of, to administrator of veterans' affairs
See also Colleges and universities; Schools.
49
219
303
544
55
685
219
652
685
219
384
67
685
534
1,2
26
0207,
Page 772
1301-64.
1301-65
1-15
1301-20.
Page 778
1301-41
0212,
Page 774
1.2
1072
Index.
Educational opportunities, higher, for children of Massachusetts
men and women who died in armed forces, amount of
reimbursement to be paid by commonwealth for, increased
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF:
in general, appropriations
Chap.
399
261
670
685.
384
652
685 ■
652
children, physically handicapped, education of, powers and
duties as to
education, board of, establishment of, in, and providing for
supervision and control of said department by such
board ... .....
appropriation ........
Massachusetts board for the promotion of opportunities for
young people, act providing for establishment of, in,
repealed .........
services, certain, performed by, and by departments of cor-
rection, public health, mental health and public welfare
and the industrial accident board, unification of, study
as to ....... Resolve
advisory board of education, act establishing board of edu-
cation, as affecting .......
collegiate authority, board of, Bradford Durfee Technical
Institute and New Bedford Textile Institute, courses of
instruction at, etc., in connection with granting of certain
degrees, approval by .
education, board of, act establishing, as affecting . .
veterans, training and education of, facilities available for,
certain information concerning, furnishing of, to adminis-
trator of veterans' affairs by .... .
commissioner, education, board of, act providing for estab-
lishment of, as affecting ......
Good Government Day, annual observance of, powers and
duties as to . . • .
pharmacy, schools or colleges of, standards for, establishment
of, by ........ •
transportation of pupils, reimbursement to cities and towns
for certain expenses incurred for, powers and duties as to .
unification of certain services performed by certain state de-
partments and the industrial accident board, joint board
to study as to, to be or to designate a member of Resolve 35
divisions of:
blind, aiding of blind persons by, relative to . . . . 458
'219
appropriations ........] 535
immigration and Americanization, appropriations
libraries, public, appropriations .
vocational education, appropriations .
vocational rehabilitation, appropriations
teachers' retirement board, appropriations
See also Retirement systems and pensions.
Election officers (see Elections).
219
,261
219
686
219
219
219
261
Item or
Section.
1301-01 to
1341-93,
3513-22,
.3513-23
1301-53 to
1332-00,
3513-22.
3513-23
1-4
1301-09 to
1341-83,
3513-01,
3513-23
1-16
1301-20,
Page 778
13
35
652
13
387
652
3,14
534
1.2
652
1-9. 13, 16
561
503
679
1
1304-01 to
1304-17
1304-08,
1304-11
1302-01,
1302-02
1302-02
1303-01 to
1303-03
1303-01,
1303-03
1301-31
1301-32,
1301-33
1305-01 to
1305-08
1305-08
Index.
1073
ELECTIONS:
alcoholic beverages, sale of, question of licensing, designation of,
etc., on ballots ........
announcement and recording of vote at, further regulated
appropriations
ballot law commission, appropriation .....
nomination papers and certificates of nomination, act limiting
time for certain actions in connection with, as affecting
Ivillots, preparing, printing and distribution of, appropriation
presidential primaries, at, number of times name of person may
appear on, as candidate for delegate or alternate delegate
to national convention, restricted . . . .
recounts of, state-wide, act making certain changes in laws
regulating . . . . . . . .
state and municipal elections, at, questions appearing upon
biennial state primary (see, infra, primaries).
Roston, nomination papers of candidates for municipal elective
offices in, more particular certification of names of nomi-
nators upon, and dispensing with requirement that such
certification be sworn to . . . . . .
regular municipal elections, certain, in, filing of nomination
papers and doing of certain other acts in connection with
Brockton, biennial municipal elections in, changing date for
holding of .
party nominations for elective municipal officers in, providing
for
candidates for office, nomination of, caucus or convention, by
act requiring acceptance of such nomination .
placing of acceptances of, on nomination papers
See also, infra, nomination of candidates,
caucuses, nomination of candidates by, act requiring acceptance
of such nomination ......
conventions, national, delegates or alternate delegates to, number
of times name of a person may appear on official ballot as
candidate for, restricted . . . . .
delegates to, nomination papers of candidates for, informa
tion appearing on, relative to . .
nomination of candidates by, act requiring acceptance of such
nomination .......
election commissioners, voting machines, custodians of, appoint
ment of, by, etc. . . .
election oflScers, announcement and recording of vote by, further
regulated ........
Florida, aimual town election of, late filing of certificates of
nomination and nomination papers for, permitted .
Haverhill, biennial municipal elections in, date for holding of
advanced ........
horse and dog races at which pari-mutuel system of wagering shall
be permitted, question of licensing, designation of, etc., on
ballots ........
Melrose, biennial municipal electiona in, changing time for hold
ing of ....... .
national conventions (see, supra, conventions),
nomination of candidates, caucus or convention, by, act requir-
ing acceptance of such nomination ...
certificates of nomination and nomination papers, limitations
of time for certain action in connection with .
nomination papers, by, information appearing on, relative to
placing on such papers of acceptances of nominations
town offices, for, last day for filing certificates of nomination
and nomination papers for, established
See also, infra, primaries.
North Adams, non-parti-san municipal elections in, establish-
ment of . . ...
Peabody, biennial municipal elections in, time for holding of
changed ........
precincts, voting, and boundaries thereof, in towns, changes in
presidential primaries (see, infra, primaries, presidential).
Chap.
138
95
(219 j
685 i
219 i
35.3
1.38
74
190
2G7
Item or
Section.
1, 3
0504-01 to
0504-03
0504-02,
0504-03
0425-01,
0425-02
1.2
0504-01
1. 2
1-3
44 fi
1.2
227
1,2
268
1.2
173
1-3
141
37
31
338
1. 2
141
255
1-3
95
2
1,2
157
1.2
138
1. 2
5
30
1.2
338
1.2
37
1. 2
1-3
1074
Index.
ELECTIONS — Concluded.
primaries, presidential, ballots for, number of times names of
persons may appear on, as candidates for delegates or
alternate delegates to a national convention, restricted
certificates of nomination or nomination papers for, limita-
tion of time for certain action in connection with
state, certificates of nomination or nomination papers for
limitation of time for certain action in connection with
questions submitted to voters, designation of, upon ballots in
state and municipal elections
return of votes upon certain ....
recording of votes at, further regulated . . .
recounts of ballots, state-wdde, act making certain changes in
laws regulating . . . . . . . ,
registrars of voters, registration of voters by, prior to primaries
preliminary elections and elections . . _.
Southborough, annual town election of, late filing of certificates
of nomination and nomination papers for, permitted
state primaries (see, supra, primaries).
student senate and house of representatives, election of, in con-
nection with annual observance of Good Government Day
town elections, nomination papers, etc., of candidates for town
office, last day for filing of, with town clerk, established .
town meeting members, certain, in towns, placing of words
"candidate for re-election" on official ballots at elections
of, etc. . . . . . ...
voters, questions submitted to (see, supra, questions submitted
to voters),
registration of, prior to primaries, preliminary elections and
elections .........
votes, announcement and recording of, further regulated .
recounts of, state-wide, act making certain changes in laws
regulating .........
return of, upon certain questions submitted to voters .
voting machines, custodians of, appointment, powers and duties of
voting precincts (see, supra, precincts).
Electrical power, development of, flood control projects, from, etc.,
investigation relative to ... . Resolve
appropriation .........
Electric companies (see Gas and electric companies).
Electricians, state examiners of (see Civil service and registration,
department of),
supervision of, investigation relative to . . . Resolve
Electricity, manufacture, sale and distribution of, Ware Industries,
Inc., by, in town of Ware, and certain acts of said corpo-
ration validated .......
Elevator regulations, board of (see Public safety, department of).
Elm disease, Dutch, so called, work in connection with, appropria- )
tion . . . . . . . • -J
Embalming and funeral directing, board of registration in
(see Civil service and registration, department of).
Emergency appropriations, borrowing of money outside debt limit
by cities and towns for, further regulated
Emergency boards of arbitration, industrial disputes, certain, in,
providing for ....... .
Emergency Defense Act of 1941, repealed, etc
EMERGENCY FINANCE BOARD:
appropriation .........
pubHc welfare and veterans' benefits, borrowing of money for, by
cities and towns, subject to approval by . . .
tax titles, borrowing of money by cities and towns based upon,
powers and duties as to .
Emergency housing commission, appropriation
findings of, relative to .
Emergency laws, certain acts declared by governor to be .
federal (see Federal emergency laws).
EMERGENCY PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION:
abolisherl, and Massachusetts pTiblic building commission es-
tablished ......•••
appropriation .........
Chap. .
31
30
1.
2
30
1.
2
1.38 1-3
Pages 827-843
95
3.53
1.
2
34
1
-7
125
1,
2
5(U
74
1-7
353 1, 2
Pages 827-843
255 1-3
0207,
Page 772
1-3
^,qf 0909-14,
"^■^ \ 1341-83
298
3
596
669
1-3
219
0605-01
611
1
206
219
609
421
567
568
596
1,2
0427-01
1.2
460
219
1-6
0606-01
Index.
1075
Chap.
Emergency war powers, governor, of, food shortage, certain, in
connection with, terminated ..... 628
See also Governor.
Eminent domain, veterans, housing for, taking of lands for pur- f 479
poses of, by . . . . . . . . \ 564
Employees, commonwealth, of (see Commonwealth, officers and
employees of).
counties, of (see Counties).
districts, of (see Districts).
injured, compensation for (see Workmen's compensation).
municipal (see Municipal officers and employees).
See also Civil service laws; Employers and employees; Labor;
Public employees.
EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES:
employment security law, as affecting (see Employment security
law).
public employees, compensation for injuries sustained by, ap- 1 2^9 /
propriations . . . . . . . j \
trusts created by employers in connection with stock bonus,
pension, disability, death benefit or profit-sharing plan
for benefit of employees, payments by employers to and
income received from such trusts exempted from income
tax 485
wages, variations in, for reasons other than difference in sex . 565
See also Fair employment practices; Labor; Massachusetts fair
employment practice commission; Minimum wage;
Workmen's compensation.
Employment, agencies, inquiries by, as to whether or not appHcant
for employment is a veteran or a citizen, permitted under
fair employment practices law ..... 424
mechanics, teamsters, chauffeurs and laborers, of, in construction
of public works ........ 334
minors, of (see Minors).
women, of (see Women).
See also Civil service laws; Employment security law; Fair
employment practices; Labor; Minimum wage.
Employment security, division of (see Labor and industries, de-
partment of).
EMPLOYMENT SECURITY LAW:
appeals under, from district courts to supreme judicial court,
further regulated ....... 434
benefits under, extended to industrial insurance agents . . 433
contribution rate, successor employing imits, of, under . . 440
employer contribution rates under, act preventing discrimination
in, by reason of interruptions of business resulting from
service in World War II ..... . 602
investigation relative to ... . Resolves 16, 59, 62
appropriation ........ 685 |
Encumbrances, property, on (see Liens; Mortgages).
Endowment insurance (see Insurance, classes of insurance).
Engineers, professional, and land surveyors, board of registra- I 219
tion of, appropriations . . . . \ 261
English speaking classes, adults, for, appropriations . 219 |
Enos, Manuel, payment by commonwealth of sum of money to, as
compensation for certain property taken for highway
purposes ....... Resolve
appropriation .........
Entry of actions (see Actions, civil).
Equity, jurisdiction, superior court, aviation, rules, regulations, etc.,
relative to, appeals from ......
municipal planning, improved method of, appeals under,
etc., as to .
veterans' housing corporations, certain actions of, to restrain
water supply for domestic purposes, orders of boards of
health relative to, to enforce .....
supreme judicial and superior courts, appellate proceedings,
as to .........
industrial disputes, certain, act providing for peaceful
settlement of, to enforce ......
jurisdictional disputes, certain, to issue injunctions in, rela-
tive to ........ .
31
()S5
Item or
Section.
1. 2
1
2820-04,
2970-07
1.2
1,2
319
340/
564
148
305
596
571
0202.
Page 772
1412-01
1412-01
1301-64,
1301-65
2820-03,
Page 779
4, Subs.
SIT, 81W
7
1. 2
1076
Index.
Chap.
Equity — Concluded.
jurisdiction — Concluded.
supreme judicial and superior courts — Concluded.
law, unauthorized practice of, to restrain, upon petition of
district attorneys ....... 75
Pittsfield, city of, water supply of, taking of waters and
other property for purpose of increasing, act providing
for, to enforce ........ 285
supreme judicial court, Merrimack River Valley Sewerage
District, assessments upon certain municipalities by, de-
termination by commissioners to be appointed by said
court, in case of grievance, etc. ..... 653
Suffolk county, for, accident and health insurance policies,
rates, etc., for, findings of commissioner of insurance in
connection with, to modify, annul or affirm . . . 607
procedure and practice, appellate proceedings in . . . 365
exceptions, bills of, in, provisions of law providing for, effective
date of, postponed . . . . .97
repealed ......... 361
injunctions, in certain cases of trade mark infringement or
unfair competition ....... 307
Escheated estates, reimbursement of persons for certain funds of,
appropriation . . . . . . .219
Sullivan, Nellie, of, payment from state treasury of balance
of ....... . Resolve 51
appropriation ........ 685
Esplanade, Charles river basin, of, playground and recreational
equipment for use at, expenditures for, authorized 480
ESSEX COUNTY:
appropriations for maintenance of. etc. ..... 301
greenhead fly nuisance in certain tidal areas of, relief from, in- I 685
vestigation relative to, appropriations for . Resolve 1 ^o
representatives in general court, number apportioned to, and
board of special commissioners established to divide said
county into representative districts and to assign repre-
sentatives thereto ....... 182
tax levy 301
Thompson, Harry D., payment of sum of money to, by . . 475
tuberculosis hospital, erection and equipment of certain buildings
at, authorized ........ 277
expenditures for maintenance, etc., of . . . 302
power plant at, act authorizing county commissioners of Essex
county to complete additions and improvements to . 512
Essex, town of (see Cities and towns).
ESTATES OF DECEASED PERSONS:
administration of, counsel fees in connection with . . . 536
escheated (see Escheated estates).
insurance companies, payments by, of amounts of five hundred
dollars or less due to, facilitated .....
See also Wills.
European corn-borer, suppression of, appropriation
Everett, city of (see Cities and towns).
Eviction cases (see Summary process for possession of land).
Evidence, facts and statistics, publicly issued compilations of, use in
prima facie, motor vehicles, operation of, at speed greater than
reasonable and proper, relating to . .
reputation of a person in a group of persons with whom he
habitually associates, admissibility of, in . . .
workmen's compensation cases, in, admissibility of, regulated .
Examinations, civil service (see Civil service laws),
mental (see Mental examinations),
physical (.see Physical examinations).
state departments, boards and commissions, conducted by, re-
tention and inspection of papers in connection with, in-
vestigation relative to . . . Resolve 45
Exceptions, bills of, probate proceedings, in, provisions of law pro-
viding for, effective date of, postponed ... 97
repealed . . . ■ . • . • • . • '^^^
suits in equity, in, provisions of law providing for, effective
date of, postponed ....... 97
repealed ......... 361
Excise tax (see Taxation, excise tax).
Item or
Section.
1.2
2
2820-06
2820-03,
Page 779
2001-23,
Page 772
1-4
1.2
1-4
104
219
0909-12
385
1.2
406
410
455
1.2
Index.
1077
Chap.
Executions in civil actions, summary process, actions of, in, further
stay of . . . ... . . . .78
Executive council, members, blue book, so called, distribution of
copies of, to . . . . . . . . 320
persons, certain, serving in, exempted fj-om law prohibiting pay-
ment of compensation to former public employees who
have been retired ....... 462
salaries and expenses, appropriations
See also Governor and council.
Executive department, appropriations
219
219
261
confidential secretaries employed in, exempted from law pro-
hibiting payment of compensation to former public em-
ployees who have been retired ..... 462
See also Executive council; Governor; Governor and council.
Executive orders issued by governor (see Governor).
Executors and administrators (see Estates of deceased persons;
Wills).
Exemptions from taxation (see Taxation).
Exits, buildings, in (see Hotels, lodging houses, etc.; Revolving
doors).
Expenditures, public, investigation and study of general subject
of, by special commission .... Resolve 56
appropriation ......... 685
Eye injuries, certain, amount of workmen's compensation benefits
for, increased ........ 664
Item or
Section.
1. 2
1, 2
0401-03,
0401-05
0401-01 to
0401-31
0401-23.
0401-60
0401-37
0208.
Page 772
1. 2
F.
Factories, employment of children under sixteen years of age in,
prohibited . .
hours of employment of women and minors in . . .
Facts and statistics, publicly issued compilations of, use in evi-
dence, providing for .......
Fair employment practice commission, Massachusetts, appro-
priations . . . . . . . .
Fair employment practices, relative to
Fairhaven, town of (see Cities and towns) .
Fairs, plant pest control and, division of (see Agriculture, department
oO.
state or county, horse and dog racing meetings held in connec-
tion with, tax on certain amounts wagered each day at,
and regulating disposition of money so received
Fall River, city of (see Cities and towns).
Falmouth, town of (see Cities and towns).
Family hotels (see Inns, lodging houses, etc.).
Farm, state (see State farm).
Farragut beach, South Boston, in, acquisition of. by metropolitan
district commission, investigation relative to Resolve
Federal aid projects, so called (see Federal emergency laws).
Federal banks, loan associations and credit unions (see Banks and
banking) .
FEDERAL EMERGENCY LAWS:
in general, airports, state, county and municipal, enlargement,
improvement, etc., of, use for, of funds granted under
armory commission, acceptance and use by, of certain funds
under .........
Belmont, town of, grade crossings, certain, in, abolition of, use
for, of funds granted under ......
counties, cities, towns and districts, time for incurring debt
to secure benefits of, extended .....
Merrimack River Valley Sewerage District, sewers, etc., for,
from funds allocated under ......
University of Massachusetts, new building at, construction of,
Massachusetts public building commission authorized to
apply for and accept federal funds for, under
veterans' housing corporations authorized to receive loans and
grants under ........
109
357
385
219
685
424
390
593
318
336
526
653
599
564
1.2
1-4
1, 2
0426-01
0426-01
1. 2
10, 16
2
1078
Index.
FEDERAL EMERGENCY LAWS — Concluded.
in general — Concluded.
war operations, persons who have sustained hardships as a
result of, assistance to, commissioner of public welfare
authorized to accept and expend federal funds for
Federal Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, veterans who
are minors, or whose -spouses are minors, enabled to par-
ticipate in benefits of .
Federal government (see United States).
Federal grants, public works, etc., for (see Federal emergency laws).
Federal Housing Administrator, loans insured by, making by cer-
tain banking institutions ......
real estate mortgages insured by, investments in, by domestic
insurance companies . . . .
Federal Railway Labor Act, employees subject to, act providing
for peaceful settlement of certain labor disputes not to
apply to
Federal reservations, service of certain police officers and guards
upon, and relative to criminal jurisdiction over offences
in certain portions of Fort Devens military reservation .
Federal savings and loan associations (see Banks and banking).
Federal Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, veterans who
are minors, or whose spouses are minors, enabled to par-
ticipate in benefits of ..... .
Federal tax (see Internal revenue code of the United States).
Feeble-minded persons, cost of boarding certain, in private homes,
appropriation ........
state school for, at Camp Myles Standish, maintenance of, appro-
priations .........
See also Insane, epileptic and feeble-minded persons.
FEES:
alcoholic beverages law, received under, disposition of, further
regulated .......
births, marriages and deaths, records of, fees collected by city
and town clerks for transmitting copies of, to state secre
tary, made uniform . .
corporations, business, consolidation of, in connection with
counsel, of, in probate courts .....
court stenographers, of ......
Diesel engines used for propelling motor vehicles, licenses for
operation of . .
entry of certain actions, for, in which persons not claiming jointly
have joined as parties plaintiff
insurance rating organizations, licenses to act as
medical examiners, of, appropriation . .
motor vehicles and trailers, certain, registration of .
motor veliicles, new, registration of, while in transit by a trans-
porter thereof .......
parking meters, use of .
physicians, authorized to make mental examinations, for .
authorized to make mental examinations in certain prisons
for, increased .......
sheriffs, deputy sheriffs and constables, of . . .
witness, payment to police officers of city of Boston in certain
continued criminal cases ....
Felony, offering of rewards by governor for detention, arrest and
conviction of person committing a . . .
Fellsmere pond, city of Maiden, in, winter sports program at, es
tablishment, etc., of .
appropriation ........
Females (see Women).
Fernald, Walter E., state school, appropriations
Fidelity bonds (see Bonds).
Finance, administration and, commission on (see Administration and
finance, commission on).
cities, towns and districts, of (see Municipal finance).
commonwealth, of (see State finance).
counties, of (see County finance).
Chap.
556
259
89
41
596
668
Item or
Section.
625
283
543
536
179
408
614
619
641
219
463
401
442
194
4.59
135
181
3.59
451
f219
■I 670
[685
1, 2
1. 2
219
1702-21
219
1726-00
670
1-4
685
1726-00
1,2
1. 2
1, Subs. 8
8602-46,
Page 771
1724-00
1-4
1724-00
Index.
1079
Finance board, emergency (see Emergency finance board).
Fine Arts, Museum of (see Museum of Fine Arts).
Fines, co-operative banks, in, relative to .... .
Finney, John B., Co., revived for certain purposes
FIRE DEPARTMENTS:
in general, chief engineer in districts having a fire department,
office of, placing under civil service laws, authorized
firemen, former, widows of, amounts of annuities payable by
certain cities and towns to, under special law, increased
forty hour week for municipal employees, act authorizing not
to apply to members of ..... .
permanent members of, law further regulating hours of duty
of, submission to voters of certain cities and towns of
question of acceptance of certain provisions of
promotions in such fire forces as are within classified civil
service, requirements for, changed ....
veterans, certain, made eligible to apply for examination for,
and appointment to positions in, notwithstanding mini-
mum age requirements ......
Boston, temporary service of members of, compensation for, etc.,
investigation relative to ... . Resolve
Chap.
46
519
239
493
649
64
200
287
52
appropriation
Nantucket, chief of department, office of, and positions of regu-
lar members of said department, removal from civil ser^'ice,
providing for ........
Natick, call men, certain, of, appointment to permanent force of
said town, authorized .......
Ware Fire District Number One, town of Ware authorized to take
over properties and assume obligations of . . .
WatertowTi, relative to .......
Wilmington, relative to .......
Fire districts (see Districts).
Fire insurance (see Insurance).
Fire marshal, state (see Public safety, department of).
Firemen (see Fire departments).
Firemen's relief, commissioners on, appropriations .
Fire prevention, division of (see Public safety, department of).
regulations, board of (see Public safety, department of).
FIRES AND FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION:
Barnstable coimty, forest fire fighting apparatus for use by
towns in, purchase, etc., by county commissioners of said
county .........
buildings used for dwellings, regulations for prevention of fire in,
etc., providing for ...... .
fire patrol, appropriation . ...
forest fires, Bourne, Mashpee and Sandwich, towns of, in, said
towns relieved from payment of expenses incurred in ex-
tinguishment of . . . . . . Resolve
equipment for fighting, purchase by department of conserva-
tion, providing for ...... .
extinguishment of, expenses, etc., state aid to towns for, appro-
priation .........
Fire warden, state (see Conservation, department of).
First Church of Deerfield, The, creation of, and transfer to said
f(jrporation of certain property by the First Congregational
Parish of Deerfield, The Deerfield Church and Orthodox
Congregational Church of Deerfield, authorized
First Congregational Parish of Deerfield, certain property of,
conveyance to The First Church of Deerfield, etc. .
First Nicaraguan campaign, veterans of, extension of hospital
benefits to ........
First street drawbridge, Cambridge, city of, in, care, control and
maintenance of .
FISH AND FISHERIES:
inland (see Game and inland fisheries, fish and fishing).
marine, fish industry, investigation of, appropriation
392
147
209
33
6
219
261
5S1
581
444
551
685
Item or
Section.
1,2
1.2
0205,
Page 774
1-3
1.2
1-4
1-5
1.2
0602-01.
0602-02
0602 01
631
219
1.2
1002-14
61
470
219
1002-11
lobsters, purchasing of, expenses of, appropriation . . 219
processing of, women and children employed in, hours of labor
of 368
1-14
1-14
0221,
Page 776
1004-83
1080
Index.
Chap.
^ISH AND FISHERIES — Concluded.
marine — Concluded.
shellfish and shellfish chlorinating plants, investigation rela-
tive to, continued ..... Resolve 43
appropriation ........ 685 |
shellfish, enforcement of certain laws relative to, appropria- \ qiq
tions . . . . . . . . . j
state aid to coastal cities and towns in conserving and in- 1 219
creasing supply of, appropriations . . . . /
striped bass, protection of . . . .515
Fisheries and game, division of (see Conservation, department of).
Fishing (see Game and inland fisheries).
Fitchburg state teachers college, appropriations • 1 " I
1685
Fitzgerald, Henry F., contributions made to retirement system of
city of Everett, repayment of, to, and retirement rights of
such member established ...... 533
Five day week, commonwealth, service of, in, establishment of 677
FLOOD CONTROL:
investigation relative to, etc. .... Resolve 55
appropriation ........ 685 I
Ware river, flood control protection along portion of, investi-
gation relative to .... . Resolve 37
Florida, town of (see Cities and towns).
FOOD:
drugs, and, inspection in department of public health, appro- 1 259 /
priations . . . . . / \
essential fresh, handling of, within commonwealth, investigation
relative to ...... Resolve 53
appropriation ........ 685 |
fish (see Fish and fisheries).
furnishing of, by commissioner of public welfare, to certain per-
sons who have sustained hardships as a result of war
operations ........ 556
production or distribution of, industrial disputes, certain, cur-
tailing, peaceful settlement of, providing for . . . 596
rationed, stealing, etc., of, certain emergency provisions of law
relative to, repealed ....... 662
reserve for increased cost of, etc., appropriations . . . \ '^c^^
shortage of, certain emergency war powers granted to governor
in connection with, terminated ..... 628
See also Meals.
Football games, offer or acceptance of bribes in, penalized 405
Ford building, so called, maintenance of, appropriations . \ [
[685
Foreclosure, tax titles, of (see Taxation, local taxes, collection of).
Foreign corporations (see Corporations).
Foreign insurance companies (see Insurance, companies).
Foremen, public works, employed on, hours of work of . . 680
Forester, state (see Conservation, department of).
Forest fires (see Forests and forestry) .
Forestry, division of (see Conservation, department oO-
FORESTS AND FORESTRY:
fire patrol, appropriation . . . . .219
fires, forest, apparatus for fighting, purchase by county commis-
sioners of Barnstable county for use by towns within said
county . . . . . .49
Bourne, Mashpee and Sandwich, towns of, in, said towns re-
lieved from payment of expenses incurred in extinguish-
ment of ...... . Resolve 61
equipment for fighting, purchase by department of conserva-
tion, providing for . . . . 470
extinguishment of, expenses, etc., state aid to towns for,
appropriation . . . . . .219
state forest products, sale of, by commissioner of conservation,
authorized 366
Item or
Section.
0258,
Page 771
1004-81,
1004-82
1004-84,
1004-85
1308-00,
1308-21
1308-00
1-3
1-3
0207
Page 77:
2012-01,
2012-02
0206,
Page 774
1, 2
2820-34
2820-31
1, 2
0416-05,
0416-12
0416-12
1-3
1002-11
Index.
1081
FORESTS AND FORESTRY — Concluded.
state forests, development of, appropriation . . . .
Myles Standish state foiest, leasing to Brockton Girl Scouts,
Incorporated, of land at Barretts pond in . . .
recreational opportunities in, development of, appropriation
Fort Devens, college for veterans at, appropriations
time for matriculation at, extended . . . . .
military reservation, offences, certain, committed in portions of.
criminal jurisdiction of courts of commonwealth over .
Forty hour week, municipal employees, certain, for, authorized
Fowl, certain living, retail sale of, regulated . . . . .
Foxborough, state hospital, appropriations .....
town of (see Cities and towns).
Framingham, state teachers college, appropriations
town of (see Cities and towns).
Franchises, exclusive, transportation of passengers at or on public
airports, for, granting of, prohibited ....
FRANKLIN COUNTY:
appropriations for maintenance of, etc. .....
probate court of. First Church of Deerfield, The, transfer of
certain real estate to, when authorized by decree of
registry of deeds for (see Registers and registries of deeds),
representatives in general court, number apportioned to. and
board of special commissioners established to divide said
county into representative districts and to assign repre-
sentatives thereto .......
Stillwater bridge over Deerfield river in Deerfield, use of post
war rehabilitation funds for repair of. by, authorized
tax levy ..........
Franklin, town of (see Cities and towns).
Fraternal benefit societies, death benefit certificates as to persons
under forty years of age. issuance by. authorized, without
medical examination by legally qualified physicians
Vasa Benefit Association, transfer of assets and liabilities to Dis-
trict Lodge No. 2, Vasa Order of America
Freight, carriers of (see Carriers).
Fuel, motor vehicles, used in propelling, excise tax on sales of (see
Gasoline tax).
See also Diesel motor fuel ; Gasoline.
production or distribution of, industrial disputes, certain, curtail-
ing, peaceful settlement of, providing for
reserve for increased cost of, etc.. appropriation
Funds, federal (see Federal emergency laws).
state (see State finance).
Funeral directing, embalming and, board of registration in
(see Civil service and registration, department of).
Funeral expenses, persons who died in overseas service during World
War II. of. financial assistance provided to certain vet-
erans' organizations in connection with
Furniture, household effects, etc., combined exemption from
local taxation of a husband and wife in case of
Chap.
Item or
Section.
219
1002-21
550
219
219
261
685
594
4013
3513-23
3513-23
3513-23
668
649
168
f 219
\ 670
[685
2
1713-00
1-4
1713-00
'219/
261
685/
1309-00.
1309-21
1309-00
1309-00.
1309-32
332
301
1
581
4.6
182
521
301
1, 2
1
393
202
1. 2
596
219
624
310
2820-34
G.
Gambling (see Horse and dog racing meetings conducted under
pari-mutuel system of wagering).
GAME AND INLAND FISHERIES:
in general, con.servation officers, compensation, expenses, etc.,
appropriations ........
land owned or controlled by commonwealth, hunting on, fur-
x5 ther regulated ......
licenses, certain, revocation of .
}2.9J
363
193
1004-11.
1004-12.
3304-11,
3304-12
1082
Index,
GAME AND INLAND FISHERIES — Conduchfl.
birds and mammals :
birds:
game birds, propagation, appropriation ....
hunting of certain, further regiilated ....
pheasants and quail, liberation of, into the wild, regulated .
mammals:
airplanes, hunting of, by, prohibited .....
deer, damages caused by, payment of, appropriations .
moose, damages caused by, payment of, appropriations
skunks, hunting of, on land owned or controlled by common-
wealth .........
woodchucks, hunting of, on land owned or controlled by
commonwealth ........
fish and fishing :
fish hatcheries, maintenance, appropriations
fishing licenses, special, for patients in veterans' hospitals
Quabbin reservoir, fishing from shore in certain parts of, rules
and regulations relative to, promulgation of, by metro-
politan district commission ......
Game, fisheries and, division of (see Conservation, department of).
GAMES AND SPORTS:
Boston, city of, in, conducted by school committee of said city,
charges for admission to ..... .
boxing or sparring matches, conduct of, further regulated .
bribes, offer or acceptance of, in certain, penalized . . .
organized professional, certain persons employed to participate
in, exempted from workmen's compensation law
school children, certain, injured while participating in, reason-
able expenses incurred by or on behalf of, appropriations
by towns for payment of, authorized ....
winter sports program, establishment, etc., of, at Fellsmere pond
in city of Maiden .......
appropriation ........
Garages, employment of certain minors in, prohibited
Gardner, city of (see Cities and towns).
state hospital, appropriations ......
Gas, production or distribution of, industrial disputes, certain, cur-
tailing, peaceful settlement of, providing for .
Gas and electric companies, bonds, etc., of, investments by sav-
ings banks in, further regulated .....
capital stock issued by, par value of .... .
Gas and gas meters, inspection of, division of (see Public utili-
ties, department of).
Gasoline, motor fuel sales act, so called, administration of, appro-
priations .........
See also Die.sel motor fuel.
GENERAL COURT:
in general, acts and resolves, number passed by .
alcoholism, commission on, annual report by, to .
appropriations by (see Appropriations; State finance).
Boston Elevated Railway Company, bonds of, purchased by
Boston metropolitan district not to be disposed of with-
out authority of .......
bulletin of committee hearings, appropriations
chaplains, appropriation .......
clerks (see, infra, house of representatives; senate).
Chap.
Item or
Section.
219
172
397
3304-32
275
/219
1261
/219
1261
3304-35
3304-35
3304-35
3304-35
committees, expenses, appropriations
conservation, committee on, expenses in connection with ac-
quisition by United States of property in commonwealth for
establishment of migratory bird reservations, appropriation
363
f
219 \
I
245
300
425
234
405
451
685
109
219
685
596
236
48
}219(
92
219
261
219
261
685
3304-31,
3304-49,
3304-50
1, 2
1, 2
8602-46,
Page 771
1, 2
1714-00
1-4
1714-00
1601-53,
1601-54
Page 825
2
0102-04
0102-04
0101-17
0101-20 to
0102-01,
0102-06,
0102-09
0102-06
0101-20,
0102-01
0102-22,
Page 778
Index.
1083
GENERAL COURT — Continued.
in general — Continued.
contingent expenses, appropriations
Chap
f210
J 261
counsel to, appropriations
statutes, general, cumulative table of changes in, preparation
by
counties, committee on, certain expenses of, appropriation
three members of, to be members of special commission to
investigate general subject of public expenditures Resolve
doorkeepers and assistant doorkeepers, appropriations .
general court officers, appropriations .
Good Government Day, annual observance of, providing for
election of student senate and house of representatives
to occupy seats of members of, etc. ....
hearings, bulletins of, appropriation .....
daily list of, appropriation ......
insurance, committee on, further study by, appropriation
labor and industries, committee on, certain expenses of, ap-
propriation . . ...
legislative document room, clerks, appropriation .
manual for, distribution of ......
printing of, appropriation ......
members, compensation of, appropriations ....
portraits, etc., of, books containing, purchase of, appropria-
tion . . . . . . . • .
retirement system of commonwealth, membership in, of
statutes, general, cumulative table of changes in, distribu-
tion to ........ ■
metropolitan transit authority, annual report by, to
municipal finance, committee on, three members of, to be
members of special commission to investigate general
subject of public expenditures . . . Resolve
pages, appropriations
printing, binding and paper, appropriations
prorogation of, statement as to .
public welfare, committee on, travel, etc., cost of, appropria-
tion ..........
261
685
569
685
685
219
685
561
219
219
219
295
261
219
685
261
660
569
544
56
219
685
pensions and old age assistance, committee on, certain ex- 1 ggg
penses of, appropriation . . . . • • / ~
plumbers' licenses, rules governing the examination of appli-
cants for, approval by ...... 382
/219
261
685
219
sergeant-at-arms, salary, clerical assistance, etc., appropria- j
tions I 261
685
Item or
Section.
0102-11
0102-11
0102-11,
Page 776
0101-18,
0101-19,
0102-07,
0102-10
0101-19
0101-19.
Page 772
0102-45,
Page 77.3
0101-11 to
0101-13
0101-11,
Page 773
0101-11 to
0101-13
0101-11,
Page 773
0102-04
0102-04
0102-33,
Page 775
0102-42.
Page 772
0101-15
0102-03
0101-01 to
0101-04
0101-02,
0101-04.
Page 776
0102-13
1-7
0101-11,
0101-14
0101-11.
Page 773 ;
0101-14.
Page 774
0102-44,
Page 773
0102-02
0102-02
Page 826
0102-18,
Page 776
0101-09 to
0101-15,
0102-11
0102-11
0101-11,
Page 773
1084
Index.
GENERAL COURT — Concluded.
in general — Concluded.
stationery, appropriations .
taxation, committee on, travel, etc., in connection with at-
tending annual conference of national tax association,
cost of, appropriation .......
telephone service, appropriations . . . . .
traveling expenses, appropriations ....
ways and means, joint committee on, certain expenses of
Chap.
219
219
685
219
261
685
expenditures, state departments, etc., by, schedules for,
powers and duties as to . . . . . 636
three members of, to be members of special commission to
investigate general subject of public expenditures Resolve 56
witness fees, appropriation ...... 219
house of representatives, clerk of, assistant, salary of, appro-
priation . . . . 219
clerical assistance, appropriation ..... 219
salary of, appropriation ...... 219
members, apportionment to the several counties, division of
the several counties, except Dukes and Nantucket,
into representative districts and assignment of repre-
sentatives thereto ....... 182
appropriation ........ 685 |
speaker of, office of, repairs to, appropriation . . 685
ways and means, committee on, certain expenses of, appro- ' ^^
priations .........
senate, clerk of, assistant, salary of, appropriation . .219
clerical assistance, appropriation . . . . .219
salary of, appropriation ....... 219
General Electric Company, metropolitan district commission
authorized to continue certain contract relative to furnish-
ing water to ....... . 420
General Insurance Guaranty Fund (see Savings bank life in-
surance) .
GENERAL LAWS:
changes in, cumulative table of, printing and distribution of,
providing for ........ 569
table of . . .... . . Pages
new edition of, etc., preparation of, investigation relative to,
continued ....... Resolve 70
appropriation ........ 685 <
Generals, land forces, of (see Militia).
George, Everett R., land, certain, in city of Newburyport, convey-
ance to, by department of public works .... 495
G. I. Bill of Rights, so called, apprentice training provisions of,
appointment of veterans to civil service employments
under, temporary law relative to, extended . . 673
benefits provided by, act enabling veterans who are minors, or
whose spouses are minors, to participate in . . . 259
Girls, industrial school for, appropriations .1 ^ig
parole of, department of public welfare, appropriations . 219 |
See also Minors.
Gloucester, city of (see Cities and towns).
fish pier, so called, certain additions to freezer building and its
facilities located on ...... . 663
appropriation ........ 670
harbor, riprap along easterly bank of Annisquam river canal in,
repair of, by department of public works . 640
Good behavior of prisoners (see Prisoners) .
Good Government Day, annual observance of, in schools, and pro-
viding for a student senate and house of representatives . 561
Gordon, Milton, acts as a notary public validated Resolve 5
Item or
Section.
0102-05,
0102-08
0244,
Page 775
0102-12
0102-12
0101-02,
0101-04
0101-02,
0101-04
0102-25,
Page 775
0101-06
0101-08
0101-05
1-4
0444-04,
Page 770
0102-40
0102-28
0101-25,
Page 773
0101-06
0101-07
0101-05
1. 2
0287,
Page 774
1. 2
1.2
1916-00
191&-00
1908-31.
1908-32
1.2
1-4
Index.
1085
OOVEBNOR:
in general, budget of (see Appropriations).
emergCQcy laws, certain acts declared to be, by .
executive orders issued by, under war-time powers:
contracts, certain, entered into by metropolitan district
commission under authority of certain, continuation of
such contracts, authorized ......
food shortage, certain, in connection with, act terminating .
motor vehicles, passengers transporting, for hire, continued
certification of, by department of public utilities notwith-
standing repeal or annulment of . . .
Weymouth and Hingham, towns of, relocation of state high-
way in, and construction of new bridge over Weymouth
Back river, recovery of damages in connection with, after
termination of, confirmed, etc. .....
salary and e.xpenses, appropriations .....
vetoes by .........
appointments by, alcoholism, commission on, five members of
aviation, advancement and development of, making General
Edward Lawrence Logan Airport self-supporting, etc..
special commission to investigate relative to, two mem-
bers of ...... . Resolve
barbers, board of registration of, members of
Boston Poultry Show, observance of one hundredth anni-
versary of, in 1948, special commission to formulate plans
for participation by commonwealth in, three members
of ....... . Resolve
carriers, distinguishing plates, certain, issued by department
of public utilities to, regulation of transfer of, and issuance
by said department of certain certificates to veterans of
World War II, special commission to investigate, three
members of ..... . Resolve
child delinquency, prevention of, and rehabilitation and treat-
ment of delinquent children, special commission to in-
vestigate and study relative to, five members of Resolve
civil service, certain matters pertaining to, special commission
to investigate relative to, three members of . Resolve
community property rights between husband and wife, estab-
lishment of, special commission to investigate relative to,
three members of .... . Resolve
conservation, department of, organization and administration
of, and powers and duties of chief moth superintendent
therein, special commission to further investigate, two
members of ..... . Resolve
education, board of, nine members of .
certain problems of, special commission to investigate as to,
five members of . . . . . . Resolve
employment security law, special commission to investigate
relative to. three members of . . . Resolve
essential fresh foods, handling of, within commonwealth,
special commission to investigate relative to, seven mem-
bers of ...... . Resolve
Good Government Day, high school senior to act as student
governor during observance of .... .
industrial disputes, certain, emergency boards of arbitration
to act in settlement of, three members of . . .
inland waterways of commonwealth, special commission to
investigate and study, two members of . Resolve
Massachusetts public building commission, four members of .
Merrimack River Valley Sewerage Board, members of .
Metropolitan transit authority, trustees of .
New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission,
four members of .......
persons receiving pensions or retirement allowances, of, act
providing that such pensons may receive compensation
therefor .........
public expenditures, general subject of, special commission to
investigate and stufly, three members of . Resolve
Chap.
Item or
Section.
r42i
667
668
596
420
628
1. 2
1.2
502
0401-01,
0401-22 to
0401-25
0401-23
Pages 825, 826
513 2
219
261
74
509
3
652
67
16
53
561
596
55
466
653
544
394
56
1.2
1086
Index.
GOVERNOR — Concluded.
appointments by — Concluded.
public health matters, special commission to investigate and
study relative to, three members of . . Resolve
public welfare, laws relative to, special commission to study
and revise, three members of . . . Resolve
representative districts, special commissioners, boards of, to
divide counties into, etc., members of .
sex crimes, prevalence and means for suppression of, special
commission to investigate relative to, three members
of ....... . Resolve
state and municipal finances, special commission to investi-
gate, five members of . . . . . Resolve
steamships, operation of, etc., between New Bedford, Woods
Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, special commis-
sion to investigate, four members of . . Resolve
veterans, housing and hospital facilities for, special commission
to study problems relating to, one member of Resolve
workmen's compensation law, benefits payable under, in case
of certain injuries, special commission to investigate and
study, three memljers of . _ . . . Resolve
powers and duties, advisory commission on state and munici-
pal finances, reports by, to . . . . Resolves
alcoholism, commission on, annual report by, to .
allotment by, of certain sums available for expenditure by
state agencies . . . . ._ . . .
Boston, city of, certain waterfront properties in, to be acquired
_ for construction of pier, as to
capital outlay program for commonwealth, borrowing of
money for, as to .......
commonwealth emergency defense act, act repealing, as
affecting .........
Essex county tuberculosis hospital, erection and equipment of
buildings at, securing of federal aid for, with consent of
power plant at, additions and improvements to, securing of
federal aid for, with consent of .... .
food shortage, certain, as to, terminated . . . .
Good Government Day, observance of, as to
industrial disputes, public health and safety, dangerous to,
peaceful settlement of, as to .
Logan Airport, General Edward Lawrence, continued de-
velopment of, borrowing of money for, as to .
Massachusetts public building commission, as to .
Merrimack River Valley Sewerage Board, as to .
metropolitan district commission, contracts, certain, entered
into by, with United States, the General Electric Com-
pany and the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., con-
tinuation of, as to .
metropolitan transit authority, as to .
metropolitan water district, construction of certain works,
etc., for purposes of, bonds and notes to be issued in con-
nection with, as to .
pollution of interstate waters, abatement and control of, com-
pact relative to, between commonwealth and certain
other states, as to .
public buildings and state institutions, construction of, or
improvements in, under provisions of certain appropria-
tion acts, plans and specifications for, approval by .
retroactive leases between commonwealth and certain federal
agencies, execution of, by, and action toward collection
of rent for certain property, authorized ....
rewards for arrest, etc., of persons who have committed felony,
offering of , by .
tax titles, loans to cities and towns on account of, as to _ .
University of Massachusetts, new building at, construction
of, application for federal funds for, as to
See also Governor and council.
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL:
in general, blue book edition of acts and resolves, copies of, dis-
tribution to members of council . . . . .
salaries and expenses, appropriations .....
Chap.
73
57
182
14
1
Item or
Section.
1,8
513
2
636
1-3
532
1,2
670
4
669
1-3
277
2
512
628
561
2
1.2
596
676
466
653
4
2,3
4, 10, 15, 16
420
544
2
2, 12
575
4, 6
421
1,2,5
219
261
3
3
359
206
320
1,2
oiq/ 0401-01 to
"^^^ \ 0401-31
261 0401-23
Index.
1087
575
314
Chap.
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL — Concluded.
powers and duties, alcoholism, commission on, as to . . 513
Brockton Girl Scouts, Incorporated, leasing of land in Myles
Standish state forest to, approval by . . . . 560
capital outlay program for commonwealth, borrowing of
money for, as to ....... 670
commonwealth, service of, like hours of labor in like grades in,
determination of, approval by .... . 677
contracts, state, certain, awarding of, removal of ofBcers
violating provisions of law in connection with, as to . . 312
Framingham, town of, land, certain, held by commonwealth
for purposes of reformatory for women, sale of, approval
by 672
industrial disputes, certain, public health and safety, danger-
ous to, peaceful settlement of, as to . . . . 596
industrial school for boys at Shirley, property damage caused by
certain inmates of, payments by commonwealth for, as to 309
Logan Airport, General Edward Lawrence, continued develop-
ment of, act authorizing, as to .
Massachusetts public building commission, as to .
Merrimack River Valley Sewerage Board, as to .
metropolitan transit authority, as to .
metropolitan water district, construction of certain works, etc.,
for purposes of, expenditures for, approval by
Provincetown, town of, sale and conveyance by department of
public works of certain state land in, approval by .
registers of probate and assistant registers of probate, act
establishing salaries of, as affecting ....
registrar of motor vehicles, salary of, determination by .
representative districts, special commissioners, boards of, to
divide counties into, etc., expenses of, approval by
reservoirs, certain, no longer needed for water supply purposes,
transfer of, to department of conservation, as to .
state rifle range, additional land for, acquisition of, by armory
commission, approval by . . . . . .
step-rate salary increases for state employees, act authorizing,
as affecting ........
tax titles, loans to cities and towns on account of, as to .
warehouses, public, act relative to keeping and maintenance
of, as affecting . . . . . . . . 499
Worcester, city of, conveyance of certain state property in, to
the Roman Catholic Bishop of Springfield, approval by .
Yankee Division Veterans Association, national convention of,
in 1947, representation of commonwealth at, expenditures
for, as to . . . . . . . Resolve
See also Executive department.
Governor's advisory commission on state and municipal fi-
nances, estabhshment of, etc. . . . Resolves 1,8
Governor's council (see Executive council; Governor and council).
Grace, Charles E., contributions made to retirement system of city
of Everett, repayment of, to, and retirement rights of
such member established ...... 533
Grade crossings, Belmont, town of, in, abolition of, by department
of public works ........ 336
follisions at, deaths caused by, etc., actions for . . . 506
protective devices at, installation, maintenance and operation of 498
warning signs at, change in size and design of, providing for . 584
f219
Grafton state hospital, appropriations . . . . . i 670
[685
Graham Company, temporarily revived for certain purpose . 154
Grammar School, in the easterly part of the town of Roxbury,
Trustees of (see Roxbury Latin School, Trustees of).
Granby, town of (see Cities and towns).
Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Massachusetts, 1 ggg
expenses of, appropriation . . . . . . J
Grandstands, stadia and bleachers, safety of persons in, powers
and duties of inspectors as to, further defined . . 645
Granville, town of (see Cities and towns).
Great Harrington, Fire District, liability of, established, with re-
spect to damages, etc., sustained upon a public way by
reason of defects or want of repair or from snow or ice . 185
town of (see Cities and towns).
Item or
Section.
1. 2
349
44
676
2, 4
466
1,2
653
2, 10
544
2, 12
678
586
1
182
2
557
1,2
604
1,2
613
206
1-3
2
1, 2
1715-00
1-4
1715-00
0441-03,
Page 780
1088
NDEX.
Greenfield, town of (see Cities and towns).
Green Harbor Reclamation District, dissolved ....
Greenhead fly nuisance, relief from, investigation by joint board
relative to, appropriation for . . . Resolve
Gregoire, Hubert E., contributions made to retirement system of
city of Everett, repayment of, to, and retirement rights
of such member established .....
Greylock, Mount, war memorial, maintenance of, appropriation
state reservation, titles to parcels of land comprising, study
of ....... . Resolve
appropriation . . . . ...
Group annuity contracts (see Insurance, classes of insurance).
Groveland, town of (see Cities and towns).
Guaranty bonds (see Bonds).
GUARDIANS AND CONSERVATORS:
in general, restoration of soundness of mind of certain wards,
petitions for adjudication of, filing by, etc.
guardians, subjecting to civil and criminal liability for wrongful
acts of certain minors under their care, investigation rela-
tive to ...... . Resolve
Guards, federal reservations, service upon .....
Guilfoyle, William J., contributions made to retirement system of
city of Worcester, repayment of, to, and retirement rights
of such employee established .....
Guns (see Weapons).
Gypsy and brown tail moths, suppression of, appropriation .
Chap.
Item or
Section.
199
685 1
. 22
2001-23,
Page 772
533
219
1-3
0443-01
39
685 1
3304-04,
Page 772
17
668
1
263
1.2
219
1002-31
H.
Habitation, places of, water supply for, powers of boards of health
with respect to, increased ...... 148
Hairdressers, board of registration of (see Civil service and registra-
tion, department of).
See also Barbers.
Haitian campaign, veterans of, extension of hospital benefits to 444
Hajjar, James M., payment by commonwealth of sum of money
to .... . . . Resolve 34
appropriation ......... 685
Hampden, Savings Bank, purchase and improvement of real estate
in city of Springfield for use of said bank, further invest-
ments in, by, authorized ...... 396
town of (see Cities and towns).
HAMPDEN COUNTY:
appropriations for maintenance of, etc. . . . . 301
representatives in general court, number apportioned to, and
board of special commissioners established to divide said
county into representative districts and to assign repre-
sentatives thereto . . .182
tax levy 301
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY:
appropriations for maintenance of, etc. ..... 301
representatives in general court, number apportioned to, and
board of special commissioners established to divide said
county into representative districts and to assign repre-
sentatives thereto ....... 182
tax levy 301
See also County commissioners.
Handicapped children (see Children).
Hanscom field, maintenance, etc., appropriation . .219
Hanson, town of (see Cities and towns).
Harbors (see Waters and waterways).
Hardwick, town of (see Cities and towns).
Hartford, Connecticut, Connecticut river between, and city of
Holyoke, opening of, to navigation, benefits to be derived
from, investigation relative to, etc. . Resolve 55
appropriation ......... 685
Haverhill, city of (see Cities and towns).
Harwich, town of (see Cities and towns).
Health insurance (see Insurance, classes of insurance).
2820-03.
Page 779
1, 2
1
1-4
1
1-4
1
0442-21
0207.
Page 772
Index.
1089
HEALTH, LOCAL BOARDS OF:
police stations and other places of detention, examination of, by .
pool, shower or other baths, persons engaged in occupation of
giving, licensing of, by
water supply in places of habitation and in places where public
is served food or drink, powers of, as to, increased
Health, public (see Public health).
department of (see Public health, department of).
Hearings, legislative, appropriations ......
Heating facilities, installation of, licenses for, during present hous-
ing shortage ........
Heller, Helman Herman, acts as a notary public validated Resolve
Herbert, Mary E., acts as a notary public validated Resolve
Hia-Pearl Corporation, certain judgment obtained by, city of
Quincy authorized to borrow money for meeting appro-
priation in connection with ......
Highways (see Ways).
Hingham, town of (see Cities and towns).
Hinsdale, town of (see Cities and towns).
Hockey games, offer or acceptance of bribes in, penalized
Holyoke, city of (see Cities and towns).
Homes (see Boarding homes; Convalescent homes; Housing; Nurs-
ing homes).
Hopkinton, Reservoir, transfer of, to department of conservation,
authorized, etc. ........
town of (see Cities and towns).
HORSE AND DOG RACING MEETINGS CONDUCTED
UNDER PARI-MUTUEL SYSTEM OF WAGER-
ING:
additional days for, in certain cases, granting of licenses for
fairs, state or county, held in connection with, tax on amounts
in excess of sixty-five thousand dollars wagered each
day at, and regulating disposition of money so received .
horse races, bribes, offer or acceptance of, in, penalized
licenses for, submission to voters of question of licensing (see
Elections).
tax on amounts wagered at certain, temporarily increased
Hospital benefits, extension of, to veterans of certain campaigns
and of the Mexican (Vera Cruz) expedition .
Hospital Cottages for Children, appropriation
Hospital expenses, poor and indigent persons, support of, in con-
nection with ........
Hospital School, Massachusetts, appropriations
Hospital services, industrial disputes, certain, curtailing, peace-
ful settlement of, providing for .....
HOSPITALS:
in general, non-profit hospital service corporations, powers of,
relative to .
regulation of certain, by state department of public health,
study relative to .... . Resolve
appropriation ........
safety of persons in, powers and duties of inspectors as to,
further defined ........
veterans hospital facilities, problems relating to, survey and
study relative to .... . Resolve
appropriation ........
Children's Hospital, The, real and personal estate, additional,
holding by, and repealing certain provisions of law limit-
ing the number of patients at said hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital, The, Old Province House
estate, so callerl. sale and conveyance of, by .
Murphy General Hospital, Waltham, city of, in, metropolitan
district commission authorized to continue certain con-
tract relative to furnishing water to ... .
Chap.
Item or
Section.
76
253
148
/219
\261
0102-04
0102-04
427
79
12
.5.57
.390
405
270
Pondville Hospital at Norfolk, appropriations
596
403
73
645
68
685 I
130
507
420
f219
\ 670
1685
1:2
1-7
1.2
444
219
1701-11
618
219
1918-00
670
1-4
685]
1918-00;
1918-24,
I
Page 778
0247.
Page 775
0213,
Page 774
1, 2
2031-00
1-4
2031-00
1090
Index.
HOSPITALS — Concluded.
state hospitals for insane, etc. ;
in general, mentally ill children, reception of, in
Boston, appropriations
psychopathic, appropriations .
Danvers, appropriations
Foxborough, appropriations
Gardner, appropriations
Grafton, appropriations
Medfield, appropriations .
Metropolitan, appropriations
Monson, appropriations
Northampton, appropriations
Taunton, appropriations
West borough, appropriations
Worcester, appropriations .
See also Tewksbury state hospital and infirmary,
tuberculosis (see Tuberculosis hospitals),
veterans, for, patients, in, special fishing privileges for
See also Veterans.
Hotels (see Inns, lodging houses, etc.; Public accommodations,
places of).
Hours of labor (see Labor).
Household effects, furniture, etc., combined exemption from
local taxation of a husband and wife in case of
House of representatives (see General court) .
Massachusetts Bay, of, journals of, purchase and distribution of
copies of, appropriation ......
Houses (see Buildings; Inns, lodging houses, etc.; Tenement houses;
Urban redevelopment corporations),
correction, of (see Penal and reformatory institutions, counties,
of).
HOUSING:
appeal, boards of, powers of, in respect to, extended during
present emergency .......
Boston, city of, in, investigation relative to Resolve
appropriation ........
projects, acquisition of real property for, etc., by domestic life
insurance companies .......
low rental, construction and maintenance of, by savings banks,
authorized . . . . . . . .
providing of, during present emergency, act to further facilitate
and encourage . . . _ . . _. . _ .
veterans, for, investigation by special commission relative
to ....... . Resolve
appropriation ........
Item or
Chap.
Section.
517
219
1711-00
670
1-4
68.5
1711-00
210
1710-00
670
1-4
685
1710-00
210
1712-00
670
1-4
685
1712-00
219
1713-00
670
1-4
685
1713-00
219
1714-00
670
1-4
685
1714-00
219
1715-00
670
1-4
685
1715-00
219
1716-00
670
1-4
685
1716-00
219
1717-00
670
1-4
685
1717-00
219
1722-00
670
1-4
685
1722-00
219
1718-00
670
1-4
685
1718-00
219
1719-00
670
1-4
685
1719-00
219
1720-00
670
1-4
685
1720-00
219
1721-00
670
1-4
685
1721-00
310
219
427
69
685
604
142
568
68
685
0214,
Page 774
0213.
Page 774
Index.
1091
Chap.
HOUSING — Concluded.
veterans, for — Concluded.
non-profit corporations to engage in providing, establishment
of, authorized . . . . . . 564
providing of, act extending powers of cities and towns and
assisting housing authorities in connection with . 479
See also Emergency housing commission; Housing authority law;
Urban redevelopment corporations.
Housing Act, National, real estate mortgages insured under, in-
vestments in, by domestic insurance companies . 41
Housing administrator, federal (see Federal housing admini-s-
trator) .
Housing authorities, housing authority law, changes in, as affect-
ing powers and duties of ..... . 486
veterans, housing for, providing of, by, act assisting . 479
Housing authority law, land assembly and redevelopment proj-
eots under, findings by local planning boards or state
planning boards as conditions precedent to . . . 486
HOUSING, STATE BOARD OF:
[219
appropriations ......... I
685
housing authority law, certain changes in, as affecting powers
and duties of ....... - 486
members of, Boston, city of, traffic, housing, street lighting and
recreational conditions in, special commission to investi-
gate relative to, to be members of . . . Resolve 69
mimicipal planning law, provisions of, relating to housing, notice
to local authorities as to, giving by ... . 340
urban redevelopment corporations, act extending powers of, as
affecting ......... 487
veterans' housing corporations, powers and duties as to . 564
veterans, housing facilities for, special commission to survey and
study, to co-operate with .... Resolve 68
housing for, providing of, powers and duties as to . . . 479
Hunting (see Game and inland fisheries).
HUSBAND AND WIFE:
community property, rights between, establishment of, investi-
gation and study relative to . . . . Re.solve 76
appropriation ........ GS.'j |
household furniture and effects of, combined exemption from
local taxation in case of ..... . 310
Hyannisport Civic Association, lease to, by town of Barnstable,
of certain land for use as public beach .... 305
Hyde Park district of Boston, Neponset river, banks of, in, acquir-
ing of land and construction of additional fence along
portions of ........ 529
appropriation ........ 685 I
street railway lines, certain, in, use by metropolitan transit
authority ......... 544
Hygiene, occupational, division of (see Labor and industries,
department of).
Item or
Section.
1-9
1-8
1-8
1902-01.
1902-02
1902-01,
1902-02
1
3-8
1-8
0228,
Page 776
1,2
8602-61,
Page 773
I.
Illness, resignations from certain positions under civil service laws
on account of (see Civil service laws).
Immigration and Americanization, division of (see Education,
department of).
Inacio, Manuel A., payment by commonwealth of sum of money to,
as compensation for certain property taken for highway
purposes ....... Resolve
31
appropriation ......... 685
Incapacitated veterans (see Veterans).
Income tax, division of (see Corporations and taxation, department
of).
Income taxes (sec Taxation, incomes, of).
Indebtedness, commonwealth, of (see State finance).
foiinty fsee County finance).
2820-03,
Page 779
1092
Index.
Chap.
Indebtedness — Concluded.
evidences of (see Bonds; County finance; Municipal finance;
Notes; State finance),
municipal and district (see Municipal finance).
Indexing, certain special laws, of, investigation relative to, con-
tinued ....... Resolve 70
appropriation ........
vital statistics, of, appropriation ......
Indigent persons (see Poor and indigent persons).
INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS, DEPARTMENT OF:
appropriations . . . . . . . ^
industrial accident board, chairman, unification of certain serv-
ices performed by certain state departments and the in-
dustrial accident board, joint board to study as to, to be
or to designate a member of . . . . Resolve
procedure before, simplified ......
reviews by, certain expenses of, payment of, by insurers and
self insurers, further regulated .....
services, certain, performed by, and by departments of cor-
rection, public health, mental health, education and pub-
lic welfare, unification of, study as to . . Resolve
See also Workmen's compensation.
Industrial, development and, commission, Massachusetts, 1
appropriations . . . . . . . . /
Industrial disease referees, reference of certain cases to, under
workmen's compensation law, certain provisions of law
authorizing, repealed .......
Industrial disputes, public health and safety, dangerous to, peace-
ful settlement of, providing for .....
state labor relations act amended in respect to, etc. .
See also Labor.
Industrial education (see Vocational schools).
Industrial insurance agents (see Insurance, agents and brokers).
Industrial school, boys, for, appropriations . . . <
property damage caused by inmates who escape from, pay-
ments by commonwealth as compensation for
girls, for, appropriations ....... I
Industries, labor and, department of (see Labor and industries,
department of).
pri.son (see Prison industries).
Inebriates ("see Alcoholism, commission on; Drunkenness).
INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM:
return of votes on certain questions submitted to voters at state
election in 1946 ........
Injunctions, jurisdictional disputes, certain, in, issuance of
trade mark infringement or unfair competition, certain cases of,
in ......... .
Injury cases (see Accidents; Actions, civil; Damages; Personal
injuries; Workmen's compensation).
Ink, purchase of, appropriation .......
Inland marine insurance (see Insurance).
Inland waters (see Waters and waterways).
Inns, lodging houses and boarding houses, means of escape in,
further regulated .......
See also Buildings.
INSANE, FEEBLE MINDED AND EPILEPTIC PERSONS:
commitment proceedings of, fees for physicians making mental
examinations in, established .....
insane persons, boarded out by department of mental health,
payments for care of, increased .....
laws, certain, relating to, made applicable to persons having
psychopathic personalities, so called . _ .
restoration of soundness of mind of, adjudication of
mentally ill children, certain, reception of, in certain institutions
under department of mental health . . .
prisoners, insane, alleged, fees for physicians authorized to ex-
amine, increased .......
See also Defective delinquents; Hospitals, state hospitals for
insane, etc.; Mental health, department of.
685
261
685
35
380
35
219
286
696
657
210
685
309
219
685
571
307
219
It«m or
Section.
0287,
Page 774
0501-06
1501-01 to
1501-21
1501-03
1501-03
1603-01,
1603-02
1915-00
1915 00
1916-00
1916-00
ages 827-843
1, 2
0501-
194
429
683
681
517
459
1, 2
Subs. 2
Index.
1093
Insolvency, judges of (see Probate and insolvency, judges).
registers of (see Probate and insolvency, registers) .
Inspection, division of (see Public safety, department of).
Inspector, state (see Militia).
supervising (see Supervising inspector).
Inspectors, public works, employed on, hours of work of
safety of persons in buildings, acts, certain, relative to, as affect-
ing powers and duties of ..... .
enforcement of certain laws relating to, powers and duties as
to, further defined .......
Institution for Savings in Roxbury and its Vicinity, name
changed to Institution for Savings in Roxbury, and pro-
viding for change in time of annual meetings and in
number and method of election of trustees and officers of
said corporation .......
Institutions, charitable (see Corporations).
penal (see Penal and reformatory institutions) .
savings, for (see Banks and banking, savings banks),
state (see State institutions) .
Instructors, safety, registry of motor vehicles, in, providing for, etc.
See also Teachers.
Instruments, negotiable (see Negotiable instruments).
written (see Written instruments).
INSURANCE:
in general, fraternal benefit societies (see Fraternal benefit
societies) .
rating organizations, regulation of .... .
rebates of premiums on certain policies, allowance and accept-
ance of, prohibited .......
unfair competition, deceptive acts and practices in business of,
restraint of ........
agents and brokers :
brokers, duly licensed, compensation of, by insurance com-
panies and agents for certain services, authorized .
industrial insurance agents, employment security benefits ex-
tended to ........
unfair competition, etc., by, restraint of ... .
classes of insurance :
accident and health, policies of, amounts of five hundred dol-
lars or less due to estates of deceased persons under,
payment of, facilitated ......
rates, etc., for, approval by commissioner of insurance
annuity contracts, amounts of five hundred dollars or less due
to estates of deceased persons under, payment of, fa-
cilitated .........
annuity, group, contracts, provisions of law exempting such
contracts and proceeds thereof from claims of creditors
extended .........
casualty, certain, rates for, regulated, etc. ....
endowment, contracts of, amounts of five hundred dollars or
less due to estates of deceased persons under, payment of,
facilitated .........
fire, marine and inland marine, rates for, regulated, etc.
rates, board of appeal on, appropriation ....
life, policies of, amounts of five hundred dollars or less due to
estates of deceased persons under, payment of, facilitated
savings banks, by (see Banking and insurance, depart-
ment of, savings bank life insurance, division of; Savings
bank life insurance).
marine, inland marine and fire, rates for, regulated, etc.
motor vehicle liability, against, compulsory (see Motor vehi-
cles, liability for bodily injuries, etc., caused by, security
for).
reciprocal or inter-insurance contracts, exchange of, author-
ized and regulated, and providing for the taxation thereof
unemployment (see Employment security law).
workmen's compensation (see Workmen's compensation).
See also, infra, companies.
companies :
in general, annual statements and schedules, filing of, act
making temporary provisions relative to . . .
Chap.
614
619
641
531
659
629
433
104
607
188
641
104
614
219
488
Item or
Section.
1-3
1-3
1-3
1-3
1-3
1. 2
1-3
1104-01
1-10
1094
Index.
INSURANCE — Concluded. ^"^
companies — Concluded.
in general — Concluded.
insurance brokers, duly licensed, compensation of, by, for
certain ser\ices, authorized ...... 629
investments by domestic, in real estate mortgages insured
under the National Housing Act ....
relative to .
officers, etc., of domestic, payment of certain taxes and fees
by, effective period of act authorizing, extended
reserves of, other than life, computation of . . .
unfair competition, etc., by, restraint of .
veterans' housing corporations, bonds, notes, etc., of, in-
vestments in, by, etc. .......
veterans of World War II, loans and advances of credit to,
making or acquiring of, by, when guaranteed by ad-
ministrator of veterans' affairs .....
fire, mutual, bonds and continuous policies issued by, divi-
dends or return of premium on ....
foreign, non-assessable policies, issuance by .
policies without contingent liability or non-assessable
policies issued by, relative to .
foreign, mutual, non-assessable policies, issuance by
liability, motor vehicle liability policies or bonds, issuance,
etc., by (see Motor vehicles, liability for bodily injuries,
etc., caused by, security for),
life, domestic, assets of, computation of, made uniform with
reference to certain deposits by such companies . . 539
housing projects, acquisition, etc., of real property for,
and operation, etc., of, by . . . . 504
investments by, in transferable certificates of participa-
tion or shares, bonds, notes or other evidence of in-
debtedness of certain associations or trusts . . 650
land and buildings, certain, investment in, by, authorized 269
estates of deceased persons, amounts of five hundred dol-
lars or less due to, payment of, by, facilitated . .104
See also Workmen's compensation.
Insurance, banking and, department of (see Banking and insurance,
department of),
commissioner of (.see Banking and insurance, department of),
division of (see Banking and insurance, department of).
Inter-insurance contracts, exchange of, authorized and regu-
lated, and providing for the taxation thereof . . 488
Internal revenue code of the United States, withholding of cer-
tain amounts from salaries or wages of public officers and
employees in compliance with, providing for, etc. . . 483
INTERSTATE COMPACTS:
pollution of interstate waters, relative to abatement and con-
trol of, between commonwealth and certain other states,
ratification, etc. ........ 421
appropriation ........ 685 i
Interstate co-operation, commission on, appropriation . 219
Interstate waters (see Waters and waterways) .
Intoxicating liquor (see Alcoholic beverages; Alcoholism, commis-
sion on; Drunkenness).
Investments (see Banks and banking; Insurance).
Ipswich, town of (see Cities and towns).
Israel Brotherhood of Lowell Massachusetts, authorized to hold
real estate in New Hampshire and title to present hold-
ings confirmed ........ 606
Italian-American World War Veterans of the United States,
Inc., certain laws affecting veterans and their organiza-
tions made applicable to ..... . 468
Item or
Section.
41
266
1-8
80
217
659
564
3
110
196
317
257
1,2
197
257
1-3
1, 2
1-10
1. 2
1-5
0419-21,
Page 771
0506-01
1-3
1-4
Jails (see Penal and reformatory institutions, counties, of) .
Jancsy, William K., contributions made to retirement system of
city of Everett, repayment of, to, and retirement rights
of such member established ...... 533
Janitors, state house (see State house).
Japanese beetle, so called, suppression of, appropriations . . 219
1-3
0909-13.
1002-31
Index.
1095
Jarosz, John, payment by town of Webster of sum of money to
Joint airports (see Airports).
Joint School Superintendency Union, No. 17, acting superin-
tendent of schools for, payment of compensation to .
Journals, house of representatives of Massachusetts bay, of, pur-
chase and distribution of copies of, appropriation
Judge advocate, state, appropriation ......
Judges and justices (see District courts; Land Court; Probate
courts; Supreme judicial and superior courts; Trial
justices).
Judgments in civil actions, agreement, by, without hearing on
merits in motor vehicle cases, effect of .
summary process, actions of, in, further stay of . . .
JUDICIAL COUNCIL:
Chap.
225
65
219
219
appropriations . . . . . . . .
change of name of persons, investigation relative to, by Resolve
charity trust cases, notice to attorney general by registers of
probate in, investigation relative to, by . . Resolve
minors, wrongful acts of, subjecting certain persons who have
care of such minors to civil and criminal liability for, in-
vestigation relative to, by . . Resolve
motor vehicles, offences, certain, relating to operation and park-
ing of, use and effect of records of conviction of, investi-
gation relative to, by . . . . . Resolve
secretary of, salary of, increased ......
appropriation ........
service of ci\al process on non-resident defendants, further regu-
lation of, investigation relative to, by . Resolve
trusts created by wills which have existed for thirty years or
more, termination of, investigation relative to, by Resolve
wills, proving of, further regulation of, investigation relative to,
by . . . . . . . Resolve
Judicial proceedings, requirement that certain written statements
in, be verified by oath, eliminated . . . . .
" Junior College ", cities and towns providing extended course of
instruction on junior college level for veterans and others
authorized to use designation of, in connection with such
courses .........
Jurisdictional disputes, certain, issuance of injunctions in
Justices of the peace, signatures of, appearing on instruments pro-
vided by law to be recorded, printing or typing of names
under, providing for . . . .
Juvenile court (see Boston juvenile court; District courts, juvenile
sessions of.)
Juvenile delinquency (see Child delinquency) .
Juvenile training, division of (see Public welfare, department of).
Item or
Section.
1. 2
0502-02
0408-01
431
78
1. 2
1.2
219/
685
20
0303-01,
0303-02
0303-02
50
17
7
601
0303-02.
Page 774
9
18
19
lOf)
218
671
1.2
256
1.2
K.
Kane, Bernard P., contributions made to retirement system of city
of Everett, repayment of, to, and retirement rights of
such member established ...... 533
Kelley, Jeremiah J. , Thorndike Fire and Water District in town of
Palmer, supply of water by, in area heretofore supplied by 40
Kelliher, Elwin T., contributions made to retirement system of
city of Everett, repayment of, to, and retirement rights
of such member established ...... 533
Keniston, Allan, payment by commonwealth of sum of money
to Resolve 25
appropriation ......... 685 (
Kenney, Walter J., temporary reinstatement in police department
of city of Boston for retirement purposes . 608
Killam, Dana F., payment by commonwealth of sum of money
to Resolve 40
appropriation ......... 686 (
Knowles, William H., retirement allowance of, fixed .110
2820-03.
Page 779
1,2
2820-03,
Page 779
JUt)0
Index.
Chap.
L.
LABOR:
disputes, jurisdictional, certain, issuance of injunctions in . 571
public health and safety, dangerous to, peaceful settlement of,
providing for ........ 596
state labor relations act amended in respect to, etc. . . 657
factories, women and children employed in, hours of . 357
fish, processing of, women and children employed in, hours of 368
hours of, commonwealth, service of, in, further regulated . . 677
public employees, certain, of ..... . 680
women and children, for, manufacturing or mechanical estab-
lishments or factories, in ..... . 357
mercantile establishments, in or in connection with . . | gey
processing of fish, employed in ..... 368
manufacturing or mechanical establishments, women and chil-
dren employed in, hours of . . . . . . 357
meals, hours for, for women and children in factories, workshops
and mechanical and mercantile establishments, further
regulated ......... 357
mercantile establishments, etc., employment of children under
sixteen years of age in, prohibited .... 109
women and children employed in or in connection with, hours / 161
of _. . _ . . \357
minors, of, hours of, manufacturing or mechanical establishments
or factories, in ....... . 357
mercantile establishments, in or in connection with . . | gey
processing of fish, employed in ..... 368
sixteen, under, factories, workshops, manufacturing and me-
chanical establishments, in, prohibited .... 109
municipal employees, certain, forty hour work week for, au-
thorized . ■ 649
organizations, act amending state labor relations act as affecting 657
applicants for membership in, status of, as veterans or citi-
zens, inquiries as to, permitted under fair employment
practices law ........ 424
prisoners, of (see Prison industries).
public employees, certain, hours of work of . . . . 680
compensation under workmen's compensation law for injuries 1 219 <
sustained by, appropriations . . . . . J
service, commonwealth or municipalities, of (see Civil service
laws),
unemployment compensation (see Employment security law),
unfair labor practices, state labor relations act amended in re-
spect to, etc. ........ 657
variations in rates of pay for, relative to . . . . 565
women, of, hours of, manufacturing or mechanical establish-
ments or factories, in . . . . . . . 357
mercantile establishments, in or in connection with . . | gg~
processing of fish, employed in ..... 368
See also Employers and employees; Employment security law;
Labor and industries, department of; Massachusetts de-
velopment and industrial commission; Workmen's com-
pensation.
LABOR AND INDUSTRIES, DEPARTMENT OF:
119
in general, appropriations
apprentice training, division of, appropriations
685
219
261
686
Item i>r
Section.
1-9
1-4
1-3
1-3
1-4
3
1,2
3
1-4
3
1, 2
1-9
1-3
2820-04,
2970-04
1-9
1-4
3
1601-01 to
1605-02
1601-32 to
1605-02
1601-31 to
1605-02,
3516-01,
3516-02
1605-01,
1605-02
1605-01.
1605-02
3516-01,
3516-02
Index.
1097
LABOR AND INDUSTRIES, DEPARTMENT OF — Concluded.
commissioner, industrial disputes, public health and safety, dan-
gerous to, peaceful settlement of, powers and duties as to
veterans, apprentice training for, certain information concern-
ing facihties for, furnishing of, to administrator of vet-
erans' affairs by .......
wage differentials, certain reasons other than difference in sex,
for, act relative to, as affecting powers and duties of
women and children employed in processing of fish, hours
of labor of, powers as to
women and minors, employment of, certain provisions of law
regulating, etc., suspension until July 1, 1947 by
conciliation and arbitration, board of, appropriations
metropolitan transit authority, employees of, grievances and
disputes of, submission to, when, etc. . .
employment security, division of, director, contribution rate of
successor employing units under employment security law,
act relative to, as affecting powers and duties of
duties, functions and powers of, delegation of .
Whitin Machine Works, employees of, who failed to file
certain appeals from denial of benefits of unemplojnment
compensation, said director required to review all such
cases, etc. . . . . . . ...
employees, certain, of, permanent civil service status in higher
grade, granting of , to . .
state advisory council, compensation of members of, and
number of meetings of said council . . . .
storeroom helpers in, positions of, placed in official service
classification of civil service .....
See also Employment security law.
labor relations commission, appropriations ....
Massachusetts development and industrial commission, appro-
priations .........
minimum wage service, appropriations .....
necessaries of Life, division on, appropriations ....
motor fuel sales act, administration and enforcement of, ap-
propriations ........
occupational hygiene, division of, appropriations
Chap.
596
534
565
368
357
219 j
544
440
610
Item or
Section.
standards, division of, appropriations . . . . .
statistical service, appropriations ......
wage boards, appropriation .......
Laborers, public works, construction of, in, employment of
employed on, hours of work of .
Labor relations act, state, so called, amended in respect to unfair
labor practices and certain industrial disputes
Labor relations commission, act amending state labor relations
act, as affecting powers and duties of .
appropriations .........
Lakes (see Waters and waterways).
Lakeville state sanatorium, appropriations ....
623
549
610
221
219/
261
219
219
219
219
I 219
[685
219 I
/219
\261
219
334
680
657
657
(219{
[261
f219
] 685
La Legrion Franco-Americaine des Etats-Unis d'Amerique,
certain laws affecting veterans and their organizations
made applicable to ...... .
Lancaster, town of (see Cities and towns) .
Land, summary process to recover (see Summary process for pos-
session of land),
taking of, for non-payment of taxes (see Taxation, local taxes,
collection of, sale or taking of land, by),
taxation of (see Taxation, local taxes).
See also Real property.
4
1601-61,
1601-62
1.2
1
1604-01,
1604-02
1604-02
1603-01,
1603-02
1601-71,
1601-72
1601-61,
1601-52
1601-63,
1601-54
1601-31,
1601-32
1601-31
1601-81,
1601-82
1601-41
1601-41
1601-73
1-9
1-9
1604-01.
1604-02
1604-02
2022-00
2022-00;
2022-26,
Page 775
1. 2,4
1098
Index.
Land assembly and redevelopment projects, housing authority
law, under, findings by local planning board or state
planning board as conditions precedent to . . .
LAND COURT:
appropriations
closing of, on Saturdays .......
justices, retired, pensions for, appropriation ....
Land forces (see Militia).
LANDLORD AND TENANT:
leases and rental agreements, certain provisions of, made void .
See also Summary process for possession of land.
Lasell Memorial Field Commission, John Whitin, name of
Northbridge Athletic Field Commission changed to, etc.
Law, practice of, unauthorized, district attorneys authorized to file
petitions to restrain .......
Lawrence, city of (see Cities and towns).
Laws, emergency (see Emergency laws).
enforcement of, attorney general authorized to call conferences
of district attorneys, sheriffs and police officials relative to
special, certain, preparation of index of, etc., investigation rela-
tive to, continued ..... Resolve
Chap.
J2I9{
1261
[685
449
219
Item or
Section.
0308-01 to
0308-03
0308-03
0308-03
3,6,7
0309-01
appropriation .......
state, uniform, commissioners on, appropriations
See also Acts and resolves; General Laws; Statutes.
Lawyers (see Attorneys).
Leaseholds, attachment of, relative to .....
Leases, real property, pertaining to, certain provisions of, made void
retroactive, commonwealth and certain federal agencies, between,
execution of, by governor, authorized, etc.
LeCornec, John W., contributions made to retirement system of
city of Everett, repayment of, to, and retirement rights
of such member established .....
Lee, town of (see Cities and towns).
Legislative document room (see General court).
Legislature (see General court).
Leominster, Athletic Association, revived for certain purpose
(tity of (see Cities and towns).
Leone, Antonio, medical expenses incurred by, reimbursement for,
by town of Watertown, authorized ....
Leverett, town of (see Cities and towns).
Lexington, town of (see Cities and towns).
Leyden, town of (see Cities and towns).
Liability insurance (see Insurance).
Liberty permits, special, authority of parole board to grant certain,
terminated ........
Libraries, public, division of (see Education, department of).
Library, state (see State library).
LICENSES AND PERMITS:
airports, public, transportation of passengers at or on, exclusive
licenses and permits for, granting of, prohibited
alcoholic beverages, manufacture, transportation, sale, etc., of
(see Alcoholic beverages),
assembly, places of, use and occupancy of, for, rules and regula-
tions relative to granting of .....
buses, chartered and special .......
cooking, heating or plumbing facilities, installation of, during
present housing shortage ......
Diesel engines used for propelling rnotor vehicles, operation of .
fishing (see Game and inland fisheries).
horse and dog racing meetings (see Horse and dog racing
meetings conducted under pari-mutuel system of wager-
ing),
hunting (see Game and inland fisheries).
555
1,2
75
238
70
685 {
219
685/
0287,
Page 774
0420-01
0420-01,
Page 770
105
118
1.2
213
533
1-3
174
insurance rating organizations
milk plants, pasteurization plants, etc.
646
482
427
606
614
619
641
379
1,2
1, Subs. 8, 17
2
1
Index. 1099
Item or
Chap. Section.
LICENSES AND PERMITS — Concluded.
motor vehicles, second-hand, sale of, without additional Ucense,
by persons licensed to sell new motor vehicles, tempo-
rarily providing for ....... 271 1, 2
transporting passengers, for ...... 258 1, 2
See also Motor vehicles,
plumbers, examination of applicants for, rules governing, etc. . 382
pool, shower or other baths, persons engaged in occupation of
giving ......... 253
sporting (see Game and inland fisheries) .
trapping (see Game and inland fisheries).
Liens, merchandise, upon, relative to ..... . 273 1-6
real estate, betterment assessments, etc., created in connection
with, dissolution of, when such assessments have been
paid or abated ........ 116
water rates and charges, for, certificates evidencing dissolution
of, recording of . . . . . . . . 132
Lieutenant governor, Good Government Day, high school senior
to act as student lieutenant governor during observance
of, selection by ....... . 561
( 0401-02,
salary and expenses, appropriations ..... 219 \ 0401-05,
t 0401-21
Life insurance (see Insurance, classes of insurance, life).
Limited town meetings (see Town meetings, limited, etc.).
Liquors, intoxicating (see AlcohoUc beverages; Alcoholism, com-
mission on; Drunkenness).
Livestock disease control, division of (see Agriculture, department
of).
Loan agencies, banks and, division of (see Banking and instirance,
department of),
supervisor of (see Banking and insurance, department of).
Loans, banks, by (see Banks and banking),
county (see County finance),
credit unions, by (see Credit unions),
insurance companies, by (see Insurance, companies),
liens on merchandise as security for certain .... 273 1—6
mortgage (see Mortgages),
municipal (see Municipal finance).
state (see State finance).
Lobsters (see Fish and fisheries).
Local health administration, division of (see Public health, de-
partment of).
Local planning boards (see Planning boards).
Local taxes (see Taxation).
Lockups and other places of detention, examination of. by dis-
trict health ofiicers ....... 76
Locomotives, steam (see Railroads).
Lodging houses (see Buildings; Inns, lodging houses, etc.).
Logan Airport, General Edward Lawrence, continued develop- ]
ment of, by department of public works, and authority of f 676 1-4
said department to enter into leases and other contracts f 682 4
clarified . . . . . . . . )
matters, certain, relating to, and making said airport self-sup-
porting, investigation and study relative to, etc. Resolve 74
appropriation 685 | Ta^^^i
operation of, appropriation ....... 219 2230-01
Lowell, city of (see Cities and towns).
state teachers college, appropriations ..... { cic i SI 1^0
[219 1332-00
textile institute, appropriations { ^^^ , io^oo^l5?
685
1332-00,
1332-36
trustees of, leasing of certain land to Lowell Textile Institute
Building Association by ..... . 439 2
Textile Institute Building Association, holding of property by,
and leasing of certain state land to ... . 439 1, 2
Low rental housing projects, construction and maintenance of, by
savings banks, authorized ...... 142
L Street bath houses, South Boston, in, acquisition of, by metro-
politan district commission, investigation relative
to Resolve 38
1100
Index.
Ludlow, town of (see Cities and towns) .
Lumber yards, employment of certain minors in, prohibited .
Lunenburg, town of (see Cities and towns) .
Water District, properties and obligations of, taking over and
assumption by town of Lunenburg
Lyman School for boys, appropriations
Lynch, Francis A., retirement of, by town of Natick
Julia T., acts as a notary public validated
Lynn, city of (see Cities and towns).
Lynnfield, town of (see Cities and towns).
Chap.
Item or
Section.
1, 2
281
1-4
219
1917-00
261
1917-00
685
1917-00
136
1. 2
Resolve
13
M.
Macadam pavements, construction of (see Pavements).
MacDonald, John H., contributions made to retirement system of
city of Everett, repayment of, to, and retirement rights
of such member established .
Magazine beach section, city of Cambridge, of, park in, establish-
ment, equipment and maintenance of .
appropriation
Mailing room, central, appropriation .....
Maine, state of, pollution of interstate waters, abatement and
control of, compact relative to, between commonwealth
and, etc., ratification, etc. ......
Major generals, land forces, of (see Militia).
Maiden, city of (see Cities and towns).
Malibu beach, so called, Dorchester district of city of Boston, in,
sanding of, appropriation ......
Malt beverages (see Alcohohc beverages).
Mammals (see Game and inland fisheries: birds and mammals).
Mandamus, writs of, representative districts, division of countiea
into, and assignment of representatives thereto, juris-
diction of supreme judicial court of petitions for, in con-
nection with ........
Manual for the general court, distribution of .
printing of, appropriation .......
Manufacturing corporations, taxation of (see Taxation, corpora-
tions, of).
Manufacturing establishments, employment of children under
sixteen years of age in, prohibited ....
hours of employment of women and minors in . . .
Marine fisheries (see Fish and fisheries).
division of (see Conservation, department of).
Marine insurance (see Insurance).
Marine park. South Boston, in, acquisition of, by metropoHtan dis-
trict commission, investigation relative to . Resolve
Marines (see Military and naval service of the United States; Sol-
diers, sailors and marines; Veterans).
Marion, town of (see Cities and towns).
Maritime academy, Massachusetts, appropriations .
land, certain, in town of Barnstable, lease or grant to common-
wealth for purposes of ......
" Market Authority ", essential fresh foods, handling of, within
commonwealth, investigation relative to, by special com-
mission known as . . . • ■ Resolve
appropriation
Markets, division of (see Agriculture, department of).
Marlborough, city of (see Cities and towns).
Maroney, Sabina Burns, acts as a notary public validated Resolve
Marriage, records of, fees collected by city and town clerks for
transmitting copies of, to state secretary, made uniform
Marshal, state fire (see Pubhc safety, department of).
Marshfield, harbor, in town of Marshfield, improvement of
town of (see Cities and towns).
533
456
685/
219
421
685 /
182
295
261
109
357
219 /
685
53
685
4
283
621
1-3
8607-26
Page 771
0414-12
8602-48,
Page 773
3
0102-03
1. 2
1-4
1300-01 to
1306-10
1306-10
0206,
Page 774
Index.
1101
Martha's Vineyard, steamships and other means of water trans-
portation, operation of, between, and New Bedford,
Woods Hole and Nantucket, investigation relative
to ....... . Resolve
appropriation .........
Mashpee, town of (see Cities and towns).
Massachusetts, aeronautics commission, appropriations
airports, joint, establishment, etc., of, by municipalities, cer-
tain agreements in connection with, approval by .
public, transportation of passengers at or on, exclusive con-
tracts, etc., for, granting of, by, prohibited
Logan Airport, General Edward Lawrence, aircraft schedules
and contracts for concessions at, approval by
rules or ruHngs, decisions or orders of, appeals from, further
regulated . .
state, county and municipal airports, act amending law rela-
tive to, as affecting powers and duties of . . .
agricultural experiment station, diagnostic laboratory dealing
with causes, prevention and remedies of diseases of domes-
tic animals, establishment and maintenance at
archives, reproduction of manuscript collection, appropriation
board for the promotion of opportunities for young people, act
providing for establishment of, repealed
development and industrial commission, appropriations .
fair employment practice commission, appropriations
General Hospital, The, Old Province House estate, so called,
sale and conveyance of, by .
hospital school, appropriations
maritime academy, appropriations .....
land, certain, in town of Barnstable, lease or grant to common-
wealth for purposes of ......
public building commission, capital outlay program for com-
monwealth, plans, specifications and contracts for, ap-
proval by ........ .
established, and powers and duties defined ....
Chap.
60
685/
219 I
670
685
501
332
676
319
593
471
219
652
219
219
685
507
219
670
685
219
,685
523
670
466
appropriations ........ 685
Logan Airport, General Edward Lawrence, continued develop-
ment of, plans and specifications for, by . . .
University of Massachusetts, new building at, construction of,
said commission authorized to apply for and accept fed-
eral funds for ........
676
reformatory, appropriations
Christian, James W., injured while in performance of duties
as prison officer at, annuity to . . . Resolve
Bchool of art, appropriations .......
Security Corporation, revived for certain purpose
Soldiers' Home in (see Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts).
state college, appropriations
Item or
Section.
0211,
Page 772
0442-01,
0442-21
0502-01
13
1603-01,
1603-02
0426-01
0426-01
1918-00
1-4
1918-00;
1918-24.
Page 778
1306-01 to
1306-10
1306-10
3
1-6
0429-01 to
0442-01
599
2
219/
1805-00,
4411
261
1805-25
1805-00;
685
1805-26,
Page 775
29
219
1321-00
670
1-t
685
1321-00
19
219/
1341-00 to
1341-93
261
1341-87
670
1-4
(
1341-00 to
685
1341-83;
1341-98.
I I
Page 778
1102
Index.
Chap.
Massachusetts — Concluded.
state college — Concluded.
branch of, for veterans of World War II at Fort Devens, f 219
appropriations . . . . . . . \ 261
time for matriculation at, extended ..... 594 .
name changed to University of Massachusetts . . . 344
Waltham field station of, new building at, construction of,
funds made available for ...... 670
state guard (see Militia, state guard).
State Guard Veterans, participation by, in appropriation for i 144
decoration of graves . _ . . . . . . . \ 468
training schools, commitments to, investigation relative
to ....... . Resolve 75
appropriation ........ 685 |
[219J
trustees of, appropriations .......{ '
085 \
delinquent children, reception center for, establishment,
maintenance, etc., by, investigation relative to Resolve
appropriation
property damage caused by certain inmates of industrial
school for boys, payment of compensation for, upon
request of .
University of, appropriations
71
685
309
219
261
670
685
agricultural experiment station of, diagnostic laboratory deal-
ing with diseases of domestic animals, establishment of,
at, etc. ......... 471
enlargement of, and incorporation of certain other state edu-
cational institutions in said university, investigation
relative to ..... . Resolve 67
appropriation ........ 685 (
name of Massachusetts state college changed to . . 344
new building at, for use as health center by department of
public health and for research and laboratory work at
said university, construction of . . . . . 599
trustees of, guards, certain, appointed by, given powers of
police oflBcers while serving on federal reservations . . 668
volunteer militia (see Militia).
See also Commonwealth.
Maternal and child health, division of (see Public health, de-
partment of).
Matrimony (see Marriage).
Mattapan district of Boston, Neponset river, banks of, in, ac-
quiring of land and construction of additional fence along
portions of ........ 529
appropriation ......... 685 (
Mattapoisett, town of (see Cities and towns).
MAYORS:
airports, joint, establishment, etc., of, powers and duties as to 601
appeals, boards of, under improved method of municipal plan- \ 04^ /
ning. appointment, etc., by . . . . . . j \
borrowing of money by cities, municipal airports, enlargement
and improvement of, for, approval by . . 693
tax titles, based upon, approval by .... . 206
buildings used for dwellings, construction, alteration, repair,
use or occupancy of , in cities, powers and duties as to . 631
city employees, former, and their beneficiaries, amounts of pen-
sions payable to certain, increases of, approval by . 615
forty hour work week for certain city employees, act authorizing,
acceptance by ........ 649
land acquired by cities and towns by foreclosure of tax titles,
oare and dUposal of, powers and duties as to . . 224^
Item or
Section.
3513-23
3513-23
1-27
1-4
0246,
Page 775
1908-01 to
1917-00
1915-00 to
1917-00
0246,
Page 775
1341-00 to
1341-93
1341-87
1^
1341-00 to
1341-83;
1341-98,
Page 778
0212,
Page 774
1-27
1. 2
1
1, 2
8602-61.
Page 773
4, Subs.
81R
3
1
1. 2
L. 2
Index.
1103
MAYORS — Concluded.
planning boards, appointment, etc., by .... .
police officers, certain, for service upon federal reservations,
providing for, by ...... .
public welfare and veterans' benefits, borrowing of money for,
by cities, powers and duties as to .
veterans' housing corporations, annual report by, to .
McColgan, Thomas J., payment of sum of money to, by city of
Woburn .........
McGuirk, John C, contributions made to retirement system of city
of Worcester, repajTnent of, to, and retirement rights of
such employee established ......
McLaughlin, William J., contributions made to retirement system
of city of Everett, repayment of, to, and retirement rights
of such member established ......
Meals, county officials and employees, reimbursement for expenses
of, in certain cases, regulated .....
excise upon, administration of, appropriations ....
hours for, for women and children in factories, workshops and
mecharical and mercantile establishments, further regu-
lated
state officials and employees, reimbursement for expenses of, in
certain cases, regulated ......
trustees for county aid to agriculture authorized to pay expenses
of, for certain unpaid volunteers at official meetings
Mechanical establishments, employment of children under sixteen
years of age in, prohibited ......
hours of employment of women and minors in .
Mechanics, pubhc works, construction of, in, employment of .
employed on, hours of work of .
Medfleld state hospital, appropriations
Medford, city of (see Cities and towns).
Medical care, blind persons, for, furnishing of, by division of the
blind
persons who have sustained hardships as a result of war opera-
tions, for, furnishing of, authorized
Medical examiners, fees of, appropriation ....
Norfolk county, second medical examiner district of, re-
Ushed, and town of Cohasset placed in said district
Suffolk county, in, relative to . . . .
Medical services, industrial disputes, certain, curtailing, peaceful
settlement of, providing for ....
Medical students, certain, made eligible to he examined for registra
tion as qualified physicians .....
Medicine, board of registration in (see Civil service and registration,
department of),
veterinary, board of registration in (see Civil service and registra-
tion, department of).
Medway, town of (see Cities and towns).
Meeting halls (see Assembly, places of).
Melrose, city of (see Cities and towns).
Memorial, Patton, General George S., Jr
tion of, investigation relative to, continued
appropriation .........
Mental diseases (see Defective delinquents; Insane, feeble-minded
and epileptic per.sons; Mental health, department of).
Mental examinations, defective delinquents and drug addicts, of
delinquent children, of, prior to commitment, act requiring, etc.
fees for physicians authorized to make such examinations,
established ........
prisons, certain, in, fees for physicians authorized for, increased
sexual p.sychopaths, of .
MENTAL HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF:
in general, appropriations
Chap.
Item or
Section.
340 1
4, Subs.
81A
668
1
611
564
1.3
7
192
1.2
263
1.2
533
301
2
219{
1201-02.
1201-22
357
3
219
4
180
109
1.2
357
1-4
334
680
1-3
219
1716-00
670
1-4
685
1716-00
556
219
579
to commemorate, erec-
Resolve
41
685
684
616
194
459
683
219
261
670
0505-01
1.2
0283.
Page 771
2. 3
Subs. 4
1701-01 to
1726-00
7
1-4
1701-02 to
1726-00
1104
Index.
Chap.
MENTAL HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF — Concluded.
in general — Concluded.
defective delinquents and drug addicts, commitment and
parole of, act further regulating, as affecting powers and
duties of 684
employees, certain, in institutions or schools under jurisdiction
of, to be members of contributory retirement system . 617
insane persons, boarded out by, payments for care of, increased 429
restoration of soundness of mind of, filing of petitions for
adjudication of, notice of, to ... . . 681
institutions under jurisdiction of, mentally ill children, certain,
reception of, in . . . . . . . 517
prisoners, insane, alleged, examination of certain, fees for
physicians designated for, by, increased . . . 459
services, certain, performed by, and by departments of cor-
rection, public health, education and public welfare and
the industrial accident board, unification of, study as
to ....... . Resolve 35
sexual psychopaths, examination, commitment, care, treat-
ment and rehabilitation of, powers and duties as to . 683
commissioner, defective delinquents, examination of certain,
psychiatrists designated for, by . . . . . 684
institutions under control of department of mental health,
maintenance of, transfer of certain funds for, upon
recommendation of . . . . . . .261
unification of certain services performed by certain state de-
partments and the industrial accident board, joint board
to study as to, to be or to designate a member of Resolve 35
mental hygiene, division of, appropriations . ] 1
[685
Mentally ill children, certain, reception of, in certain institutions
under department of mental health . . . .517
Mercantile establishments, children under sixteen years of age,
employment of, in, prohibited ..... 109
women and children employed in or in connection with, hours of \ 161
labor of / 357
Merchandise, liens upon, relative to . . . . 273
Merrimack river, dredging of, from city of Lawrence to the sea,
investigation relative to, etc. . . . Resolve 55
appropriation ........ 685 <
sewerage works for treating, disposing of or diverting sewage
and other pollution from ...... 653
Merrimack River Valley Sewerage Board, appointment, powers,
duties, etc. . . •.-..• .■ . • ^^^
disposal of sewage in certain municipalities, investigation rela-
tive to, by, continued ..... Resolve 63
appropriation ........ 685
Merrimack River Valley Sewerage District, established and its
powers and duties defined ...... 653
Merrimack Valley Authority, establishment of, investigation rela-
tive to, etc. ...... Resolve 55
appropriation ......... 685 |
Merrimac, town of (see Cities and towns).
Mesne process, attachment of property by trustee process on (see
Trustee process).
Messengers (see Court officers and messengers).
Meters, parking (see Parking meters) .
Methuen, town of (see Cities and towns).
Metropolitan Boston area, airport in, for national guard and re-
serve military flying activities, development of, investi-
gation relative to, etc. .... Resolve 74
appropriation ........ 685 <
rapid transit in, investigation relative to, continued Resolve 11
METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COMMISSION:
advances of money to, certain provisions of law regulating, re-
pealed ........ . 530
appropriations . . . . . . , , .219
Item or
Section.
1-3
1. 2
Subs. 3-6
2. 3
1702-00,
1702-21
1702-00
1, 2
3
1-6
0207,
Page 772
1-18
1-18
2015-21
1-18
0207,
Page 772
0248,
Page 775
2931-01 to
2931-33,
8501-00 to
8902-61
Index.
1105
Chap.
METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COMMISSION — Concluded.
appropriations — (Coiiclnded.) ...... 685
Auburn water district, water supply for, by . . . 585
Bunker Hill, Battle of, model relief map of, making and exhibit-
ing of, by . . . . . 398
appropriation ........ 685 <
Cambridge, city of, playground in, establishment and main-
tenance of, by . . . . . . . . 491
appropriation ........ 685 <
Charles river basin, esplanade of. playground and recreational
equipment for use at, expenditures for, by, authorized 480
Charles river in town of Watertown, dredging of, by, to make
certain wharf accessible to boats . . . . .411
contracts, certain, entered into by, with United States of Amer-
ica, the General Electric Company and the Bethlehem-
Hingham Shipyard, Inc., continuation of, authorized 420
Magazine beach section of Cambridge, park in, establishment,
equipment and maintenance of, by . . . . 456
appropriation ........ 685 |
metropolitan district water supply commission abolished and
functions transferred to . . . . . 583
Neponset river, banks of, in Boston, acquiring of land and
construction of additional fence along portions of, by . 529
appropriation ........ 685 I
officers and employees of, claims, certain, against, for personal
injuries and property damage, settlement of, by attorney
general without necessity of suit being brought . , 337
police force of, promotions to office of sergeant in, relative to 377
public bathing beaches, certain, and other property in metropoli-
tan parks district, acqui.^ition by, investigation relative
to, by said commission .... Resolve 38
Quabbin reservoir, lands and waters at, use for fishing pur-
poses, rules and regulations relative to, promulgation of,
by 300
reservoirs, certain, no longer needed for water supply purposes,
transfer of, by, to department of conservation, etc. 557
Ware river, flood control protection along portion of, construc-
tion of, investigation relative to, by . . Resolve 37
winter sports program, establishment and carrying out by, at
Fellsmere pond on Fellsway East in the city of Maiden . 451
appropriation ........
METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS :
in general, laws, special, affecting, preparation of index of, in-
vestigation relative to, continued . . Resolve
appropriation ........
sewer districts, north district, appropriations
sewer disposal needs of, further providing for .
south district, appropriations ......
sewer disposal needs of, further providing for
water district, appropriations ......
Auburn water district, water supply for, from
water supply system of, furnishing of water from, to certain
towns and districts and construt'tion of aqueduct system
from Quabbin reservoir to Chicopee valley
Item or
Section.
2931-03,
Page 774;
8607-00,
8802-00,
8902-00,
Page 774
2
1,2
2801-22,
Page 770
8602-47.
Page 771
1.2
8607-26.
Page 771
1.2
8602-61,
Page 773
1-3
1-7
685 1
8602^6,
Page 771
70
685/
0287,
Page 774
219
8802-00
685/
8802-00,
Page 773
595
219
8807-00
685 1
8807-00,
Page 774
595
219 /
8902-00 to
8902-51
8902-00,
Page 774
585
2
575
1106 Index.
Item or
Chap. Section.
Metropolitan district water supply commission, abolished, and
functions transferred to metropolitan district commission 583 1-4
aqueduct system from Quabbin reservoir to Cliicopee valley, con-
struction of, by, etc. ....... 575 1-6
Brown, C. Ridgely, employee of, temporary reinstatement of, for
purpose of being retired ...... 656
employees of, membership of, in state employees' retirement
system, providing for ....... 651 1, 2
sewage disposal needs of north and south metropoUtan sewerage
districts, further providing for, by . .... 595
Metropolitan parks district, public bathing beaches, certain, and
other property in, acquisition by metropolitan district
commission, investigation relative to . . Resolve 3S
(219 1717-00
Metropolitan state hospital, appropriations . . . . ] G70 1-4
[685 1717-00
Metropolitan transit authority, creation of, and operation by said
authority of the Boston Elevated Railway Company,
providing for ........ 544 1-28
report of audit of, expense of, appropriation .... 685 301-12
Metropolitan water district (see Metropohtan districts, water dis-
trict).
Mexican (Vera Cruz) expedition, veterans of, extension of hospital
benefits to ........ 444
Middleborough, town of (see Cities and towns).
MIDDLESEX COUNTY:
appropriations for maintenance of, etc. ..... 301 1
district court, first, of eastern Middlesex, land, additional, in city
of Maiden to be used as parking space for, purchase by . 274 1, 2
Lowell, of, additional land in city of Lowell for purposes of, ac-
quisition by . . . . . . . .51 1, 2
register of probate, fifth assistant, for, providing for . . . 347
registry of deeds for, at Cambridge, additional accommodations
for, amount that may be raised and expended for, in-
creased 50 1, 2
representatives in general court, number apportioned to, and
board of special commissioners established to divide said
county into representative districts and to assign repre-
sentatives thereto . . . . . . .182 1-4
retirement board of, Cassidy, John J., former member of police
department of town of Weston, retirement of, by, author-
ized _ . . , . . .279
superior court building at Cambridge in, additional accommo-
dations in, providing for . . . . . .59 1,2
superior court for, equity clerk of, appointment, etc. . . . 443
tax levy .......... 301 1
tuberculosis hospital, expenditures for maintenance, etc., of . 302
Walden pond state reservation, additional toilets and sewage dis-
posal system for, providing for, by . . . . 389 1-3
White pond in towns of Concord and Sudbury, right of way to, •
laying out by ....... . 294 1-6
Milford, town of (see Cities and towns).
Military, aid (see Veterans' benefits).
funerals, persons who died in overseas service during World
War II, of, financial assistance provided to certain vet-
erans' organizations in connection with . . 624
reservation, state, Barnstable county, in, development of,
appropriation . . . . .219 0403-17
MILITARY AND NAVAL SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES:
county and municipal employees, certain, payments in lieu of
vacations to, in certain cases of entry into . . . 316
educational opportunities, higher, for children of Massachusetts
men and women who died in, amount of reimbursement
to be paid by commonwealth for, increased . . . 399
employment security law, employer contribution rates under,
act preventing discrimination in, in cases where employers
have served in, during World War II . . . . 602 1, 2
funerals or burials, military, persons who died overseas while
serving in, of, financial assistance provided to certain
veterans' organizations in connection with ... 624
persons in, appointed to offices or positions under civil service
laws, seniority and compensation rights of . . . 203
poll taxes, payment of, certain provisions of law relating to ex-
emption from, of persons in, made inoperative . . 637
Index.
1107
MILITARY AND NAVAL SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES
— Concluded.
public officers and employees in, leaves of absence granted to,
certain reports required of appointing authorities under
civil ser\ice laws concerning .....
public officers and employees who served in, length of time after
termination of such service during which they shall be
considered as remaining in public service and during
which they may be reinstated to their former offices or
positions .........
reinstatement of, to positions held by them in cities and towns
immediately prior to their entrance into such service
seniority dates in connection with, computation of
reserve military flying activities, airport in metropolitan area
for, development of, investigation relative to, etc. Resolve
appropriation
See also Soldiers, sailors and marines; Veterans; Veterans'
bonus act, so called.
MILITIA:
Chap.
367
14
11
74
685 I
219
Item or
Section.
in general, appropriations . , . . . . ] 261
685
flying activities of, airport in metropolitan area for, develop-
ment of, investigation relative to, etc. . Resolve 74
appropriation ........ 685
adjutant general, appropriations . . . . . . {
[685
Commonwealth Armory, Boston, city of, in, state land adjoin-
ing, use for motor vehicle parking purposes, powers and
duties as to . . . . . . . 627
rank of, act determining . . . . . .415
veterans, certain, reinstatement of, to positions held by them
in cities and towns, powers and duties as to . . .14
armories, appropriations ....... 219
superintendent of, appropriation ..... 219
armory commission (see Armory commission).
commander-in-chief, aides-de-camp of, rank and qualifications of 362
Commonwealth Armory, Boston, city of, in, state land ad-
joining, use for motor vehicle parking purposes, approval
by 627
inspector, state, compensation of, established .... 402
judge advocate, state, appropriation . . . . .219
land forces, components of, act determining .... 329
major generals and brigadier generals of, qualifications . . 330
members of, pay and allowances regulated .... 346
retired list of, qualifications and conditions for . . . 331
ordnance officer, state, compensation of, established . . 402
quartermaster, state, appropriations ..... 219 ■
staff, state, of, assignments, certain, to . . . . . 326
state guard, Corey, David J., killed while on duty as member of,
payment of annuity to widow of . . Resolve 28
appropriation ........ 685
Hajjar, James M., payment by commonwealth of sum of
money to, on account of injuries received while on duty
with Resolve 34
appropriation ........ 685
Sclar, Hymen J., payment by commonwealth of sum of
money to, on account of injuries received while on duty
with Resolve 32
appropriation ........ 085
superintendent, armories, of, appropriation .... 219
arsenal, of, appropriation . . . .219
surgeon, state, appropriatioria ...... 219
0248,
Page 775
0403-01 to
0403-23
0403-14
0402-24.
0403-15
0248,
Page 775
0402-01 to
0402-26
0402-01
0406-04,
0406-05
0405-02
1.2
0408-01
1, 2
0405-01 to
0406-10
1. 2
2820-03,
Page 779
2820-03,
Page 779
2820-03,
Page 779
0405-02
0405-01
0407-01 to
0407-03
1108
Index.
MILK CONTROL BOARD:
appropriations .........
Milk plants, receiving stations and pasteurization plants,
further regulated .......
Millville, town of (see Cities and towns).
Milton, Academy, number of trustees of, increased
town of (see Cities and towns).
Mind, soundness of, etc. (see Insane, feeble-minded and epileptic
persons).
Minimum wage, law, so called, act incorporating as part of General
Laws certain laws extending said law to adult male persons
service, department of labor and industries, appropriations
Minors, employment of, sixteen, under, factories, workshops, manu-
facturing and mechanical establishments, in, prohibited
hours of labor of, manufacturing or mechanical establishments
or factories, in ....... .
mercantile establishments, in or in connection with
processing of fish, employed in .
Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, act enabling participa-
tion in, by veterans and their spouses who are
wrongful acts of, sub.iecting certain persons who have care of
such minors to civil and criminal liability for, investiga-
tion relative to . . . . . . Resolve
See also Children.
Mitchell, Francis L., contributions made to retirement system of
city of Everett, repayment of, to, and retirement rights
of such member estalilished .....
Monson, state hospital, appropriations .....
town of (see Cities and towns).
Moose (see Game and inland fisheries).
Morris plan, so called, limit of liability of one borrower to, excep-
tions from, limited . . .
Mortgages, co-operative banks, to, definition of .
direct-reduction loans secured by, amount of fixed monthly
payments on, changed .....
relative to ....... ■
limit on hability of one borrower upon, clarified
credit union loans secured by, further regulated
federal government, insured or guaranteed by, borrowing on, by
urban redevelopment corporations
federal housing administrator, insured by, making by certain
banking institutions of loans insured by . .
insured by administrator of veterans' affairs, making or acquiring
of, by banks, etc. ......
insured under National Housing Act, investments in, by domestic
insurance companies ......
residential construction development, making of, by co-operative
banks . . . . .
sa\dngs bank loans, blanket construction, secured by, maldng of
authorized . . . . . .
direct-reduction, secured by, making of, authorized
veterans who are minors, or whose spouses are minors, enabled
to act in their own behalf in matters relating to, under
G. I. Bill of Rights, so called ....
Mosquito control project, Berkshire county, appropriation .
Cape Cod, appropriation ......
Mothers, dependent children, with, aid to, borrowing by cities and
towns on account of .
reimbursement of cities and towns for, appropriation
employed, children of, extended school services for, appropriation
Moth superintendent, chief, department of conservation, in,
powers and duties of, further investigation relative
to ....... • Resolves
Motor buses (see Motor vehicles, buses).
Motor carriers (see Motor vehicles, passengers, transporting, for
lure; Motor vehicles, property, transporting).
Motor exhausts, aircraft, of, reduction of noise from, investigation
and study relative to, etc. .... Resolve
Chap.
219 I
379
204
432
219
109
357
161
357
368
259
17
appropriation
3. 10
74
685/
Item or
Section.
0906-01,
0906-02
1, 2
1601-71,
1601-72
1, 2
1-4
3
1. 2
533
219
670
685
1-3
1722-00
1-4
1722-00
39
21
86
50
35
178
1-3
487
2
89
110
1.2
41
177
254
98
259
219
219
1. 2
3915
3901
611
219
219
1-4
1907-05
1301-19
0248
Page 776
Index.
1109
Motor fuel (see Diesel motor fuel; Gasoline).
Motor Fuel Sales Act, administration of, appropriations
Motor trucks (see Motor vehicles, property, transporting) .
Motor vehicle, commercial, division (see Public Utilities, depart-
ment of).
Motor vehicle liability insurance, compulsory, law aa to (see
Motor vehicles, liability for bodily injuries, etc., caused
by, security for).
MOTOR VEHICLES:
accident cases, judgments by agreement in, without hearing on
merits, effect of .
air tanks, compressed, certain provisions of law relating to,
made inapplicable to certain receptacles used in lifting of
buses, chartered and special, so called, relative to .
licenses for certain, forms for issuance of, approval by depart-
ment of public utilities ......
school, term further defined and operation of such buses
further regulated .......
common carriers of passengers for hire by (see, infra, passengers,
transporting, for hire) .
commonweaith, owned by, claims, certain, arising out of opera-
tion of, settlement of, by attorney general without neces-
sity of suit being brought . . . . .
corporations, certain, owned by, deduction for, in determining
corporate franchise tax upon such corporations
county employees, owned by, allowances for expenses of, limited
dealer registration plates, issuance of, persons engaged in business
of financing purchase of or insuring motor vehicles, to
transporters of new motor vehicles, to .
Diesel motor fuel used in propelling, taxation of . . .
excise on registered, imposition, collection, etc., law providing
for, application in respect to motor vehicles or trailers
registered in this commonwealth and in another state
fuel used in propelling (see, supra, Diesel motor fuel; infra,
gasoline, etc.).
gasoline, etc., used in propelling, motor fuel sales act, adminis-
tration of, appropriations ......
insurance in relation to, compulsory liability (see, infra, liability
for bodily injiuies, etc., caused by, security for).
liabiUty for bodily injuries, etc., caused by, security for:
bonds and policies, board of appeal on, appropriations .
representative of registrar of motor vehicles to serve on,
designation of .......
reciprocal or inter-insurance exchanges authorized to issue .
rates for all forms of motor vehicle insurance, regulation of, etc.
new, registration of, while in transit bj' a transporter thereof
operation of, offences, certain, relating to, use and effect of records
of conviction of, investigation relative to . Resolve
school buses which have been stopped, motor vehicles ap-
proaching or passing, required to be brought to a full stop
speed limit for, which shall be considered prima facie greater
than reasonable and proper, increased ....
tort actions arising out of (see, infra, tort actions arising out of
operation of),
parking of, Commonwealth Armory, Boston, city of, in, state
land adjoining, use for, authorized ....
offences, certain, relating to, use and effect of records of con-
viction of, investigation relative to . . Resolve
parking meters for regulation of, installation and operation of,
cities and towns, in, authorized .....
Springfield, city of, certain areas of, in ....
passengers, transporting, chartered and special buses, so called,
relative to ........ .
licenses for certain, forms for issuance of, approval by de-
partment of public utilities ......
continued operation of, by carriers holding certain war
emergenfy certificates ......
public airports, at or on, granting of excluaive contracts, etc.,
for operation of, prohibited ......
See also Carriere, common.
Chap.
219 I
Item or
Section.
1601-53,
1601-54
431
1,2
620
482
1. 2
258
1. 2
216
1. 2
337
622
301
311
401
666
644
219
685
94
488
641
401
418
406
442
538
482
258
378
332
1-5
3
1-4
1601-5.3,
1601-54
1103-02.
2970-02
110.3-02
1, Subs.
94D
1-3
1-3
1. 2
1. 2
1110
Index.
MOTOR VEHICLES — Concluded.
plates, dealer, issuance of, persons engaged in business of financ-
ing purchase of or insuring motor vehicles, to .
transporters of new motor vehicles, to ... .
property, transporting, distinguishing plates, certain, issuance
of, to, further regulated ......
issued by department of public utilities to, regulation of
transfer of, and issuance by said department of
certificates, etc., to veterans of World War II, in-
vestigation relative to . . . Resolve
Chap.
311
401
appropriation
further regulated ......
purchase of, by state purchasing agent, appropriation
registrar and registry of (see Public works, department of)
registration of, appropriations . . . . ,
52
52
219
.l2I9(
excise for privilege of (see, supra, excise on registered),
plates, dealer, issuance of, persons engaged in business of
financing purchase of or insuring motor vehicles, to . 311
transporters of new motor vehicles, to . . . .401
See also, infra, tractors,
school buses, term further defined and operation of such buses
further regulated ....... 216
motor vehicles approaching or passing, which have been
stopped, etc., required to be brought to full stop . . 418
second hand, sale of, by persons engaged in business of selling
new motor vehicles, temporarily authorized without
additional license . . . . . . .271
special and chartered buses, so called, relative to . . . 482
speed limit for, school buses, stopped, in approaching and pass-
ing, motor vehicles required to be brought to a full stop, etc. 418
which shall be considered prima facie greater than reasonable
and proper, increased ....... 406
state employees, owned by, allowances for expenses of, amounts
available for ....... . 219
tax, excise, on (see, supra, excise on registered).
tires of, stealing, etc., of, certain emergency provisions of law
relative to, repealed ....... 662
tort actions arising out of operation of, service of process on
non-resident defendants in, further regulation of, investi-
gation relative to .... . Resolve 9
tractors, certain, fees for registration of, determination of . 463
trailers, certain, fees for registration of, determination of . . 463
corporations, certain, owned by, deduction for, in determining
corporate franchise tax upon such corporations . . 622
Mount Greylock war memorial, maintenance of, appropriation . 219
M Street beach, youth Boston, in, acquisition of, by metropolitan
district commission, investigation relative to . Resolve 38
Municipal airports (see Airports).
Municipal buildings (see Buildings).
Municipal courts (see District courts).
MUNICIPAL FINANCE:
accounts, auditing and installing of, appropriations . . . 219 |
cities and towns, of, auditing of, laws relative to, amended . 298
airports, public, incurring of debt for, outside debt limit, laws
relative to, amended ....... 298
appropriations, graves of persons who served in military service ( 144
of commonwealth in time of war, decoration of, for . \ 468
injured school children, certain, reasonable expenses incurred
by or in behalf of, payment of, for .... 525
municipal planning purposes, for ..... 340
parking meters, for ....... . 442
poison ivy, suppression and eradication of, for . . . 282
projects, certain, abandoned or discontinued, proceeds of
loans issued for, appropriation of, for other purposes . 60
public entertainment, for, further regulated . . . 635
veterans' housing corporations, for ..... 564
war veterans' organizations, incorporated, certain, military
funerals or burials conducted by, financial assistance in
connection with, for . . . . . . 624
suitable quarters for posts of, for, amount of, established . 671
Item or
Section.
1-3
3
0204,
Page 771
1-3
2820-32
2924-01 to
2924-03
2924-01
1-3
1, 2
1. 2
5
1. 2
1-5
0443-01
1203-11,
1203-12
Index. 1111
Item or
Chap. Section.
MUNICIPAL FINANCE — Concluded.
bonds, new registered, issuance of, by a city or town, etc. _ . 55
notes, etc., issued by cities and towns, investments in, domestic
insurance companies, by . . . . . . 266 1-3
savings banks, by, further regulated .... 236 1
borrowing of money, construction of certain types of pavement,
for, authorized ........ 101
municipally owned public buildings, remodeling and recon-
structing of, for . . . . . . .207 1,2
outside debt limit, airports, public, establishment of, for, law
relative to, amended ....... 298 4
emergency purposes, for, further regulated . . . 298 3
public airports, enlargement and improvement of, for . 593 3
public welfare and veterans' benefits, on account of . .611 1-4
revenue loans, temporary, renewal of certain . . 108
tax titles, based upon ....... 206 1, 2
committee on (see General court).
emergency finance board (see Emergency finance board).
emergency pvirposes, incurring of debt for, outside debt limit,
further regulated 298 3
expenditures, public, investigation and study of, by special
commission ...... Resolve 56
appropriation ........ 685
0208,
Page 772
grade crossings, protective devices at, installation, maintenance
and operation of, contributions by cities and towns to
cost of, authorized ....... 498
investigation relative to ..... Resolves 1, 8
laws relating to. act amending ...... 298 1-6
loans (see, supra, borrowing of money).
projects, certain, abandoned or discontinued, proceeds of loans
issued for, use of . . . . . . .60
public works projects, federal assistance in, time for cities and
towns to incur debt to secure benefits of, extended 526
revenue loans (see, supra, borrowing of money),
taxes (see Taxation, local taxes).
See also City and town treasurers.
Municipal hospitals (see Hospitals).
Municipalities (see Cities and towns).
MUNICIPAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES:
in general, accounts of (see Municipal finance; .
civil service laws, as affecting (see Civil service laws).
election of (see Elections).
former, pensions or retirement allowances, receiving, acts 1
providing that such persons may receive compensation I 394
in certain offices and positions in the service of the com- ( 462
monwealth . ... .... J
military or naval service, in, length of time after termination |
of such service during which they shall be considered as I 4
remaining in public service and during which they may be ( 367
reinstated to their former offices or positions . . . J
reinstatement of, to positions held by them in cities and
towns immediately prior to their entrance into such
service ......... 14
payments in lieu of vacations to certain, who resigned or were
granted leaves of absence to enter the armed forces of the
United States 316
retirement of (see Retirement systems and pensions),
salaries or wages of, increase of, upon two thirds vote of city
councils, etc. ........ 298 1
unclassified offices or positions, holding, separation from serv-
ice regulated in case of certain veterans . . . 276
withholding of certain amounts from salaries or wages of, in
compliance with terms of internal revenue code of
United States, etc., providing for .... 483 1, 2
employees, credit unions of, provisions of law authorizing de-
ductions from wages or salaries of such employees for
making payments to, transferred from one chapter in
General Laws to another ...... 189 1, 2
forty hour work week for certain, authorized . . . 649
mechanics, teamsters, chauffeurs and laborers, employment
of, in construction of public works by towns . . . 334
public works, on, hours of work of .... . 680 1-3
salary plana for, authorized ...... 540 1, 2
1112 Index.
Itetn Ot
Chap. Section.
MUNICIPAL OFFICERS AKD EMPLOYEES — Concbided.
employees — Concluded.
worknien's compensation law, maintenance allowances under.
to 590
See also specific titles of officers, etc.
Municipal planning, improved method of .... 340 1-fi
Murphy General Hospital, Waltham, city of, in, metropolitan
district commission authorized to continue certain con-
tract relative to furnishing water to ... . 420 1, 2
Museum of Fine Arts, real and personal estate, additional, hold-
ing by 159 1,2
Mutual insurance companies (see Insurance, companies).
[219 1726-00
Myles Standish, Camp, state school at, appropriations . . \ 670 1-4
[685 1726-00
state forest, leasing to Brockton Girl Scouts, Incorporated, of
land at Barretts pond in ..... . 550
Mystic, river, liigh level toll bridge over, between cities of Boston
and Chelsea, construction, maintenance, etc., of . . 626 1, 2
Wharves, so called, Boston, city of, in, acquisition by Port of
Boston Authority, etc. 532 1-4
N.
Names, instruments provided by law to be recorded, on, printing or
typing of, providing for ..... . 256 1, 2
persons, of, change of, investigation relative to . Resolve 20
Nantasket beach reservation, maintenance of, appropriations . | ^g^ 8611-^5
NANTUCKET COUNTY:
representatives in general court, number apportioned to . . 182 1-4
Nantucket, town of (see Cities and towns).
Natick, town of (see Cities and towns).
National Association of Railroad and Utilities Commissioners,
national convention of, expenses of, appropriation . . 085 2330-01
National banking associations (see Banks and banking).
National banks (see Banks and banking).
National conventions (see Elections, conventions).
National guard (see Militia) .
National Housing Act, real estate mortgages insured under, in-
vestments in, by domestic insurance companies . . 41
Nautical school (see Massachusetts Maritime Academy).
Naval Service of the United States (see Military and naval service
of the United States).
"Navigable air space", definition of phrase, as appearing in laws
relating to aeronautics ...... 292
Necessaries of life, division on (see Labor and industries, depart-
ment of).
Needham, town of (see Cities and towns).
Needy persons (see Aid; Old age assistance, so called; Poor and in-
digent persons).
Negligence, contributory, proof of, in actions for consequential
damages ......... 386 1, 2
Negotiable instruments, non-payment of, liability of banks to their
depositors for . . . . _. . . . 169
payment of, by banks, law as to time for, clarified . . . 167
Neil, Hugh, contributions made to retirement system of city of
Worcester, repayment of, to, and retirement rights of such
employee established ....... 263 1, 2
Neponset river, banks of, in Boston, acquiring of land and construc-
tion of an additional fence along portions of . 529 1, 2
appropriation 685 | Pagf^73
discharge of surplus water from reservoirs into, providing for,
etc 557 1-7
Nevins, Stanislava S., payment by commonwealth of sum of
money to . . . . . . . Resolve 33
appropriation 685 | p^^^ ^j^
Index.
1113
New Bedford, city of (see Cities and towns).
state pier, additional pier and storage facilities at, appropriation
operation and maintenance of, appropriation
textile institute, appropriations ......
board of trustees of, powers and duties of, and authorizing said
board to grant certain degrees .....
Newbviry, town of (see Cities and towns).
Newbiiryport, city of (see Cities and towns).
New City bridge, so called, in town of Blackstone, replacement of,
with bridge of permanent construction, providing for
New England Governors' Freight Rate Committee, expenses of,
appropriation .......
New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Compact
ratification of, authorized .....
appropriation
New England Power Company, rights of way, etc., over state rifle
range in town of Lynnfield, granting to
New Hampshire, state of. New Hampshire Water Resources
Board of, action jointly with, by Merrimack River Valley
Sewerage Board ......
pollution of interstate waters, abatement and control of, com
pact relative to, between commonwealth and, etc., rati
fication, etc. .......
Newton, city of (see Cities and towns).
Mortgage Corporation, temporarily revived
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, special
investigation of, expenses of, appropriation
state of, pollution of interstate waters, abatement and control of
compact relative to, between commonwealth and, etc.,
ratification, etc. .......
Nickerson state park, granting of easement over land in, to Cap(
& Vineyard Electric Company, authorized .
Nomination of candidates (see Elections).
Non-assessable policies of insurance (see Insurance).
Non-contributory retirement (see Retirement systems and pen
sions).
Non-profit corporations, establishment of, to engage in providinj
homes for veterans ......
Non-profit hospital service corporations (see Hospital service
corporations, non-profit).
Non-residents, defendants who are, service of process on, further
regulation of, investigation relative to . . Resolve
NORFOLK COUNTY:
appropriations for maintenance of, etc. .....
representatives in general court, number apportioned to, and
board of special commissioners established to divide said
county into representative districts and to assign repre-
sentatives thereto .......
second medical examiner district of, re-estabUshed, and town of
Cohasset placed in said district .....
tax levy ..........
tuberculosis hospital, expenditures for maintenance, etc., of
Norfolk, town of (see Cities and towns).
Normal schools, state, outside commonwealth, teaching service
rendered in, allowance of credit for, under contributory
retirement systems .......
North Adams, city of (see Cities and towns).
state teachers' college, appropriations .....
Northampton, city of (see Cities and towns).
state hospital, appropriations ......
North Andover, town of (see Cities and towns).
Northbridge, Athletic Field Commission, name changed to John
Whitin Lasell Memorial Field Commission, etc.
town of (see Cities and towns).
North metropolitan sewerage system (see Metropolitan dis-
tricts, sewer districts).
Chap.
670
219
(219
\685
387
554
685
421
685
605
653
301
416
261
685
219
670
685
Item or
Section.
1-4
2202-07
1333-00
1333-00
0401-37
1-6
0419-21,
Page 771
1. 2
421
1-6
208
685
2301-10
421
1-5
560
69
1. 2
301
1
302
1312-00,
1312-21
1312-00
1312-00
1718-00
1-4
1718-00
1. 2
1114
Index.
North Reading state sanatorium, appropriations
Norton, town of (see Cities and towns).
Norwell, town of (see Cities and towns).
Norwood, town of (see Cities and towns).
Notaries public, signatures of, appearing on instruments provided
by law to be recorded, printing or typing of names under,
providing for ........
Notes, cities, towns and districts, of (see Municipal finance),
commonwealth, of (see State finance),
counties, of (see County finance),
investments in, domestic insurance companies, by .
savings banks, by ....... .
See also Securities.
Notices (see titles of specific proceedings).
Noyes, Herbert, pension of, increase by city of Maiden .
Nuisances, smoke, abatement of
Number plates (see Motor vehicles).
Nurses, board of registration of (see Civil service and registration,
department of).
Nursing homes, certain, regulation of, by state department of pub-
lic health, study relative to . . . . Resolve
Chap.
f219
\685
appropriation
safety of persons in, powers and duties of inspectors as to, further
defined .........
266
236
351
492
Item or
Section.
2023-00
2023-00
1, 2
1-8
1-5
1, 2
1-7
0247,
Page 775
o.
Oak Blu&s, town of (see Cities and towns).
Oath, verification by, of certain written instruments, requirement as
to, eliminated ........
Obligations, state (see State finance).
Occupational hygiene, division of (see Labor and industries, de-
partment of).
Occupations, certain, publicly issued compilations of facts and
statistics for, made admissible in evidence
O'Connor, William J., contributions made to retirement system of
city of Worcester, repayment of, to, and retirement rights
of such employee established .....
O'Donnell, Michael J., contributions made to retirement system
of city of Everett, repayment of, to, and retirement rights
of such member established .....
Offences, criminal (see Criminal procedure and practice).
Officers, county (see Counties; also specific titles of officers),
court (see Court officers and messengers) .
general court (see General court),
militia (see Militia).
municipal (see Municipal officers and employees; also specific
titles of officers) .
police (see Police officers),
probation (see Probation officers).
state (see Commonwealth, officers and employees of; also
specific titles of officers).
Official service, commonwealth or municipalities, of (see Civil
service laws).
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE, SO CALLED:
administration of, law providing for, appropriations
borrowing of money on account of, by cities and towns
Old Colony Railroad, lines and facilities of, use for extension of
rapid transit service, study of estimates and cost of, by
metropolitan transit authority .....
Old Harbor, Sandwich, town of, in, improvement of, providing for .
Old Province House estate, so called, sale and conveyance of, by
The Massachusetts General Hospital ....
Old provincial state house, appropriation
385
263
533
1, 2
1,2
1-3
219
611
3619-01.
3619-02,
3625
1-4
544
589
9
507
219
0444-01
Index.
1115
Omitted assessments (see Taxation, local taxes).
O'Neil, Charles H., contributions made to retirement system of city
of Everett, repayment of, to, and retirement rights of
such member established ......
Thomas J., Jr., contributions made to retirement system of city
of Everett, repayment of, to, and retirement rights of
such member established ......
"On the job" training, so called, appointment of veterans to
rAml service employments under provisions of G. I. Bill of
Rights relating to, temporary law providing for, extended
Optometry, board of registration in (see Civil service and
registration, department of).
Orange, town of (see Cities and towns).
ORDINANCES AND BY-LAWS:
buildings and dwelling houses, relating to, alternatives to re-
quirements of, in respect to construction, alteration, re-
pair, use or occupancy of such buildings, providing for,
etc. ..........
temporarDy waiving requirements of ... .
planning, municipal, improved method of, as to .
Ordnance officer, state (see Militia).
Organizations (see Corporations; Fraternal benefit societies;
Veterans) .
Organized militia (see Militia).
Organized professional athletics (see Athletics).
Original appointments, civil service laws, under (see Civil serv-
ice).
Orthodox Congregational Church of Deerfleld, certain property
of, conveyance to The First Church of Deerfield, etc.
Otis, town of (see Cities and towns).
Outdoor advertising authority, appropriations ....
Overnight camps and cabins, operation of, ftirther regulated
Oxford, town of (see Cities and towns).
Chap.
6.31
568
219
685
375
Item or
Section.
1-3
2; 4,
Subs. 81 R
0428-01
0428-01
P.
Pages, general court (see General court).
Palraer, town of (see Cities and towns).
Pamphlet edition, acts and resolves, appropriation . . . 219
Paper, purchase of, appropriation . . . .219
Pardons, advisory board of (see Correction, department of).
See also Paroles.
PARENT AND CHILD:
complaints against parents, school attendance of children, in
connection with, Boston juvenile court granted jurisdic-
tion of, concurrent with municipal court of the city of
Boston ......... 241
dependent children under workmen's compensation law, law rela-
tive to, amended ....... 450
restoration of soundness of mind of certain children, petitions for
adjudication of, filing by parents, etc. . . _ . . 681
wrongful acts of certain minors, subjecting parents to civil and
criminal liability for, investigation relative to Resolve 17
Pari-mutuel system of wagering (see Horse and dog racing meet-
ings conducted under pari-mutuel .system of wagering).
Parking meters, installation and operation of, cities and towns, in 442
Hi)ringfie!d, city of_, certain areas of, in . . . . 538
Parking of motor vehicles, Commonwealth Armory, state land
adjoining, use for, authorized ..... 627
^cc also Motor vehicles.
Park reservations Csee Reservations).
Parks and recreation, division of (see Conservation, depart-
ment of).
Park street subway, Boston, city of, in, extension of, study and
estiniates of cost of, by metropolitan tran.sit authority . 544
Parkways (.'-•ee Boulevards and parkways).
0503-01
0414-11
1. 2
1. 2
1116
Index.
Parole, boys', department of public welfare, appropriations
defective delinquents and drug addicts, of, further regulated
girls', department of public welfare, appropriations .
prisoners, certain, of, jails or houses of correction, in, after ex
piration of two thirds of their sentences
state prison, in, certain authority of parole board in connection
with, terminated ......
sexual crimes, certain, persons convicted of, of
See also Pardons.
PAROLE BOARD:
appropriations . . . . . . . . .
defective delinquents and drug addicts, parole of, act further
regulating, as affecting powers and duties of .
liberty permits, special, authority of said board to grant certain,
terminated ........
Robinson, William M., former chief parole officer of, refund to,
of certain contributions paid into state retirement system
and reclassifying in said system the position of chief
parole officer ........
appropriation ........
sexual crimes, certain, persons con\acted of, parole of, by
Passengers, transportation of, for hire (see Carriers, common;
Motor vehicles, passengers transporting; Steamships).
Pasteurization plants, milk plants and receiving stations,
further regulated .......
Patients, veterans' hospitals, in, special fishing privileges for
Patton, General George S., Jr., statue or other memorial to com-
memorate, erection of, within commonwealth, investiga-
tion relative to, continued .... Resolve
appropriation .........
Pavements, cement concrete, macadam, etc., cities and towns au-
thorized to borrow within debt limit for construction of
Peabody, city of (see Cities and towns).
Peaceful settlement, industrial disputes, certain, of, providing for
PENAL AND REFORMATORY INSTITUTIONS:
in general, prisoners in, escapes of, offering of rewards by
governor for arrests, etc., in cases of .
release on parole of certain, after expiration of two thirds of
their sentences ........
sex crimes, so called, persons convicted of, parole of, from, etc.
segregation, etc., of, in, investigation relative to Resolve
appropriation .......
commonwealth, of, in general, prisoners in, insane, alleged,
fees for phj'.sicians authorized to examine, increased
Massachusetts reformatory, appropriations
Christian, .James W., injured while in performance of duties
as prison officer at, annuity to . . . Resolve
Chap.
219/
684
219 /
reformatory for women, appropriations
sentences to, for adultery
state land, certain, in town of Frainingham
needed for, sale of ... .
state farm, appropriations ....
state prison, appropriations
new, construction of, in town of Bridgewater,
of plans for, appropriation .
no longer
6.38
131
219
261
684
638
414
685
131
379
245
41
685
101
596
359
Item or
Section.
508-11 to
1908-13
1-3
1908-31,
1908-32
1.2
1. 2
1801-21 to
1801-24
1801-23
1, 2
0604-21,
Page 770
Page 771
preparation
57«
131
1,2
14
680/
0201.
Page 772
459
219/
1805-00.
4411
261
1805-25
[
1805-00;
685
1805-26.
Page 775
29
-f
1806-00
4511
261
1806-21
685
1806-00
516
672
219
1802-00
685
1802-00
219 {
1803-00.
4611
685
1803-00
685/
1801-15,
Page 778
Index.
1117
PENAL AND REFORMATORY INSTITUTIONS — Coric/^/rfe^.
commonwealth, of — Concluded.
state prison — Concluded.
prisoners in, liberty permits, special, for, authority of parole
board to grant certain, terminated
Shaughnessy, Edward J., who was injured by certain
inmates of, payment by commonwealth of sum of
money to ..... . Resolve
appropriation ........
24
G85
119 [
state prison colony, appropriations . . . . . \ \
[ f>srj
counties, of, jails and houses of correction, examination of, by
district health officers ...... 76
Pensions (see Retirement systems and pensions).
Permits (see Licenses and permits).
Personal injuries, compensation of certain public employees for, 1 219
appropriations . . . . . . . . /
motor vehicles, caused by, security for payment of judgments in
actions for (see Motor vehicles, liability for bodily in-
juries, etc., caused by, security for),
school children, certain, to, appropriations by towns for payment
of reasonable expenses in cases of .... 525
See also Workmen's compensation.
Personal property, attachment of (see Attachment).
unclaimed, in possession of certain common carriers, disposition
of 441
Personnel and standardization, division of (see Administration
and finance, commission on).
Personnel board, county (see County personnel board).
Peru, town of (see Cities and towns).
Petroleum and petroleum products (see Diesel motor fuel;
Gasoline).
Pharmacists, registration as, veterans of World War II, of .511
Pharmacy, board of registration in (see Civil ser\'ice and registra-
tion, department of),
schools and colleges of, standards for ..... 503
Pheasants (see Game and inland fisheries).
Phillipston, town of (see Cities and towns).
Phrases (see Words and phrases).
Physical examinations, delinquent children, of, prior to commit-
ment, act requiring, etc. ...... GIG
Physically handicapped children (see Children).
Physicians, delinquent children, mental and physical examinations
of, by, required, etc. ....... 616
mental examinations, authorized to make, fees for, e-stablished . 194
prisons, certain, authorized to make mental examinations in,
fees for, increased . . . . . . . 459
registration as qualified, certain students of medicine made
eligible to be examined for ...... 369
Pier, Boston, city of, in, construction and lease of, and acquisition of
certain waterfront properties by Port of Boston Authority 532
state (see Cape Cod Canal pier; Gloucester fish pier; New Bed-
ford state pier).
Pilgrim tercentenary, state property acquired in connection with,
maintenance, etc., appropriation ..... 219
Pine blister rust (see White pine blister rust) .
Pistols (see Weapons) .
Pittsfleld, city of (see Cities and towns).
Places of Assembly (see Assembly, places of) .
Plainville, town of (see Cities and towns).
PLANNING BOARD, STATE:
appropriations ......... 219
findings, certain, by, as conditions precedent to land assembly
and redevelopment projects under housing authority law . 486
members of, Boston, city of, traffic, housing, street lighting and
recreational conditions in, special commission to investi-
gate relative to, to be members of . Resolve 69
metropolitan transit authority, to assist ..... 644
planning boards, municipal, reports by, to ... . 340
Item or
Section.
2820-03,
Page 779
1S07-00,
4711
lS07-0()
2820-04,
2820-06
1, 2
0419 01,
0419-02
9
4, Subs.
81C
1118
Index.
PLANNING BOARD, STATE — roncluded. *^^''^'
pollution of interstate waters, compact relative to abatement and
control of, between commonwealth and certain other
states, powers and duties as to . . . . . 421
veterans, housing facilities for, special commission to survey and
study, to co-operate with .... Resolve 68
Planning boards, local, finding, certain, by, as conditions prece-
dent to land assembly and redevelopment projects under
housing authority law ...... 486
improved method of municipal planning, as affecting . . 340
Plant pest control and fairs, division of (see Agriculture, depart-
ment of) .
Plates, registration (see Motor vehicles).
Plumbers, licenses as, examination of applicants for, rules govern-
ing, etc 382
state examiners of (see Civil service and registration, department
Plumbing, installation of, licenses for, during present housing
shortage ......... 427
minimum requirements for, adoption of, investigation relative
to Resolve 46
PLYMOUTH COUNTY:
appropriations for maintenance of, etc. ..... 301
Marshfield, town of, improvement of harbor in, by department
of public works, contributions to cost of, by . . . 621
Plymouth, town of, sea wall to be repaired in, by department of
public works, contributions to cost of, by . . . 603
representatives in general court, niunber apportioned to, and
board of special commissioners established to divide said
county into representative districts and to assign repre-
sentatives thereto ....... 182
tax levy 301
tuberculosis hospital, expenditures for maintenance, etc., of . 302
Plymouth, town of (see Cities and towns).
Podiatry (see Chiropody (podiatry), board of registration in).
Poison ivy, suppression and eradication of, municipal appropriations
for, temporarily authorized ...... 282
POLICE OFFICERS:
arrests by (see Arrest).
Boston, annual vacations and sick leave allowances for . . 146
compensation of, increased ...... 342
Kenney, Walter J., temporary reinstatement in police depart-
ment of, for retirement purposes ..... 608
witness fees, payment to, in certain continued criminal cases . 181
Cambridge, chief of police, appointment of trial board by, and
defining powers and duties of said board . . . 328
capitol police, appropriations . . . . . , | ?i?
powers of, relative to ....... 66
chiefs of police, attorney general authorized to call conferences
of, and other law enforcement officials .... 238
drunkenness, certain persons arrested for, release of, by . . 409
Everett, certain permanent members of police department, con-
tributions made to retirement system of said city, repay-
ment of, to, and retirement rights of such members es-
tabhshed 533
federal reservations, service upon ...... 668
former, widows of, amounts of annuities payable by certain
cities and towns to, under special law, increased . 493
forty hour week for municipal employees, act authorizing, not to
apply to 649
Holyoke, city marshal and assistant city marshal in, titles
changed to chief of police and deputy chief of pohce . 3
liquor control law, enforcement of, by . . . . 524
Lynn, supervision of police department, transfer of, from mayor
to chief of police, authorized ..... 107
Marlborough, chief of police, office of, placing under civil service
laws, authorized . . . . . . . 176
Medway, regular or permanent patrolman of police department,
office of, placing under civil service laws, authorized . 25
metropolitan district commission, of (see Metropohtan district
commission).
motor vehicles, registry of, safety instructors and supervising
inspectors in, given certain powers as . . . . 508
Item or
Section.
1-4
1
1-8
1. 2
1.2
0416-03
0416-03
1-3
1
1,2
1.2
Index.
1119
POLICE OFFICERS — Concluded.
promotions in such police forces as are witliin classified civil
service, requirements for, changes in .
public works building police, title of certain guards at public
works building changed to, and powers and duties defined
state, retired, compensation, appropriation ....
mental or physical incapacity in fine of duty, for, retire-
ment allowances of ...... .
security of tenure for, providing for .....
See also Public safety, department of.
veterans, certain, made eligible to apply for examination for and
appointment to positions as, notwithstanding minimum
age requirements .......
Wayland, cliief of police, office of, removal from civil service
laws . . . . . . . ._.__.
Police patrol, state (see Public safety, department of; divisions
of: state police).
Police, state, division of (see Public safety, department of).
Police stations and other places of detention, examination of,
by district health officers ......
Policies of insurance (see Insurance).
Poll taxes, exemption of persons in military or naval service from
payment of, certain provisions of law relating to, made
inoperative ........
Pollution, inland waters of commonwealth, of, abatement and con-
trol of, investigation relative to, etc. . . Resolve
Chap.
Item or
Section.
354
472
219
1-.3
2811-04
412
407
287
72
1.2
76
appropriation
interstate waters, of, abatement and control of, certain inter-
state compact relative to, ratification, etc.
appropriation ........
See also Merrimack river valley sewerage board.
Polo matches, offer or acceptance of bribes in, penalized
Ponds (see Waters and waterways).
Pondville hospital at Norfolk, appropriations ....
Pool baths, shower baths, etc., occupation of giving of, regulated .
Pool or billiard rooms, employment of certain minors in, pro-
hibited .........
Poor and indigent persons, hospital expenses in connection with
support of ........
support of, appropriations .......
See also Aid; Old age assistance, so called.
Port of Boston Authority, appropriations .....
Boston, city of, waterfront properties, certain, in, acquisition of,
rights, powers and duties of said commission pertaining
to, further defined .......
fireproof sheds to be built on piers on, by, provisions of law
relative to, clarified .......
Position classification, appeals of state employees from, ways and
means for expediting, investigation concerning Resolve
Post-war highway commission, study to be made by, appropria-
tion ..........
Poultry, diseases, spread of, prevention of .
See also Boston poultry show; Fowl.
PRACTICE IN CIVIL ACTIONS:
appellate proceedings in suits in equity and probate cases .
attachments of real estate and leaseholds, relative to
checks, non-payment of, by banks, actions for ....
counsel fees in probate courts, relative to .
death, actions for, and injuries resulting in death
exceptions, equity suits, in, provisions of law providing for,
effective date of, postponed .....
repealed .........
probate proceedings, in, provisions of law providing for,
effective date of, postponed .....
repesiled .........
insane persons, restoration of soundness of mind of, adjudication
of
637
55
685 1
0207
Page 772
421
685/
1-5
0419-21,
Page 771
405
219
670
.685
253
2031-00
1-4
2031-00
109
1.2
618
219 1
1907-07 to
1907-10
219 1
3140-01 to
3150-41
532
1-4
413
1.2
48
[685{
397
2941-03,
Page 773
365
105
169
536
506
1-3
1-6
97
361
2
97
360
1
681
1120
Index.
Chap.
PRACTICE IN CIVIL ACIIOVS — Concluded,
minors, certain, subjecting certain persons who have care of, to
civil liability for wrongful acts of such minors, investiga-
tion relative to . . . . • Resolve 17
motor vehicle accident cases, judgments by agreement in, with-
out hearing on merits, effect of . . . . _ . 431
motor vehicles, records of conviction of certain offences relating
to operation and parking of, use and effect of, in, investi-
gation relative to .... . Resolve 7
process, service of, non-resident defendants, on, further regula-
tion of, investigation relative to . . . Resolve 9
reciprocal or inter-insurance exchanges, on . . . . 488 <
summary process for possession of land, further stay of judgment
and execution in . . . • . . . 78
See also Actions, civil ; Equity; Evidence; Judicial proceedings;
Probate courts; Service of process; Summary process for
possession of land; Supreme judicial and superior courts;
Trustee process.
Pratt, William H., payment by commonwealth of annuity
to Resolve 27
appropriation ......... 685 <
Precincts, towns, certain, in, changes in, etc. .... 267
Premises (see Real property).
Premiums (see Insurance).
Presidential primaries (see Elections).
Preston, William B., payment of sum of money to, by city of Pitts-
field, authorized ....... 304
Prima facie evidence (see Evidence).
Primaries (see Elections).
Prisoners, classification of, division of (see Correction, department of),
insane, alleged, examination of certain, fees for physicians desig-
nated for, increased ....... 459
pardoning of (see Pardons),
parole of (see Parole).
sex crimes, so called, convicted of, law providing for reduction
of terms of imprisonment for good behavior of, not to
apply in cases of . • • . ' n ' ^^^
stricter supervision of, etc., investigation relative to Resolve 14
appropriation ........ 685 |
See also Penal and reformatory institutions.
Prison industries, employees in, appropriations
Prison officers and instructors, retired, compensation, appropria-
tion 219
Prisons (see Penal and reformatory institutions).
Prison, state (see State prison).
Probate and insolvency, judges, compensation, expenses,
appropriations .......
etc.,
Middlesex county, for, fifth assistant register, appointment by
retired, pensions for, appropriation . . . . .
sexual psychopaths, petitions for commitment of, filing with .
Suffolk county, for, fifth assistant register, appointment by .
registers, appropriations
charity trust cases, notice to attorney general in, by, investi-
gation relative to .... . Resolve
Middlesex county, fifth assistant register for, appointment .
salaries of, and of assistant registers of probate, established .
Suffolk county, fifth assistant register for, appointment, etc. .
See also Probate courts.
219
347
219
348
219
685
50
347
678
348
Item or
SeotioD.
1.2
1, Subs.
94D
1. 2
2820-03,
Page 779
1-3
1,2
1. 2
0201,
Page 772
4401 to
4711
4401,
Page 773
2811-03
0305-02,
0305-03,
0306-21 to
0306-34
0309-01
Subs. 2
0306-41 to
0306-54,
0306-61 to
0306-74,
0306-81 to
0306-94
0306-69,
0306-73.
Page 770
Index.
1121
PROBATE COURTS:
administrative committee of, appropriation ....
adoption proceedings, report from department of public welfare
in, requirement of, waiver by, investigation relative
to ....... . Resolve
appellate proceedings in, relative to .... .
appropriations .........
change of name of persons, proceedings for, in, etc., investigation
relative to ...... Resolve
charitable trust cases in, notice by registers of probate to attorney
general in, investigation relative to . . Resolve
closing of, on Saturdays .......
counsel fees in, relative to ...... .
defective delinquents, discharge from status as, proceedings for,
in ......... .
exceptions, bills of, in proceedings in, proAdsions of law providing
for, effective date of, postponed ....
repealed .........
Franklin county, of. First Church of Deerfield, The, transfer of
certain real estate to, when authorized by decree of
insane persons, restoration of soundness of mind of, petitions for
adjudication of, filing in ..... .
judges (see Probate and insolvency, judges).
registers (see Probate and insolvency, registers).
sexual psychopaths, commitment or discharge of, certain pro-
ceedings with respect to, in .
wills, proving of, in, further regulation of, investigation relative
to ....... . Resolve
PROBATION, BOARD OF:
appropriations .........
probation officers, juvenile cases in district courts of Suffolk
county, appointed to act exclusively in, powers and duties
as to .........
uniform forms of blanks and records, district court probation
offices, for, providing for establishment of, by
Probation oflQ.cers, delinquent children, mental and physical ex
aniinations of, duties as to .
district courts, of, and of Boston juvenile court, traveling ex
penses of, amount of money allowed for, increased
counties other than Suffolk, in, minimum compensation of, for
full-time service, established ....
uniform forms of blanks and records for use by, providing for
drxmkenness, certain persons arrested for, release of, by
juvenile cases in certain district courts, appointed to act exclu'
sively in, relative to .
municipal court of city of Boston, other district courts in Suf
folk county and Boston juvenile court, of, compensation
further regulated ......
Process (see Executions in civil actions; Practice in civil actions
Service of process).
PROCLAMATIONS BY GOVERNOR:
Good Government Day, observance each year of, for
Professional engineers and land surveyors, board of registra-
tion of, appropriations .....
Professional sports (see Games and sports).
Profit-sharing plan, employees, for, trusts created in connection
with, payments made by such employers to, deducted
from taxable income, etc. ......
Promotions, civil service laws, under (see Ci\-il service laws).
Propellers, aircraft, of, reduction of noise from, investigation rela-
tive to, etc. ...... Resolve
appropriation .........
Property, motor vehicles transporting, further regulated
personal (see Furniture; Merchandise; Personal property).
rationed (see Rationed property).
real (see Real property).
rights, community (see Community property rights).
taxation of (see Taxation).
transportation of (see Transportation).
Prorogation of general court, statement as to .
Prosecutions (see Criminal procedure and practice).
Chap.
219
64
365
219
50
449
536
97
360
581
681
683
19
219
,685
655
364
616
82
639
364
409
655
566
561
(219
1261
74
685
52
Item or
Section.
0305-02 to
0307-01
4,6. 7
3
1
4, 6
0311-01,
0311-02
0311-01
1. 2
1, 2
1-3
1-3
1412-01
1412-01
1-3
0248.
Page 775
1-3
Page 826
1122
Index.
Chap.
Protective devices, railroad grade crossings, at, installation, main-
tenance and operation of ..... . 498
Providence street, city of Boston, in, interests or rights affecting
land on, release by commonwealth .... 494
Province lands, care and maintenance of, appropriation . 219
Provtncetown, town of (see Cities and towns).
Psychopathic hospital, Boston, appropriation .... 219
Psychopathic personality, term defined, and relative to care,
treatment and rehabilitation of sexual psychopaths . 683
PT Veterans Association, Inc., certain laws affecting veterans and
their organizations made applicable to . . . . 468
Public accommodations, places of, water supply for, powers of
boards of health with respect to, increased . . . 148
See also Assembly, places of.
Public accountants, registration of, appropriations . . 219 |
Public airports fsee Airports).
Public bathing oeaches, certain, metropolitan parks district, in,
acquisition by metropolitan district commission, investi-
gation relative to .... . Resolve 38
PUBLIC BUILDING COMMISSION, MASSACHUSETTS:
capital outlay program for commonwealth, plans, specifications
and contracts for, approval by .... . 670
established, and powers and duties defined .... 466
appropriations ........ 685 |
University of Massachusetts, new building at, construction of,
said commission authorized to apply for and accept fed-
eral funds for 599
Public buildings (see Buildings).
Public conveyances (see Carriers, common).
Public education, problems, certain, of, investigation relative
to Resolve 67
appropriations ......... 685 I
Public employees, former, and their beneficiaries, amounts of pen-
sions payable to, increased ......
retirement of. law relative to, amended .....
See also Commonwealth, officers and employees of; Counties,
officers and employees of; Districts, officers and em-
ployees of; Labor, public employees; Municipal officers
and employees.
Public expenditures, investigation and study by special commis-
sion of general subject of . . . . Resolve
appropriation .
Public halls (see Assembly, places of).
Public health, industrial disputes dangerous to, peaceful settle-
ment of, providing for ......
local boards of (see Health, local boards of),
matters, certain, relating to, investigation and study as
to ....... . Resolve
615
667
56
685 {
596
73
appropriation
protection of, and relief from greenhead fly nuisance in cer-^ 685
tain tidal areas, investigation relative to, appropria- }
tion Resolve) 22
buildings used for dwellings, in, regiilations for, etc., provid-
ing for 631
Bublic health council (see Public health, department of).
Public health, department of:
^219
in general, appropriations
Auburn, town of, system of sewers to be constructed in, plans
for, approval by ....... 126
Water District, water supply for, approval by . . . 585
Bedford, town of, system of sewers to be constructed in, plans
for, approval by ....... 223
Item or
Section.
1-3
2202-03
1710-00
1414-01,
1414-02
3
1-6
0429-01 to
0442-01
0212,
Page 774
1-4
1-10
0208.
Page 772
Page 775
2001-23,
Page 772
1. 2
2001-01 to
2031-00
1-4
2001-02 to
2031-00;
2001-01,
Page 776
5, 14
3
Index.
1123
Chap.
PUBLIC HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF — Contitiued.
in general — Concluded.
buildings used for dwellings, use or occupancy of, regxilations
as to, by . . . . . • • • • 631
Byfield Water District in town of Newbury, water supply for,
approval by . . . . . •.-..• ^^^
employees, certain, in institutions or schools under jurisdic-
tion of, to be members of contributory retirement system 617
Falmouth, town of, sewerage system to be constructed in, dis-
charge of waters from, into brooks and streams with ap-
proval of ........ . 153
greenhead fly nuisance, tidal areas, certain, in, relief from, j \
investigation relative to, by, appropriation . Resolve j go
hospitals, sanatoria, convalescent and nursing homes, certain,
regulation of, by, study relative to . Resolve 73
appropriation ........ 685 |
inland waterways of commonwealth, development of, special
commission to investigate and study, to assist Resolve 55
Marion, town of, taking by, of water from additional sources
in town of Rochester, approval by . . . . 465
Merrimack River Valley Sewerage District, powers and duties
as to 653
Norwell, town of, water supply for, approval by . . 496
Pittsfield, city of, water supply for, approval by, etc. . . 285
plumbers' licenses, rules governing the examination of appli-
cants for, approval by . . . . . . . 382
Provincetown, town of, system of sewers to be constructed in,
plans for, approval by . . . . . . . 476
Raynham Center Water District, water supply for, approval by 222
reservoirs, certain, discharge of surplus water from, powers and
duties as to . . . . . . . . 557
Sandwich Water District, water supply for, approval by . 280
Scituate, town of, taking by, of water from additional sources
in town of Norwell, approval by . . . . . 481
services, certain, performed by, and by departments of correc-
tion, mental health, education and pubhc welfare and
the industrial accident board, unification of, study as
to ....... . Resolve 35
shellfish and shellfish chlorinating plants, special commission
to investigate relative to, to confer with . . Resolve 43
state sanatoria, inmates of, charges for support of, fixing by . 630
University of Massachusetts, new building at, for use as health
center by, etc. ........ 599
commissioner, buildings used for dwellings, regulations rela-
tive to construction, use, etc., of, to assist in framing . 631
New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commis-
sion, to be member of . . . . . . . 421
salary of, increased ........ 658
unification of certain services performed by certain state de-
partments and the industrial accident board, joint board
to study as to, to be or to designate a member of Resolve 35
director of sanitary engineering and chief sanitary engi-
neer, Granville, Tolland and Sandisfield, towns of, pur-
chase by state of Connecticut of land in, protection of said
towns and commonwealth from certain losses resulting
from, special commission to investigate relative to, to be
or to designate member of . . . . Resolve 58
salary of, increased ........ 658
shellfish and shellfish chlorinating plants, special commission
to investigate relative to, to be member of . Resolve 43
divisions of:
biologic laboratories, appropriations
cancer and other chronic diseases, appropriations
commimicable diseases, appropriations
219
685
219
685
219
686
Item or
Section.
2001-23.
Page 772
0247,
Page 775
5, 6
2
1, 4, 11, 17
13
1.2
2007-07 to
2008-12
2007-07,
2008-11
2003-01,
2003-02
2003-01
2005-01 to
2006-02
200&-01,
2006-02
1124
Index.
PUBLIC HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OT — Concluded.
divisions of — Concluded.
dental health, appropriations
food and drugs, appropriations .
local health administration, appropriations
maternal and child health, appropriations
sanatoria and tuberculosis, appropriations
sanitary engineering, appropriations .
public health council, appropriations .
Public institutions (see titles of specific institutions).
Public libraries, division of (see Education, department of).
Public lodging houses (see Inns, Lodging Houses, etc.).
Public officers (see Commonwealth, officers and employees of;
Counties, officers and employees of; Districts, officers and
emploj'ees of; Municipal officers and employees; and
titles of specific officers).
Public records, supervision of, appropriation ....
Public Reservations, trustees of, authorized to convey certain land
in town of Andover to Mabel B. Ward
Public safety, industrial disputes dangerous to, peaceful settlement
of, providing for .......
PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OP:
in general, allowances to families of members of, killed doing
police duty, appropriation for payment of any claims for
appropriations
standards, appropriations
Chap.
!-{
1685
219
219
.685
219
685
219
685
J19
685
219
685
boards, etc., in:
boiler rules, appropriations ......
buildings used for dwellings, regulations relative to con-
struction, use, etc., of, to assist in framing of
compressed air tanks, certain provisions of law relating to,
made inapplicable to receptacles used in lifting automo-
biles when approved by ..... .
boxing commission, appropriations .....
boxing or sparring matches, conduct of, further regulation, by
■elevator regulations, appropriations
;fire prevention regulations, appropriations .
buildings used for dwellings, regulations relative to con-
struction, use, etc., of, to assist in framing of
buildings used for dwellings, construction, alteration, repair,
use or occupancy of, powers and duties as to
commissioner, hotels, boarding houses, etc., means of escape
from, certain notices relative to, approval by
police officers, certain, for service upon federal reservations,
providing for, by . . . .
revolving doors, installation, use and maintenance of, in cer-
tain buildings, powers and duties as to .
2009-01,
2009-02
2009-01
2012-01,
2012-02
2002-01,
2002-02
2002-01
2004-01,
2004-02
2004-01
2020-01 to
2020-11
2020-01
2015-01,
2015-02
2015-01
2001-02
2001-02
219
0501-03
184
1. 2
596
219
2805-02
f
2101-01 to
219 1
2108-01,
2970-04,
1
2970-05
2101-02,
261
2102-03,
2970-05
H7()
1-4
2101-02 to
685 <
2108-01,
2970-04,
2970-05
219 1
2104-31.
2104-32
620
219/
2105-11 to
2105-13
234
219
2107-01
685
2107-01
219
2108-01
685
2108-01
631
1
219
2106-01
685
2106-01
631
1, 2
643
66S
1
654
1,2
Index.
1125
PUBLIC^SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF ~ Concluded.
commissioner — Concluded.
state police, division of, discharge of certain officers of, powers
as to .......
divisions of :
fire prevention, appropriations ....
state fire marshal, appropriation
inspection, appropriations
Chap.
685
219
219
685
inspectors of, apphcations for certificates of inspection of
certain buildings, acknowledgment of, renewal of, by .
safety of persons in buildings, certain acts relative to, as
affecting powers and duties of .
state police, appropriations
Killam, Dana F., injured while assisting memberof, payment
by commonwealth of sum of money to Resolve
appropriation ........
liquor control law, enforcement of, by .
Pratt, William H., injured while in performance of duties as
member of, annuity to . . . . Resolve
appropriation ........
retirement allowance of certain officers in, retired for mental
or physical incapacity in line of duty ....
security of tenure for certain officers of, providing for
Public schools (see Schools, public).
Public service corporations, securities of, investments by savings
banks in, further regulated ......
See also Gas and electric companies; Public utilities, depart-
ment of; Railroads; Street railways.
PUBLIC UTILITIES, DEPARTMENT OF:
149
645
646
648
654
in general, appropriations
40
685
524
27
085
412
407
236
219
261
Item or
Section.
2103-01 to
2103-04
2103-02
2103-01
2104-01 to
2104-22
2104-11,
2104-21
Auburn, town of, system of sewers to be constructed in, powers
and duties in connection with .....
Water District, water supply for, laying of pipes, etc., on
railroad locations for, approval by, when
Bedford, town of, system of sewers to be constructed in, laying
of drains, etc., on railroad locations for, approval by
Boston, city of, traflBc, housing, street lighting and recreational
conditions in, special commission to investigate relative
to, to assist ...... Resolve
buses, chartered and special, licensing and supervision of,
powers and duties as to .
Byfield Water District in town of Newbury, water supply for,
laying of pipes, etc., on railroad locations for, approval
by, when .........
grade crossings, warning signs at, act providing for change in
size and design of, as affecting powers and duties of
inland waterways of commonwealth, development of, special
commission to investigate and study, to assist Resolve
Kelley, Jeremiah J., area supplied with water by, determina-
tion of, by, etc., in case of dispute with Thorndike Fire and
Water District in town of Palmer ....
Marion, town of, water supply by, to town of Rochester,
terms and conditions of, fixing by, if, etc.
1, 2
1-3
1-3
2102-01 to
2102-04,
2970-04,
2970-05
2102-03,
2970-05
2102-01 to
2102-03,
2970-04,
2970-05
2820-03,
Page 779
2820-03.
Page 779
685/
126
585
223
69
482
419
584
55
2301-01 to
2308-02
2320-01
2301-03 to
2330-01
2
1, 2
1126
Index.
PUBLIC UTILITIES, DEPARTMENT OT — Concluded.
in general — Concluded.
Marshfield, town of, motor bus service in, agreement as to,
character and extent of service furnished imder, deter-
mination by, when, etc. ......
Merrimack River Valley Sewerage District, system of sewers
to be constructed by, lajdng of drains, etc., on railroad
locations for, approval by, when .....
metropolitan transit authority, powers and duties as to
motor carriers, distingmshing plates, certain, issued to, by,
regulation of transfer of, and issuance by said de-
partment of certain certificates to veterans of World
War II, investigation relative to . . Resolve
Chap.
Item or
Section.
appropriation
passengers, transporting, for hire, continued certification of,
by, notwithstanding repeal or annulment of certain
war emergency certificates held by such carriers
licenses issued to, forms for, approval by .
property, transporting, further regulation of, by
Norwell, town of, water supply for, laying of pipes, etc., on
railroad locations for, approval by, when
Pittsfield, city of, water supply for, laying of pipes, etc., on
railroad locations for, approval by, when
Provincetown, town of, system of sewers to be constructed in,
laying of drains, etc., on railroad locations for, approval
by, when .........
rapid transit facilities. East Boston, in, contracts by transit
department of city of Boston with Boston Elevated Rail-
way Company for construction of, determination of, by,
etc. ..........
Raynham Center Water District, water supply for, laying
of pipes, etc., on railroad locations for, approval by,
when .........
reservoirs, certain, no longer needed for water supply purposes,
granting by commissioner of conservation of certain loca-
tions over, powers and duties as to .
Sandwich Water District, water supply for, laying of pipes,
etc., on railroad locations for, approval by, when .
Scituate, town of, water from additional sources in Norwell,
acquisition, etc., powers and duties as to
steamships, operation of, etc., between New Bedford, Woods
Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, special com-
mission to investigate, to assist . . . Resolve
commission, securities, sale of, administration of law relative
to, by, appropriations ......
divisions of :
commercial motor vehicle, appropriations ....
gas and gas meters, inspection of, appropriations .
smoke inspection, appropriations .....
telephone and telegraph, appropriation ....
Public warehouses (see Warehouses, public).
Public ways (see Ways, public).
Public welfare and veterans' benefits, cities and towns authorized
to borrow on account of ..... .
PUBLIC WELFARE, DEPARTMENT OF:
in general, adoption proceedings, report from said department
in, requirement of, etc., investigation relative to Resolve
653 8
544 7-12, 22, 23
47
685 1
0204,
Page 771
378
258
52
1.2
1-3
496
2
285
2-
476
4
303
544
1.2
26
222
557
280
481
appropriations
219
219
219
611
261
670
685
boarding homes for aged persons, supervision, etc., of, by, study
relative to Resolve
appropriation ........
72
685
60
,219/ 2308-01.
230S-02;
2304-01.
2304-02
2302-01.
2302-02
4311,
4312
2301-05
1901-01 to
1919-00.
3619-01 to
3625
1917-00
1-4
1902-01 to
1919-00
/ 0209.
1 Pa«e 772
Index.
1127
PUBLIC WELFARE, DEPARTMENT OY ~ Concluded.
in general — Concluded.
employees, certain, in commodity distribution aection of,
salaries of, increase of, cost of, appropriation .
in institutions or schools under jurisdiction of, to be mem-
bers of contributory retirement system ....
services, certain, performed by, and by departments of cor-
rection, public health, mental health and education and
the industrial accident board, unification of, study as
to _ . . . . . . . . Resolve
commissioner, assistance, certain, furnishing of, by, to certain
I>erson8 who have sustained hardships as a result of war
operations ........
unification of certain services performed by certain state de-
partments and the industrial accident board, joint board
to study as to, to be or to designate a member of Resolve
divisions of:
aid and relief, appropriations ......
child guardianship, appropriations .....
juvenile training, appropriations .....
Massachusetts training schools, trustees of, in (see Massa-
chusetts training schools).
state board of housing in, appropriations ....
Public welfare, laws relating to, study and revision of, by special
commission ...... Resolves
Chap.
Item or
Section.
appropriation
local boards of (see Poor and indigent persons).
Public works, federal grants for (see Federal emergency laws).
Public works building, guards, certain, at, title changed to public
works building police and powers and duties defined
maintenance of, etc., appropriations
Public works commission, emergency (see Emergency public
works commission j.
PUBLIC WORKS, DEPARTMENT OF:
in general, appropriations
219
219
685
219
219
685
57, 72
685 (
472
219
261
685
219
261
670
Belmont, town of, grade crossings, certain, in, abolition of, by,
with use of federal funds ......
Blackstone, town of. New City bridge, so called, in, replace-
ment of, by, with bridge of permanent construction .
Blue Star Memorial Highway, markers along, erection by,
etc. ..........
Boston, city of, traffic, housing, street lighting and recreational
conditions in, special commission to investigate relative
to, to assist ...... Resolve
Fairhaven harbor, improvement of, by, investigation relative
to, continued Resolve
Fall River, port facilities of, time available for improvement
of, by, extended .......
George, Everett R., certain parcel of land in city of Newbury-
port, conveyance to, by ..... .
336
554
1904-01,
1904-02
1906-01 to
1906-03
1906-03
1908-01,
1908-02
1902-01.
1902-02
1902-01,
1902-02
0209,
Page 772
1-3
2900-80 to
2900-90
2900-91 to
2922-02
2900-80,
2900-82
2202-01 to
2230-01.
2921-01 to
2924-03
2900-91 to
2924-01
1-4
2202-01 to
2280-03,
2900-02 to
2921-04
1.2
1128
Index.
PUBLIC WORKS, DEPARTMENT OF — Continued.
m general — Concluded.
Gloucester, fish pier, so called, certain additions to freezer
building and its facilities located on, construction by
appropriation ........
harbor, riprap along easterly bank of Annisquam river
canal in, repair of, by .
grade crossings, protective devices at, installation, mainte-
nance and operation of, powers and duties as to .
warning signs at, act providing for change in size and de-
sign of, as affecting powers and duties of . . .
Inacio, Manuel A., also known as Manuel Enos, payment by
commonwealth of sum of money to, as compensation for
certain properts' taken by . . . . Resolve
inland waterways of commonwealth, development of, special
commission to investigate and study, to assist Resolve
Logan Airport, General Edward Lawrence, continued develop-
ment of, by, and authority of said department to enter
into leases and other contracts clarified
Marshfield, town of, harbor improvements in, by .
Merrimack River Valley Sewerage Board, disputes between
certain cities and towns and, questions at issue in, deter-
mination by ...... .
metropolitan transit authority, to assist
Mystic river, high level toll bridge over, between cities of
Boston and Chelsea, construction, etc., of, powers and
duties as to
parking meters, erection, maintenance, etc., of, on state high
ways, and ordinances and by-laws relative thereto, ap-
proval by . .
pavement, certain types of, cities and towns authorized to
borrow for construction of, when approved by, etc.
Plymouth, town of, sea wall in, repair of, by
Provincetown, town of, certain parcel of state land in, sale and
conveyance of , by .
Sandwich, town of, improvement of old harbor in, by
Stillwater bridge in town of Deerfield, Franklin county au
thorized to use post-war rehabilitation funds for repair of
in conjunction with funds provided by .
Ware river, flood control protection along portion of, construe
tion of, investigation relative to, by . . Resolve
White pond in towns of Concord and Sudbury, right of way to,
plans of location for, approval by ....
airports, functions relating to, appropriations .
commissioner, Granville, Tolland and Sandisfield, towns of,
purchase by state of Connecticut of land in, for water
supply purposes, protection of said towns and common-
wealth from certain losses resulting from, special com-
mission to investigate relative to, to be or to designate a
member of ...... Resolve
public works building police, powers and duties as to .
highways, functions relating to, appropriations
registrar of motor vehicles, appropriations
dealer registration plates, issuance of, by, persons engaged in
business of financing the purchase of or insuring motor
vehicles, to ....... .
transporters of new motor vehicles, to .
designation of, as "appropriate pubHc authority" in payment
of annuities to dependents of certain employees of the
registry of motor vehicles killed or dying from injuries
received or hazards undergone in performance of duty
motor vehicles and trailers, certain, weight of, determination
of, powers and duties as to .
officials and employees, certain, of, reclassification of, under
state retirement system ......
representative of, on board of appeal on motor vehicle lia-
bility policies and bonds, designation of, by .
Chap.
Item or
Section.
663
670
1,2
1-4
640
498
584
1, 2
31
55
676
621
1-4
1-5
653
544
8
9
626
442
101
603
314
589
521
37
294
219
685
58
472
219
685
219
261
311
401
96
463
423
94
2
2
1,2
2230-01
2230-01 to
2230-03.
1-3
2900-02 to
2900-18
2900-02,
2900-12
2924-01
2924-01
Index.
1129
Chap.
Item «■
Section.
PUBLIC WORKS, DEPARTMENT 0¥ — Concluded.
registrar of motor vehicles — Concluded.
safety instructors, appointment of, by, and authorizing the
exercise of certain police powers by such instructors and
by supervising inspectors in the registry of motor vehicles 508
salary of, established ....... 586
See also Motor vehicles.
r 219 / 2202-01 to
waterways and public lands, functions relating to, appro- I 1 2202-13
priations . . . . . . . . ) 670 1-4
[ 685 2202-01
Public works, employment in, mechanics, teamsters, chauffeurs and
laborers, of ........ 334
hours of work of certain pubUc employees engaged in . . 680 1-3
Public works projects, federal assistance in, time for counties,
cities, towns and districts to incur debt to secure benefits
of, extended 526
Public works stores and equipment account, appropriations 219 | 29^^65
Pupils (see Schools)
Purchasing agent (see Administration and finance, commission on).
Q.
Quabbin Reservoir, aqueduct system, construction of, from, to
Chicopee valley, etc. .......
lands and waters at, use for fishing purposes, rules and regula-
tions relative to, promulgation of, by metropolitan dis-
trict commission .......
services of metropolitan district police at, cost of, appropriation
Quail (see Game and inland fisheries).
Quartermaster, state, appropriations
Quincy, city of (see Cities and towns).
pumping station, improvements at, appropriation .
SaAings Bank, real estate, further investments in purchase and
improvement of, b3', authorized .....
300
219
219
261
685
1-3
8902-25
0405-01 to
0406-10
0406-04
0406-05 to
0406-24
219 8807-40
140 1, 2
R.
Races, horse and dog (see Horse and dog racing meetings conducted
under pari-mutuel system of wagering).
RACING COMMISSION, STATE:
appropriations
horse and dog racing meetings, additional days for conducting,
in certain cases, licenses for, granting by . . .
amounts wagered at, tax on, payment to .
state or county fairs, held in connection with, amounts in ex-
cess of sixty-five thousand dollars wagered each day at, tax
on, payment to .
See also Horse and dog racing meetings, etc.
Radio broadcasting stations, employment of certain minors in,
prohibited ........
Railroads, grade crossings of, Belmont, town of, in, abolition of
collisions at, deaths caused by, etc., actions for
protective devices at, installation, maintenance and operation of
warning signs at, change in size and design of, providing for
laws, special, affecting, preparation of index of, investigation
relative to, continued ..... Resolve
appropriation
smoking by persons in or upon conveyances of, violation of regu-
lation restricting, penalized ......
219
261
685
567
270
109
336
506
70
685
358
3604-11,
3604-12
3604-11
3604-11,
Page 773
1, 2
1. 2
6
1, 2
0287,
Page 774
1130
Index.
Railroads — Concluded.
steam locomotives, of, emission of smoke by, regulated .
See also Boston and Maine Railroad; Carriers, common; New
York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company; Old
Colony Railroad.
Railways, street (see Street railways).
Randolph, town of (see Cities and towns).
Rape (see Sexual crimes, so called).
Rapid transit system, Boston metropolitan area, in, investigation
relative to, continued ..... Resolve
East Boston, in, extension of, transit department of city of
Boston authorized to contract with Boston Elevated Rail-
way Company for certain construction in connection with
See also Metropolitan transit authority.
Rating organizations, fire, marine and inland marine insurance,
regulation of, etc. .......
motor vehicle insurance, etc., for, regulation of, etc.
workmen's compensation insurance, regulation of .
Rationed property, certain, emergency provisions of law relative to,
repealed .........
Raynham, Center Water District, establishment, etc. .
town of (see Cities and towns).
Reading, town of (see Cities and towns).
Real property, assessments, betterment, liens for, dissolution of,
when such assessments have been paid or abated .
attachment of (see Attachment).
counties, of, leasing of, by county commissioners, authorized
leases and rental agreements pertaining to, certain provisions of,
made void ........
life insurance companies, domestic, acquisition, etc., by, of,
for housing projects, and operation of such projects
investments by, in, authorized .....
mortgages of (see Mortgages),
taxation of (see Taxation).
tax titles (see Taxation, local taxes, collection of),
trust companies, investments by, in, for transaction of their
business .........
See also Conveyances; Land; Low rental housing projects.
Rebates, premiums on certain policies of insurance, of, allowance
and acceptance of, prohibited .....
Rebellion, war of the (see Grand Army of the Republic).
Reciprocal or inter-insurance contracts, exchange of, authorized
and regulated, and providing for the taxation thereof
Reclamation board, state, appropriations .....
greenhead fly nuisance, tidal areas, certain, in, investigation
relative to, by, appropriation . . Resolve
Reclamation districts (see Districts).
Reconstruction Finance Corporation, retroactive leases, certain,
between commonwealth and, execution of, by governor,
authorized ........
Records, births, marriages and deaths, of, copies of, certain fees to
be collected by city and town clerks in connection with,
made uniform ........
Recounts of ballots (see Elections).
Recreational camps, operation of, further regulated
Recreation, parks and, division of (see Conservation, depart-
ment of).
Redevelopment projects, housing authority law, under, findings
by local planning board or state planning board as condi-
tions precedent to ...... .
See also Urban redevelopment projects.
Re districting, act providing for ......
Chap.
492
Item or
Section.
303
544
1. 2
26
614
641
619
1-3
1-3
1
662
222
1,2
1-14
116
58
118
1, 2
504
269
1.2
appropriation
special committee on, expenses of, appropriation
Reed, Lester, reimbursement by city of Newton for certain medi-
cal and hospital expenses incurred ....
Re-employment list, civil service laws, under (see Civil service laws).
Referees, industrial disease, reference to, of certain cases under
workmen's compensation law, certain pro\dsions of law
authorizing, repealed .......
36
531
488
219
685
22
283
375
182
685
685
210
1-10
0910-01,
3901,
3915
2001-23,
Page 772
1-4
0444-04,
Page 770
0102-31,
Page 780
1,2
Index,
1131
Reformatory, institutions (see Penal and reformatory institutions).
Massachusetts (see Massachusetts reformatory).
women, for, appropriations
Chap.
261
516
sentences to, for adultery .......
state land, certain, in town of Framingham, no longer needed
for, sale of ........
REGISTERS AND REGISTRIES OP DEEDS:
in general, closing of, on Saturdays ......
filing and recording of instruments with:
liens for betterment assessments, certificates that such as-
sessments have been paid or abated ....
municipal planning maps, etc. .....
printing or typing of names by, where signatures on instru-
ments are illegible . . . . . . . 256
tax titles, certain, instruments evidencing redemption of land
from .........
water liens, certificates evidencing dissolution of
Franklin county, filing and recording of instruments with:
First Church of Deerfield, The, conveyance of certain property
to, certificates and deeds in connection with . . .
Middlesex county, Cambridge, at, additional accommodations
for, amount that may be raised and expended, for, in-
creased . . . . .
filing and recording of instruments with:
plan, etc., relating to construction of sewers in city of Mel-
rose . . . . . . . . .
Suffolk county, filing and recording of instruments with:
Boston, city of, land, certain, in, release by commonwealth
of interests or rights affecting, agreements as to
third and fourth assistant registers for, appointment of, pro-
viding for .........
Registers and registries of probate and insolvency (see Probate
and insolvency, registers).
Registrar of motor vehicles (see Public works, department of).
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS:
listing of veterans residing at Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts as
voters, duties as to . . . . _ . . .
registration of voters by, prior to primaries, preliminary elections
and elections ........
representative districts, division of counties into, and assign-
ment of representatives thereto, return of, making to
Registration, ci\dl service and, department of (see Civil service and
registration, department of),
division of (see Civil service and registration, department of).
See also Licenses and permits; also specific titles.
Registration plates (see Motor vehicles).
Rehabilitation, delinquent children, of, further investigation and
study relative to ..... Resolves 71, 75
685
672
449
340
133
132
.581
50
535
494
352
26
34
182
appropriation . . . . . . . .
sexual psychopaths, of .
vocational, and co-operation with federal government, appropria-
tions .........
division of (see Education, department of).
Relief, aid and, division of (see Public welfare, department of).
Rental agreements, real property, pertaining to, certain provi-
sions of, made void .......
Rent, owed by certain federal agencies to commonwealth, governor
authorized to take certain action in connection with col-
lection of ........ .
Reporter of decisions, supreme judicial court, appropriations
Representatives in general court, apportionment to the several
counties, establishment of boards of special commission-
ers to divide the several counties, except Dukes and Nan-
tucket, into representative districts and to assign repre-
sentatives thereto .......
appropriation .
See also General court.
683
219
-'{
182
685
Item or
Spotioii.
1800-00,
4511
1806-21
4, Subs.
81E, 81K.
81M, 810
1. 3,5, 7
1, 2
1
2
1, 2
1-7
2
0246,
Page 775
1301-32,
1.301-33
0.301-11,
0.301-12
1-4
0444-04,
Page 770
1132
Index.
. Chap.
Representative town government, Norwood, in, establishment,
etc 541
Randolph, in, establishment, etc. ...... 324
Saugus, in, changed, and town manager form of government / 17
combined therewith . . . . . . . \ 341
standard form of, election of town meeting members under pro-
visions of, placing of words "candidate for re-election"
against names of certain candidates at, etc. . . . 291
Reputation of a person, evidence of, in a group of persons
with whom such person habitually associates, admissibil-
ity of . . . . . . .
Reservations, federal, service of certain police officers and guards
upon, and relative to criminal jurisdiction over offences in
certain portions of Fort Devens military reservation
park, Greylock state reservation, titles to parcels of land com-
prising, study of Resolve
appropriation
metropolitan, maintenance, appropriation ....
Nantasket beach reservation, maintenance of, appropriation
Nickerson state park, granting of easement over land in, to
Cape & Vineyard Electric Company ...
Salisbury beach reservation, maintenance and improvement
of, appropriation .......
Walden Pond state reservation, additional toilets and sewage
disposal system for, providing for ....
See also Public Reservations, trustees of.
Reserve military flying activities (see Military and naval service
of the United States).
Reserves, insurance companies, of (see Insurance).
Reservoirs (see Waters and waterways).
Residential construction development mortgage loans, making
of, by co-operative banks ......
Restaurants (see Assembly, places of; Public accommodation,
places of).
Restraining orders (see Injunctions).
Retirement, state board of (see Retirement systems and pensions,
commonwealth, of).
RETIREMENT SYSTEMS AND PENSIONS:
pensions, Armitage, M. Josephine, for, by city of Brockton
attachment, exemption from, of certain sums payable as, in-
creased .........
Corey, Freda, payment by commonwealth of annuity
to . . . . . . . . Resolve
appropriation ........
Christian, James W., payment by commonwealth of annuity
to ....... . Resolve
employees, for, trusts created by employers in connection
with, payments made by such employers to, deduction
from taxable income, etc. ......
justices, appropriation .......
Knowles, William H., retirement allowance of, fi.xed
Noyes, Herbert H., for, by city of Maiden, amount increased
persons receiving, acts providing that such persons may re-
ceive compensation in certain offices and positions in the
service of the commonwealth .....
policemen and firemen, former, widows of, amounts pay-
able by certain cities and towns under special law,
increased . . . . . . . . .
police officers, state, appropriation .....
Pratt, William H., payment by commonwealth of annuity
to . . . . Resolve
appropriation ......
prison officers and instructors, appropriation
soldiers and others, appropriation
state employees, appropriations ....
teachers, appropriation .....
veterans, certain, appropriations
See also Old age assistance, so called.
139
264
28
685
485
219
119
351
394
462
49.3
219
27
685
219
219
219
219
Item or
Section .
1-20
1-14
1-58
1. 2
410
1. 2
668
1. 2
39
685/
219
219
3304-04,
Page 772
8602-00
8611-00
560
219
4031
389
1-3
1. 2
2820-03,
Page 779
1-3
0309-01
1, 2
1. 2
281 1-04
2820-03,
Page 779
2811-03
2805-01
0604-03,
0604-05,
2970-01
1305-08
2806-^1,
281 1-02
Index.
1133
RETIREMENT SYSTEMS AND PENSIONS — Continued.
retirement systems, in general, information to be filed with
boards of retirement of, by public employees .
law relative to, amended ......
public ser-^ace of persons retired under, payment of com-
pensation for, in the case of employees appointed by
governor to certain positions ....
in the case of employees serving in confidential capaci-
ties in certain state departments or as members of
the executive council ......
Boston, city of, of, persons, certain, now or formerly members
of, dispo.sition of sums accumulated for pensions of
State-Boston retirement system, known as, entry into and
withdrawal from membership in, by employees of said
city and county of Suffolk ......
teachers, retirement of, imder, further regulated
temporary reinstatement in police department of said city
of Walter J. Kenney for purpose of being retired under .
cities and towns, of, former employees, certain, and their
beneficiaries, amounts of pensions payable to, increased .
See also, supra, in general.
commonwealth, of, appropriations .....
board of retirement, appropriations
metropolitan district water supply commission, employees
of, membership of, in state employees' retirement sys-
tem, powers and duties as to .
Brown, C. Ridgely, temporary reinstatement in service of
commonwealth of, for purpose of being retired under, etc.
former employees, certain, and their beneficiaries, amounts
of pensions payable to, increased .....
general court, members of, and constitutional officers, ex-
tension of benefits to, of .
mental health, public health and public welfare, flepart-
ments of, certain employees of, to be members of .
metropolitan district water supply commission, employees
of, membership in, providing for .....
registry of motor vehicles, officials and employees, certain,
of, reclassification of, under .....
Robinson, William M., former chief parole officer in depart-
ment of correction, refund to, of certain contributions
paid under, and reclassifying in said system the
position of chief parole office ....
appropriation ........
state police, division of, retirement allowance of certain
officers in, retired for mental or physical incapacity in
line of duty ........
counties, of, former employees, certain, and their beneficiaries,
amounts of pensions payable to, increased
See also, fupra, in general.
districts, of, former employees, certain, and their beneficiaries,
amounts of pensions payable to, increased
Everett, city of, of, former employees of, pension portion of
retirement allowance for, under, increased
permanent members of police department, certain contribu-
tions made by, to, repayment of, by said city, and retire-
ment rights of such members established
Holyoke, city of, of, city messenger, retirement of, under
Ipswich, town of, of, Cogswell, Edward S., retirement and
pensioning of, under .......
Middlesex county, of, temporary reinstatement of John J.
Ca.ssidy in service of town of Weston for purpose of being
retired under ........
Natick, town of, of. Lynch, Francis A., retirement of, under .
New Bedford, city of, of, annuity fund of, said city authorized
to appropriate money to restore to such fund money paid
to the secretary of the retirement boarri and not accounted
for
Chap.
462
422
520
299
261
219
261
685
Item or
Section .
651
656
615
660
617
651
423
414
685
412
615
615
477
5Xi
355
279
1.36
1-6
1, 2
1-4
0604-03,
0604-05,
2970-01
0604-03
0604-01 to
0604-05
0604-03
0604-02
1-4
1-7
1. 2
1.2
0604-21.
Page 770
1-1
1, 2
1-3
1. 2
1134
Index.
RETIREMENT SYSTEMS AND PENSIONS — Concluded.
retirement systems — Concluded.
Newton, city of, of, relative to .
Northampton, city of, of, Adams, Christopher, retirement of,
under ........
public employees, for, law relative to, amended
veterans, incapacitated, retirement of, under, further regu
lated
Springfield, city of, of. Shine, Harold F., certain pro^^sions of
law made applicable to pension rights of, under
teachers, of, act amending law relative to contributory retire-
ment of public employees, as affecting
credit under, for teaching service rendered outside common
wealth ........
former public school teachers and their beneficiaries, cer-
tain, amounts of pensions payable to, under, increased
pensions for certain teachers who retired prior to January
1, 1946, reim.bursement for
retirement board, appropriations .....
Worcester, city of, of, employees, certain, contributions made
by, to, repayment of, by retirement board of said city,
and retirement rights of such employees established
Returns, tax (see Taxation, incomes, of).
Revenue loans, municipal (see Municipal finance, borrowing of
money).
Revere, city of (see Cities and towns).
Revised assessments (.see Taxation, local taxes).
Revolvers (see A^'eapons).
Revolving doors, so called, installation, use and maintenance of, in
certain buildings, further regulated ....
Rewards, offering of, by governor, for detention, arrest and convic-
tion of persons who have committed a felony .
Rhode Island, state of, pollution of interstate waters, abatement
and control of, compact relative to, between common-
wealth and, etc., ratification, etc. .....
Riedell, Carl F., payment by commonwealth of sum of money
to ....... . Resolve
appropriation .........
Rifle range, state, additional land for,
ized to acquire ........
appropriation ........
rights of way, etc., over, armory commission authorized to grant,
to New England Power Company .....
Rifles (see Weapons).
Ringelmann Smoke Chart, so called, use in abatement of smoke
nuisances .........
Rivers (see Waters and waterways).
Roads and roadways (see Ways).
Robinson, William M., former chief parole officer in department of
correction, refund to, of certain contributions paid into
state retirement system, etc. .....
appropriation .........
Rochester, town of (.see Cities and towns).
Rcrrian Catholic Bishop of Springfield, Worcester, city of, state
property, certain, in, conveyance to ... .
Roxbury Latin School, Trustees of, name of Trustees of the
Grammar School, in the easterly part of the town of Rox-
bury changed to, and relative to the membership of said
corporation ........
Rutland state sanatorium, appropriations
Chap.
528
armory commission author-
414
685
349
Item or
Section.
1-28
436
388
1,2
1-8
4.53
1, 2
.356
667
1, 10
416
615
1-4
674
219 1
261
1. 2
1.30.5-01 to
1305-08
1305-08
654
1-3
359
421
1-5
65
2820-03,
Page 779
604
685 {
1, 2
0406-25.
Page 774
605
1, 2
492
5
1. 2
0604-21,
Page 770
345
1-7
219
2024-00
685
2024-00
Index.
1135
S.
Safety, instructors, registry of motor vehicles, in. providing for, etc.
public, department of (see Public safety, department of).
Sailors (see Military and naval service of the United States: Sol-
diers, sailors and marines; Veterans).
Saint Ann's Church, pastor of, reimbursement by city of Worces-
ter for expenses incurred in operation of child care center
Salaries, state employees, of, step-rate increases of, authorized
state officers and employees, of, increased, appropriation .
time for payment of, act postponing effective date of law fur-
ther regulating ........
public officers and employees, of, withholding of amounts from,
in compliance with terms of internal revenue code of
United States, providing for, etc. . . . .
See also Salary plans; Wages.
Salary plans, municipal employees, certain, for, establishment of,
authorized ........
Salem, city of (.see Cities and towns).
state teachers college, appropriations .....
Sale of securities act, administration and enforcement of, appro-
priations .........
Sales, alcoholic beverages, of (see Alcoholic beverages).
motor fuel sales act, administration of, appropriation . .
motor vehicles, of (see Motor vehicles).
state forest products, of, authorized . . . . .
See also names of specific articles of personal property.
Salisbury, Beach reservation, appropriation . . . .
town of (see Cities and towns).
Sanatoria, in general, regulation of certain, by state department of
public health, study relative to . . . Resolve
Chap.
508
appropriation
219
685
219
36f)
219
73
685
safety of persons in, powers and duties of inspectors as to, fur-
ther defined ........
Sanatoria and tuberculosis, division of (see Public health, de-
partment of).
SANATORIA, STATE:
in general, appropriations ....
inmates of, charges for support of
Lakeville, appropriations
North Reading, appropriations
Item or
Section.
518
1, 2
613
1-3
261
5
1,2
1313-00
1313-00
2308-01,
2308-02
1601-53,
1601-54
0247,
Page 775
Rutland, appropriations
Westfield. appropriations
Sandisfield, town of (see Cities and towns).
Sandwich, town of (see Cities and towns).
Water District, establishment, etc. ....
Sanitary engineering, division of (.see Public health, depart-
ment of).
Sanity, restoration of, arljudication of ....
Saturday closing, banks, of
courts and county offices, certain, of .... .
public offices, cities and towns, in, of .
See also District cf)urts.
Saugus, town of r.soo C:itics and towns).
Savings and insurance banks (.see Savings bank life insurance)
SAVINGS BANK LIFE INSURANCE:
General Insurance Guaranty Fund, trustees of, duties of .
savings and insurance banks, powers of, with reference to Sav-
ings Bank Life Insurance Council . . . . ,
f219
f
2022-00 to
}
2025-00
685
2022-00 to
1
2025-00
630
219
f
2022-00
2022-00;
685
2022-26,
Page 775
/219
2023-00
) 685
2023-00
(219
2024-00
685
2024-00
219
2025-00
685
2025-00
280
681
9
449
265
2(50
143
1136
Index.
Savings Bank Life Insurance Council, creation of, and powers
and duties defined .......
Savings bank life insurance, division of (see Banking and insur-
ance, department of).
Savings, banks (see Banks and banking).
institutions for (see Banks and banking, savings banks),
share accounts, co-operative banks, in, relative to .
Savin Hill beach, Dorchester, in, acquisition of, by metropolitan
district commission, investigation relative to . Resolve
School bus, motor vehicles approaching or passing, which has
stopped, etc., required to be brought to full stop .
term, further defined as used in motor vehicle laws and operation
of such buses further regulated .....
School children (see Schools).
School committees (see Schools, public).
SCHOOLS:
medical schools, commonwealth, in, certain students who
matriculated at, made eligible to be examined for registra-
tion as qualified physicians ......
pharmacy, of, standards for ......
public, attendance, compulsory, at, Boston juvenile court
granted jurisdiction concurrent with municipal court of
the city of Boston of complaints in connection with
Good Government Day, observance of, in, and providing for
a student senate and house of representatives _ .
injured school children, certain, reasonable expenses incurred
by or on behalf of, appropriations by towns for payment
of, authorized . . . . .
outside commonwealth, teaching service rendered in, allow-
ance of credit for, under contributory retirement system
pupils in, attendance by (see, suvra, attendance, compulsory,
at).
school committees, injured school children, money appropri-
ated by towns for, to be expended under direction of
state aid and reimbursement for, appropriations .
teachers in, forty Hour work week for municipal employees,
act authorizing, not to apply to . .
institutes, expenses of holding, appropriation
retirement of (see Retirement systems and pensions),
vocational schools, for, training of, appropriation
transportation of pupils, expenses, certain, incurred for, re-
imbursement to cities and towns for .
vocational schools, state aided approved, certain veterans
made eligible for appointment as teachers in .
teachers for, training of, appropriation ....
special provisions relative to particular schools:
Belchertown state school, appropriations ....
Bradford Durfee Technical Institute of Fall River, appro-
priations .........
trustees of, buildings, certain, erection, repair and equip-
ment of, by, authorized ......
powers and duties of, and authorizing said trustees to
grant certain degrees . . .
Deerfield Academy, number of trustees of, increased
Fornald, Walter E., state school, appropriations .
industrial school for boys, appropriations ....
property damage caused by inmates who escape from, pay-
ments by commonwealth as compensation for
industrial school for girls, appropriations ....
Joint School Superintendency Union, No. 17, acting superin-
tendent of schools for, payment of compensation to
Lowell textile (see Lowell textile institute).
Lyman school for boys, appropriations ....
Chap.
143
418
216
Item 0?
Section.
1-4
369
503
241
1.2
561
525
416
525
219 {
1301-51 to
1301-55
649
219
1301-07
219
1301-31
679
1-5
497
219
1301-31
219
670
685
219
670
685
1723-00
1-4
1723-00
1.331-00
1-4
1331-00
582
1,2
387
448
219
670
685
219
685
1724-00
1-4
1724-00
1915-00
1915-00
309
219
685
1916-00
1916-00
65
219
261
685
1917-00
1917-00
1917-O0
Index.
1137
SCHOOLS — Concluded.
special provisions relative to particular schools — Concluded.
Massachusetts, hospital school, appropriations
Chap.
maritime academy, appropriations
219
670
219
685
land, certain, in town of Barnstable, lease or grant to
commonwealth for purposes of . . . 523
(219
school of art, appropriations . . . . . . ■{ 670
(685
training schools (see Massachusetts training schools).
Milton Academy, number of trustees of, increased . 204
f219
Myles Standish, Camp, state school at, appropriations . . ] 670
New Bedford textile institute, appropriation
trustees of, powers and duties of, and authorizing said
trustees to grant certain degrees .....
Roxbury Latin School, Trustees of, name of Trustees of the
Grammar School, in the easterly part of the town of Rox-
bury changed to, and relative to membership in said
corporation ........
Thayer Academy, Trustees of, certain provision of law forbid-
ding charging of tuition fees by, in certain cases, repealed
Wrentham state school, appropriations
Scituate, town of (see Cities and towns).
Sclar, Hymen J., payment by commonwealth of sum of money
to ....... , Resolve
appropriation .........
Seals, bounties on, appropriation ......
Search warrants, weapons, certain, for, issuing of, providing for
Second hand motor vehicles, sale of, by persons engaged in busi-
ness of selling new motor vehicles, temporarily authorized
without additional license ......
Second Yangtze Valley and Nicaraguan campaigns, veterans of,
extension of hospital benefits to .
Secretaries, confidential (see Confidential secretaries).
SECRETARY, STATE:
in general, appropriations
confidential secretaries employed by, exempted from law pro-
hibiting payment of compensation to former employees
who have been retired ......
filing, etc., of certain instruments with:
births, marriages and deaths, records relating to, copies of,
fees to be collected by city and town clerks in connection
with, made uniform .......
buildings used for dwellings, construction, alteration, repair,
use or occupancy of, regulations as to, copies of
Byfield Water District in town of Newbury, addition of real
estate to, copy of petition and vote as to .
co-operative banks, change in location of main offices of, cer-
tain agreements as to .
First Church of Deerfield, The, incorporation of, certificates
of certain votes in connection with ....
Grammar School in the easterly part of the town of Roxbury,
Trustees of the, act changing name to Trustees of the
Roxbury Latin School, copy of vote of acceptance of
Institution for Savings in Roxbury and its Vicinity, act
changing name of, etc., copy of vote of acceptance of
metropolitan transit authority, acquisition and operation by,
of property, etc., of Boston Elevated Railway Company,
certain certificates in connection with ....
219
387
345
228
219
670
685
32
685
219
9.S
271
444
219
261
685
item or
Seciioii.
1918-^0
1-4
1918-00;
1918-24,
Page 778
1306-01 to
1306-10
1306-10
1321-00
1-4
1321-00
1726-00
1-4
1726-00
1333-00
1725-00
1-4
1725-00
2820-03,
Page 779
1004-91
1, 2
0501-01 to
0506-01
0503-03
0501-02 to
0504-03
283
631
1, 2
419
13
29
581
1
345
7
562
4
544
16, 23
1138
Index.
SECRETARY, STATE — Concluded.
filing, etc., of certain instruments with — Concluded.
Norwood, town of, notice of establishment or revision of
voting districts in ...... .
pollution of interstate waters, abatement and control of, cer-
tain interstate compact relative to, copy of .
precincts, towns, certain, in, division of, notice of
Raynham Center Water District, addition of real estate to,
copy of petition and vote as to .
Sandwich Water District, addition of real estate to, copy of
petition and vote as to
power and duties, blue book edition of acts and resolves, dis-
tribution to members of executive council by
Good Government Day, high school senior to act as student
state secretary during observance of, selection by .
questions appearing on ballots at state elections, designation
of, as to .
recounts, state-wide, act making certain changes in laws regu-
lating, as affecting .......
representative districts, division of counties into, and assign-
ment of representatives thereto, as to .
statutes, general, cumulative table of changes in, printing and
distribution of, by .
Securities, associations or trusts, certain, of, investments in, by
domestic life insurance companies under certain condi-
tions .........
corporations formed for charitable and certain other purposes,
for, capital stock of ...... .
gas and electric companies, capital stock issued by, par value of
sale, etc., of, law regulating, administration and enforcement of,
appropriations ........
See also Bonds; County finance; Municipal finance; State
finance.
Security committees, co-operative banks, of, powers of
SELECTMEN:
airports, joint, establishment, etc., of, powers and duties as to .
appeals, board of, under improved method of municipal planning
borrowing of money by towns, municipal airports, enlargement
and improvement of, for, approval by .
tax titles, based upon, approval by .... .
buildings used for dwellings, construction, alteration, repair, use
or occupancy of, in towns, powers and duties as to
land acquired by cities and towns by foreclosure of tax titles,
care and disposal of, powers and duties as to
planning boards, acting as ...... .
reports by, to ........ .
police officers, certain, for service upon federal reservations,
providing for, by .......
precincts in certain towns, act relative to changes, etc., in, as
affecting powers of ...... .
public welfare and veterans' benefits, borrowing of money for,
by towns, subject to approval of .
veterans' housing corporations, powers and duties as to
Self-insurers (see Workmen's compensation).
Senate (see General court).
Seniority rights, civil service laws, under (see Civil service laws).
Sentences (see Criminal procedure and practice; Penal and re-
formatory institutions).
Sergeant-at-Arms (see General court).
Service buttons, former members of state guard who served during
World War II, for, appropriation ....
Servicemen (see Military and naval service of the United States;
Veterans).
Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, federal law known as,
loans or advances of credit to veterans of World War II
guaranteed or insured by administrator of veterans'
affairs under ........
veterans who are minors, or whose spouses are minors, enabled
to participate in benefits provided by .
Service of process, fees of sheriffs, deputy sheriffs and constables for
non-resident defendants, upon, further regulation of, investiga-
tion relative to . . . . . . Resolve
reciprocal or inter-insurance exchanges, upon . . . .
Chap.
Item or
Section.
421
267
1,2
3
222
13
280
13
320
1. 2
561
138
1-3
353
1,2
182
2
569
650
559
48
219
QSi:
259
135
9
488
2308-01,
2308-02
501
340
4
Subs.
SIR
593
206
3
1
631
1. 2
224
340
340
4,
4
Subs.
Subs
1, 2
81A
81C
668
1
267
1-3
611
564
1
1, 7
1, 2
1.2
1, Subs.
94 D
Index.
1139
Sewer districts, inetropolitan (see Metropolitan districts, sewer dis-
tricts) .
See also Merrimack River Valley Sewerage District.
SEWERS AND DRAINS:
Auburn, town of, construction and operation of system of sewers
by, authorized, etc. .......
Bedford, town of, construction and operation of system of sewers
by, authorized, etc. ......
Falmouth, town of, in, relative to .
Melrose, city of, construction of certain main and particular
sewers in the easterly section of, further regulated .
Provincetown, town of, construction and operation by, of system
of sewers . . . . . . . . .
Worcester, city of, improvement, repair, etc., of, in, borrowing
capacity of said city for, increased ....
Sex crimes, so called, persons convicted of, punishment of . .
prevalence and means for suppression of, investigation relative
to ....... . Resolve
appropriation ........
See also Sexual psychopaths.
Sexual psychopaths, care, treatment and rehabilitation of
Shares of stock (see Credit unions; Securities).
Shaughnessy, Edward J., payment by commonwealth of sum of
money to . . . . . . Resolve
appropriation .........
Shelburne, town of (see Cities and towns).
Shellfish (see Fish and fisheries).
SHERIFFS, DEPUTY SHERIFFS AND CONSTABLES:
in general, fees, certain, of, regulated .....
local taxes, commitment of persons arrested for non-payment
of, powers and duties as to .
sheriffs, attorney general authorized to call conferences of, and
other law enforcement officials .....
Shine, Harold F., pension rights of, certain provisions of retirement
laws made applicable to ..... .
Shirley school for boys (see Industrial school, boys, for).
Shotguns (.see Weapons).
Shower, pool or other baths, occupation of giving of, regulated
Sight-saving classes, children, for, appropriation ....
Signatures, instruments provided by law to be recorded, appearing
on, printing or typing of names under, providing for
Signs, warning, at grade crossings of railroads and public ways,
change in size and design of .
Sinking funds (see State finance) .
Skunks (see Game and inland fisheries).
Smallpox, expenses in connection with, appropriation
Smith, Edgar B., acting librarian of town of Greenfield, compensa-
tion of ........ .
Smoke inspection, division of (see Public utilities, department of).
Smoke Inspection Fund, appropriations from ....
Smoke nuisance, abatement of . . .
Smoking, conveyances of common carriers, in or upon, violation of
regulation restricting, penalized .....
Soil conservation, program of, appropriation ....
soil conservation districts, etc., relative to ... .
Soldiers' bonus, so called, appropriation .....
See also Veterans' bonus act.
Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts, appropriations
Chap.
223
153
537
131
14
685
24
685
313
board of trustees of, transfer by, of all as.sctsiu "effects accounts"
to the " legacy fund " of said home . . . .
hospital addition and additional facilities and equipment at,
study relative to ..... Resolve
appropriation ........
veterans temporarily or permanently residing at, listing of
Soldiers' relief (sec State aid, military aid and soldiers' relief;
Veterans' benefits).
Item or
Section.
1-14
1-4
1-3
1-14
1. 2
0201,
Page 772
2820-03,
Page 779
253
219
1304-27
256
1. 2
584
1. 2
219
1907-08
38
1,2
219
492
4311,4312
1-7
358
219
73
219
0901-22
1, 2
0603-01
[219
261
670
3504-30
0430-00
1-4
3504-30;
3504-35,
Page 778
381
68
686 {
26
0213.
Page 774
1140
Index.
SOLDIERS, SAILORS AND MARINES:
annuities and pensions of certain soldiers, appropriation .
bonus (see Soldiers' bonus, so called; Veterans' bonus act),
educational opportunities, higher, for children of certain, appro-
priation .........
Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts, board of trustees of, transfer
by, of all assets in "effects accounts" to the "legacy
fund " of said home .......
state pay to, appropriation .......
See also American Legion, The; American Portuguese War
Veterans Association; American Veterans' Committee,
Inc., American Veterans of World War II, AMVETS;
Army and Navy Union, U. S. A.; Disabled American
Veterans, Department of Massachusetts: Grand Army
of the Republic; Italian- American World War Veterans
of the United States, Inc., La Legion Franco-Americaine
des Etats-Unis d'Amerique; Massachusetts State Guard
Veterans; PT Veterans Association, Inc. ; United Ameri-
can Veterans of the United States of America, Inc.;
Veterans' affairs, administrator of; Veterans of Foreign
Wars of the United States; Yankee Division Veterans
Association.
Somerville, city of (see Cities and towns).
Soundness of mind, restoration of, adjudication of . . .
Southborough, town of (see Cities and towns).
South Boston district, armory in, erection of, investigation by
armory commission relative to . . Resolve
public bathing beaches, certain, in, acquisition by metropolitan
district commission, investigation relative to . Resolve
South Hadley, town of (see Cities and towns).
South metropolitan sewerage district (see Metropolitan dis-
tricts).
Spanish-American war, payments, certain, to soldiers and sailors,
etc., in volunteer service of United States during, appro-
priation .........
Sparring or boxing matches, conduct of, further regulated .
Special and chartered buses, so called, relative to .
Special commissions (see Commissions, state).
Special justices (see District courts).
Special laws, certain, preparation of index of, etc., investigation
relative to, continued .... Resolve
appropriation .........
Specific injuries, compensation for (see Workmen's compensation).
Speed limits (see Motor vehicles).
Sporting events (see Games and sports).
Springfield, city of (see Cities and towns).
Stables, employment of certain minors in, prohibited
Stacks, smoke (see Smoke nuisance).
Stadia (see Grantlstands, etc.).
Standard form of representative town meeting government,
election of town meeting members under provisions of,
use of words " candidate for re-election " against names of
certain candidates on ballots at, etc. ....
Standards, board of (see Public safety, department of).
Standish monument reservation, maintenance of, etc., appropri-
ation ........
STATE AID, MILITARY AID AND SOLDIERS' RELIEF:
cities and towns, by, borrowing of money on account of .
hospital benefits, extension of, to veterans of certain campaigns
and of the Mexican (Vera Cruz) expedition .
laws relating to, act making clear the meaning and effect of
certain amendments to ..... .
See also Veterans' benefits.
State airports (see Airports).
State and county fah'S, horse and dog racing meetings lield in
connection with, tax on certain amounts wagered each
day at, and regulating disposition of money so received .
State boards (see names of specific boards).
State-Boston retirement system, entry into, and withdrawal
from membership in ...... .
See alse Retirement systems and pensions.
State college, Massachusetts (see Massachusetts state college).
Chap.
It«m or
Section.
219
2805-01
219
1301-09
381
219
0603-01
219
234
482
70
685
390
520
0603-01
1, 2
0287,
Page 774
219
4021
611
1-4
444
1
1. 2
1-6
Index.
1141
State commissions and commissioners (see Commissioners,
state; Commissions, state).
State contracts, certain, awarding of, prohibited, without certifi-
cation from comptroller that money is available therefor
State departments and divisions thereof (see Departments,
state; Divisions, state departments, of).
State elections (see Elections).
State employees (see Commonwealth, officers and employees of).
State farm, appropriations .......
STATE FINANCE:
Chap.
312
Item or
Section.
appropriation acts
bonds, notes, etc., issuance of, Boston, city of, certain water-
front properties in. to be acquired for construction of
pier, expenditures for, for ......
capital outlay program for commonwealth, for . . .
Logan Airport, General Edward Lawrence, continued de-
velopment of, for .......
Merrimack River Valley Sewerage District, purposes of, for .
metropolitan water district, purposes of, for
serial bonds, certain, appropriations ....'.
tax titles loans to cities and towns to provide funds for
budget, annual (see, supra, appropriation acts).
contracts, state, certain, awarding of, prohibited, without cer-
tification from comptroller that money is available there-
for
debt, state, payment of interest on, appropriations .
requirements for extinguishing, appropriations .
expenditures, state, act making certain changes in laws rela-
tive to ........ .
investigation and study of, by special commission Resolve
appropriation ........
investigation relative to ..... Resolves
metropolitan district commission, advances to, certain provisions
of law regulating, repealed ......
sinking funds, requirements of, appropriations
state funds, use of, in maintenance of town ways, other than
state highways, constructed in whole or in part with
state money, permitted ......
State forester (see Conservation, department of).
State forests (see Forests and forestry).
State funds (see State finance).
State guard (see Massachusetts State Guard Veterans; Militia,
state guard).
State highways (see Ways).
STATE HOSPITALS FOR INSANE, ETC.:
in general, mentally ill children, certain, reception of, in .
Boston, appropriations ........
psychopathic, appropriations ......
Danvers, appropriations .......
Foxborough, appropriatione .......
Gardner, appropriations .......
/219
\685
1802-00
1802-00
(219
1-10
261
1-7
670
1-4
[685
1-12
[532
2
682
2
'670
4
682
5
'676
4
682
4
653
10
/575
\682
4.6
3
219/
2420-00,
2952-00
(206
1682
1.2
1
312
219
/ 2410-00,
t 2951-00
261
2410-00
219/
2420-00,
2952-00
636
1-3
56
685/
0208,
Page 772
1.8
330
219 /
2420-00,
2952-00
454
517
219
1711-00
670
1-4
685
1711-00
219
1710-00
670
1-4
685
1710-00
219
1712-00
670
1-4
685
1712-00
219
1713-00
670
1-4
685
1713-00
219
1714-00
670
1-4
685
1714H)0
1142
Index.
STATE HOSPITALS FOR INSANE, ETC. — Concluded.
Grafton, appropriations
Medfield, appropriations
Metropolitan, appropriations
Monson, appropriations
Northampton, appropriations
Taunton, appropriations
Westboroiigh, appropriations
Worcester, appropriations
See also Tewksbury state hospital and infirmary.
STATE HOUSE:
American Veterans of World War II, AMVETS, headquarters
of, maintenance in, etc., providing for . . . .
capitol police, appropriation
powers of, relative to .
engineer's department, appropriations
janitors, appropriation .
mailing room, central, appropriation
maintenance of, etc., appropriations
old provincial, appropriation
rental of space for state offices outside of
telephone service, appropriations .
appropriation
See also Superintendent of buildings, state.
State inspector (see Militia).
State institutions, special program of construction, reconstruction,
alteration and improvement of, appropriation
State judge advocate, appropriation ......
State labor relations act, so called (see Labor relations act, state,
so called).
3tate library, appropriations .......
State military reservations, Barnstable county, in, expenses, etc.,
appropriation ........
State officers and employees (see Commonwealth, officers and em-
ployees of).
State ordnance officer (see Militia).
State parks (see Reservations, park).
State planning board (see Planning board, state).
State police, division of (see Public safety, department of).
retired, compensation, appropriation . . . . ,
See also Police officers.
State prison, appropriations .......
new, construction of, in town of Bridgewater, preparation of
plans for, appropriation ......
prisoners in, liberty permits, special, for, authority of parole
board to grant certain, terminated .
Shaughnessy, Edward .1., who was injured by certain inmates of,
payment by commonwealth of sum of money to Resolve
appropriation ........
Item or
Chap.
Section.
f 219
1715-00
670
1-4
685
1715-00
f 219
1716-00
^ 670
1-4
1685
1716-00
219
1717-00
670
1-4
685
1717-00
219
1722-00
!670
1-4
1685
1722-00
f219
1718-00
670
1-4
685
1718-00
219
1719-00
U70
1-4
[685
1719-00
f219
\Q70
1720-00
1-4
(685
1720-00
(219
1721-00
i 670
1-4
[685
1721-00
350
1, 2
219
0416-03
66
(219
0416-02
\685
0416-02
219
0416-04
219
0414-12
[219 {
0416-01 to
0416-14
1 261
[685
0416-13
0416-12
219
0444-01
261
2820-33
(219
0414-10
\261
0414-10
670
1-4
219
0408-01
-{
0423-01 to
0423-04
219
f219
[685
685
638
24
685 I
0403-17
2811-04
/ 1803-00.
\ 4611
1803-00
lSOl-15,
Page 778
1, 2
2820-03,
Page 779
Index.
1143
State prison colony, appropriations .
State quartermaster, appropriations ......
State racing commission (see Racing commission, state).
State reclamation board, appropriations .....
greenhead fly nuisance, tidal areas, certain, in, investigation
relative to, by, appropriation . . Resolve
State reservations (see Reservations).
State retirement board, appropriations
chief parole officer in department of correction, position of, re-
classification of, by, in state retirement system
See also Retirement systems and pensions.
State rifle range, additional land for, armory commission authorized
to acquire ........
appropriation ........
rights of way, etc., over, armory commission authorized to
grant, to New England Power Company
State sanatoria (see Sanatoria, state).
State schools (see Schools).
State secretary, (see Secretary, state).
State staff (see Militia).
Chap.
f219{
[685
219/
261
685/
-f
1 685 I
J 22
219 I
414
604
State surgeon, appropriations
State teachers colleges, appropriations
f2I9{
1685
I 91Q J
(219^
f
f
261
incorporation of, in University of Massachusetts, investigation
relative to ...... Resolve
appropriation
State treasurer (see Treasurer, state).
Statements, written (see Written statements).
State-wide recounts of votes (see Elections).
Stationery, gi^neral court, appropriations ....
Statistical service, department of labor and industries, appro
priation .........
Statistics, publicly issued compilations of, use in evidence, provid-
ing for .........
STATUTES:
general, corrective changes in, assessment of local taxes and
income tax, relating to . .
cumulative table of changes in, printing and distribution of,
during sessions of general court, providing for
See also Acts and resolves; General Laws: Laws.
Steam locomotives (see Railroads).
Steamships, operation of, between New Bedford, Wood's Hole,
Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, investigation rela-
tive to ...... . Resolve
appropriation ........
smoking in or upon, violation of regulations restricting, penalized
Stenographers, court (see Court stenographers).
Step-rate salary increases, state employees, for, authorized .
Stillwater bridge, Deerfield river, over, in town of Deerfield,
Franklin county authorized to use post-war rehabilitation
fun !s for repair of ...... .
Stock bonus plan, employees, for, trusts created by employers in
connection with, payments made by such employers to,
deducted from taxable income, etc. ....
Stock, corporate, shares of (see Securities).
67
6S5 I
219/
/2U)
1261
385
00
685
.358
485
Item or
Section.
1807-00,
4711
1807-00
0405-01 to
0406-10
0406-04
0406-05 to
0406-24
0910-01,
3901
2001-23.
Page 772
0604-01 to
0604-05
1, 2
0406-25,
Page 774
1.2
0407-01 to
0407-03
0407-03
1307-00 to
1321-00
1307-00 to
1314-00
1307-00 to
1315-00
0212.
Page 774
0102-05,
0102-08
1601-41
1601-41
1, 2
0211,
Page 772
1-3
1-3
1144
Index.
Chap.
Storeroom helpers, employment security, division of, in, positions
of, placed in official service classification of civil service 221
Storm damage, coast line of commonwealth, along, better protec-
tion against, problem of providing for, study of, con-
tinued, etc. ..... Resolves 36, 66
appropriation ......... 685 /
Streams (see Waters and waterways).
Street railways, laws, special, affecting, preparation of index of,
investigation relative to, continued . Resolve 70
appropriation ........
See al.so Boston Elevated Railway Company; Carriers, com-
mon; Metropolitan Transit Authority; Worcester Street
Railway Company.
Strikes (see Industrial disputes; Labor).
Striped bass (see Fish and fisheries).
Structures (see Buildings).
Student senate and house of representatives, providing for,
in connection with annual observance of Good Govern-
ment Day ........
Students, medical (see Medical students).
Successor employing units (see Employment security law).
Sudbury, river, discharge of surplus water from reservoirs into,
providing for, etc. .......
town of (.see Cities and towns).
SUFFOLK COUNTY:
court house, maintenance cost, reimbursement of city of Boston
for certain portion of, by commonwealth, appropriation .
district attorneys, assistant district attorneys, deputy district
attorneys and special assistant district attorney in, sala-
ries established ........
district courts in, probation officers in, compensation of, further
regulated .........
laws, special, governing, revision of, investigation relative to,
continued ....... Resolve
medical examiners in, relative to .
municipal court of the city of Boston, secretary and assistant
secretary to justices of, salaries of, payment by
register of probate for, fifth assistant, providing for
registry of deeds for, filing in, certain agreements in connection
with release by commonwealth of interests or rights
affecting land in city of Boston .....
See also Registers and registries of deeds,
representatives in general court, number apportioned to, and
board of special commissioners established to divide said
county into representative districts and to assign repre-
sentatives thereto .......
retirement system of (see Retirement systems and pensions,
retirement systems, Boston, city of),
superior court for, clerk and assistant clerks for criminal busi-
ness, fixing of salaries of ..... .
stenographers, official, etc., of, salaries and compensation of,
establishment of, by justices of said court
supreme judicial court for, accident and health insurance policies,
rates for, etc., refusal of approval of, by commissioner of
insurance, review by .
Suits, civil (see Actions, civil; Practice in civil actions).
Sullivan, Nellie, estate of, balance of, which has escheated to com-
monwealth, payment from state treasury of . Resolve
appropriation .........
Summary process for possession of land, j udgment and execution
in, further stay of ...... .
SUPERINTENDENT OF BUILDINGS, STATE:
appropriations
685
561
290
607
51
685
Item or
Section.
0285,
Page 772
0287,
Page 774
219
0318-01
675
1-4
566
1-M
2
579
400
348
-
219/
261
685/
Superior court (see Supreme judicial and superior courts).
Supervising inspectors, registry of motor vehicles, in, given certain
police powers, etc. ....... 508
Supplementary appropriation act ...... 685
1, 2
1-5
2820-03,
Page 779
1, 2
0416-01 to
0416-14
0416-13
0416-01 to
0416-12
Index,
SUPREME JUDICIAL AND SUPERIOR COURTS:
provisions common to both :
closing of, on Saturdays .......
equity, jurisdiction in (see Equity jurisdiction),
justices of, retired, pensions for, appropriation
supreme judicial court, appeals to, district courts, from, em-
ployment security law, under, further regulated
appropriations ........
clerk, commonwealth, for, salary, etc., appropriations .
Suffolk county, for, commonwealth's part of salary, appro-
priation .........
court officers and messengers, salaries, appropriation
equity jurisdiction (see Equity jurisdiction).
First Church of Deerfield, The, creation of, etc., certain
matters relating to, determination by .
insurance, commissioner of, orders or decisions of, in respect
to insurance rating organizations, to review
in respect to rates for workmen's compensation insurance,
to review . . . . . .
unfair competition, etc., in business of, restraint of, powers
and duties as to . . ...
justices of, conservation, department of, organization and ad-
ministration of, etc., investigation relative to, attendance
of witnesses at, compelling by, upon application of special
commission ...... Resolve
municipal court of the city of Boston, justices of, secretary
and assistant secretary to, salaries of, approval by
probation officers in, compensation of, approval by .
stenographers, official, etc., Suffolk county, superior court,
of, salaries and compensation of, approval by .
Pittsfield, city of, water supply of, taking of waters and other
property for purpose of increasing, commissioners to act
in connection with, appointment by ... .
reporter of decisions of, appropriation .....
representative districts, division of counties into, and assign-
ment of representatives thereto, petitions for writ of
mandamus relative to, jurisdiction as to
Scituate, town of, taking of water from additional sources in
town of Norwell, terms and conditions for, determination
by department of public utilities of, review by . .
Suffolk county, in, accident and health insurance policies,
rates for, etc., refusal of approval of, by commissioner of
insurance, review by . . . . . . .
superior court, appeals to, corporations and taxation, commis-
sioner of, decisions of, relating to proposed charitable cor-
porations, from ........
.'tppropriations ........
1145
ItPin or
Chap.
Section.
449
5-7
219
0309-01
434
f-f
0301-01 to
0301-12
i685
0301-05
219 {
0301-03,
0301-04
219
0301-08
219
0301-07
581
9
f614
1. Subs. 18
619
[641
1, Subs. 19
619
1
659
Subs. 8, 9
400
566
285
219
182
481
607
461
219
261
219
district court judges sitting in, trial of certain criminal cases
by, appropriations . . . . . . i ggg
law providing for, duration extended
equity jurisdiction (see Equity jurisdiction).
industrial disputes, certain, act providing for peaceful settle-
ment of, violations of, to restrain, etc. .... 596
insurance, unfair competition, etc., in business of, hearings in
connection with, attendance of witnesses at, compelling
by, upon application of commissioner of insurance . . 659
justices of, conservation, department of, organization and
administration of, etc., investigation relative to, attend-
ance of witnesses at, compelling by, upon application of
special commission ..... Resolve 10
Middlesex county, for, equity clerk of, appointment, etc. . 443
Suffolk county, for (see Suffolk county, superior court for).
Surety bonds (see Bonds).
5
0301-11,
0301-12
0302-01 to
0302-04
0302-02 to
0302-21
0302-11 to
0302-13
0302-11,
0302-12
Subs. 6
1146
Index.
Surgeon, state, appropriations .
Sutton, town of (see Cities and towns).
Swampscott, town of (see Cities and towns).
Swansea, town of (see Cities and towns).
Chap.
|219j
685
Item or
Section .
0407-01 to
0407-03
0407-03
T.
Table of changes in General Laws ......
Tanks, compressed air, certain provisions of law relating to, made
inapplicable to certain receptacles used in lifting automo-
biles ..........
Taunton, city of (see Cities and towns).
state hospital, appropriations
TAXATION:
in general, laws levying certain new taxes, administration of,
appropriation ......
corporations, of, alcoholic beverages, engaged in sale of
corporate franchises, deduction of value of motor vehicles and
trailers owned by such corporations in determining value
of ......... .
manufacturing and business corporations, temporary addi-
tional tax upon, further providing for ....
reciprocal or inter-insurance exchange corporations
county tax, representative districts, division of counties into,
etc., expenses, certain, in connection with, inclusion in
excise tax, alcoholic beverages, sales of, and of alcohol, upon,
act further insuring collection of, and imposing additional
penalties in connection with violations of liquor control
law . . . . . .
amount of increased, and disposition of fees and excises under
alcoholic beverages law further regulated
Diesel motor fuel used in propelling motor vehicles, on, pro-
viding for .........
gasoline and certain other fuel used in propelling motor ve-
hicles, sale of, on (see, infra, gasoline tax),
horse and dog racing meetings, certain, amounts wagered at,
on, temporarily increased ......
held in connection with state or county fairs, amounts in
excess of sixty-five thousand dollars wagered at, each day
motor vehicles, registered, on (see, infra, motor vehicles, regis-
tered, excise on; trailers, registered, excise on).
gasoline tax, additional, made applicable to Diesel engine fuel
incomes, of, law relative to, act making corrective changes in .
return and payment of, time for making, accelerated under
certain circumstances .......
transportation of pupils, expenses, certain, incurred for, reim-
bursement to cities and towns for, from proceeds of .
trusts, pension, annuity, disability, death benefit, profit-
sharing or stock bonus plan for benefit of employees,
created in connection with, payments by employers to
and income of such trusts exempted from
See also Internal revenue code of the United States.
local taxes, assessment of, exemptions, disabled veterans and
their wives or widows .....
household furniture and effects of husband and wife
war veterans, certain ......
law relative to, act making corrective changes in
omitted assessments, bills for, due date of, and interest or
law requiring assessors to report such assessments to com-
missioner of corporations and taxation, amended .
real estate, on, investigation relative to, etc. Resolves
liens for, dissolution of, when such assessments have been
paid or abated .......
revised assessments, bills for, due date of, and interest on
assessors (see Assessors of taxes).
collection of, commitment of persons arrested in cormection
with ..........
due date for, on real estate ......
real estate taxes, unpaid, partial payments of .
Pages 847-1012
219
670
685
f;}2l9{
219
632
598
488
524
625
270
390
666
83
322
679
485
612
310
647
84
1. S
1719-00
1-4
1719-00
1201-02.
1201-22
1-3
1-5
1. 2
4
1-4
1-4
1, 2
1
1-3
1.2
1
1, 2
313
522
278
1,2
Index.
1147
TAXATION — Concluded.
local taxes — Concluded.
collection of — Concluded.
sale or taking of land, by, tax titles, borrowing of money
by cities and towns based upon ....
foreclosure of, use by veterans' housing corporations of
land held by cities and towns under
land acquired by cities and towns by foreclosure of,
certain temporary provisions of law relative to care
and disposal of, made permanent . . .
redemption of, instruments evidencing, recording of
See also Collectors of taxes,
poll taxes, exemption of persons in military or naval service
from payment of, certain provisions of law relating to,
made inoperative
Chap.
public works building, appropriation
state house, appropriations .
Tenants (see Landlord and tenant).
Tenean beach, Dorchester, in, acquisition of, by metropolitan dis-
trict commission, investigr.tion relative to . Resolve
Tenement houses, law applicable to, in towns, question of revok-
ing acceptance of certain provisions of, voting on, by
town of Swampscott at its next annual town election
Sec also Housing.
Tennis matches, offer or acceptance of bribes in, penalized .
Terms and phrases (see Words and phrases).
Tewksbury, State Hospital and Infirmary, appropriations
town of (see Cities and towns).
TEXTILE INSTITUTES:
Bradford Durfee Technical Institute of Fall River, appropria-
tions .........
trustees of, buildings, certain, erection, repair and equipment
of, by, authorized
564
224
133
637
reduction of, in current year, authorized .... 437
tax titles (see, supra, collection of, sale or taking of land by).
motor vehicles, registered, excise on, imposition, collection,
etc., law providing for, application in respect to motor
veliicles registered in this commonwealth and in another
state 644
See also, mfra, trailers.
trailers, registered, excise on, law providing for, application
in respect to trailers registered in this commonwealth and
in another state ........ 644
Taxation, corporations and, department of (see Corporations
and taxation, department of).
Taxes, collectors of (see Collectors of taxes).
Tax titles (see Taxation, local taxes, collection of).
Teachers (see Schools, public).
Teachers' colleges, state, appropriations . . . . < 261 ■
incorporation of, in University of Massachusetts, investigation
relative to . . . . . . . Resolve 67
appropriation ........ 685
outside commonwealth, teaching service rendered in, allowance
of credit for, under contributory retirement system . 416
Teachers' retirement board (see Education, department of; Re-
tirement systems and pensions).
Teachers' retirement system (see Retirement systems and pen-
sions) .
Teamsters, public works, construction of, in, employment of 334
Telephone and telegraph companies, in general, employment of
certain minors in offices of, prohibited . . . . 109
telephone companies, bonds, etc., of, investments by savings
banks in, further regulated .
Telephones, general court, appropriations ....
219
685
219
670
685
Item or
Section.
1, 2
2
1. 2
1307-00 to
1321-00
1307-00 to
1314-00
1307-00 to
1315-00
0212,
Page 774
236
2
219
0102-12
685
0102-12
685
2921-04
219
0414-10
261
0414-10
1919-00
1919-00
1331-00
1-4
1331-00
1148
Index.
TEXTILE INSTITUTES — Condude,i.
Bradford Durfee Technical Institute of Fall River — Concluded.
trustees of — Concluded.
powers and duties of, and authorizing said trustees to grant
certain degrees ........
Lowell Textile Institute, appropriations . . . . . <
New Bedford Technical Institute, appropriations
trustees of, powers and duties of, and authorizing said trustees
to grant certain degrees ......
Thayer Academy, Trustees of, certain provision of law forbidding
charging of tuition fees by, in certain cases, repealed
Theatres (see Assembly, places of; Public accommodation, places
of).
Thompson, Harry D., Boxford, of, payment of sum of money to,
by Essex county .......
Thorndike Fire and Water District in town of Palmer, supply
of water by. in area heretofore supplied by Jeremiah J.
Kelley
Tidal waters (see Waters and waterways).
Timber (see Forests and forestry).
Tires, motor vehicles, of, stealing, etc., of, certain emergency pro-
visions of law relative to, repealed .....
Tisbury, town of (see Cities and towns).
Title to real property (see Real property).
Tolland, town of (see Cities and towns).
Tort actions (see Actions, civil).
Tourist camps (see Camps).
Town clerks (see City and town clerks).
Town manager form of government, Saugus, in, establishment
of, etc. .........
TOWN MEETINGS, LIMITED, ETC.:
Norwood, in, establishment, etc. ......
Randolph, in, establishment, etc. ......
Saugus, in, changed, and town manager form of government
combined therewith .......
standard form of, election of town meeting members under pro-
visions of, use of words "candidate for re-election " against
names of certain candidates on ballots at . . .
Town officers (see Municipal officers and employees; and specific
titles).
Towns (see Cities and towns).
Town ways (see Ways).
Tractors (see Motor vehicles).
Trade mark, infringement of, injunctive relief in certain cases of,
authorized ...... . .
Trade practices, unfair (see Unfair competition).
Traffic congestion, Boston, city of, in, immediate relief of, investi-
gation relative to .... . Resolve
Chap.
387
219
261
685 1
'219
685
387
228
475
40
17
341
541
324
17
341
appropriation
Trailer camps, operation of, further regulated ....
Trailers (see Motor vehicles).
Training, veterans, of (see Apprentice training).
Trains (see Railroads).
Transportation, passengers, of, airports, public, at or on,, exclusive
contracts, etc., for, granting of, prohibited
common carriers engaged in, disposition of certain property
left unclaimed in possession of . . . . .
property, of, by motor vehicle, further regulated . . .
pupils, of, expenses, certain, incurred for, reimbursement to cities
and towns for . . . . . . . _ .
rapid transit in Boston metropolitan area, inveatigati'On relative
to, continued ...... Resolve
water, between New Bedford, Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard
and Nantucket, investigation relative to . Jlesolve
appropriation ...... . .
See also Motor vehicles.
Treasurers, city and town (see City and town treasurers) ,
county (see County treasurers).
685 I
375
332
Item or
Section.
1332-00
1332-00
1332-00,
1332-36
1333-00
1333-00
1,2
1-58
1. 2
1-20
1-14
1-58
1. 2
0214,
Page 774
441
52
1.2
1-3
679
1-6
11
60
685 1
0211,
Page 772
Index.
1149
TREASURER, STATE:
Chap.
appropriations
Blue Star Memorial Highway Fund, contributions to, receipt by,
etc
board composed of attorney general, director of accounts and,
approval by, incurring of debt by cities and towns for
emergency purposes, of, further regulated
renewal of certain temporary revenue loans by cities, towna
and districts, of .
bonds and notea, issuance of certain, by
Boston, city of, waterfront properties in, to be acquired for con- f
struction of pier, expenditures for, powers and duties as to \
Elevated Railway Company, deficits in cost of operation of,
payments, etc., on account of, powers and duties as to
capital outlay program for commonwealth, borrowing of funds !
for, powers and duties as to . . . . \
confidential secretaries employed by, exempted from law pro-
hibiting payment of compensation to former employees
who have been retired ......
Good Government Day, high school senior to act as student
state treasurer during observance of, selection by .
Logan Airport, General Edward Lawrence, continued develop-/
298
ment of, borrowing of funds for, duties as to
Merrimack River Valley Sewerage District, borrowing of funds
for, etc., powers and duties as to .
metropolitan, district commission, advances to, act repealing
certain provisions of law regulating, as affecting powers
and duties of ....... .
transit authority, cost of service, etc., certain deficiency pay-
ments in connection with, etc., powers and duties as to
water district, bonds and notes to be issued for purposes of,
powers and duties as to certain .....
reciprocal or inter-insurance exchanges, deposits by, with, re-
quirements as to .......
representative districts, special commissioners, boards of, to
divide coimties into, etc., expenses of, powers and duties
as to .........
reservoirs, certain, discharge of surplus water from, apportion-
ment to certain towns of costs in connection with, powers
and duties as to .
Robinson, William M., contributions, certain, paid into state
retirement system, repayment to, by, etc.
561
676
682
appropriation
salaries or wages of state employees, withholding from, of certain
amounts in compliance with internal revenue code of
United States, powers and duties as to .
state officers and employees, claims, certain, against, payment of,
.by
Sullivan, Nellie, escheated estate of, balance of, payment from
state treasury of .... . Resolve
appropriation ........
tax titles, loans to cities and towns on account of, powers and
duties as to
transportation of pupils, expenses, certain, incurred for, reim-
bursement to cities and towns for, powers and duties as to
veterans' housing, state reimbursement to cities and towns for
certain losses in connection with, powers and duties as to .
530
544
575
4HH
557
414
483
337
206
682
Item or
Section.
0601-01 to
0604-05,
2970-01,
3506-21
0602-01,
0604-03
0601-02,
0604-02,
3506-21,
3506-31
108
206
2
532
2
575
4. 6
653
10
670
4
676
4
532
2
682
2
92
1
670
4
682
5
13, 21, 25
4,6
1, Subs.
94D, 94F
1. 2
0604-21,
Page 770
1, 2
2820-03,
Page 779
1, 2
1
1150
Index.
Chap.
343
Trial justices, Barre, town of, jurisdiction and compensation of trial
justice in, increased .......
witness fees, payment to police officers of city of Boston in cer-
tain continued cases before ......
Trials, criminal (see Criminal procedure and practice).
Trucks (see Motor vehicles).
Trust companies (see Banks and banking).
Trustee process, attachment by, exemption from, of certain sums
payable as wages or pensions, increased ....
Trusts, charitable, notice by registers of probate to attorney general
in cases of , investigation relative to . . Resolve
pension, annuity, disability, death benefit, profit-sharing or stock
bonus plan for benefit of employees, created in connection
with, payments made by employers to, deduction from
taxable income, etc. . . . . . . .
transferable shares, etc., of certain, investments in, by domestic
life insurance companies under certain conditions
wills, created by, and which have existed for thirty years or more,
termination of, investigation relative to . . Resolve
Tuberculosis hospitals, county, expenditures for care, mainte-
nance and repair of ...... . 302
See also Essex county, tuberculosis hospital.
Tuberculosis, sanatoria and, division of (see Public health, de-
partment of).
Tuition, children, of, etc., cost of, appropriation .... 219
Tyngsborough, town of (see Cities and towns).
Item or
Section.
181
264
50
485
050
18
1-3
u.
Unauthorized practice of law, district attorneys authorized to file
petitions to restrain .......
Unemployment (see Employment security law).
Unfair competition, injunctive relief in certain cases of, author-
ized . . . .
insurance business, in, restraint of .
Unfair labor practices (see Labor).
Uniform state laws, commissioners on, appropriations
conference of, sum allowed for expenses of, increased .
Unions, credit (see Credit unions).
Labor (see Labor, organizations).
United American Veterans of the United States of America,
Inc., certain laws affecting veterans and their organiza-
tions made applicable to ..... ■
UNITED STATES:
bureau of mines, Ringelmann Smoke Chart published by, use in
abatement of smoke nuisances .....
congress of. New England Interstate Water Pollution Control
Compact, approval by ..... •
emergency laws of (see Federal emergency laws).
employment service of, employees of division of employment
security transferred to, granting of permanent civil serv-
ice status to, etc. .......
internal revenue code of, withholding of certain amounts from
salaries or wages of public officers and employees in com-
pliance with, etc., providing for . . . . .
leases, retroactive, between commonwealth and certain agencies
of, execution of, by governor, authorized
metropolitan district commission authorized to continue certain
contract with, relative to furnishing water to Murphy
General Hospital in Waltham .....
military and naval service of (see Military and naval service of
the United States).
mortgages, real estate, insured or guaranteed by, borrowing on,
by urban redevelopment corporations ....
Pittsfield, city of, park land, certain, in, lease to, for use as naval
reserve armory . . . . . . • . •
president of, notice to, by governor of approval and ratification
of interstate compact relative to abatement and control
of pollution of interstate waters .....
307
659
[219
I 685
408
492
0420-01
0420-01,
Page 770
1, 2
Index.
1151
UNITED STATES — Concluded.
public health activities of, co-ordination with state and local
activities, study as to . . . . . Resolve
appropriation ........
reservations of (see Federal reservations).
Route 1, part of, designated as Blue Star Memorial Highway
veterans' housing corporations, co-operation by, with agencies
of .
war department of. Mystic river, high level toll bridge to be con-
structed over, between cities of Boston and Chelsea,
gradings and elevations for, as required by .
Universities (see Colleges and universities).
University extension courses, appropriations ....
University of Massachusetts, agricultural experiment station of,
diagnostic laboratory dealing with diseases of domestic
animals, establishment of, at, etc. .....
Chap.
Item or
Section.
685 1
0247,
Page 775
435
1, 2
564
8
.ippropriatioii
|2.9{
I 261
471
219
261
670
branch of, at Fort Devens for veterans of World War II, appro-
priations .........
time for matriculation at, extended . .
enlargement of, and incorporation of certain other state educa-
tional institutions in said university, investigation rela-
tive to ...... . Resolve
appropriation ........
guards, certain, appointed by trustees of, given powers of police
officers while serving on federal reservations .
name of Massachusetts state college changed to . . .
new building at, for use as health center by department of pub-
lic health and for research and laboratory work at said
university, construction of .
Upton, town of (see Cities and towns).
Urban redevelopment corporations, areas blighted by natural
causes, development of, by, authorized
powers of, extended ........
Used cars (see Motor vehicles).
Utilities, public, department of (see Public utilities, depart-
ment of).
219
261
594
67
685
344
599
15
487
1301-61,
1301-62
1301-61
1341-00 to
1341-93
1341-87
1-4
1.341-00 to
1341-83;
1341-98,
Page 778
3513-23
3513-23
0212,
Page 774
1
1-27
V.
Vacations, county and municipal employees, for, payments in lieu
of, in certain cases of entry into armed forces
Vasa Benefit Association, transfer of assets and liabilities to
District Lodge No. 2, Vasa Order of America
Vehicles (see Motor vehicles).
Venereal diseases, control of, appropriations ....
Vermont, state of, pollution of interstate waters, abatement and
control of, compact relative to, between commonwealth
and, etc., ratification, etc. ......
VETERANS :
apprentice training provisions of G. I. Bill of Rights, appoint-
ment of veterans to civil service employments under,
temporary law relative to, extended ....
benefits, certain, for, laws providing, operation of, study rela-
tive to ...... . Resolve
appropriation ........
See also Public welfare and veterans' benefits; Veterans bene-
fits,
bonus for (see Veterans' bonus act).
31R
202
219^
685
073
68
1,2
2006-01,
2006-02
2006-01
0213,
Page 774
1152
Index.
VETERANS — Continued.
children of certain, assistance to, appropriation
cities and towns, service of, separation from, of certain veterans
holding unclassified offices or positions, regulated .
civil service, appointment, promotion and compensation of, un-
der, investigation relative to, etc. . . Resolve
appropriation
commonwealth, service of, separation from, of certain veterans
holding unclassified offices or positions, further regulated
disabled (see, infra, incapacitated).
educational opportunities, higher, for children of certain, amount
of reimbursement to be paid by commonwealth for, in-
creased .........
appropriation ........
educational services for, furnishing of, appropriations
Chap.
686
276
52
685 I
242
219
219/
See also, infra, training and education,
hospital facilities for, investigation relative to
appropriation ....
hospitals, in, special fishing privileges for
Resolve
conmiission relative
Resolve
housing for, investigation by special
to
appropriation ........
non-profit corporations to engage in providing, estabUshment
of, authorized ........
providing for, act extending powers of cities and towns and
assisting housing authorities in connection with
incapacitated, exemptions from taxation, certain, granting to,
and their wives or widows ......
retirement of, further regulated ......
loans and advances of credit guaranteed or insured by adminis-
trator of veterans' affairs, making or acquiring of, by
banks, credit unions, etc. ......
motor carrier certificates, etc., issuance of, by department of
public utilities to, investigation relative to Resolve
appropriation ........
municipal and district departments for furnishing information
and advice to, act making clear the meaning and effect of
certain amendments of the law relating to .
organizations, incorporated, certain, of, alcoholic beverages en-
gaged in sale of, act levying excise upon certain organiza-
tions not to apply to .
armories, use of, by, for certain athletic purposes, investiga-
tion relative to . . . . . . Resolve
extension to, of benefits of certain laws affecting such organi-
zations .........
headquarters for local posts of, amount of appropriations by
cities and towns for, established .....
military funerals or burials of persons who died in overseas
service during World War II, conducting of, by, financial
assistance for ........
pharmacists, registration of certain veterans of World War II as
police and fire departments, positions in, certain veterans made
eligible to apply for examination for, and appointment to,
notwithstanding minimum age requirements .
recognition, suitable, of (see Veterans' bonus act).
reinstatement of, public service, in, length of time allowed for, I
after termination of military or naval service . . 1
service of cities and towns, in ..... .
retirement from state service of certain, appropriation
school instruction for, college established at Fort Devens for pur-
pose of providing, maintenance, etc., of, appropriations
time for matriculation at, extended .....
extended, on junior college level, cities and towns providing
such instruction authorized to use designation "junior col-
lege" in connection therewith .....
OS
685
245
564
479
612
453
47
685
632
49
468
671
624
511
Item or
Section.
3513-01
0205,
Page 774
1301-09
3513-22,
3513-23
3513-22,
3513-23
.3513-23
0213,
Page 774
1, 2
0213,
Page 774
1-9
1-8
1. 2
1. 2
0204,
Page 771
4
367
14
219
2811-02
219
3513-23
261
3513-23
685
3513-23
594
Index.
1153
VETERANS — Concluded.
Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, benefits provided by,
participation in, by veterans who are minors or whose
spouses are minors .......
Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts, temporarily or permanently
residing at, listing of .
status of persons as, inquiries as to, permitted under fair employ-
ment practices law .......
tax exemptions of certain, relative to .... .
training and education of World War II, facilities available for,
certain information concerning, furnishing of, to adminis-
trator of veterans' affairs ......
vocational schools, state aided approved, veterans not over
fifty years of age made eligible for appointment as
teachers in ........
See also American Legion, The; American Portuguese War
Veterans Association; American Veterans' Committee,
Inc.; American Veterans of World War II, AMVETS;
Army and Navy Union, U. S. A.; Disabled American
Veterans, Department of Massachusetts; Grand Army
of the Republic ; Italian-American World War Veterans of
the United States, Inc. ; La Legion Franco- Americaine de.s
Etats-Unis d'Amerique; Massachusetts State Guard
Veterans; PT Veterans Association, Inc.; United Amer-
ican Veterans of the United States of America, Inc. ;
Veterans' affairs, administrator of; Veterans of Foreign
Wars of the United States; Yankee Divi.sion Veterans
Association.
Veterans' affairs, administrator of, loans and advances of credit
to veterans of World War II guaranteed by .
training and education of veterans of World War II, certain in-
formation concerning facilities for, furnishing of, to
VETERANS' BENEFITS:
cities and towns, bj', borrowing of money on account of
ho.spital benefits, extension of, to veterans of certain campaigns
and of the Mexican (Vera Cruz) expedition
laws relating to, act making clear the meaning and effect of cer-
tain amendments to ..... .
See also Public welfare and veterans' benefits.
Veterans' bonus act, so called, recognition, further, for service in
World War II, providing for, under ....
services and expenses in connection with, appropriations .
terminal date of service in armed forces of United States estab-
lished as basis for eligibility to receive bonus provided by,
and certain persons now serving in armed forces made
eligible to receive said bonus .....
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, post of, in town
of Shelburne, quarters for, contribution toward, by town
of Buckland ........
Veterans of Foreign Wars Parkway, land, certain, situate on, sale
of, by city of Boston, authorized ...
Veterans' preference, so called, certifications made on or before
March 31 in current year to fill original appointments
under civil service laws to be made in accordance with
making such preference applicable to promotions under civil
service laws, investigation relative to, etc. . Resolve
Chap.
Item or
Section.
appropriation
Veterans' services advisory council, appropriation
VETERANS' SERVICES, COMMISSIONER OF:
appropriations
veterans, housing and hospital facilities for, special commission
to survey and study, to assist . . . Resolve
Veterans' Services Fund, housing for veterans, state reimbursement
to cities and towns for certain losses in connection with,
cost of, payment from .......
"Veteran", use of word, on certain nomination papers .
Vineyard Development Company, revived ....
Vital statistics, indexing, appropriation .....
259
26
424
647
534
497
574
122
248
685
219
219
685
479
338
121
219
1, 2
110
1. 2
534
1,2
Oil
1-4
444
1
484
685 {
350H-21,
3506-31
1-3
1, 2
1-3:
0205,
Page 774
3504-45
3504-41 to
3504-45
3504-42,
Page 773
8
1, 2
0501-06
1154
iNDfcX.
Vocational education, state board for, act establishing board of
ediipation, as affecting ......
Vocational rehabilitation, and co-operation with federal govern- 1
nient, appropriations . . . . . . . j
division of (see Education, department of).
Vocational schools, state aided approved, qualified veterans not
over fifty years of age made eligible for appointment as
teachers in ■■••....
teachers for, training of, appropriation .....
Voluntary associations (see Associations or trusts).
Voters, registrars of (see Registrars of voters).
See also Elections.
Voting machines, custodians of, appointment, powers and duties of
Voting precincts (see Elections).
652
219
497
219
Item or
Section.
10-12
1301-31,
1301-32
1-3
w.
Wachusett power station, repairs at, appropriation
Wage, boards, appropriation .......
differentials, reasons, certain, other than difference in sex, for .
minimum, service, department of labor and industries, appro-
priations ■ ■.......
See also Minimum wage.
Wagers, horse and dog races, on (see Horse and dog racing meetings
conducted under pari-mutuel system of wagering).
Wages, attachment, exemption from, of certain sums payable as,
increased .........
back, actions to recover, time for commencing of, limited .
public officers and employees, of, withholding of amounts from,
in compliance with terms of internal revenue code of
United States, providing for, etc. .....
Walden pond state reservation, additional toilets and sewage dis-
posal s.vstem for, providing for .....
Walter E. Fernald state school, appropriations ....
Waltham Field Station, new building at, construction of, appro-
priation .........
War Assets Administration, retroactive leases, certain, between
commonwealth and, execution of, by governor, author-
ized ..........
Ward, Irwin Warren, made eligible for transfer to certain penal or
correctional institutions under department of correc-
^^ , , tipn Resolve
Mabel B., conveyance to, by the Trustees of Public Reserva-
tions, of certain land in town of Andover
Ware, Fire District Number One, town of Ware authorized to take
over properties and assume obligations of
Industries, Inc., manufacture, sale and distribution of electricity
by, in town of Ware, and certain acts of said corporation
validated .........
river, flood control protection along portion of, investigation
relative to Resolve
town of (see Cities and towns).
Wareham, town of (see Cities and towns).
Warehouses, public, keeping and maintenance of .
Warning signs (see Grade crossings).
War operations, persons who have sustained hardships as a result
of, furnishing of certain assistance to, authorized .
Warrants, search (see Search warrants).
Warren, town of (see Cities and towns).
Wars, expenses on account of, appropriations . ....
War-time powers of governor (see Governor).
War veterans (see Veterans).
Wasson, Marie J., acts as a notary pubhc validated Resolve
Water companies, certain, water supply for, furnishing of, by
metropolitan district commission .....
Water districts (see Districts).
219
8902-47
219
1601-73
565
219 /
1601-71,
\
1601-72
264
333
1, 2
1.2
483
1,2
389
219
670
685
1-3
1724-00
1-4
1724-00
23
184
1, 2
209
1-4
262
1-3
37
499
556
-{
3504-51,
3504-53
6
575
1-6
Index.
1155
Chap.
Waterfront properties, Boston, city of, in, acquisition of, rights,
powers and duties of Port of Boston Authority pertaining
to, further defined ....... 532
WATERS AND WATERWAYS:
in general, pollution of interstate waters, abatement and con-
trol of, certain interstate compact relative to, ratification
of, etc 421
appropriation ......... 685 |
basin, Charles river (see Charles river basin).
canals :
.\nnisquam river (see Gloucester harbor).
Broad, Cambridge, city of, in, First street drawbridge over,
care, control and maintenance of . . . . .551
harbors and bays :
Boston harbor, fireproof sheds on piers to be built at, pro-
visions of law relative to, clarified . .... 413
Fairhaven harbor, improvement of, investigation relative to,
continued ....... Resolve 54
Gloucester harbor, riprap along easterly bank of Annisquam
river canal in, repair of, by department of public works . 640
state fish pier in, certain additions to ... . 663
appropriation ........ 670
Marshfield harbor, improvement of . . . .621
Old harbor in town of Sandwich, improvement of . . 589
Provincetown harbor, improvement of, investigation relative
to Resolve 66
inland waters:
development of, investigation relative to . . Resolve 55
appropriation ........ 685 |
ponds and lakes :
Cochituate, Lake, in towns of Natick, Framingham and
Wayland, transfer of, to department of conservation, etc. 557
Fellsmere pond in city of Maiden, winter sports program at,
establishment, etc., ....... 451
appropriation ........ 685 |
White pond in towns of Concord and Sudbury, public access to,
establishment of right of way for, by county of Middlesex 294
reservoirs:
Ashland, transfer of, to department of conservation, author-
ized, etc. ......... 557
East Otis, in town of Otis, outlet and spillway of, screening by
department of conservation, investigation relative to,
etc. ....... Re.solve 55
appropriation ........ 685 |
Hopkinton, transfer of, to department of conservation, au-
thorized, etc. ........ 557
Quabbin, aqueduct system, construction of, from, to Chicopee
valley, etc. ........ 575
lands and waters at, use for fishing purposes, rules and regu-
lations relative to, promulgation of, by metropolitan dis-
trict commission ....... 300
service of metropolitan district police at, cost of, appro-
priation ......... 219
water supply purposes, no longer needed for, metropolitan
district commission authorized to transfer such reser-
voirs to department of conservation, etc. . . . 557
Whitehall, Hopkinton, town of, in, transfer of, to department
of conservation, authorized, etc. ..... 557
rivers :
Charles, Watertown, town of, in, dredging of, to make certain
wharf accessible to boats . . . . .411
Charles river basin (see Charles river basin).
(/hicopee, valley of, aqueduct system, construction of, from
Quabbin reservoir to, etc. ...... 575
Connecticut, opening of, to navigation, between cities of Hart-
ford and Holyoke, benefits to be derived from, investi-
gation of, etc. ..... Resolve 55
appropriation ........ 685 |
Deerfield, Stillwater bridge over, repair of, by Franklin county 521
Item or
Section.
1-5
0419-21,
Page 771
1,2
1.2
1-4
1-5
0207,
Page 772
8602-46,
Page 771
1-6
1-7
0207,
Page 772
1-7
1-6
1-3
8902-25
1-7
1-7
0207.
Page 772
1. 2
1156
Index.
ChaD.
WATERS AND WATERWAYS — Conclrided.
rivers — Concluded.
Merrimack, dredging of, from city of Lawrence to the sea, in-
vestigation relative to, etc. . . . Resolve 55
appropriation ........ 685 |
sewerage works for treating, disposing of or diverting sewage
and other pollution from ...... 653
valley of, disposal of sewage in, investigation relative to,
continued ...... Resolve 63
appropriation ........ 685
Mystic high level toll bridge over, between cities of Boston
and Chelsea, construction, etc., of .... 626
Neponset, banks of, in Boston, acquiring of land and con-
struction of additional fence along portions of . 529
appropriation ........ 685 (
discharge of surplus water from reservoirs into, providing
for, etc 557
Sudbury, discharge of surplus water from reservoirs into, pro-
viding for, etc 557
Ware, flood control protection along portion of, investigation
relative to Resolve 37
Weymouth Back, new bridge over, construction of, damages
for property taken or injured in connection with, right of
recovery of, confirmed, etc. ...... 502
tidal waters:
northern Essex county, in, relief from greenhead fiy nuisance [ 685 |
in, investigation relative to, appropriation . Resolve f „^ ^
See also Fish and fisheries; Game and inland fisheries.
Waterways, division of (See Public works, department of).
WATER SUPPLY:
Auburn water district, establishment, etc. .... 585
Barnstable fire district, additional water loan by, authorized . 151
Byfield water district in town of Newbury, establishment, etc. . 419
Charlemont fire district, for . . . . . . .591
Cherry Valley and Rochdale water district, for . . . 198
domestic purposes, for, powers of boards of health with respect
to, increased ........ 148
Essex, for, authority of said town to borrow money for, rela- f 42
tive to . . . . . . . . . ( 548
Franklin, authorized to purchase water from adjoining towns and
to sell water to said towns ...... 44
Granville, Tolland and Sandisfield, towns of, purchase by state
of Connecticut of land in, for, protection of said towns
and commonwealth from certain economic losses result-
ing from, investigation and study relative to . Resolve 58
appropriation ........ 685 1
industrial disputes, certain, curtailing, peaceful settlement of,
providing f or . . . . . . . 596
liens for, certificates evidencing dissolution of, recording of . 132
Lunenburg water district, properties and obligations of, taking
over and assumption by town of Lunenburg . . . 281
Marion, water from additional sources in Rochester, acquisi-
tion of ........ . 465
metropolitan (see Metropolitan districts, water districts; Met-
tropolitan district water supply commission).
Murphy General Hospital and General Electric Company,
for, by metropolitan district commission, continuation
of certain contracts relative to, authorized . . . 420
Newbury and its inhabitants, for, act authorizing, repealed . 284
Norfolk, establishment of water supply system and election of
water commissioners, validation of action of said town
as to, and ratification of acts of said commissioners . 43
Norwell, and its inhabitants, for . . . . . . 496
water from additional sources in, taking by Scituate . 481
Pittsfield, taking of waters and other property for purpose of
increasing ......... 285
pollution of, abatement and control of, certain interstate com-
pact relative to, ratification, etc . . . .421
appropriation ........ 685 <
Item or
S»otion.
0207,
Page 772
1-18
2015-21
1, 2
1.2
8602-61,
Page 773
1-7
1-7
2001-23,
Page 772
1-15
1,2
1-14
1,2
1-3
1.2
0210,
Page 772
1-4
1-6
1.2
1.2
1-3
1-10
1-3
1-5
0419-21,
Page 771
Index.
1167
Chap
WATER SUPPLY — Concluded.
reservoirs, certain, no longer needed for purposes of, metro-
politan district commission authorized to transfer such
reservoirs to department of conservation
Raynham Center water district, establishment, etc.
Rochester, water from additional sources in, taking by Marion
Sandwich water district, establishment, etc. ....
Scituate, water from additional sources in Norwell, acquisition of
Thorndike fire and water district in town of Palmer, furnish-
ing of water by, in area heretofore .supplied by Jeremiah J.
Kelley .........
Watertown, town of (see Cities and towns).
Water transportation (see Steamships).
Watson, H. S., Trucking Co., Inc., revived for certain purposes
Wayland, town of (see Cities and towns).
Ways, public, Blue Star Memorial Highway, designation of cer-
tain highway as .
highway projects, post-war program of, investigation relative
to, appropriation .......
highway work, agreements entered into by county commissioners
for, in anticipation of appropriations ....
towns, in, use of state funds in maintenance of, other than state
highways, constructed in whole or in part with state
money .........
See also Grade crossings; Motor vehicles; Pavements.
weapons, dangerous, warrants to search for, issuing of, providing
for
Webster, town of (see Cities and towns).
Welfare, public, department of (see Public welfare, department of),
local boards of (see Public welfare, local boards of).
See also Public welfare.
Wellesley College, real and personal estate, additional, holding by
Westborough, state hospital, appropriations ....
town of (sec Cities and towns).
West Boxford Realty Company, revived for certain piirpose
West Brookfleld, town of (see Cities and towns).
Westfleld, city of (see Cities and towns).
state sanatorium, appropriations ......
557
222
465
280
481
40
592
4.35
less/
201
454
247
[219
\ 670
[685
547
[219
RS5
state teachers college, appropriations . . . . . •
West Newbury, town of (see Cities and towns).
Weston, town of (see Cities and towns).
Weymouth, Back river, new bridge over, construction of, damages
for property taken or injured in connection with, right
of recovery of, confirmed ......
town of (see Cities and towns).
Wheeler, Frederic A., acting superin tendency of schools for .Joint
School Superintendency Union, No. 17, payment of com-
pensation to ....... .
White, George Robert, will of, lands, city of Boston, of, transfer
to trustees under, authorized .....
park land, certain, transferred by park department of city of
Boston to trustees under, time for completing certain
improvements on, extended .....
Whitehall Reservoir, Hopkinton, town of, in, transfer of, to de-
partment of conservation, authorized, etc.
White pine blister rust, suppression of, appropriation
White pond, towns of Concord and Sudbury, in, public access to,
establishment of right of way for, by county of Middlesex
Whitin Machine Works, employees of, who failed to file certain
appeals from denial of benefits of unemployment com-
pensation, director of division of employment security
required to review all such cases, etc. ....
Wilbraham, town of (see Cities and towns).
Wild birds ^see Game and inland fisheries).
Wildey Savmgs Bank, improvement of bank building of, invest-
ments in, by, authorized ......
Wildlife research and management, division of (see Con.serva-
tion, department of).
261
685
65
542
219
294
Item or
Section.
1-7
1-14
1-6
1-14
1-3
1,2
2941-03,
Page 773
1720-00
1-4
1720-00
2025-00
2025-00
1314-00.
1314-21
1314-00
1314-00
J -7
0909-11
1. 2
1158
Index.
Wills, proving of, further regulation of, investigation relative
to . . . . . . . . Resolve
trusts, created by, and which have existed for thirty years or
more, termination of, investigation relative to Resolve
Wilmington, town of (see Cities and towns).
Windsor, town of (see Cities and towns).
Wines (see Alcoholic beverages).
Winter sports (see Games and sports).
Winthrop, town of (see Cities and towns).
Witnesses, credibility of, records of conviction of certain offences
relating to operation and parking of motor vehicles, as
affecting, investigation relative to . . Resolve
general court, before, fees, appropriation ....
police officers of city of Boston as, witness fees to be paid to, in
certain continued criminal cases .....
Woburn, city of (see Cities and towns).
Women, hours of labor of, manufacturing or mechanical establish-
ments or factories, in .
mercantile establishments, in or in connection with
processing of fish, employed in .
reformatory for (see Reformatory for women).
Woodchucks (see Game and inland fisheries).
Woods (see Forests and forestry).
Woods Hole section of Falmouth, steamship and other means of
water transportation, operation of, between, and New
Bedford, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, investiga-
tion relative to . . . . . . Resolve
Chap.
19
18
7
219
Item or
Section.
357
1-4
ri6i
\357
3
368
appropriation .........
Worcester, city of (see Cities and towns).
state hospital, appropriations ......
state teachers college, appropriations .....
Street Railway Company, payment of money to city of Worces-
ter by, ih lieu of removing abandoned tracks in said city,
authorized . . . . .
"Worcester", U. S. S., dedication and commissioning of, city of
Worcester authorized to make certain expenditures to
properly commemorate ......
WORCESTER COUNTY:
appropriation for maintenance of, etc. .....
representatives in general court, number apportioned to, and
board of special commissioners established to divide said
county into representative districts and to assign repre-
sentatives thereto .......
tax levy .
tuberculosis hospital, expenditures for maintenance, etc., of
WORDS AND PHRASES:
"appropriate public authority", annuities to dependents of cer-
tain employees of registry of motor vehicles, law providing
for payment of, under .
casualty and surety regulatory law, under
chartered and special buses .
co-operative bank mortgages
department, civil service laws, under
employee, workmen's compensation law, under
fire, marine and inland marine rate regulatory law, under .
gasoline driven motor vehicles . . .
governmental unit, law relative to contributory retirement of
public employees, under ......
industrial disputes, act providing for peaceful settlement of,
under . . . . . .
insurance, act relating to unfair competition, etc., in business
of insurance, under .......
"junior college", use of designation, authorized in connection
with certain courses of instruction for veterans and others
jurisdictional dispute ........
"land occupier", etc., law relative to soil conservation, under
navigable air space, laws relating to aeronautics, under
psychopathic personality .......
reciprocal or inter-insurance contracts, law relative to, under
685
(219
\ 670
685
[219
\685
430
370
301
182
301
302
667
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1721-00
1-4
1721-00
1315-00
1315-00
1, 2
1-4
1
641
1, Subs. 3
482
1
21
13
215
614
1, Subs. 3
666
3
Subs. 2
218
571
2
73
1
292
683
Subs. 1
488
1
Index. 1159
Item or
Chap. Section.
WORDS AND FURASES — Co nclvcied.
school bus, motor vehicle laws, under ..... 216 1
stack, abatement of smoke nuisances, in connection with . . 492 1
veteran, use of word on certain nomination papers . . . 338 1, 2
Work (see Labor).
Workmen, public works, emploved on, hours of work of . . 6S0 1-3
WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION:
athletics, organized professional, exemption of certain persons
employed to participate in, from law relative to . .215
benefits payable in case of certain injuries, investigation and
study relative to ..... Resolve 78
appropriation ........ 685
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children conclusivelj' presumed to be dependent upon deceased
employees, law relative to, amended .... 450
evidence, certain, admissibility of . . . . . . 455
eye injuries, certain, amount of specified benefits for, increased . 664 1, 2
industrial disease referees, reference to, of certain cases, certain
provisions of law authorizing, repealed .... 286
procedure simplified in claims for, where employee has been
killed or is physically or mentally unable to testify 380
public employees, maintenance allowances payable to, under law
relative to ........ 590
rates for insurance coverage for ..... . 619 1-3
reciprocal or inter-insurance exchanges authorized to transact \ aqq I 1. Subs.
business of 1 4»a j 94e_ 94J. 9
reviews, certain expenses of, payment of, by insurers and self-
insurers, further regulated ...... 546
specific injuries, certain, payment of compensation for, under law
relative to 634 1-3
weekly benefits, minimum, increased in certain cases . 665
See also Industrial accidents, department of.
Workshops, employment of children under sixteen years of age in,
prohibited 109 1,2
hours for meals for women and children in, further regulated . 357 3
World War I, so called, payments, certain, to soldiers in recogni-
tion of service during, appropriation . . . .219 0003-01
veterans of, bonus to (see Soldiers' bonus).
See also Soldiers, sailors and marines; Veterans.
World War II, so called, safety of commonwealth during, certain
laws providing for, repealed, etc. ..... ()69 1-3
service in, employment security law, employer contribution rates
under, act preventing discrimination in, resulting from . 602 1, 2
veterans of, bonus to (see Veterans' bonus act).
See also Military and naval service of the United States; Sol-
diers, sailors and marines; Veterans.
[219 1725-00
Wrentham state school, appropriations ] 670 1-4
[ 685 1725-00
Writs, attachment of land, in, relative to . . . .105
See also Actions, civil ; Mandamus; Service of process; Trustee
_ process.
Written instruments, certain, provided by law to be recorded,
printing or typing of names of persons whose signatures
appear on, providing for ...... 2.56 1, 2
Written statements, certain, judicial proceedings, in, requirement
of verification by oath, eliminated .... 100
Yangtze River campaign, veterans of, extension of ho.spital benefits
to 444
Yankee Division Veterans Association, national convention of.
in 1947, in city of Springfield, representation of common-
we.'ilth at . . . . . . Resolve 44
appropriation ......... 685
Yarmouth, town of (see Cities and towns).
Young people, Massachusetts board for the promotion of op-
portunities for, act providing for establishment of,
repealed ......... 652
3504-54.
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